page_title: Chitterne
section_title: Religious sites
hierarchical_section_title: Chitterne / Religious sites
caption_attribution_description: English: All Saints and St Mary parish church, Chitterne, Wiltshire, seen from the south
context_page_description: Chitterne is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The village lies in the middle of Salisbury Plain, about 7 miles east of the town of Warminster.
  The Chitterne Brook, a small tributary of the River Wylye, flows southwest through the village.
context_section_description: The first records of churches in the parishes are from 1270 for All Saints and 1319 for St Mary's; both were largely rebuilt in the 15th century. From 1848 the two churches were served by one vicar, and by that time the churches were in need of repair and too small to serve the growing population, so a new church was built in the centre of the village and opened in 1863.
  The new church was built in flint and stone in the Perpendicular style, to designs of T.H. Wyatt. The 12th-century font was brought from St Mary's, as were the pulpit and two bells. The church was designated as Grade II* listed in 1968 and is now part of the Salisbury Plain benefice.
  At first the chancels of both earlier churches were retained, to serve as chapels for their graveyards.  All Saints was demolished in 1877 but St Mary's chancel still stands and is Grade II* listed.
  A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built sometime before 1846, and was later taken over by Baptists. After a fire in 1903, a rebuilt chapel opened on the same site in 1904. The chapel closed c.1969 and is now a private house.
caption: Victorian church
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