Comunity | Date | Events |
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1760 AD | Machinary introduced into the cloth industry; a gig mill at Horningsham causes the immediate destruction of William Everett's mill by a mob | |
Aldbourne | 1760 AD | 72 houses and buildings, valued at £20,000, and including a fustian warehouse and the Independent's Meeting House, are destroyed by fire; market discontinued |
Corsham | 1760 AD | Lancelot 'Capability' Brown employed to enlarge the park and house at Corsham Court |