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1540 AD |
Production of woollen cloth in Wiltshire reaches new industrial levels – looms owned by William Stampe in Malmesbury are producing 3000 cloths a year |
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1540 AD |
John Leland travels in Wiltshire and records the current state of towns, villages, industry and people |
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Amesbury
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1540 AD |
Market house built in the Market Place |
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Amesbury
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1540 - 1542 AD |
Priory dissolved and most of its buildings demolished |
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Corsham
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1540 AD |
Hartham Park Estate acquired by the Goddard family |
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Westbury
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1540 AD |
Angel Hotel in Church Street built |
