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King's Water, Wiltshire

King's Water is a 21st-century residential development on the site of the former Cotswold Community near Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire. Ashtonfield Farm was developed into a communal village in the 1930s by the Bruderhof movement. It became an Approved School in 1941 and a therapeutic community in 1967. The community closed in 2011. It is within the council area of Wiltshire.

Primary Name(s): King's Water
Variant Name(s):  Ashtonfield (Historic)   Cotswold Community (Historic)
Place Type: Hamlet
Historic County: Wiltshire
Lat, Long: 51.658275,-1.9508008
Grid Reference: SU 0350 9549
Civil Parish: Ashton Keynes CP
Council Area: Wiltshire CA
Police Area: Wiltshire PA
GBPN ID: 11018

 GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/King%27s_Water,_Wiltshire_11018