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1819 AD |
North Wiltshire canal completed. |
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Aldbourne
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1819 AD |
Workhouse in South Street destroyed by fire |
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Cricklade
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1819 AD |
North Wilts Canal from Latton to Swindon opened, joining the Thames and Severn Canal at Latton Basin; Chelworth Wharf on the river Fiddle serves as a staging post for Cricklade traffic on the North Wilts Canal; a day school for girls and an evening school for boys in existence |
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Great Somerford
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1819 AD |
A boarding school for c.26 girls was opened in the parish |
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Hullavington
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1819 AD |
The Star Inn and the Queen's Head are mentioned at this date |
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Purton
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1819 AD |
Robert Watkins publicly executed on a specially erected gallows at Purton Stoke for the murder of a coal merchant, Stephen Rodway, from Cricklade |
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Westbury
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1819 AD |
Schoolroom built at Westbury Leigh Baptist Church |
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Wilton
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1819 AD |
There is a Sunday School attached to the parish church in West Street by this time |
