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1885 AD |
Present Wadworth's Brewery built on site of the north gate of Devizes |
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Aldbourne
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1885 AD |
Joseph Wentworth bequeaths £200 to provide an annual gift to the two oldest agricultural labourers born and living in the village |
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Broughton Gifford
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1885 AD |
6 members listed in the Methodist Society; school closes for 1 month due to a measles outbreak, and closes again due to the death of the master's wife. |
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Calne
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1885 AD |
Thomas Harris & Sons bacon curers trading in High Street; Calne no longer sends members to Parliament |
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Ramsbury
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1885 AD |
71 wells and 39 pumps provide water to the villagers |
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Westbury
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1885 AD |
The borough disenfranchised and abolished; Westbury Leigh Church of England Primary School opened |
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Wilton
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1885 AD |
Charter of Incorporation granted by Queen Victoria; Fugglestone St Peter, Burcombe and South Newton now included in the borough |
