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Dilton Marsh is a village and parish in the County of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...
Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...
Location
Its closest town is Westbury, which lies due east of the village. To the west is the Somerset town of Frome; Warminster is to the south, and Trowbridge (the county town) is just to the north (these last two are both in Wiltshire). Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire. ...
Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...
For the various rivers and a lake with this name, see Frome (disambiguation) Map sources for Frome at grid reference ST797538 Frome (pronounced ) is a small town in Somerset, England, near the Mendip Hills. ...
This article is about the English town. ...
Location within the British Isles Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England. ...
Features
 Holy Trinity Church, Dilton Marsh The village High Street is 2 km (2187 yds.) long. In the centre of the village is Holy Trinity Church. This Anglican church was built in 1844 in a rather unusual neo-Romanesque style by Thomas Wyatt. At the eastern end of the village is the Halt, a simple railway platform on the regional line. It is the subject of the John Betjeman poem Dilton Marsh Halt. The village also has a primary school, a public house (the Prince of Wales), a post office, grocery shop and Chinese takeaway. A photograph of Holy Trinity Church in Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, England taken by User:Garzo on 20 March 2002. ...
Sir John Betjeman (28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Whos Who as a poet and hack. He was born to a middle class family in Edwardian London. ...
History The original settlement, Old Dilton, some 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south of the present village centre, now consists of a couple of farm houses and the beautiful St Mary's Church (with a triple-decker pulpit and box pews). As fewer workers were needed in the local woollen industry, with the introduction of greater mechanisation, many moved to the common land of the drained marsh on the northern side of the ridge. By the early nineteenth century, Dilton Marsh had outgrown the older settlement.
Local Government Dilton Marsh has its own, elected parish council. Local government services are provided by West Wiltshire District Council and Wiltshire County Council, both of whom have their offices in nearby Trowbridge. The village is represented in Parliament by the MP for Westbury. West Wiltshire is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. ...
Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...
Location within the British Isles Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England. ...
The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...
Westbury is a rural parliamentary constituency in the English county of Wiltshire. ...
See also This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. ...
This is a list of civil parishes in England, the smallest level of local government, split by county. ...
External links - The Villages of Dilton and Dilton Marsh - local history website
- Dilton Marsh website
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