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1872 - 1876 |
Francis Kilvert, the diarist, serving his father as curate at Langley Burrell; people and events in the area appear in his published Diaries |
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Broughton Gifford
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1872 |
Further grant of £105. 15s. 10d. authorised to the school, consequently a new school building is erected. |
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Great Somerford
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1872 |
Walter Powell gives the village its reaading room |
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Marlborough
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1872 |
Savernake Hospital moved to present day location on London Road |
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Melksham
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1872 |
The United Reformed Church built; Melksham Methodist Chapel is rebuilt in Market Place |
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Minety
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1872 |
Parish became part of Malmesbury Rural District |
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Pewsey
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1872 |
Pewsey Rural District Council formed; King's Corner school enlarged |
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Purton
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1872 |
St.Mary's church restored to the designs of architect William Butterfield at a cost of £2,500; skeleton of a woman found in a walled-up chapel in St. Mary's church |
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Ramsbury
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1872 |
Angela Burdett-Coutts becomes the first woman to receive the freedom of the city of London for her philanthropy among the city's poor |
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Sherston
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1872 |
Silk Mill built and run by Joseph Davenport & Sons on Brook Hill; Sherston Temperance Movement meeting |
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Wilton
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1872 |
Methodist Reform Church opened in Kingsbury Square; Blondin, a famous tightrope walker, performs in Wilton Park before an audience of 20,000 people |
