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'''Sherrington''' is a village and [[parish]] in the County of [[Wiltshire]], in the south west of [[England]].
==Location==
The village lies in the Wylye Valley, near [[Codford]] and [[Salisbury Plain]]. Its closest towns are [[Warminster]] in [[Wiltshire]] and the city of [[Salisbury, Wiltshire|Salisbury]].
==Features==
Near the centre of the village is the Anglican parish church,which dates from early 14th century AD, and a large mill pond. The prehistoric site of Stonehenge is almost exactly ten miles to the east-northeast. There are a number of prehistoric barrows situated around the village.
==Local government==
Most local government services are provided by [[Wiltshire|Wiltshire County Council]] and [[West Wiltshire|West Wiltshire District Council]], both of whom have their offices in [[Trowbridge]], some twelve miles to the north. With fewer than one hundred residents, Sherrington is unusual in having no elected parish council, and instead has a Parish Meeting at which all electors may attend and vote.
The village is represented in [[Parliament of the United Kingdom | Parliament]] by the [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Westbury (constituency)|Westbury]], [[Andrew Murrison]]. Its representative in [[Wiltshire County Council]] is Andrew Davis, while the [[West Wiltshire|district councillor]] is [[Christopher Newbury]].
==See also==
*[[List of places in Wiltshire]]
*[[List of civil parishes in England]]
==External links==
[http://www.google.com/maphp?hl=en&tab=wl&q=Sherrington,%20Wiltshire,%20BA12,%20UK (Google Maps)]
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[[Category:Villages in Wiltshire]]