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1642 AD |
English civil war breaks out between forces of Parliament and the King |
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Broughton Gifford
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1642 - 1651 AD |
Monkton Manor accommodates soldiers fighting for Cromwell's parliamentarian army during the Civil War. |
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Cricklade
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1642 AD |
Sir Anthony Hungerford bequeaths land at Purton, the income from which to be used to buy overcoats for 14 of the most deserving poor |
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Downton
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1642 AD |
Charles I stayed in Moot House, newly built. |
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Marlborough
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1642 AD |
Town captured by Royalists in the Civil War; the town's gallows last used to execute 2 Welshmen who deserted from the Royalist forces |
