Wiltshire Travel Guide - Historic Churches

What remains of the medieval church of All Saints stands amid farm fields close to the source of the Thames. The low-lying site is subject to damp, which helps explain why the church was moved to higher ground in 1896, leaving behind only the chancel of the original church.
Leigh, Wiltshire, England, SN6 6QY

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Heritage Highlight: 18th century paintings of Biblical texts in rural Baroque style.

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The lovely country church of St Michael's, Little Bedwyn, stands at the end of a row of pretty cottages, on the north bank of the Kennet and Avon Canal. The location is idyllic, and it seems far from the bustle of daily life. Highlights of the interior include a set of humorous carved heads adorning the nave pillars, and lovely Romanesque architecture throughout.
Church Street, Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, SN8 3JQ

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A Norman church in an idyllic countryside setting. The historic highlight is a 12th-century tympanum and lintel over the south doorway, carved with a bishop and a hunting scene. Set into the exterior wall is a child's stone coffin lid.
Little Langford, Wiltshire, England, SP3 4NU

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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century tympanum depicting a hunting scene

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A 12th-century church associated with Glastonbury Abbey. Dedicated personally by Thomas Becket, who carved the altar slab consecration crosses. The historical highlight is the Bath Chapel, with tombs to the Thynne family of nearby Longleat House.
Church Street, Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire, England, BA12 7DL

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Heritage Highlight: Bath Chapel memorials to the Thynne family of Longleat

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St Mary's is the parish church of a Lydiard Tregoze, a village that disappeared some 300 years ago. The church features gorgeous monuments to members of the St. John family of Lydiard Park, as well as 15th-century wall paintings. A feast for the eyes as well as the spirit, set amidst many acres of restful parkland in the grounds of Lydiard Park.
Lydiard Park, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England, SN5 3PA

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Heritage Highlight: 17th century 'Golden Cavalier' gilded monument to Edward St John

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A much remodelled Norman church in a quiet village location, St Mary's features quite a lot of 17th-century work in the interior. The church was built sometime before 1179. The nave may be 12th century, and the chancel and tower date to the 13th century.
Maddington, Shrewton, Maddington, Wiltshire, England, SP3 4JE

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A 12th-century church with some of the earliest pointed arches in England. The interior highlight is a 1730 memorial by Michael Rysbrack of Sir Edward Seymour. There is a Norman font, and several Dukes of Somerset are buried in the churchyard.
B3092, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, England, BA12 7HA

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Heritage Highlight: Early 18th-century memorial to Sir Edward Seymour by Michael Rysbrack

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Malmesbury Abbey is a 12th-century monastic church on the site of a 7th-century monastery established under St Aldhelm. The Abbey church boasts exceptional Norman carving in the porch and the 10th-century tomb and effigy of King Athelstan.
Gloucester Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, SN16 0AA

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Heritage Highlight: Superb 12th-century porch carving

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A 12th-century retaining its original south doorway and chancel arch, located in a lovely village setting. The nave is Norman, but the chancel is 14th century. There is a Jacobean pulpit and a plain 13th-century font on a pedestal.
The Street, Marden, Wiltshire, England, SN10 3RH

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Heritage Highlight: Norman south doorway and chancel arch

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St Mary's is one of two medieval churches in Marlborough. It dates to the 12th century, though the medieval church was completely rebuilt following the great fire of 1653 that destroyed much of the town. Historical highlights include a 3rd-century Roman carving of the goddess Fortuna built into the west wall of the nave.
Kingsbury Street, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, SN8 1JQ

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Heritage Highlight: 3rd-century Roman carving of Fortuna

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