Hilperton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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, England

England

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, and is separated by only a few fields from the town of Trowbridge

Trowbridge

Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, approximately 12 miles southeast of Bath, Somerset....

. The village is on the edge of Trowbridge

Trowbridge

Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, approximately 12 miles southeast of Bath, Somerset....

, 2.5 miles (4 km) northeast of the town centre.

There are two main parts of the village:

• The old quarter, including the church, Hill Street, and the pub.
• A large area of new housing constructed from 1997, mostly called Paxcroft Mead, a district often mistaken as a suburb of Trowbridge. To the West of Marsh road is the village of Hilperton Marsh, a separate entity, which has a petrol station and stores, and leads to the village of Staverton and the Canal Road Industrial Estate part of Trowbridge.

Local government

Hilperton is an ancient civil parish with its own elected parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council

Wiltshire Council

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 unitary authority

Unitary authority

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, which is responsible for all significant local government

Local government

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 functions.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church

Church of England parish church

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 of Saint Michael

Michael (archangel)

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 and All Angels dates from the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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 but was "restored" in 1852 by T.H. Wyatt

Thomas Henry Wyatt

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.

Amenities

Paxcroft Mead has numerous green recreational spaces and two fast food outlets, a card shop, a Budgens

Budgens

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supermarket, a salon, a shoe shop, a pharmacy and a carpenter's. The post office and general stores in the old quarter of the village was closed in 2004, though a petrol station (including small shop) remains in place.

The village hall on Whaddon Lane is the social hub of the older part of Hilperton, and the adjoining football pitch plays home to Hilperton United FC.