Limpley Stoke is a village and
civil parish in
Wiltshire, in the
Avon Valley, between
Bath and
Freshford. The village is below the
A36 road.
The civil parish, which had a population of 637 in 2001, also includes the hamlet of
Waterhouse, and the outskirts of the
Somerset village of
Midford. The 18th century country house at Waterhouse used to be a residential home for the elderly. It is a Grade II
listed building.
History
In 1885 Messrs E G Browne and J C Margetson acquired a cloth mill, known as Avon Mill, on the banks of the
River Avon at Limpley Stoke. The previous owners of the mill had originally been
timber merchants, but had later diversified into the production of rubber goods. By 1890 the business had transferred to premises in
Melksham in Wiltshire and later became
Avon Rubber.
The village has two
public houses, one of which, The Hop Pole, which dates from the 17th century, was used in the filming of
The Remains of the Day with
Anthony Hopkins.
Transport
Limpley Stoke railway station, on the
Wessex Main Line, is closed and is now privately owned. It was the junction station for the former branch line to
Camerton, Somerset, on which
The Titfield Thunderbolt was filmed.
The disused
Somerset Coal Canal joined the
Kennet and Avon Canal at the
Dundas Aqueduct in the village. The final section was restored during the 1980s, and is used for...
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