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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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name) formed a Devizes-based committee which purchased the collection for £150. The inaugural meeting of the society was held at Devizes Town Hall on 12...
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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Wiltshire, previously Devizes, since 2019. He became Shadow Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for...
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Environmentalist, politician, member of the Devizes Guardians party since 2002, and a former member of Devizes Town Council. He has also served as a Kennet...
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Southbroom, Devizes, as the original location for the tale. Other accounts naming the village of Bishops Cannings 2+1⁄2 miles to the north-east of Devizes, which...
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Town v Wells City Devizes Town v Bradford Town Calne Town v Bradford Town Bitton Bradford Town Cadbury Heath Calne Town Cheddar Devizes Town Gillingham...
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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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Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Devizes and Marlborough, alongside Devizes Rural District, Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District...
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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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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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persons have been mayors of the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England. 1302 John Cray (the first Mayor of Devizes) 1376–77 Richard Cardmaker 1379–81 Richard...
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125 miles (201 km) from Devizes in Wiltshire to Westminster in central London. It has been run since 1948. Starting at Devizes wharf, the route follows...
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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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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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