Coordinates: 51°09′22″N 2°04′12″W / 51.156°N 2.070°W
Boyton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 179, including the village of Corton, which forms part of the parish of Boyton.
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Location
The village is situated about seven miles east of Warminster, in the Wylye Valley, close to the A36 road and Salisbury Plain. Its nearest towns are Warminster and the city of Salisbury.
History
In the thirteenth century, there was a castle in the village. A one time occupant of the castle was Hugh Giffard and his wife Sibyl, who was the daughter and co-heiress of Walter de Cormeilles. Hugh was father of the Walter Giffard who became Archbishop of York and Chancellor of England. Another son was Godfrey Gifford, Bishop of Worcester and himself also Chancellor of England.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) described Boyton as follows:
BOYTON, a parish in the hundred of Heytesbury, in the county of Wilts, 3 miles to the S.E. of Heytesbury, its post town, and 7 from Warminster. The Salisbury branch of the Great Western railway passes near it. The parish is situated on the south side of the river Willy, a branch of the Nadder, and contains the hamlet of Corton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, of the value of £549, in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford. The church, which is dedicated to St Mary, is a good specimen of early English architecture, and has been recently restored. It was erected in 1301, and contains a fine circular window and an ancient font. There are some small charitable endowments. Boyton House, the old seat of the Lamberts, was built in 1618. CORTON, (or Cortington), a township in the parish of Boyton, hundred of Heytesbury, in the county of Wilts, 1 mile S. of Heytesbury, and 1 N.W. of Boyton. It belongs to the Lambert family.[1]
In late Victorian times, the historic Boyton Manor, next to the Anglican parish church, became the home of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the youngest son of Queen Victoria. He is commemorated today in the name of a public house called the Prince Leopold in the neighbouring village of Upton Lovell.
Local government
Local government services are provided by Wiltshire Council based in Trowbridge some fifteen miles to the north. Boyton (with Corton) also has its own elected parish council of five members.
The village is represented in Parliament by the MP for Westbury, Andrew Murrison, and its representative in Wiltshire Council is Christopher Newbury.
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