Clyffe Pypard
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Clyffe Pypard is a village and civil parish about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Wootton Bassett
in North Wiltshire
.
The parish includes the hamlet
of Bushton
.
) refers to the chalk escarpment
that traverses the parish.. RAF Clyffe Pypard was an airfield built during the Second World War
. The land has now been returned to farming.
The Latin phrase at the Goddard Arms Pub Cervus non Servus means the stag is not a slave was the motto of the Goddard family
who owned the manor for many years.
Wootton Bassett
Royal Wootton Bassett , informally known as Wootton Bassett, is a small market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 11,043 in 2001...
in North Wiltshire
North Wiltshire
North Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury along with Calne and Chippenham Rural District, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural District and Malmesbury Rural District...
.
The parish includes the hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Bushton
Bushton, Wiltshire
Bushton is a hamlet about south of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire.-History:Manor Farmhouse is Georgian house of five bays built of brick with stone trim in 1747....
.
History
The ancient name of White Cleeve (or "Clive" in the Domesday BookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
) refers to the chalk escarpment
Escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations.-Description and variants:...
that traverses the parish.. RAF Clyffe Pypard was an airfield built during the Second World War
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The land has now been returned to farming.
The Latin phrase at the Goddard Arms Pub Cervus non Servus means the stag is not a slave was the motto of the Goddard family
Goddard family
The Goddard family were a prominent landed family chiefly living in the northern region of the English counties of Wiltshire and Hampshire and the western part of Berkshire, between the Tudor period and the late modern era....
who owned the manor for many years.