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Potterne is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England. The village is 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Devizes and lies on the A360 which links Devizes to Salisbury. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Potterne Wick.
History
There is evidence of occupation from the Mesolithic era with flint tools, including axe heads, being found from this period. An early Iron Age site, dating to between 700 BCE and 500 BCE, has been found close to Blackberry Lane. Roman remains, including pottery, coins and four skeletons, have been found near Blounts Court.[2]
Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three landholdings at Poterne, with six mills and a large population of 107 households.[3]
The ancient parish consisted of the tithings of Potterne, Worton, and Marston. Worton and Marston were made into a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1852,[4] and two civil parishes in 1894.[5]
Local government and services
The civil parish elects a parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service have their control centre on the outskirts of the village, in the grounds of the manor house. Prior to the amalgamation of the Dorset and Wiltshire services in 2016, the manor house (a late 18th century building, extended 1888–9)[6] was the headquarters of Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. The house was offered for sale in 2017.[7]
Parish church
St Mary's Church
A priest, and land held by the Bishop of Salisbury, was recorded at Potterne in Domesday Book of 1086.[3] The Church of England parish church of St Mary was built in the 13th century and has survived with little change, beyond work to the tower in the 15th century and restoration by Ewan Christian. Pevsner describes it as "An Early English parish church of exceptional purity and indeed classicity" and linked this to the Bishops' ownership of the manor.[8]
The church is cruciform, with a substantial tower over the crossing, and original lancet windows. It is built of rubble stone, with ashlar to the upper tower. The south porch was added in the 14th century, and in the 15th the tower was made higher and given an elaborate battlement.[5] Restoration in 1870–2 included re-roofing and the removal of galleries,[9] and the stained glass is from various dates in that century.[10]
The tower has six bells, the oldest cast by William I Purdue c. 1580.[11] The octagonal font and most of the oak pulpit are from the 15th century;[10] A 10th-century font was found during the 1872 restoration and now stands at the west end of the nave.[9] The organ was built in 1723 by Jordan of London and recased in 1938.[12] The church was recorded as Grade I listed in 1962.[10]
Since the 11th century, the church has been linked to All Saints at West Lavington as tithes from both churches endow a prebendary at Salisbury Cathedral.[5] From 1967 the benefice was held in plurality with Worton[13] and since 2017 the parish has been part of the Wellsprings benefice, which extends to Seend, Bulkington and Poulshot.[14]
Notable buildings
Porch House, a timber-framed house on the High Street, built c.1480. Bought in 1870 by artist George Richmond, who restored it with advice from Ewan Christian. Grade I listed.[15] "Remarkably well preserved" (Pevsner).[8]
The Red House, c.1700, a two-storey garden building for Walter Grubbe MP at Eastwell House, Grade II*.[16]
Whistley House, c.1730, a country house northwest of the village, Grade II*.[17]