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Southwick is a semi-rural village and civil parish southwest of the county town of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. It is separated from the southwest fringe of Trowbridge only by the Southwick Country Park, which consists of of open fields. The majority of the village lies south of the A361, which runs through the village, linking Trowbridge with Frome. The Somerset border lies approximately one mile to the southwest on the A361, with the closest villages being Rode, one mile to the southwest, and North Bradley, one mile to the southeast. The parish includes the hamlet of Hoggington. ==History== Southwick Court Farmhouse, northwest of the village, is an L-shaped house of which one wing is dated 1567;〔Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 474〕 its gatehouse and bridge are Grade II * listed. Brook House, southeast of the village, is a 17th-century farmhouse beside an early 16th-century stone-built range.〔 The Poplars was built in about 1650 and re-faced with brick in about 1700.〔 Manor Farmhouse, west of the village, was built in 1673.〔 The Baptist chapel was built in 1815.〔Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 473〕 The Church of England parish church of Saint Thomas was built in 1899–1904 to designs by the Gothic Revival architect C.E. Ponting of Marlborough.〔 Until 1866 Southwick was part of North Bradley parish. 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「Southwick, Wiltshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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