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Broughton Gifford
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1884 AD |
School closes for 5 weeks due to a scarlatina outbreak. |
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Chippenham
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1884 AD |
Elizabeth Utterson leaves 5 cottages in Lowden, 4 of them as homes for elderly ladies |
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Corsham
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1884 AD |
Corsham Town Football Club founded |
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Cricklade
|
1884 AD |
Cricket Club in existence |
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Downton
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1884 AD |
Downton railway disaster, 45 people killed. |
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Minety
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1884 AD |
95 acres of land transferred from Oaksey parish to Minety; E.E. Taylor started Taylors and Son, the printers on Silver Street |
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Purton
|
1884 AD |
National Infant's School opened |
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Purton
|
1884 - 1894 AD |
James Kibblewhite gains national reputation as a middle distance runner and for a short time world record holder of the mile |
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Westbury
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1884 AD |
Laverton County Infants School built by Abraham Laverton in Bratton Road |
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Wootton Bassett
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1884 AD |
A new clock replaces the clock dating from 1724 in the tower of St. Bartholomew's Church |
