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1850 |
90% of textile factories in Trowbridge now have steam powered machinery. |
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Ashton Keynes
|
1850 - 1853 |
G. S. Hurlock lived in Ashton House. |
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Box
|
1850 |
Many colleges at the University of Oxford were being built with Bath Stone from Box parish |
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Broughton Gifford
|
1850 |
Extensive restoration of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, present bells of the church are cast |
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Calne
|
1850 - 1870 |
Paper is being made at Quemerford |
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Chippenham
|
1850 |
Neeld Hall built as an extension to the Town Hall |
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Corsham
|
1850 - 1910 |
Stone quarrying flourishing |
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Cricklade
|
1850 |
Primitive Methodist day school opened |
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Cricklade
|
1850 |
Police station opened in High Street |
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Marlborough
|
1850 |
44 stage coaches a day are stopping at Marlborough by this time; police station opened in St. Margaret's |
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Melksham
|
1850 |
The Ark cloth factory is closed |
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Pewsey
|
1850 |
The King's Arms in High Street (now Moonrakers) opened |
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Pewsey
|
1850 |
New Inn in North Street (now The Greyhound) opened |
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Pewsey
|
1850 |
Weekly corn market held on Tuesdays at the Phoenix Inn |
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Purton
|
1850 |
Bentham House in Purton Stoke rebuilt for the Sadler family |
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Ramsbury
|
1850 |
A brass iron foundry established by S.T. Osmond at Newtown to make agicultural implements |
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Ramsbury
|
1850 - 1900 |
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints active in the village with services held in a house licensed for worship |
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Sherston
|
1850 |
The Styles and Miles Grocery Shop opens at the bottom of Easton Town |
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Westbury
|
1850 |
Railway line from Westbury to Frome opened as first stage of route to Weymouth |
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Wootton Bassett
|
1850 |
The National schools are established at Mount Pleasant on a temporary basis |
