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The Dark, The Light And The Weird: A Brief History Of Wiltshire

Wednesday 20th November 2024

NEW LECTURE: The Dark, The Light and The Weird: a brief history of Wiltshire, by Tom Holland

Tom Holland, born in Wiltshire, talks about ancient and modern aspects of his native county for the Wiltshire Museum. Wiltshire, home of sites such as Stonehenge and Avebury, is the source of much fascinating history and Tom will explore some of this in his talk.

Date: Thursday 16 January 2025.
Time: Start 7.30 pm
Location: Wiltshire Museum, 41 Long Street, Devizes, SN10 1NS.
Tickets: £10 (£8 WANHS members)
Booking: Essential.
Telephone 01380 727369.

The Olympic Torch Is Coming To Wiltshire

The Olympic Torch will be carried through:

Southwick, Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon, on 22nd May 2012,

Chippenham, Calne, Marlborough and Royal Wootton Bassett, on 23rd May 2012,

Ludgershall, Tidworth, Amesbury, the Winterbournes and Salisbury, on 11th July 2012,

and Salisbury, Wilton, Barford St. Martin, Fovant and Ludwell, on 12th July 2012.

Statistics For West Wiltshire District Council

1978:

West Wiltshire as the name implies comprises about a seventh part of the County of Wiltshire in area of 127,847 acres and is bounded on the north side by the District of North Wiltshire, on the east by that of Kennet, on the south by the District of Salisbury and on the west by the County boundary between Wiltshire and those of Avon and Somerset.

Within its boundaries the District has the towns of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury and rminster, and some forty-four parishes of great variety in character including the uninhabited parish of Imber now used exclusively for military training.

Area: 127,847 acres (approx.)
Rateable Value – 1st April 1978: £10,117,710
Penny Rate Product – 1st April 1978: £167,619
Population (Registrar General’s mid-1975 estimate): 95,640
Electorate: 69,414
Early Closing Day: Wednesday.

Licensing In Wiltshire

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 18th June 1910:

Licensing In Wiltshire.
What is designated as the Principal Meeting of the Wilts Compensation Authority was held at the County Offices, Trowbridge, on Thursday, to take into consideration licences which had been referred to them by the Licensing Justices, of which there were three.

[The three licences referred to were the White Horse, Wilton; The Royal Oak, Southwick; and The Star Inn [Vicarage Street], Warminster. In each case the committee was of the opinion the licence should not be renewed.]