Place:Tidcombe and Fosbury, Wiltshire, England

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NameTidcombe and Fosbury
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates51.32°N 1.57°W
Located inWiltshire, England     (1894 - )
See alsoTidcombe, Wiltshire, Englandparish merged into Tidcombe and Fosbury in 1894
Fosbury, Wiltshire, Englandparish merged into Tidcombe and Fosbury in 1894
Hippenscombe, Wiltshire, Englandparish merged into Tidcombe and Fosbury in 1894
Ramsbury Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1894 - 1934
Shalbourne, Wiltshire, Englandadded to parish in 1934
Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1934 - 1974
Kennet District, Wiltshire, England1974-2009
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englandunitary authority since 2009
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Tidcombe and Fosbury is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Marlborough and 7 miles (11 km) south of Hungerford, Berkshire. It includes the three small settlements of Fosbury, Tidcombe, and Hippenscombe and lies on the eastern edge of the county, where Wiltshire meets Hampshire.

The parish has few inhabitants, so rather than a parish council it has a parish meeting with all electors entitled to attend and vote at meetings.

The parish of Tidcombe and Fosbury was part of the former District of Kennet until April 2009. Most significant local government functions are carried out by the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority.

An explanation of the merger of Tidcombe and Fosbury comes from the Victoria County of Wiltshire, Vol 16 (reference below). Tidcombe parish included the settlement of Tidcombe, 895 acres, and that of Fosbury, 1,444 acres, which were detached from each other. A portion of Shalbourne parish, 27 acres of the land of Oxenwood, had been added to Tidcombe parish by 1786. Tidcombe parish church stood at Tidcombe and in the 19th century a church was built at Fosbury. In 1894 Wiltshire county council gave the parish the name Tidcombe and Fosbury. At the same time Hippenscombe, a civil parish of 911 acres, linking the land of Tidcombe and Fosbury, was also added to it. In 1934 part of Shalbourne parish which was until 1895 in Berkshire and which also lay between Tidcombe and Fosbury, was also transferred to the parish, increasing its total area to 1,529 hectares (3,778 acres).

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