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East Knoyle is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The parish lies on the A350 road about nine miles south of Warminster, fifteen miles west of Salisbury, and two miles south west of Hindon, at grid reference ST880305. It is the birthplace of Sir Christopher Wren. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Milton, north of East Knoyle. ==History== East Knoyle was part of the ancient Hundred of Downton. Unusually for England, parish registers survive from 1538 and are kept in the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.〔(East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England ) at genuki.org.uk〕 John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' (1870-1872) notes two tythings in East Knoyle: Milton and Upton.〔(Descriptive gazetteer entries for East Knoyle ) at visionofbritain.org.uk〕 East Knoyle's population has risen and fallen in recent centuries, with a period of growth in the 19th century. In 1801 the population was 853, and by 1831 it had reached 1028, but in 1901 it was down again to 814. In 1951, the population was still at 821, but by 1971 it was only 699.〔〔(A vision of East Knoyle AP/CP ) at visionofbritain.org.uk〕 In 1885 the southern part of the former parish of Pertwood was added to East Knoyle. The Church of St Mary is Grade I listed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1131168 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.benofbart.org.uk/ )〕 Clouds House, a listed building near the village, was designed in the 19th century by the architect Philip Webb for Percy Wyndham and is one of Webb's grandest designs. It is now occupied by the Action on Addiction charity as a treatment centre for drug and alcohol dependence.〔(Clouds House ) at actiononaddiction.org.uk〕 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「East Knoyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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