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Orcheston is a civil parish and village in Wiltshire, England, lying on Salisbury Plain less than a mile north-west of neighbouring Shrewton. The present-day village combines the two former parishes of Orcheston St Mary and Orcheston St George and includes the hamlet of Elston. ==History and description== The village is recorded in the ''Domesday Book'', with the spelling ''Orchestone''.〔Richard Tomkins, ''Wiltshire Place Names'' (1983), p. 79〕〔(Orcheston ) at probertencyclopaedia.com〕 The two civil parishes of Orcheston, based on the two Church of England parish churches of St Mary and St George, were united into a single civil parish in 1934 and into a single ecclesiastical parish in 1971.〔Frederic A. Youngs, ''Guide to the local administrative units of England'' (1980), (page 546 )〕 The parish gives its name to the 'Orcheston long grass' (''Agrostis stolonifera''), also called 'Creeping Bent', the most commonly used species of Agrostis.〔William George Maton, (Observations on the Orcheston long grass ) in ''Transactions of the Linnean Society'', v. 5 (1800), pp. 28-31〕〔William Bingley, ''Useful knowledge: or, A familiar account of the various productions of nature'' (1831) (page 33 ) online at books.google.com〕〔William Withering, ''An arrangement of British plants'' (1796) (page 144 ) at books.google.com〕 The Rough-Stalked Meadow Grass (''Poa trivialis''), is also called Orcheston Grass,〔Martin John Sutton, ''Permanent and Temporary Pastures'' (1929), p. 60〕 and in the early 19th century there was something of a controversy among botanists as to which was the true Orcheston Grass.〔'An Account of the Grasses and Produce of the Orcheston Meadow in Wiltshire, by Mr Tanner', in ''The Farmer's Magazine'' (1813)〕〔'Fiorin Grass', in ''Retrospect of philosophical, mechanical, chemical, and agricultural discoveries'' (volume for 1815) (page 174 ) at books.google.com〕 The source of the River Till is near the village. As of 2009 Orcheston contains about sixty-five houses, of which twenty-six are listed buildings, and has a single parish council. Almost all local government services are provided by the Wiltshire Council unitary authority. 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「Orcheston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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