Sedgehill

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title: "Sedgehill" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-wiltshire", "former-civil-parishes-in-wiltshire"] description: "Village in Wiltshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-wiltshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedgehill" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Wiltshire, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
static_image	St Catherine's Church, Sedgehill - geograph.org.uk - 338463.jpg
static_image_caption	St Catherine's Church in 2007
coordinates
official_name	Sedgehill
civil_parish	Sedgehill and Semley
unitary_england	Wiltshire
lieutenancy_england	Wiltshire
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Salisbury
post_town	Shaftesbury
postcode_district	SP7
postcode_area	SP
dial_code	01747
os_grid_reference	ST866281
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::callout[type=note] the former parish in Wiltshire ::

| country = England | static_image = St Catherine's Church, Sedgehill - geograph.org.uk - 338463.jpg | static_image_caption = St Catherine's Church in 2007 | coordinates = | official_name = Sedgehill | civil_parish = Sedgehill and Semley | unitary_england = Wiltshire | lieutenancy_england = Wiltshire | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = Salisbury | post_town = Shaftesbury | postcode_district = SP7 | postcode_area = SP | dial_code = 01747 | os_grid_reference = ST866281 | website = Sedgehill is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sedgehill and Semley, in the southwest of the county of Wiltshire, England. It lies to the west of the A350 primary route, about 3+1/4 mi north of Shaftesbury, Dorset.

History

In the 12th century, and possibly the 11th, the lands which became Sedgehill parish were part of the estates of Shaftesbury Abbey. After the Dissolution, Sedgehill manor was bought by Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle (c. 1502 – 1552) and then in 1573 by William Grove (died 1582) who was briefly MP for Shaftesbury. The estate remained in the Grove family (from 1874 the Grove baronets), although reduced in size as farms were sold, until the death of Gerald Grove in 1962.

The population of the parish rose to 216 at the 1871 census, and by 1961 had declined to 130.

On 1 April 1986, on recommendation of Salisbury District Council, the parish was amalgamated with Semley to form "Sedgehill and Semley" civil parish.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of St Catherine has origins in the 14th century. In 1395 it became a chapelry of the church at Berwick St Leonard, which was connected with Shaftesbury Abbey. This pertained until 1914, when Sedgehill was made a parish and supplemented with 318 acres transferred from East Knoyle.{{London Gazette | issue = 28873 | date = 18 August 1914 | pages = 6488-6492

The church is in limestone with slate roofs. The west tower was built in the 15th century; The church was recorded as Grade II* listed in 1966.

References

References

1. "GROVE, William (1532/33-82), of Shaftesbury, Dorset, and Donhead St. Andrew, Wilts.".
2. (January 1986). "The Salisbury (Parishes) Order 1986".
3. "Salisbury Registration District". UKBMD.
4. {{National Heritage List for England
5. (1987). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 13 pp169-176 – Parishes: Sedgehill". University of London.
6. "St Catherine's Church, Sedgehill".
7. "Sedgehill".

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