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1645 AD |
Royalists vacate Salisbury to Parliamentarians under Waller and Cromwell.Capture of Chippenhamby Royalists but in the second siege of Devzes the Parliamentarians take the town and they are defeated near Trowbridge where Sheriff James Long captured. |
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Broughton Gifford
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1645 - 1646 AD |
Broughton Gifford is one the of parishes in the Bradford-Melksham-Trowbridge area |
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Calne
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1645 AD |
Civil War: General Waller stays in Calne mustering his troops (5000 men) |
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Hullavington
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1645 AD |
Hullavington known as 'Hull Lavington' |
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Marlborough
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1645 AD |
Parliamentary forces re-occupy the town |
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Wootton Bassett
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1645 AD |
There is an outbreak of plague in the town which kills 60 people |
