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32-527: Tidworth is a garrison town and civil parish in south-east Wiltshire , England, on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain . Lying on both sides of the A338 about 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (5.6 km) north of the A303 primary route, the town is approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Andover , 12 miles (19 km) south of Marlborough , and 13 miles (21 km) north by north-east of Salisbury . The population of

64-536: A colonel , brigadier or major-general , assisted by a garrison sergeant major . In Ireland , Association football (as distinct from Gaelic football ) has historically been termed the "garrison game" or the "garrison sport" for its connections with British military serving in Irish cities and towns. Redundant church Reasons for redundancy include population movements, changing social patterns, merging of parishes, and decline in church attendance (especially in

96-510: A military base nearby. "Garrison towns" ( Arabic : أمصار , romanized :  amsar ) were used during the Arab Islamic conquests of Middle Eastern lands by Arab - Muslim armies to increase their dominance over indigenous populations. In order to occupy non-Arab, non-Islamic areas, nomadic Arab tribesmen were taken from the desert by the ruling Arab elite, conscripted into Islamic armies, and settled into garrison towns as well as given

128-625: A secondary school which was partly sponsored by Wellington College , opened in September 2009, replacing Castledown School. The academy has a sixth form college, an all-weather sports pitch, and dedicated Combined Cadet Force facilities. The parent unit of the CCF is 26 Royal Engineers , housed nearby at Swinton Barracks . The community is served by three primary schools and an infant school. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC South and ITV Meridian . Television signals are received from

160-480: A share in the spoils of war . The primary utility of the Arab-Islamic garrisons was to control the indigenous non-Arab peoples of these conquered and occupied territories, and to serve as garrison bases to launch further Islamic military campaigns into yet-undominated lands. A secondary aspect of the Arab-Islamic garrisons was the uprooting of the aforementioned nomadic Arab tribesmen from their original home regions in

192-592: Is central to the British Army Polo Association and is affiliated to the UK Armed Forces Polo Association. South of Tidworth is a downhill mountain biking venue, first built in secret by the local mountain biking community in 2006. After the landowner discovered the site and forced the issue, Tidworth Freeride was taken over by B1KE, who now operate the site commercially, catering to a wide range of abilities. The Wellington Academy ,

224-443: Is made of about half of the closed churches. 1795 were closed between 1969 and 2010, or about 11% of existing churches, with about 1/3 listed as Grade I or II. (Of these, only 514 were built later than 1989.) Only 20% were demolished, of which 75% were unlisted. The aim of the closure process is to find new uses for the structures, for which the diocese is responsible. Some closed churches remain consecrated for occasional use by

256-403: Is responsible for most local government functions. Tidworth elects two members of Wiltshire Council: one for Tidworth North & West which covers most of the town, including Tidworth Camp, and one for Tidworth East & Ludgershall South which takes in a small eastern part of the town as well as Perham Down and the southern half of Ludgershall . For Westminster elections, the parish falls in

288-633: The Arabian Peninsula in order to proactively avert these tribal peoples, and particularly their young men, from revolting against the Islamic state established in their midst. In the United Kingdom , "Garrison" also specifically refers to any of the major military stations such as Aldershot , Catterick , Colchester , Tidworth , Bulford , and London , which have more than one barracks or camp and their own military headquarters , usually commanded by

320-525: The East Wiltshire constituency, which has been represented since 2024 by Danny Kruger for the Conservatives . Tidworth has a small commercial area containing two supermarkets (a Lidl and a large Tesco ), two veterinary surgeries, a pharmacy , and other shops and services. A dental surgery serves Tidworth and the surrounding area, covering approximately 5,000 people. In 2003 a new medical centre

352-470: The French garnison , itself from the verb garnir , "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it. The term now often applies to certain facilities that constitute a military base or fortified military headquarters . A garrison is usually in a city , town , fort , castle , ship , or similar site. "Garrison town" is a common expression for any town that has

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384-588: The Global North ). Historically, redundant churches were often demolished or left to ruin . Today, many are repurposed as community centres, museums or homes, and are demolished only if no alternative can be found. Although church buildings fall into disuse around the world, the term "redundancy" was particularly used by the Church of England , which had a Redundant Churches Division. As of 2008, it instead refers to such churches as "closed for regular public worship", and

416-520: The Hampshire Avon near Salisbury; later the Oxford -Salisbury road also followed the valley. On John Speed 's maps of 1611 the villages are North Tudworth, belonging to Amesbury hundred in "Wilshire", and South Tudworth to Andover hundred in "Hamshire". Before 1650 there was a substantial country house with parkland at South Tidworth; the present Tedworth House is a rebuilding of 1828 – 1830. In 1897

448-535: The Hannington and the local relay transmitters. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Wiltshire on 103.5 FM, Greatest Hits Radio Salisbury on 102 FM and British Forces Broadcasting Service that provides radio programmes for His Majesty's Armed Forces in nearby Salisbury Plain on 106.8 FM. The local newspapers that cover the town is the Salisbury Journal and Andover Advertiser. Duggie Fields , artist,

480-596: The War Office bought the house and grounds, together with land to the north which gave access to Salisbury Plain for Army training. Extensive barracks were built in the early 20th century, largely in South Tidworth but spreading across the boundary to the north. From 1902 to 1963 there was a railway station at North Tidworth, connected to the main line by a branch from Ludgershall . North and South were separate ecclesiastical parishes, and therefore became civil parishes in

512-456: The 13th or 14th centuries, but by 1784 it was in poor condition and Thomas Assheton Smith the elder , owner of Tedworth House, was given permission to demolish it. Masonry from the church, including a 14th-century window and some monuments, was used to build a small chapel which remains in use as a mortuary chapel for the surrounding cemetery. A replacement St Mary's Church was built closer to Tedworth House in 1878 to designs of John Johnson at

544-463: The 19th century. An Ordnance Survey map of 1958 labels the parishes as North Tidworth and South Tedworth. When the boundary between Wiltshire and Hampshire was redrawn in 1992, the entire town became part of Wiltshire, though remaining part of the Hampshire postal county . The two parts remained as separate civil parishes until 1 April 2004. In the 21st century the population of the town increased as

576-998: The Church of England. Some are purchased by other denominations or faiths for regular use. Several charitable trusts preserve churches of architectural merit, such as the Churches Conservation Trust in England, and the Friends of Friendless Churches in Wales (which also maintains a number of churches in England). Historic Churches Scotland cares for several former Church of Scotland church buildings. Depending on their listed status, many closed churches can be converted to other uses. Several are used as community and education centres—for example, All Saints' Church, Bristol and All Saints Church, Harthill . In Chester , Holy Trinity Church now serves as

608-589: The Redundant Churches Division became the Closed Churches Division. Church buildings in England may be declared redundant for a number of reasons, but it is primarily due to a reduction in the number of regular Sunday worshippers, which has steadily fallen since the late 1980s, to about 1.7m in 2008, and 1.11m in 2019 (before the covid pandemic in the UK distorted figures). Other reasons include

640-458: The amalgamation of parishes ; or a preference for another building where two churches are in close proximity, for example at Swaffham Prior , Cambridgeshire. Population shift is another factor. For example, many redundant churches were formerly maintained in deserted or shrunken medieval villages (such as Wharram Percy in Yorkshire ). Others are located in town centres that have seen a decline in

672-557: The barracks now known as Tidworth Camp expanded, in particular following the return of units from Germany in 2019 and 2020 under the Army Basing Plan. Holy Trinity, North Tidworth is the Church of England parish church . There may have been a church here in the 12th century but the earliest record is of 1291. The present building, in flint and stone with repairs in red brick, is from the late 14th and 15th centuries. Restoration designed by J. L. Pearson in 1882 included replacement of

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704-420: The expense of Sir John Kelk , who had bought the estate in 1877. It is Grade I listed and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust . St Michael's Garrison Church (Church of England) and St Patrick's Garrison Church (Roman Catholic), both built in 1912, are the military churches for the garrison. The parish elects a town council . It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority , which

736-405: The grade-I-listed St Ninian's, Brougham , a Churches Conservation Trust church—the building's remote location makes alternative use impractical. The popularity of Methodism and other non-conformist churches in the 19th century has left many chapel buildings which cannot be sustained. At their height, various Methodist factions ran about 14,000 chapels in the UK. With declining attendance, in 2002

768-455: The incumbent to live at Tidworth, although the parishes remained separate. In 1972 Shipton Bellinger was made a separate benefice, the parishes of North and South Tidworth were united, and the Victorian church at South Tidworth was declared redundant . The benefice was united with the parish of Ludgershall and Faberstown in 1986. There was a church dedicated to St Mary at South Tidworth from

800-543: The north of the parish. Domesday Book of 1086 recorded four landowners and 18 households at what is now North Tidworth, in the Amesbury hundred of Wiltshire; and three landowners with 20 households and one church at South Tidworth, in the Broughton hundred of Hampshire. Placenames were written as Todeworde , Tedorde or Todeorde . The two villages developed in the valley of the small River Bourne , which flows south to join

832-442: The parish at the 2011 census was approximately 10,600. Originally two villages – North Tidworth and South Tidworth – the modern town is dominated by Tidworth Camp , a large British Army site. Swinton Barracks , another Army site, is in the west of the parish. Evidence of prehistoric activity in the area is in the form of several sites with bowl barrows , including a group of seven; and an Iron Age hillfort at Sidbury Hill in

864-404: The resident population. The square mile City of London has only a few thousand permanent residents—far smaller than its historic population, as most workers now commute from outside its boundaries—leaving many redundant churches there. About 20 to 25 Church of England churches are declared closed for regular public worship each year. They are demolished only as a last resort. Some active use

896-513: The roofs and rebuilding of the porch. The church was recorded as Grade II* listed in 1988. The font is from the 12th century. Three of the six bells were cast in 1619 by John Wallis, and another is from 1700. There are two 17th-century chest tombs in the churchyard. Parish registers from 1700 are held by the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre , Chippenham. The Hampshire benefices of South Tidworth and Shipton Bellinger were united in 1926, with

928-671: The town's Guildhall , and St Michael's Church as a heritage centre . St Peter's Church, Offord D'Arcy , managed by the Churches Conservation Trust, is used to host festivals, including a film festival. Others buildings are used in more unusual ways. Old St Ann's Church, Warrington is an indoor climbing centre (one of several churches used in this way). Others are art galleries, coffee shops, and even pubs and clubs (e.g. High Pavement Chapel in Nottingham). Many are converted into residential properties. In some cases—such as

960-591: Was born in Tidworth, as was musician James Blunt in 1974. Owners of the South Tidworth estate and Tedworth House include John Smith (1656–1723), Speaker of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer; Thomas Assheton Smith (1752–1828), owner of Dinorwic quarry and MP; and his son Thomas (1776–1858), cricketer, foxhunter, yacht designer and MP, who built the present house. Garrison A garrison (from

992-592: Was completed, the cost being split between the Ministry of Defence and the NHS , as it serves the armed forces and their dependants within the surrounding area. Castledown FM, a community radio station , broadcasts to Tidworth and Ludgershall from studios in the grounds of Wellington Academy. Tidworth has one of the lowest crime rates per thousand in Wiltshire, and between 1990 and 2004 only one major crime took place. In 2014, it

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1024-452: Was rated by the Royal Mail as the most attractive postcode area of England to live in. Tidworth Garrison Golf Club was constructed in 1904 initially for use by army officers. It was established in 1908 and gradually made available to all ranks and civilians. In 2000 it became a limited company. Tidworth Polo Club also known as Tedworth Park Polo Club is south of Tedworth House. The ground

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