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Downton
|
1832 |
Borough disenfranchised under the Great Reform Act of 1832. More people given the vote. Policing began. Cholera epidemic. |
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Hullavington
|
1832 |
A day school for 6 boys and 6 girls started |
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Melksham
|
1832 |
Private gas company formed (becomes public in 1885) |
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Minety
|
1832 |
Minety moved from Gloucestershire to Wiltshire |
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Pewsey
|
1832 |
Strict Baptist chapel built in High Street |
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Purton
|
1832 |
Purton Stoke Methodist Chapel built |
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Westbury
|
1832 |
From this time only 1 MP returned to Parliament |
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Wilton
|
1832 |
Only 1 member of Parliament returned from this time |
