Landford is a village and civil parish 10 miles (16.1 km) southeast of Salisbury

Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...

 in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

, England

England

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. The 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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 recorded a parish population of 1,142. It is the most eastern settlement in the county of Wiltshire.

The Church of England parish church

Church of England parish church

A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, known as a parish.-Parishes in England:...

 of Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...

 was built in 1858 to designs by the Gothic Revival architect

Gothic Revival architecture

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 William Butterfield

William Butterfield

William Butterfield was a Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement . He is noted for his use of polychromy-Biography:...

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The village has a public house

Public house

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, the Landford Poacher. Landford has a village shop

General store

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 and post office. The village used to have a bakery but it closed in 2007.

Notable people

Nigel Anderson

Nigel Anderson

Nigel James Moffatt Anderson, MC, DL, FRGS was an Australian-born English soldier, landowner, and Conservative politician in Wiltshire...

 of Landford was a leading resident of Wiltshire during the 1970s and 1980s, chairman of Wiltshire County Council

Wiltshire County Council

Wiltshire County Council was the county council of Wiltshire in the South West of England, an elected local Government body responsible for most local government services in the county....

 and High Sheriff of Wiltshire

High Sheriff of Wiltshire

This is a list of High Sheriffs of Wiltshire.Until the 14th century the shrievalty was held ex officio by the castellans of Old Sarum.-To 1400:*1066: Edric*1067-1070: Philippe de Buckland*1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff*1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury...

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