Ablington, Wiltshire

Ablington
Ablington  Ablington shown within Wiltshire
OS grid reference	SU158469
Civil parish	Figheldean
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Salisbury
Postcode district	SP4
Dialling code	01980
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Devizes
List of places UK England Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°13′16″N 1°46′30″W / 51.221°N 1.775°W

Ablington is a small village in the English county of Wiltshire, on the River Avon, close to the village of Figheldean and about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of the town of Amesbury.

Barrow Clump, a prehistoric site re-used as a burial ground for an Anglo-Saxon village, is some 700 metres east of Ablington.^[1]

The settlement was recorded as Alboldintone in the Domesday Book.^[2] Ablington farmhouse is an 18th-century thatched building, extended in c. 1880 and at later dates.^[3]

For local government purposes, Ablington is part of Figheldean civil parish.

References

1. Historic England. "Barrow Clump (1009697)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
2. Ablington in the Domesday Book
3. Historic England. "Ablington Farmhouse (1183066)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

External links

• Media related to Ablington, Wiltshire at Wikimedia Commons
• "Figheldean". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 13 September 2016.