Cherhill is a village in Wiltshire, England located on the A4 road between Calne and Marlborough about 90 miles west of London. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Look up A4 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A4 may mean: A4 paper size, an international standard paper size (210×297 mm) defined by ISO 216 A4 road, in England, which runs from London to Bristol A4 (Switzerland) motorway, in Switzerland, that runs from Schaffhausen to central Switzerland The A4... Calne is a town in Wiltshire, England. ... Marlborough (pronounced Maulbruh - /ˈmÉ”Ëlbɹə/ in IPA) is a market town in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath. ...
It is known for the White Horse cut in 1780, Landsdowne obelisk on the Cherhill Downs and the crop circles that appeared in the fields at the bottom of the Downs. The area around the Horse and obelisk is owned by the National Trust. 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A crop circle pattern Crop circles are areas of cereal or similar crops that have been systematically flattened to form various geometric patterns. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, NT or The Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...
Cherhill is a village of 600–700 people with a mixture of housing ranging from thatched cottages to newly built detached houses. It has a church, school, pub, village hall and cricket team. It is located in the Wiltshire North parliamentary constituency and governed by Cherhill Parish Council, North Wiltshire District Council [1] and Wiltshire County Council [2].
The 'Cherhill Gang' were a famous group of highway men who operated in the 18th century on the London to Bath main road (now A4) which passes through the village — they were noted for their robbery technique of attacking carriages of the wealthy Londoners passing through the village whilst naked to shock the passengers into handing over their money and so that they could not be identified. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
The Cherhill white horse is the second oldest of the Wiltshire horses.
The Cherhill white horse is the work of a Dr Christopher Alsop of Calne, sometimes referred to as "the mad doctor".
A major restoration was carried out during August 2002, involving re-cutting the outline of the horse, fixing shuttering to hold the chalk in place, and resurfacing the horse with 160 tonnes of fresh chalk.
Cherhill parish has a tongue which extends northwards across meadows and pastures called Low, Abberd mead, and Penn, which were commonable to men of Cherhill, Calne, Calstone (in Calne and Calstone Wellington parishes), and Compton Bassett.
Cherhill church and the principal buildings of Cherhill manor were built close together on rising ground south of River's brook, apparently the site of a Roman villa.
Tithes from Cherhill were presumably among the possessions of Calne church when it was given to Salisbury cathedral in 1091 and when, no later than 1116, its estate was used to endow a prebend in the cathedral.
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