Donhead St Andrew
{{Short description|Village in Wiltshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image_name= The Foresters Arms, Donhead St Andrew - geograph.org.uk - 323771.jpg
|static_image_caption= The Forester
|coordinates = {{coord|51.022|-2.121|type:city(500)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Donhead St Andrew
|population = 413
|population_ref=(in 2011){{cite web|title=Donhead St. Andrew Census Information|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Census?communityId=80|work=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=30 March 2014}}
|civil_parish= Donhead St Andrew
|unitary_england = Wiltshire
|lieutenancy_england = Wiltshire
|region= South West England
|constituency_westminster= Salisbury
|post_town= Shaftesbury
|postcode_district = SP7
|postcode_area= SP
|dial_code= 01747
|os_grid_reference= ST916247
|website= {{URL|www.donheadstandrew-pc.org.uk/|Parish Council}}
}}
Donhead St Andrew is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the River Nadder. It lies {{convert|4|mi|km}} east of the Dorset market town of Shaftesbury. The parish includes the hamlets of West End, Milkwell and (on the A30) Brook Waters. In 2011 the parish has a population of 413.
Ferne House, on the site of a former manor house, is within the parish.
History
Donhead St Andrew and its neighbour Donhead St Mary were once part of a single Donhead estate. By c. 1200 Donhead St Andrew had a church, and the 'St Andrew' suffix was in use in 1240.{{cite web|website=British History Online|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 13 pp126-138: Donhead St Andrew|editor-first=D.A.|editor-last=Crowley|author-first1=Jane|author-last1=Freeman|author-first2=Janet H|author-last2=Stevenson|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol13/pp126-138|publisher=University of London|date=1987|access-date=23 June 2016}}
The Wardour estate occupies the northeast of the parish. Wardour Castle, built in the 1390s and now known as Old Wardour Castle, straddles the boundary with Tisbury parish. South of the castle stands Old Wardour House, built for the Arundells in the 17th century after the partial destruction of the castle in the Civil War.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1183506|desc=Old Wardour House|access-date=23 June 2016|fewer-links=yes}} New Wardour Castle, a large country house begun in 1769, is nearby in Tisbury parish.
The ridgeway which enters the parish from the east at White Sheet Hill (not to be confused with Whitesheet Hill north of Mere) became part of the Salisbury-Exeter road, following the route of the present A30 towards Shaftesbury. By 1788 the present lower-level route was in use instead of the ridgeway.
A school was built near the church in 1835 and became a National School, then was rebuilt on the same site in 1880, to provide places for 100 children. The school closed in 1970.{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=National School, Donhead St. Andrew|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/School/Details/1185|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=23 June 2016}}
Population of the parish peaked around the time of the 1841 census when 900 were recorded, then fell steadily until stabilising at around half that number in the mid-20th century.
Church
File:St Andrew's Church, Donhead St Andrew 07.JPG
The Anglican Church of St Andrew has 12th-century origins and was extended and remodelled in the 14th, 15th and 17th. Victorian restoration included the rebuilding of the chancel and tower.{{cite web|title=Wiltshire Community History: Church of St. Andrew|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/1118|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=12 January 2015}} The tower has four bells, the oldest from the 15th century.{{cite web|title=Donhead St Andrew|url=http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?DoveID=DONHEAD%20SA|website=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers|access-date=21 June 2016}}
The poet William Lisle Bowles was a curate at the church until 1792. A wall tablet is a memorial to Captain John Cooke, a naval officer killed at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Notable rectors include Charles Clarke in the 20th century.
The church was designated as Grade II* listed in 1966.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1146099|desc=Church of St Andrew|access-date=21 June 2016}} In 1980 the benefice was united with Donhead St Mary and Charlton;{{London Gazette |issue=48103 |date=19 February 1980 |page=2651}} today the parish is part of the Benefice of St Bartholomew.{{cite web|title=Benefice of St Bartholomew|url=http://www.benofbart.org.uk/|access-date=21 June 2016}}
Opposite the church stands Donhead House, a former rectory built in the early 18th century and enlarged in the early 20th for Sir James Pender, businessman and Member of Parliament.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1146100|desc=Donhead House|access-date=21 June 2016|fewer-links=yes}}
Local government
Donhead St Andrew has an elected parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which performs local government functions.
Notable people
- Julian Bream (1933–2020), classical guitarist, lived in the parish from 2009 until his death.{{Cite news|last=Jeffries|first=Stuart|date=2013-09-13|title=Julian Bream: 'I'm a better musician now than when I was 70'|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/13/julian-bream-better-musician-70|access-date=2020-05-18|issn=0261-3077}}
- Kenneth Cooper (1905–1981), British Army officer, lived at West End House
References
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External links
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- [http://www.donheadstandrew-pc.org.uk/ Donhead St Andrew Parish Council]
- [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/web-donhead-standrew-vds.pdf Village Design Statement, c. 2004, reviewed 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813101803/http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/web-donhead-standrew-vds.pdf |date=13 August 2016 }} at wiltshire.gov.uk
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