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Ashton Keynes
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1100 AD |
All the land in Ashton Keynes descended as a single estate belonging to Tewkesbury Abbey. |
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Ashton Keynes
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1100 AD |
Building started on the Church of Holy Cross |
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Ashton Keynes
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1100 AD |
The Church of Holy Cross was standing in some form when a new chancel arch and a north arcade were built. |
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Box
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1100 - 1200 AD |
Quarries of stone were given to Stanley and Lacock Abbeys by the Croke Family, who lived in Hazelbury Manor at the time |
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Broughton Gifford
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1100 AD |
Rainburgus' estate granted, by new owner Ilbert le Chaz, to the priory of Monkton Farleigh. There is a chapel at Broughton - base of cross in churchyard believed to be 12th century. |
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Calne
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1100 AD |
Church of St. Mary the Virgin built on the site of a Saxon church: by this time St. Peter's Church at Blacklands has been built |
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Corsham
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1100 AD |
St. Bartholomew's Church largely rebuilt |
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Downton
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1100 AD |
Building of a new Norman church begun to replace the old Saxon one. |
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Marlborough
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1100 AD |
St. Margaret's Priory founded; a coarse woollen cloth known as burel being made in the town |
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Marlborough
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1100 AD |
Building work started on Marlborough Castle |
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Wilton
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1100 AD |
Charter granted by King Henry I is the first of 15 charters to be granted during the life of the borough |
