Dauntsey

Also known as Dauntsey, Wiltshire

Dauntsey is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It gives its name to the Dauntsey Vale in which it lies. The village is set on slightly higher ground in the floodplain of the upper Bristol Avon.

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Place details

Locality: Dauntsey
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image_name: Dauntsey primary school - geograph.org.uk - 299923.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: 19th-century school and almshouses, Dauntsey
UK place.label_position: left
UK place.official_name: Dauntsey
UK place.population: 581
UK place.population_ref: (in 2011)
UK place.unitary_england: Wiltshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Wiltshire
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: South Cotswolds
UK place.post_town: CHIPPENHAM
UK place.postcode_district: SN15
UK place.postcode_area: SN
UK place.dial_code: 01249
UK place.dial_code1: 01666
UK place.os_grid_reference: ST993819

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Wikidata facts

Population: 590
Official website: www.dauntsey.org
Image: Dauntsey primary school - geograph.org.uk - 299923.jpg
Dialing code: 01249

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Commons category: Dauntsey
OS grid reference: ST993819
postal code: SN15
P8168: overture

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Article

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Contents

History
Descent of the manor
Dauntsey family
Stradling
Danvers
Mordaunt
Meux
St James the Great Church
Economy
Transport
Amenities
Sources
References
External links

Today, the parish is split by the M4 motorway, with a chain of historic smaller settlements spread either side. Dauntsey Green is north of the motorway, along with Dauntsey Church at the entrance to Dauntsey Park; to the south are '''Greenman's Lane, Sodom and Dauntsey Lock'. Dauntsey Lock is on the Wilts & Berks Canal (presently being restored), the course of which runs alongside the Bristol-London mainline railway.