St Andrew's Church
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St Andrew's Church

Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England

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St Andrew's Church is Grade II Listed. Elements of the church appear to be 13th- century in origin, although it was almost entirely rebuilt in 1868. A settlement at Bluntesdone is recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086 and the place name Bluntesdon Seynt Andreu is recorded in 1281.The village was probably originally centred on St Andrew's Church. Although a building known as Blunsdon Abbey previously lay to the south of the site, there is no evidence for any religious house in the area. The Church lies in a wider landscape of prehistoric and Romano-British rural settlement in north Wiltshire. A number of significant Iron Age settlements to the south and south-east of the Church indicate that it lies within a wider landscape of settlement and agriculture. The Church also lies around 1km west of Ermin Street, the Roman road connecting the civitas capital of Cirencester and the settlement at Wanborough and an excavated Roman ritual centre (now a Scheduled Ancient Monument) is located less than 0.5km to the south-east.
St Andrew's Church is Grade II Listed. Elements of the church appear to be 13th- century in origin, although it was almost entirely rebuilt in 1868. A settlement at Bluntesdone is recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086 and the place name Bluntesdon Seynt Andreu is recorded in 1281.The village was probably originally centred on St Andrew's Church. Although a building known as Blunsdon Abbey previously lay to the south of the site, there is no evidence for any religious house in the area. The Church lies in a wider landscape of prehistoric and Romano-British rural settlement in north Wiltshire. A number of significant Iron Age settlements to the south and south-east of the Church indicate that it lies within a wider landscape of settlement and agriculture. The Church also lies around 1km west of Ermin Street, the Roman road connecting the civitas capital of Cirencester and the settlement at Wanborough and an excavated Roman ritual centre (now a Scheduled Ancient Monument) is located less than 0.5km to the south-east.

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