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Alton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the adjacent villages of Alton Barnes and Alton Priors, and the nearby hamlet of Honeystreet on the Kennet and Avon Canal. It lies in the Vale of Pewsey about east of Devizes. The north of the parish is on the Marlborough Downs and includes part of Milk Hill, which is the highest point in Wiltshire at . ==History== The area has prehistoric sites including the Knap Hill earthwork and Adam's Grave, a Neolithic long barrow. A hoard of Roman coins was discovered at Alton Barnes. The boundaries of Alton Barnes parish were established in the early 10th century. Alton Priors was a chapelry of Overton parish, now West Overton; in 1934 Alton Barnes and Alton Priors were merged to form the parish of Alton. In 1086 the ''Domesday Book'' records Edward of Salisbury as holder of the manor of Alton Barnes.〔 The Ridgeway, an ancient trackway, passes through Alton Barnes (although this section is not part of the Ridgeway National Trail, which begins further north). The Wansdyke, an early medieval earthwork, crosses the north of the parish on the Marlborough Downs. Alton Barnes Manor Farmhouse (18th century) and the Manor House at Alton Priors (c. 1830) are Grade II listed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alton, Wiltshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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