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Perham Down

Perham Down is a village in Wiltshire, England, in Tidworth parish on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain. It lies on a minor road about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) east of the town of Tidworth and 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) southwest of the town of Ludgershall. The county border with Hampshire is nearby and the nearest large town is Andover, Hampshire, about 7 miles (11 km) to the southeast.

The main feature of the village is Perham Down Camp which was rebuilt between 1972 and 1974 and renamed Swinton Barracks at that time.[1][2][3]

On Lamb Down to the south of the village is a linear earthwork, possibly a prehistoric boundary marker; it may have extended further north but that section would have been destroyed when the barracks were built.[4]

For elections to Wiltshire Council, Perham Down falls within Ludgershall and Perham Down electoral division, electing one councillor.[5] Boundary changes in 2020, effective from the 2021 election, place Perham within the Tidworth East & Ludgershall South division.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Tidworth". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Barracks". Tidworth Town Council. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ Baggs, A.P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1995). Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 15 pp153-163 – Parishes: North Tidworth". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Boundary earthwork on Lamb Down (1009833)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Parish warding arrangements for Tidworth" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. September 2019.
  7. ^ "The Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020". legislation.gov.uk. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

External links

Media related to Perham Down at Wikimedia Commons


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