Allington, North Wiltshire

{{Short description|Hamlet in Wiltshire, England}}

{{About-distinguish-text|the hamlet near Chippenham|Allington near Devizes|Allington near Amesbury}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox UK place

|static_image_name= Manor Farm near Allington - geograph.org.uk - 1760358.jpg

|static_image_caption= Manor Farm, Allington

|coordinates = {{coord|51.475|-2.153|type:city(100)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Allington

|population=

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|civil_parish= Chippenham Without

|unitary_england= Wiltshire

|lieutenancy_england= Wiltshire

|region= South West England

|country= England

|constituency_westminster= South Cotswolds

|post_town= Chippenham

|postcode_district= SN14

|postcode_area= SN

|dial_code= 01249

|os_grid_reference= ST895751

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Allington is a hamlet in north Wiltshire, England. It is on the edge of the market town of Chippenham, about {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} north-west of the town centre and about {{convert|0.3|mi|m|-2}} north of the A420 road towards Bristol.

Allington Bar is a farm and small hamlet on the A420.

Allington Manor Farmhouse is from the mid 18th century{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022897|desc=Allington Manor Farmhouse|access-date=11 November 2015}} and incorporates fragments of a 17th-century manor house; further fragments are within an 18th-century barn.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022898|desc=Barn to northwest of Allington Manor Farmhouse|access-date=11 November 2015|fewer-links=yes}} Bolehyde Manor, a Grade II* listed 17th-century manor house{{National Heritage List for England|num=1283450|desc=Bolehyde Manor|access-date=2 May 2022}} and former home of Camilla Parker-Bowles, is a short distance north of Allington village.

This Allington is not a former parish, but was a tithing of the parish of Chippenham.Samuel Lewis, A topographical dictionary of England, vol. 1 (1835), [https://books.google.com/books?id=infRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PT57 p. 57] Since 1894 it has been in the civil parish of Chippenham Without.{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Chippenham Without|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/55|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=11 November 2015}}

The settlement was designated as a conservation area in 1998, and in 2002 the area was extended to include the surrounding landscape.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 2005 |title=Conservation Area Description: Allington |url=http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/allington-2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212341/http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/allington-2.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |website=Wiltshire Council |via=Internet Archive}}