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1800 |
Population of Wiltshire 184,000 (approx). |
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Aldbourne
|
1800 |
Trade in rabbits ceases following enclosure of the land; willow weaving begun in the village as a cottage industry |
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Aldbourne
|
1800 |
Workhouse opened in Bay House in South Street |
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Aldbourne
|
1800 |
Baydon Street renamed Oxford Street |
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Box
|
1800 |
By the end of the 19th century, there were nearly 700 quarry workers in the parish as the quarrying indsutry flourished |
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Broughton Gifford
|
1800 |
Further extensions to Broughton House, protests against decline of the hand loom weaving industry erupt. |
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Broughton Gifford
|
1800 |
Broughton Gifford Manor House is converted in to two houses; records show that wheat, oats and peas were the main crops in the parish. |
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Calne
|
1800 |
The Borough Arms (now the King's Arms) in High Street and a post office in existence |
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Calne
|
1800 |
Lower Mill at Quemerford is rebuilt as a cloth factory |
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Corsham
|
1800 |
John Nash employed to enlarge the house at Corsham Court: cloth industry ceases |
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Downton
|
1800 |
Downton Parish was considerably reduced in size. |
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Downton
|
1800 |
Lace making died out. |
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Great Somerford
|
1800 |
The old maltings built |
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Hullavington
|
1800 |
The Quaker Society of Hullavington is one of only seven active in the whole of Wiltshire |
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Keevil
|
1800 |
The Crown Inn recuilt and re-named the Crown and Rose |
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Melksham
|
1800 |
The King's Arms Hotel is built |
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Minety
|
1800 |
Askew Bridge House and Tellings Farmhouse built |
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Pewsey
|
1800 |
Post Office opened in Market Place |
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Pewsey
|
1800 |
There is a fire engine in the village by this time |
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Pewsey
|
1800 |
New Strict Baptist Chapel built near the Town Mill |
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Purton
|
1800 |
Medieval wall paintings uncovered at St. Mary's church |
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Ramsbury
|
1800 |
Many labourers from Ramsbury recruited to work for the Patagonian Sheep Farming Company Ltd founded in Patagonia by Walter Brind Waldron |
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Ramsbury
|
1800 |
Sir Francis Burdett inherits Ramsbury manor which remains in the family for 250 years |
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Sherston
|
1800 |
Church House let out as a poor house by church wardens |
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Westbury
|
1800 |
Boyer's Mill built |
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Westbury
|
1800 |
Leighton House built by Thomas Henry Hele Phipps |
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Wootton Bassett
|
1800 |
Agriculture is still the main occupation of the parish |
