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1901 |
Population of Wiltshire 271,000. Swindon's population 45,000. |
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Amesbury
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1901 |
New National school for children of all ages built in Back Lane; new Methodist chapel built in High Street |
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Broughton Gifford
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1901 |
Ordnance Survey map shows a smithy, a workmen's club, a post office and allotments in Broughton Gifford; population at 649. |
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Calne
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1901 |
Bentley School amalgamates with the Technical Institute and becomes Calne County School - a school of science for boys aged 9-17; it is now compulsory for houses to be numbered |
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Hullavington
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1901 |
A garage built in The Street |
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Westbury
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1901 |
Water pumping station opened in Bratton Road supplied by the reservoir at Beggars Knoll; direct railway line from London to Westbury opened; Boyer's Cloth Mill converted to a tannery owned by Charles Case and Sons Ltd |
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Wilton
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1901 |
Drinking fountain built as a memorial to the Earl of Pembroke |
