Coordinates: 51°16′59″N 2°03′25″W / 51.283°N 2.057°W
| Erlestoke | |
 St Saviour's parish church |
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.png)  Erlestoke
 Erlestoke shown within Wiltshire |
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| Population | 522 (as of 2001) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DEVIZES |
| Postcode district | SN10 |
| Dialling code | 01380 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire | |
Erlestoke is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire.
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History
The current form of the village of Erlestoke is largely due to Joshua Smith, a Member of Parliament for Devizes. Between the 1780s and the 1810s Smith was responsible for replacing the existing Elizabethan house with one higher up the hill east of the village, landscaping the park, and moving the houses of the village to the current High Street, where he added picturesque estate cottages incorporating pieces of sculpture and architectural fragments from the old manor house.
Erlestoke House was seriously damaged by a fire in 1950. It is now part of Erlestoke Prison, which also has many modern buildings.
Local government
Erlestoke is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It also falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
Erlestoke was in the District of Kennet until the four Wiltshire district councils were abolished in 2009.
In the 2002 census, the parish had a population of 522.
Economy
Erlestoke (HM Prison) is the only prison in Wiltshire, and has a capacity of 410 men.[1]
Location
Position: grid reference ST961538
Nearby towns and cities: Devizes, Salisbury
Nearby villages: Great Cheverell, Coulston, Marston
See also
References
- Wiltshire County Council Website page on Erlestoke, retrieved 23:00 Oct 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Kennet District Council Website page on Erlestoke Parish, retrieved 23:00 Oct 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Office for National Statistics (ONS) - List of English parishes, retrieved 14:00 Oct 3, 2004 (UTC).
- Map 'Explorer 143', published by the Ordnance Survey, ISBN 0-319-23557-2, revised 2004.
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