Bemerton

Coordinates: 51°04′23″N 1°48′58″W / 51.073°N 1.816°W / 51.073; -1.816

Bemerton, once a separate village to the west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, is now virtually a suburb of that city. George Herbert (1593–1633) was rector of Fugglestone with Bemerton and is buried at Bemerton.

Until 1894 Bemerton was a chapelry of Fugglestone St Peter, but it was then established as a parish in its own right.

Bemerton has three Church of England parish churches. St. Andrew's was originally Norman but was largely rebuilt later in the Middle Ages. St. John's is a Gothic Revival building designed by T.H. Wyatt and completed in 1861. St. Michael's was consecrated in 1957.

Sport and leisure

Bemerton has a non-League football club Bemerton Heath Harlequins F.C., which plays at Westwood Recreation Ground/Moon Park on Western Way.

Notable people

George Herbert was rector of Fugglestone with Bemerton from 1630 until his death in 1633. He is buried at St Andrew's, which contains a memorial window portraying him.