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Leigh Delamere is a small village in the civil parish of Grittleton in the English county of Wiltshire, five miles from Chippenham. It is the location of Leigh Delamere services on the M4 motorway. The village comprises a church, eight almshouses and eight houses, most of which have been renovated during a major modernization of the hamlet following the demise of Manor Farm. The almshouses have been sold and the new owners are going to split the building into two houses. Leigh Delamere is in the constituency of North Wiltshire, and the MP is James Gray (Conservative). Since 2007, a bund has been proposed to be built around the hamlet of Leigh Delamere to reduce the noise of motorway traffic. The residents of Leigh Delamere voted on whether to build the bund and the vote won with a landslide victory. ==St Margaret's Church== St Margaret of Antioch Church was built, on the site of a previous 12th-century church, in 1846 and dedicated to Margaret the Virgin. It has been designated as a Grade II * listed building and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/findachurch/st-margaret-of-antioch-leigh-delamere/ )〕 The previous church had been built around 1190, in an Early English style with some Norman features. In 1301 the patron of the church was John De la Mare. By 1846 the church was in a dilapadated condition and it would have cost more to repair than rebuild.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getimage.php?id=4711 )〕 The new church was commissioned by Joseph Neeld and designed by James Thomson who also designed the nearby Grittleton House which is now Grittleton House School. The Gothic chancel, includes a reredos which is carved and decorated in many colours. The west window includes stained glass by Wilmshurst.〔 There are many memorials including those to the Neeld Baronets.〔 A new organ was installed in 1896, and electricity supplied in 1949 although attendance by this time was very low. The church was closed as a regular place of worship in 1992.〔 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「Leigh Delamere」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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