- Baydon
Baydon is a
village andcivil parish in the English county ofWiltshire .Local government
Baydon is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.
In the census of 2001, the parish had a population of 525.
It's the highest occupied settlement in Wiltshire.
Location
Position: gbmapping|SU280780
Nearby towns and cities:
Hungerford , Marlborough, Newbury,Swindon Nearby villages:
Aldbourne ,Lambourn History
Sir
Isaac Newton , acquired an estate in Baydon which he settled on three of his grand nephews and nieces days before his death in 1727 fn|1. He later admitted that he had overpaid for it.Baydon might be a legendary site of a famous battle connected with
King Arthur . The village is not too far from the Ridgeway, an ancient path in use before the arrival of the Romans in Britain.Baydon stands on
Ermin Street which runs north toCirencester .See also
*
List of places in Wiltshire
*List of civil parishes in England ources
* [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom2.php?id=13 Wiltshire County Council Website page on Baydon] , retrieved 15:30 Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)
* [http://www.kennet.gov.uk/leg_dem/web_comm_minutes.nsf/9055528f2a958b9d8025687f00608fad/97ac01f44b41b50d80256731003294a4?OpenDocument Kennet District Council Website page on Baydon parish] , retrieved 01:00 Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)----fnb|1 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=LCCN04033757&id=d1cLlLfr7HcC&dq=isaac+newton+baydon&lpg=PA397&pg=PA397 "Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton" by David Brewster - 1855] (Google Book Search)
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