Dauntsey is a small village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England. It gives its name to the Dauntsey Vale in which it lies and takes its name from Saxon for Dantes- eig, or Dante's island. It is set on slightly higher ground in the flood plain of the upper Bristol Avon.
19th-century school and almshouses, Dauntsey
Arms of John Dauntsey: Per pale or and argent, 3 bars nebulée gules. These arms can be seen on various monuments within the parish church
Sculpted alabaster tombstone of Joan Dauntsey (d.1457) and John Dewale; his shield of arms, of which only a chevron remains visible, is at top right
Tomb of Sir John Danvers (d.1514) and Anne Stradling (d.1539)
The Wilts & Berks Canal is a canal in the historic counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, linking the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington near Melksham, to the River Thames at Abingdon. The North Wilts Canal merged with it to become a branch to the Thames and Severn Canal at Latton near Cricklade. Among professional trades boatmen, the canal was nicknamed the Ippey Cut, possibly short for Chippenham.
The canal near Rushey Platt, Swindon
Overgrown section of the canal, west of Wantage, in 2006
The new link to the Thames under construction
The canal near Grove frozen in December 2010
