was built by T.H. Wyatt in 1861, as the estate church for Tottenham House. In 1864, a parish was formed for it from parts of the parishes of Great Bedwyn, Little Bedwyn and Burbage. The church is Grade II* listed. Methodist chapel A Methodist chapel was opened c. 1810 in Church Street, Great Bedwyn. It was replaced by a chapel built in 1875 in Brown's Lane; this chapel closed in 1967. Canal and railway The Kennet and Avon Canal was opened from Hungerford to Great Bedwyn in 1799, and from Great Bedwyn to Devizes in 1809. There are four locks in the parish: Burnt Mill Lock and Bedwyn Church Lock near the village, and two of the Crofton flight to the southwest. In 1862 the Great Western Railway built the Berks and Hants Extension Railway from Hungerford to Pewsey and Devizes, closely following the north bank of the canal, with a station named at Great Bedwyn. There are regular services to and , and the station is a railhead for Marlborough which is served by buses that connect with the trains. Schools A National School was built in Church Street, Great Bedwyn in 1835 and extended in 1856, becoming a Church of England primary school in 1963. The school moved to a new building on the outskirts of the village in 1994. In the northwest of the parish, a church school was opened at St Katharine's in 1865 and continues in use. The National School at East Grafton, opened in 1846, was used by children from Crofton; this school closed in 2011. Local government The civil parish elects a parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which performs all significant local government functions. In 1895 the southern portion of Great Bedwyn parish (south of the railway, including Wolfhall and East Grafton) became a new parish called Grafton. Wolfhall was transferred to Burbage parish in 1988. Parliamentary representation Great Bedwyn was a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act. The parish now falls within the Devizes constituency. Notable people A branch of the Hungerford family of Farleigh Hungerford owned land in the area. Members include Sir Anthony Hungerford (1567–1627), a religious controversialist, who sat in Parliament for Marlborough and later Great Bedwyn. He bought an