Urchfont, Wiltshire, SN10 4QH

Date of visit: 27th December 2022

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urchfont is a rural village and civil parish in the southwest of the Vale of Pewsey and north of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) southeast of the market town of Devizes.

The name of Urchfont is often thought to derive from the phrase “Church Fountain” and is possibly derived from Latin fons meaning ‘spring, fountain, well’ (cf. fount), or the first element may be a lost personal name such as Eohric. Over 100 variations of the spelling are recorded; e.g. Lerchesfonte (1086), Erchesfonte(e) (1175, 1605), Erkesfonte (1175), Archesfunte (font) (1179, 1376, 1426), Ur(i)chesfunte (1242, 1289), Orchesfunte (1259), Orcheffunte (1428), Archfounte al. Urshent (1564), Urchefount al. Urshent (1611), Urshent al. Erchfont (1695).

Internal ref number: WT/173/235

Date of Visit: 27th Dec 2022

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: D
Crown: Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Empty
Phone Number (if known):

Northing & Westing: 51°18’44.0″N, 1°56’34.5″W
what3words: tilting.zealous.comedians
Grid Reference: SU 04075 57013
OS X & Y: 157013, 404075
Latitude & Longitude: 51.312217, -1.942913
UK Postcode: SN10 4QH
County: Wiltshire


Listed Status: Historic Eng. Ref. 1261554 06/12/1989