Edington | |
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Priory church (St Mary, St Katherine and All Saints) | |
Location within Wiltshire | |
Population | 734 (in 2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | ST927531 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WESTBURY |
Postcode district | BA13 |
Dialling code | 01380 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Village |
Edington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) east-northeast of Westbury. The village lies under the north slope of Salisbury Plain and the parish extends south onto the Plain. Its Grade I listed parish church was built for Edington Priory in the 14th century.
Tinhead is the former name of the eastern half of present-day Edington, towards Coulston along the B3098 Westbury to Market Lavington road. Tinhead is labelled on the Ordnance Survey map of 1945[2] but not on the 1958 map.[3] Today the combined settlement is Edington and the name survives only in Tinhead Hill and Tinhead Lane.