Sedgehill and Semley
{{Short description|Civil parish in Wiltshire, England}}
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Sedgehill and Semley is a civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, about {{convert|3|mi|km}} north of the town of Shaftesbury on the main A350 road. It is in the southwest of Wiltshire and adjoins Dorset. The parish includes the villages of Sedgehill and Semley, and the hamlets of Barkers Hill (in the southeast, towards Donhead St Andrew) and Sem Hill (near Semley). The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 643.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Sedgehill and Semley: population statistics, 2021 Census |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/wiltshire/E04011809__sedgehill_and_semley/ |access-date=29 August 2023 |website=CityPopulation.de}}
The River Sem forms part of the northern boundary of the parish, and is fed by several streams which cross the parish in a generally northeasterly direction.{{cite web|url=http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB108043016210|title=Sem|website=Catchment Data Explorer|publisher=Environment Agency|access-date=26 December 2019}} The Sem joins the River Nadder in the northeast corner of the parish near Wardour, and the short eastern boundary of the parish follows the course of the Nadder.
Governance
The parish was created in 1986 by combining formerly separate parishes.{{cite web|title=Sedgehill & Semley|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/196|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=4 April 2015}} The parish elects a parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council, a unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
For elections to Parliament, the parish is part of the Salisbury constituency.{{Cite web |title=Election Maps: Great Britain |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |access-date=8 September 2024 |website= |publisher=Ordnance Survey}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol13/pp169-176|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 13 pp169-176 – Parishes: Sedgehill|author-last1=Freeman|author-first1=Jane|year=1987|editor-last=Crowley|editor-first=D.A.|website=British History Online|publisher=University of London|access-date=6 January 2020|author-first2=Janet H|author-last2=Stevenson}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol13/pp66-79|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 13 pp66-79 – Parishes: Semley|author-last1=Freeman|author-first1=Jane|year=1987|editor-last=Crowley|editor-first=D.A.|website=British History Online|publisher=University of London|access-date=6 January 2020|author-first2=Janet H|author-last2=Stevenson}}
External links
- {{Official website|name=Sedgehill and Semley Parish Council}}
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