Pitton
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{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image_name = Pitton - White Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1432293.jpg
|static_image_caption = White Hill, Pitton
|coordinates = {{coord|51.081|-1.699|type:city(500)_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|official_name = Pitton
|population = 751
|civil_parish= Pitton and Farley
| unitary_england = Wiltshire
| lieutenancy_england = Wiltshire
|region = South West England
|constituency_westminster = Salisbury
|post_town = Salisbury
|postcode_district = SP5
|postcode_area = SP
|dial_code = 01722
|os_grid_reference = SU212313
|website = {{URL|https://www.pittonandfarley-pc.gov.uk/|Parish Council}}
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Pitton is a village in Wiltshire, England, about {{convert|7|mi|km}} east of Salisbury, just off the A30 London Road.
History
A Roman road (now a bridleway) forms the northern boundary of the parish and is a scheduled monument.{{NHLE|num=1005645|desc=Roman road between A30 and Winterslow Corner|access-date=30 March 2015}}
Local government
The civil parish of Pitton and Farley encompasses the villages of Pitton and Farley. The parish elects a parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
Churches
The Anglican Church of St Peter is Grade II* listed.{{NHLE|num=1135702|desc=Church of St Peter, Pitton and Farley|access-date=30 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=Church of St. Peter, Pitton|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/1252|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=30 March 2015}} It dates from the 12th century and was restored in 1878–80 by Ewan Christian. There is a window by C.E. Kempe. The church was a chapelry of Alderbury until 1874 when the parish of Farley with Pitton was established, with Farley church as the parish church.{{London Gazette
| issue = 24157
| date = 1 December 1874
| pages = 5992-5995
}} Today the parish is one of the ten covered by the Clarendon team ministry.{{cite web|url=http://www.clarendonteam.org/pitton.html|title=St Peter’s Church, Pitton|last=|first=|date=|website=The Clarendon Team|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=8 November 2019}}
A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1888 and extended with a schoolroom in 1934.{{cite web|title=Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Pitton|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/1253|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=30 March 2015}} From 2008 to 2011 the building housed an independent school (Milford Park School) and in 2013 it was converted into two residential dwellings.{{cite web|title=Planning Decision S/2012/1387/FULL|url=http://southplanning.wiltshire.gov.uk/public-planning-application-documents/00541000/00540685_Decision_Notice.pdf|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=30 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092045/http://southplanning.wiltshire.gov.uk/public-planning-application-documents/00541000/00540685_Decision_Notice.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}
Amenities
The village has a shop and post office, a pub (The Silver Plough), a park, a village hall and a small recreation ground. Pitton CE Primary School is on the western edge of the village.{{Cite web |title=Pitton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School |url=https://www.pitton.wilts.sch.uk/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.pitton.wilts.sch.uk}}
The Clarendon Way recreational footpath between Salisbury and Winchester passes through the village.
Buses into Pitton are run by Wilts & Dorset, serving two bus stops (one by the park, one at the crossroads). The main buses are the 88 & 89 to Winterslow, although there is also an X87.
References
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External links
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- {{cite web|title=Pitton & Farley|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/182|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=30 March 2015}}
- [https://www.pittonandfarley-pc.gov.uk/ Pitton and Farley Parish Council]
- [https://www.pittonandfarley.co.uk/ Pitton and Farley community website]
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