Wiltshire Travel Guide - Historic Churches

St Michael's is a lovely historic church in the centre of the market town of Highworth. The most notable feature is a small but superbly carved 12th-century tympanum over the south door.
Vicarage Lane, Highworth, Wiltshire, England, SN6 7AG

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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century tympanum

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St Swithun's Church in the Wiltshire village of Hinton Parva dates to the late Saxon period and boasts an outstanding tub font with interlace carvings. The tower is also late Saxon and the church retains 11th-century pillars as well as a number of 17th-century memorials.
Church Row, Hinton Parva, Wiltshire, England, SN4 0DW

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Heritage Highlight: Saxon font

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Founded in 1154, the church of St John was almost completely rebuilt in 1843 at the expense of the Marquis of Bath. The interior is pure Victoriana, with a striking angel roof in the chancel and stone screens. The church is set in lovely countryside with views of Longleat House and park.
Church Lane, Horningsham, Wiltshire, England, BA12 7LW

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The Grade-I listed church of All Saints at Idmiston dates to the 12th century, though much of the current building is 14th century. From that latter period are the clerestory, and two-storey north porch. The earliest part of the current building is the base of the tower.
Idmiston, Wiltshire, England, SP4 0AU

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval corbel heads and roof bosses

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The  Wiltshire village of Imber was evacuated in 1943 to allow the military to utilise Salisbury Plain for training purposes. The village was never reoccupied and the area is still part of the Battle Training Area. The church of St Giles is one of only a few intact buildings remaining in Imber.
Imber, Wiltshire, England, SN10 5UB

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval wall paintings

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St John the Baptist is a delightful rural church just south of the River Thames on the northern fringe of Wiltshire. It is largely a 13th-century building, though there was likely a church on this spot since the Saxon period.
Inglesham, Wiltshire, England, SN6 7RD

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A mid-Victorian rebuilding of a 14th-century church, atop a still earlier Saxon church. There is a Saxon font, a 13th-century effigy of a nobleman, and a 14th-century wooden statue brought here from a Flemish cathedral.
Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire, England, BA12 7HE

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century wooden Madonna and Child statue

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A Saxon building retaining an early 11th-century tympanum and carved capitals. There are 11th-century corbels in the chancel and a Saxon interlace reredos behind the altar. The remainder is pure Victorian style, by William Butterfield.
Knook, Wiltshire, England, BA12 0JG

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Heritage Highlight: Early 11th-century Saxon tympanum and capitals

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Lacock's pretty 15th-century church boasts a wealth of historical treasures, including a beautifully-preserved 1501 memorial brass to Robert and Elizabeth Baynard and their 18 children. Look for the Tudor memorial to Sir William Sharington, the first lay owner of Lacock Abbey.
Church Street, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, SN15 2LB

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Heritage Highlight: 16th-century Sir William Sharington memorial

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The church of St Margaret of Antioch in Leigh Delamere dates to 1846. It was built by James Thomson, who incorporated parts of an earlier 12th-century church into the new building. Thompson also designed nearby Grittleton House.
Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire, England, SN14 6JZ

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Heritage Highlight: Colourful west window by Wilmshurst

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