Timeline events for date 1762

Comunity Date Events
Amesbury 1762 Amesbury Turnpike Trust established controlling 62 miles of road; tollhouses built in Stonehenge Road and Countess Road; milestones set up along the main roads
Broughton Gifford 1762 Act passes that results in the construction of the road from Melksham, through Broughton Gifford, to Bradford; now the B3107.
Melksham 1762 - 1790 The Society of Cloth Workers and Others for the support of sick and infirm workmen meets at the King's Arms