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'Chilton Foliat' is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 394.
The town is also referred to in the HBO series Band of Brothers, as the location where Captain Herbert Sobel was sent to train non-combat military support personnel who needed paratrooper training.
Chilton Foliat is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.
Chilton Foliat is in the extreme east of the county of Wiltshire, on the banks of the River Kennet in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The small Berkshire town of Hungerford is only one mile to the south.
'Position:'
'Nearby towns and cities:' Hungerford, Marlborough, Newbury, Swindon
'Nearby villages:' Ramsbury, Aldbourne, Lambourn, Leverton (Hungerford)
'Nearby places of interest:' Littlecote House
★ List of places in Wiltshire
★ List of civil parishes in England
★ Village website
★ Wiltshire County Council Website page on Chilton Foliat, retrieved 21:00 Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
★ Kennet District Council Website page on Chilton Foliat parish, retrieved 21:00 Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
The town is also referred to in the HBO series Band of Brothers, as the location where Captain Herbert Sobel was sent to train non-combat military support personnel who needed paratrooper training.
| Contents |
| Local government |
| Location |
| See also |
| External links |
| Sources |
Local government
Chilton Foliat is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.
Location
Chilton Foliat is in the extreme east of the county of Wiltshire, on the banks of the River Kennet in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The small Berkshire town of Hungerford is only one mile to the south.
'Position:'
'Nearby towns and cities:' Hungerford, Marlborough, Newbury, Swindon
'Nearby villages:' Ramsbury, Aldbourne, Lambourn, Leverton (Hungerford)
'Nearby places of interest:' Littlecote House
See also
★ List of places in Wiltshire
★ List of civil parishes in England
External links
★ Village website
Sources
★ Wiltshire County Council Website page on Chilton Foliat, retrieved 21:00 Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
★ Kennet District Council Website page on Chilton Foliat parish, retrieved 21:00 Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
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