Manningford is a civil parish in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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, England

England

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. The parish includes the villages of Manningford Abbots, Manningford Bohune, Manningford Bohune Common and Manningford Bruce, together known as the Manningfords.

Manningford Abbots or Abbas

The eastern third of the Parish, so- called from its ownership by the Abbot of Hyde Abbey, Winchester, founded by Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great

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. The Abbot also had the chapelry at Alton Priors. He held it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Dissolution of the Monasteries

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. In 1547 it went to the Seymour family

Seymour family

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 (Dukes of Somerset and then Northumberland) until it was split up in 1768. There was probably a parish church

Parish church

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 in the 10th century and certainly one in 1291. Its dedication is unknown. The church was rebuilt in 1861-64 to designs by the architect S.B. Gabriel

Samuel Burleigh Gabriel

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 of Bristol

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Manningford Bohune

The western third of the Parish, held by Amelric de Drewes 1086, name from 12th century Humphrey de Bohun

Humphrey de Bohun

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(related to Bohun Earls of Hereford). The Church of England parish church of All Saints

All Saints

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 was built in 1859 to designs by the architect N.E. Clacey.

Manningford Bruce

The central third of the Parish, held by Grimbald the Goldsmith in 1086, named after the Norman William de Breuse

William de Braose, 1st Baron Braose

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 in 1275. The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter

Saint Peter

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 is Norman

Norman architecture

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