| Main | Births etc |
|---|
| Christian Malford | |
 Christian Malford Christian Malford shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 705 (In 2011)[1] |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Christian Malford |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chippenham |
| Postcode district | SN15 |
| Dialling code | 01249 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Wiltshire |
| Website | www.christianmalford.org.uk/ |
| List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire | |
Christian Malford is a village in the county of Wiltshire in England. The unusual name is evidently a corruption of Christ mal Ford, Old English moel, mal being a mark: "Christ’s mal" is Christ’s mark or sign, the cross. Thus the name signified "Cross Ford". Deeds from Glastonbury Abbey cartulary relate to Christmalford Manor: in AD 940 King Edmund granted Christmalford to St Dunstan, Abbot of Glastonbury.[2]
Christian Malford Primary School was opened circa 1820.[3]
The Great Western Railway passes close to the village. Following the closure of Christian Malford Halt in 1965, the nearest station is Chippenham
The village is known to palaeontologists as a rediscovered Lagerstätte, a site of remarkably preserved fossils, in this case in the Middle Jurassic Oxford clay, in which a chance discovery in the 19th century uncovered thousands of exquisitely preserved ammonites, fish and crustaceans. The site, whose exact location had not been publicly disclosed, became most famous for squid-like cephalopods and belemnites, complete with their phosphatized soft parts. The site was rediscovered in 2008.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Christian Malford Census Information". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?id=70. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ "Wiltshire Community History". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=59. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ "Christian Malford CofE Primary School". http://www.christianmalford.wilts.sch.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ Philip R. Wilby et al., "Preserving the unpreservable: a lost world rediscovered at Christian Malford, UK", Geology Today 24.3, (2008:95-98); Times On-line, "Jurassic treasure trove lost by Victorians found by Phil Wilby, fossil sleuth", 24 October 2008, accessed 20 August 2009.
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