Avebury (location)
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 26 ′ N , 1 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SU1069 | ||
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| Residents | 486 (as of: 2001) | ||
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| Post town | Marlborough | ||
| ZIP code section | SN8 | ||
| prefix | 01672 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Shire county | Wiltshire | ||
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire | ||
| British Parliament | Devizes | ||
| Website: www.aveburyparishcouncil.org | |||
Avebury [ ˈeɪvbri ] is a place and a civil parish in Wiltshire , England . Much of the place is surrounded by a prehistoric stone circle , also known as Avebury . The parish also includes the neighboring villages of Avebury Trusloe , Beckhampton and West Kennett .
history
The first mention of the place can be found in the Domesday Book under the original names East Kennett and West Kennett , which were in use until at least 1086. Throughout its early history, the demarcation from neighboring towns was not clearly defined. Usually the eastern border of the Ridgeway and an old Roman road in the south-west are given. Today's main road through the parish is what used to be the main route between Bath and London .
In the 14th century there are about 130 taxable residents, in the 19th century the place had about 500 inhabitants in total. Avebury was initially around the church but expanded into the stone circle in the early 18th century. The economy is still characterized by agriculture today. A small school existed in the village until 1940.
Megalithic systems in and around town
The Avebury Stone Circle is one of the most extensive megalithic monuments in the British Isles. It consists of several parts that were created at different times. The oldest earthworks are dated from 3400 to 2600 BC. Dated. The stone circles and avenues are from more recent periods. Since the 14th century, the local population began to remove parts of the facilities in order to gain arable land or building material.
The scientific research began in 1648 with a visit and a first report by John Aubreys , in the 18th century William Stukeley described the condition at that time, in the 1930s the archaeologist Alexander Keiller made a first attempt to restore parts of the complex. The area has been administered by the National Trust since 1943, and since 1986 Avebury has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Stonehenge , Silbury Hill and other associated sites .
In addition, there are other prehistoric sites in the vicinity such as West Kennet Long Barrow and West Kennet Avenue .
Church and village fountain
The church of St. James shows the structure of the church and two windows from the 11th century. In the 13th century it was run as the All Saints Church , today it is consecrated to the Apostle James .
The local pub The Red Lion advertises to be the only pub in the world that is surrounded by a stone circle. It was built around the old village well, which is now closed by a glass plate and is used as a dining table. An inscription on the edge of the well claims that at least one villager was killed if he fell into this well.
Mansion Avebury Manor
The manor house Avebury Manor , which lies with the extensive gardens on the edge of the village, is owned by the National Trust . It stands on the site of a former Benedictine monastery .
The medieval monastery was founded in 1114 as a subsidiary of Saint Georges de Boscherville near Rouen in Normandy . During the Hundred Years War rendered Henry V the possession of the monastery to the church of Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire that the lands to the dissolution of the monasteries under management in the 16th century.
Mention in the media
Avebury was the location of the TV series " Children of the Stones " from 1977, in which the place and its inhabitants were controlled by the stones of the stone circle.
Robert Goddard's 2005 novel "Sight Unseen" takes place here.
See also
- Rock art , petroglyph
- The Ridgeway long-distance hiking trail starts near the village
photos
Aerial view of the place
House in place
St James village church
Depiction of stone circle and location from 1830
Two of the stones that as Adam and Eve are referred
literature
- AB Pugh, Elizabeth Critall: A History of the County of Wiltshire . tape 3 , 1956, pp. 392 f . ( online [accessed March 26, 2014]). , on the history of Avebury Monastery
- DA Crowley, AP Baggs, Jane Freeman, Janet H. Stevenson: A History of the County of Wiltshire . tape 12 , 1983, p. 86-105 ( online [accessed March 26, 2014]). , on the history of Avebury
- Information in the United Kingdom Census 2001 , Area selected: Kennet (Non-Metropolitan District) . In: Office for National Statistics (Ed.): Neighborhood Statistics: Full Dataset View . ( online [accessed April 3, 2014]).
- Wikisource (Ed.): 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica / Avebury . 2012 ( online [accessed April 3, 2014]). , Entry on Avebury in the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1911
Individual evidence
- ↑ Building history ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the church. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
Web links
- Parish Council , official website (English)