Sherrington 3173881 164003668 2007-10-12T08:31:38Z JohnCD 1115773 added disambiguation link to Charles Scott Sherrington {{otheruses4|Sherrington village|Sir Charles Sherrington, Nobel prize-winning physiologist|Charles Scott Sherrington}} '''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)] {{coor title dm|51|09|N|2|04|W|region:GB_type:city}} {{Wiltshire-geo-stub}} [[Category:Villages in Wiltshire]]