Lower Chicksgrove
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Lower Chicksgrove is a hamlet
in the civil parish
of Tisbury
in the south of the county of Wiltshire
, England
. The settlement is recorded in the 12th century as Chicksgrove and a nearby settlement as Stoford; Chicksgrove was first recorded as Lower Chicksgrove and Stoford as Upper Chicksgrove in the later 19th century.
Most of the settlement at Lower Chicksgrove in the later 18th century was situated along a north-south lane west of the crossing of the Tisbury
-Fovant
and Chilmark
-Ebbesborne Wake roads where the farmsteads belonging to Tisbury manor stood. Chicksgrove Manor, which is the largest of these to survive, is said to have been occupied by the Davies family from the 16th to 18th centuries, and was the birthplace of the lawyer, poet, and political writer Sir John Davies
(d. 1626). Chicksgrove Quarry
, a quarry extracting Chilmark stone, still operates at Lower Chicksgrove.
The 2009 film Morris: A Life with Bells On
was partly filmed at the Compasses Inn at Lower Chicksgrove.
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
in the civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
of Tisbury
Tisbury, Wiltshire
The large village of Tisbury lies approximately west of Salisbury in the English county of Wiltshire.With a population at the 2001 census of 2,056 it is an important local centre for communities around the upper River Nadder and Vale of Wardour...
in the south of the county of 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
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The settlement is recorded in the 12th century as Chicksgrove and a nearby settlement as Stoford; Chicksgrove was first recorded as Lower Chicksgrove and Stoford as Upper Chicksgrove in the later 19th century.
Most of the settlement at Lower Chicksgrove in the later 18th century was situated along a north-south lane west of the crossing of the Tisbury
Tisbury, Wiltshire
The large village of Tisbury lies approximately west of Salisbury in the English county of Wiltshire.With a population at the 2001 census of 2,056 it is an important local centre for communities around the upper River Nadder and Vale of Wardour...
-Fovant
Fovant
Fovant is a medium-sized village and civil parish in southwest Wiltshire, England. It is located between Salisbury and Shaftesbury on the A30 road in the Nadder valley. Its name is derived from the Old English Fobbefunta, meaning "spring of a man called Fobbe"...
and Chilmark
Chilmark
Chilmark may be a reference to:*Chilmark, Massachusetts, United States, a town on the island of Martha's Vineyard*Chilmark, Wiltshire, a village in the English county of Wiltshire...
-Ebbesborne Wake roads where the farmsteads belonging to Tisbury manor stood. Chicksgrove Manor, which is the largest of these to survive, is said to have been occupied by the Davies family from the 16th to 18th centuries, and was the birthplace of the lawyer, poet, and political writer Sir John Davies
John Davies (poet)
Sir John Davies was an English poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire.-Early life:...
(d. 1626). Chicksgrove Quarry
Chicksgrove Quarry
Chicksgrove Quarry is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England notified in 1971.Chilmark stone, a form of limestone, is quarried at the site. also operates Chilmark Mine, a site 1.5 miles away...
, a quarry extracting Chilmark stone, still operates at Lower Chicksgrove.
The 2009 film Morris: A Life with Bells On
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Morris: A Life with Bells On is a 2009 British independent film, a comic spoof documentary about morris dancing.-Development:Morris: A Life with Bells On was written by Charles Thomas Oldham , who also co-produced it with his wife, the film's director Lucy Akhurst...
was partly filmed at the Compasses Inn at Lower Chicksgrove.