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1650 |
Population of Wiltshire 113,500 (approx.) |
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Broughton Gifford
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1650 |
Stone gate piers are added to Broughton Manor House, no resident lord of the manor at Broughton Gifford. |
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Downton
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1650 |
Sir Joseph Ashe creased extensive water meadows - this provided an early bite of grass for ewes, helping survival rate and encouraging earlier lambing. Baptists arrived in Downton. |
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Melksham
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1650 |
About this time weavers are producing medley broadcloth and trade improves |
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Pewsey
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1650 - 1673 |
School held in the parish church |
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Wilton
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1650 |
From this time a process of rebuilding gradually obliterates nearly all traces of medieval Wilton although the street plan remains substantially the same |
