Editing Odstock

{{Short description|Village in Wiltshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name= Odstock
|static_image_name= bluebell-odstock.jpg
|static_image_caption= Bluebells in Odstock woods
|coordinates = {{coord|51.034|-1.791|type:city(500)_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|os_grid_reference= SU148261
|label_position= top
|population= 554
|population_ref=(in 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127202&c=SP5+4ES&d=16&e=62&g=6476185&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1426160183934&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref>
|civil_parish= Odstock
|unitary_england= [[Wiltshire Council|Wiltshire]]
|lieutenancy_england= [[Wiltshire]]
|region= South West England
|country= England
|constituency_westminster= [[Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Salisbury]]
|post_town= Salisbury
|postcode_district= SP5
|postcode_area= SP
|dial_code= 01722
|website= {{URL|https://odstock-pc.org.uk|Parish Council}}
}}
'''Odstock''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] {{convert|3|mi|km}} south of [[Salisbury]] in [[Wiltshire]], England.<ref>{{cite book |title=AA Book of British Villages |date=1980 |publisher=Drive Publications Limited |isbn=9780340254875 |page=302}}</ref> The parish includes the village of [[Nunton]] with its nearby hamlet of Bodenham. The parish is in the valley of the [[River Ebble]], which joins the [[River Avon (Hampshire)|Hampshire Avon]] near Bodenham.

In the [[woodland|woods]] about Odstock are [[earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]]. The meaning of the name is probably "Odo's [[stockade]]".{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}

[[Odstock Down]] is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

==History==
Fragmentary records from Saxon times indicate that the Ebble valley was a thriving area, the River Ebble also being known as the River Chalke. The [[Domesday Book]] in 1086 divided the Chalke Valley into eight manors, ''Chelke'' (Chalke), ''Eblesborne'' ([[Ebbesbourne Wake]]), ''Fifehide'' ([[Fifield Bavant]]),  ''Cumbe'' ([[Coombe Bissett]]), ''Humitone'' (Homington), ''Odestoche'' (Odstock), ''Stradford'' ([[Stratford Tony]]) and ''Trow'' (circa [[Alvediston]] and [[Tollard Royal]]).<ref name="Meers">[http://www.southwilts.com/site/Ebbesbourne-Wake-Through-The-Ages/EWTTA3.pdf Ebbesbourne Wake through the Ages by Peter Meers]</ref>

[[Oliver Cromwell]] is said to have stayed in Odstock in a 17th-century house that was once an inn called the Parsonage.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KaO6BwAAQBAJ&q=Odstock%20oliver%20cromwell&pg=PA234|title=The Old Rectory: The Story of the English Parsonage|last=Jennings|first=Anthony|date=2009-10-28|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781441118059|pages=234|language=en|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Nunton and Bodenham were transferred from [[Downton, Wiltshire|Downton]] parish to Odstock in 1934.<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 11 pp19-77 - Parishes: Downton|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol11/pp19-77|website=British History Online|publisher=University of London|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref>

==Buildings==
The [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II*]] listed [[Anglican]] church at Odstock is dedicated to [[St Mary]]. Originating in the 12th century, it was partially re-built by [[James Fowler (architect)|James Fowler]] of Louth in 1870.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1023844|desc=Church of St Mary, Odstock|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref> The previous year, Fowler added to the 1816 Odstock Rectory.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1181842|desc=The Old Rectory, Odstock|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref> Today the parish is part of the Chalke Valley Churches group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chalkevalleychurches.org/odstock-stmary.htm|title=Odstock - St Mary|website=Chalke Valley Churches|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref>

At the church is the grave of Joshua Scamp who, to protect his daughter, took the blame for his son-in-law's theft of a horse, and was hanged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://romanygenes.com/#/scamp-family/4528685510|title=Scamp Family: Joshua Scamp|website=romanygenes.com|access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> Legend has it that after Joshua's death a Gypsy curse was put on the Church.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scary tales of Wiltsh|publisher=BBC|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2006/09/22/curse_feature.shtml|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref>

Odstock Manor House dates from the 17th century and is also Grade II* listed.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1023845|desc=Odstock Manor House|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref> It is the home of [[Jonathan Marland, Baron Marland|Lord (Jonathan) Marland]], businessman and Conservative politician.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/911047.true_blue_tories_celebrate_at_treasurers_birthday_bash/|title=True blue Tories celebrate at treasurer's birthday bash|date=9 September 2006|newspaper=This is Wiltshire}}</ref>

What is now the Yew Tree Inn was a pair of 18th century cottages. George Ford is listed as a beer retailer and shopkeeper in Odstock in 1875 and is likely the first landlord of the inn.<ref>{{cite web|title=Odstock|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/176|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref>

==Hospital==
{{Main|Salisbury District Hospital}}
Odstock Hospital was built in 1942 {{convert|0.8|mi|km}} north of the village, in the parish of [[Britford]]. From 1943 it was used by the United States 5th Army Medical Corps and provided support for the Normandy landings in 1944. With the creation of the National Health Service in 1948, the hospital was selected to house a new regional Plastic and Oral Surgery Centre providing [[burn (injury)|burns]] and (since 1984) [[Spinal cord injury|spinal]] care for patients in five counties. Since 1987 the site has developed into a large District Hospital.

==Longford Castle==
{{Main|Longford Castle}}
North of Bodenham is the Longford Park estate and Longford Castle, seat of the Pleydell-Bouverie family, [[Earl of Radnor|Earls of Radnor]].

==Bordering areas==
{{Geographic location
|title     = '''Neighbouring areas of Odstock'''
|Northwest = [[Salisbury]]
|North     = [[Salisbury]]
|Northeast = [[Salisbury]]
|West      = [[Homington]], [[Coombe Bissett]]
|Centre    = Odstock
|East      = [[Nunton]]
|Southwest = [[Rural area]]
|South     = [[Rural area]]
|Southeast = [[Rural area]]
}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline}}
* [https://odstock-pc.org.uk Odstock Parish Council]

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[[Category:Villages in Wiltshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Wiltshire]]