Devizes (/dɪˈvaɪzɪz/) is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received...
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Devizes Castle was a medieval fortification in the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on a site now occupied by a Victorian-era castle. It is a Grade...
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Carless (1911). "Richard of Devizes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). p. 298. Works by or about Richard of Devizes at Wikisource "Chronicle...
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The Devizes Guardians are a local independent political party based in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. The party was formed in 2001 and has been successful...
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South; Bromham, Rowde & Roundway; Calne South; Devizes East; Devizes North; Devizes Rural West; Devizes South; Holt; Melksham East; Melksham Forest; Melksham...
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changes which entailed the loss of the town of Devizes to the newly created constituency of Melksham and Devizes. As a consequence, it was renamed East Wiltshire...
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Market Place is a town square in the centre of Devizes in Wiltshire, England. In a northwards direction it merges into Northgate Street heading towards...
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Down, a Royalist victory, was fought near Devizes. In 1794, it was decided at a meeting at the Bear Inn in Devizes to raise a body of ten independent troops...
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The Market Cross in Devizes, Wiltshire, England sits in Market Place at the centre of the town. It was constructed in 1814 on the site of an older cross...
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The Bear Hotel is a historic coaching inn in the market town of Devizes in Wiltshire, England. On the west side of the town's Market Place, it is one...
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Wick is a suburb of Devizes in the English county of Wiltshire. Until around 1800, when expansion of Devizes turned it into a suburb, Wick was a village...
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Devizes pie is a dish closely associated with the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England. It is a pie which consists of offal within a huff paste casing...
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Devizes Assize Court is a judicial building in Northgate Street in Devizes, a town in Wiltshire, England. The building, which is currently vacant and deteriorating...
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the following areas: The majority of the former Devizes constituency but excluding the town of Devizes and the area surrounding it, which is included in...
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Battle of Roundway Down (section Siege of Devizes)
assembled 1,500 cavalry, then set out for Devizes with Maurice and his men. Roundway Down Bath Salisbury Chippenham Devizes Marshfield On 11 July, Waller brought...
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the nearby town of Devizes in 1835 and to the new parish of Roundway in 1894. Bishops Cannings parish had previously encircled Devizes to the north, east...
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Gazette and Herald (redirect from Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette)
Originally the Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, the paper expanded and took over many smaller titles. Historical copies of the Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette...
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Devizes White Horse, officially known as the Devizes Millennium White Horse, is a chalk hill figure of a horse located on Bank Field, an escarpment at...
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are a flight of 29 locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Rowde and Devizes in Wiltshire, England. Of the 107 locks on the canal, those at Caen Hill...
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The 1964 Devizes by-election was held on 14 May 1964 after the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Percivall Pott. It was won by the Conservative...
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Devizes Town F.C. is a football club based in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. They are currently members of the Western League Division One and play at Nursteed...
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descent to Devizes, remained incomplete as late as 1803. The final engineering task was the completion of the Caen Hill Locks at Devizes. While the lock...
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Devizes Town Hall is a municipal building in St John's Street in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Devizes Town...
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"Melksham & Devizes | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024. Baker, John (15 May 2023). "Chippenham MP to fight Melksham & Devizes seat at...
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Devizes railway station was the railway station serving Devizes in Wiltshire, England between 1857 and 1966. The station was on the Devizes branch line...
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of statistics. Waterlow and Sons. p. 137. "The Corn Exchange, Devizes Wiltshire". Devizes Heritage. Retrieved 13 May 2023. Fletcher, T. W. (1973). 'The...
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The Devizes plot was a failed escape plan for 7,000 German prisoners of war held at Le Marchant Barracks in Devizes. It was scheduled to take place at...
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records in canoeing Adirondack Canoe Classic Au Sable River Canoe Marathon Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon Dusi Canoe Marathon Hawkesbury...
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is a member of Devizes Churches Together. St Peter's Church was built when Rev Benjamin Dowding, Vicar of St James's Church, Devizes, decided that the...
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