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Chilton Foliat is a village and civil parish on the River Kennet in Wiltshire, England. It is on the county boundary with West Berkshire in the North Wessex Downs and is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the Berkshire market town of Hungerford. In 1895 the Berkshire portion of the parish, including the village of Leverton and the Chilton Lodge estate, was transferred to Hungerford civil parish. Chilton Foliat includes the hamlets of Straight Soley and Crooked Soley. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from c. 1300. Restoration by Benjamin Ferrey in 1845 included the addition of a south aisle. The church was designated as Grade II* listed in 1966. The churchyard has an early 19th-century mausoleum to the Pearse family, designed by William Pilkington and described by Pevsner as "heaviest Grecian". (Source: Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England]) [edit] Research Tips
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