Barford St Martin is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Wilton, around the junction of the A30 and the B3089.
[4] The St Martin suffix, from the dedication of the church, was added by 1304 to distinguish it from Barford manor in Downton parish.
[13] Inside, monuments include a brass in the south transept to Alis Walker (died 1584) which depicts her with her eleven children.
[17] An early medieval preaching cross in the centre of the village is Grade I listed, although only the base and parts of the shaft remain.
[21] Other buildings noted by Pevsner, Cherry and Orbach[12] include the Manor House, across the road from the church, early 19th-century in yellow brick;[22] the former school, West Street, 1853–4; Barford House, Mount Lane, mid 18th-century in pebble-dashed brick;[23] and the Old Rectory, Groveley Road, with one 15th-century wing.
The parish is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
[27] The land used to be part of a farm, but now serves as a teaching facility for homeless and other disadvantaged people including those suffering and recovering from mental health illnesses.
The Wiltshire Yeomanry dedicated a tank to this pub during the Second World War, with "The Green Dragon" on one side and "Barford St Martin" on the other.