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- Saint Andrew's church is believed to have been built on the site of a Saxon church. Many features of the present church are Norman (with the chancel arch being completed in c.1120). There are a wide variety of features on the different facets of the church. The church spire was completed in 1633 although the 8 bells currently present were not added until 1734 and the back-lit clock and chimes in 1858. The church registers date from 1578. There was a restoration of the interior of the church in 1875 - 1878 and again in the 1990s.
- St. Nicholas church was built in 1779 and replaced an older medieval church that had previously stood on the same site. The church was designed by John Wood the Elder of Bath. The church registers date from 1730.
- St. Paul's church was built in 1854/5 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and was consecrated on 18 April 1855 and has registers dating from then.
- St. Peter's original build started in 1885 and opened on 19 November 1886 as a stone and red brick building. The church was replaced by the current church in 1968. The newer St Peter's is a modern design six sided design with a copper roof and a fibre glass spire and no internal supports.
- Roman Catholic
- Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church was originally situated in Saint Mary's Place and was built in 1855. A new church was built on Station Hill in 1935 which replaced the original on 29 February 1936.
- Non-Conformist
- Central Methodist Church was built in 1909 to mark the centenary of Methodism in Chippenham. It was originally called Monkton Hill Methodist Church but was renamed after it joined parishes with that of The Causeway Methodist Church that closed in the late 1980s.
- Founded in April 2005, EECC is affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches and currently has a Sunday congregation of 80-100.
- Ladyfield Evangelical Church
- New Testament Church of God
- Oasis Church
- The Old Baptist Chapel
- Old Baptist Chapel opened on 10 June 1804 but was not registered until 1810. The internal baptistry was added in 1818.
- Salvation Army Citadel was originally opened in 1903 in Bath road but was later sold to Pictons. The Salvation Army moved into the Co-op hall in Foghamshire.
- Sheldon Road Methodist Church was originally built in 1901 but was changed in 1932.
- Station Hill Baptist Chapel was built in 1855
- Tabernacle United Reformed Church was first built in 1770 but was replaced in 1826 and refitted in 1889. The church had substantial internal renovations in the 1990s.[24]
- Closed churches
- Cepen Park Methodist church closed in 2005 it held services in two local schools.
- Causeway Methodist Chapel opened in 1896 replacing an older chapel on the same site. The older chapel is believed to have been built in around 1835 and still stands to the rear of the newer building (and served as a school room for it). Causeway Methodist Chapel closed in the late 1980s although the buildings remain.
[edit] Education
[edit] Primary
There are ten primary schools in the town:[25]
The oldest is Ivy Lane. Westmead Junior School held this record until it closed in 1989. It originally opened in 1858 whilst the infants school opened 50 years later.
In his will of 1661 Richard Scott directed that his house in Cooke's Street should be used as a school, and William Woodruffe gave an annuity of £5 in 1664 for the teaching of ten poor boys. In 1713 it was re-opened with a benefaction of £10 per annum for 24 boys.[26]
[edit] Secondary
Three secondary schools all cater for sixth form students.
There is also a special educational needs unit in Chippenham based on the Hardenhuish campus.
The newest of these schools is Abbeyfield, which opened in 2000 in the East of the town.[27]
In 1956 a girl's grammar school opened at the present site of Hardenhuish school. In 1959 the boy's school opened on the current site of Sheldon School. The schools later integrated with one another to become two mixed comprehensive schools.[28] Sheldon School opened as a Secondary Modern Comprehensive in 1975.[29]
[edit] Tertiary
The former Chippenham Technical College is now part of the Wiltshire College initiative.
[edit] Notable inhabitants
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