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Durrington, Wiltshire history
Prehistory
The area had been occupied since Neolithic times but not necessarily continuously . The parish contains two important Neolithic sites: Durrington Walls and Woodhenge . Recent archaeological excavations indicate that the inhabitants of the village kept a large number of pigs .
Middle Ages
Domesday Book recorded two estates in 1086, having land for one plough team and with 5 acres (2.0 ha) of meadow . Little evidence of Saxon occupation, but this may be because buildings and utensils of that time were made of wood, so little survives .
Reformation to 19th century
In 1610 East End Manor was extended with an east-west range, changing it into an L–shaped building . This new extension was used to shelter Catholic priests during the Reformation . In 1676 the population was said to be 334 people .
Recent history
A second Durrington Fire occurred in 1921 when the thatch to the Old Rectory caught fire . Wind took embers over the Church tower landing on the thatched tied cottages to the south, razing most and leaving the remainder ruined . The Old rectory was rebuilt under a tiled roof, and is now one of the village’s more substantial houses .
Judaism
John Burgess asserted (without evidence) that a community of Jews settled in the East Side of the village shortly before 1405 . This cannot be true as there were no Jewish communities present in England at that time .
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