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Amesbury
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1957 |
Avondale School moved to Bulford |
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Box
|
1957 |
The Rising Sun, a public house, was tragically destroyed in an explosion, killing the licensee and his family |
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Broughton Gifford
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1957 |
The Bell is sold to the current owners: Wadworths Brewery. |
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Calne
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1957 |
County Secondary School (later Bentley Grammar School) moves to a site in the angle of the London and Melksham roads; Maundrell's iron foundry closes |
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Chippenham
|
1957 |
Monkton House bought by the local council after the death of owner, Lady Muriel Coventry; giant plane tree by town bridge felled when shops built. The Town Mill (on the site of the Domesday mill) demolished |
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Corsham
|
1957 |
The Rising Sun demolished by an explosion caused by a gas leak |
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Cricklade
|
1957 |
National school is closed and the building becomes the Parish Hall |
