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Cherhill White Horse, the Glossary

Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, 3.5 miles east of Calne in Wiltshire, England.^[1]

35 relations: A4 road (England), Alfred the Great, Alton Barnes White Horse, Battle of Edington, Berkshire, Broad Town White Horse, Bronze Age, Calne, Chalk, Cherhill, Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth, Earthworks (engineering), Electorate of Hanover, George Stubbs, Guthrum, Hill figure, House of Hanover, Lansdowne Monument, List of hill figures in Wiltshire, Litlington White Horse, Lord of the manor, Marlborough White Horse, Megaphone, National Trust, Obelisk, Oxfordshire, Pound sterling, Rest area, The Guardian, The Queen's Beasts, Tonne, Uffington White Horse, Westbury White Horse, William Plenderleath, World War I.
1780 works
Geography of Wiltshire
Protected areas of Wiltshire
Tourist attractions in Wiltshire
White horses (hill figures) in England

A4 road (England)

The A4 is a major road in England from Central London to Avonmouth via Heathrow Airport, Reading, Bath and Bristol.

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Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899.

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Alton Barnes White Horse is a chalk hill figure of a white horse located on Milk Hill some 1,000 metres north of the village of Alton, Wiltshire, England. Cherhill White Horse and Alton Barnes White Horse are history of Wiltshire, Protected areas of Wiltshire, Tourist attractions in Wiltshire and white horses (hill figures) in England.

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Battle of Edington

At the Battle of Edington, an army of the kingdom of Wessex under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army led by the Dane Guthrum sometime between 6 and 12 May 878, resulting in the Treaty of Wedmore later the same year.

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Berkshire

The Royal County of Berkshire, commonly known as simply Berkshire (abbreviated Berks.), is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Broad Town White Horse

Broad Town White Horse is a hill figure of a white horse located in the village of Broad Town, Wiltshire, England. Cherhill White Horse and Broad Town White Horse are history of Wiltshire, Tourist attractions in Wiltshire and white horses (hill figures) in England.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Calne

Calne is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, southwestern England,OS Explorer Map 156, Chippenham and Bradford-on-Avon Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Ordnance Survey A2 edition (2007).

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Chalk

Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock.

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Cherhill

Cherhill is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.

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Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth

The coronation of George VI and his wife, Elizabeth, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, Emperor and Empress consort of India took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on Wednesday 12 May 1937.

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Earthworks (engineering)

Earthworks are engineering works created through the processing of parts of the earth's surface involving quantities of soil or unformed rock.

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Electorate of Hanover

The Electorate of Hanover (Kurfürstentum Hannover or simply Kurhannover) was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, located in northwestern Germany and taking its name from the capital city of Hanover.

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George Stubbs

George Stubbs (25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses.

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Guthrum

Guthrum (Guðrum, c. 835 – c. 890) was King of East Anglia in the late 9th century.

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Hill figure

A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology.

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House of Hanover

The House of Hanover (Haus Hannover) is a European, formerly royal house with roots tracing back to the 17th century.

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Lansdowne Monument

The Lansdowne Monument, also known as the Cherhill Monument, near Cherhill in Wiltshire, England, is a 38-metre (125 foot) stone obelisk erected in 1845 by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne to the designs of Sir Charles Barry to commemorate his ancestor, Sir William Petty (1623–1687).

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List of hill figures in Wiltshire

This is a list of hill figures in Wiltshire (ranked by age). Cherhill White Horse and list of hill figures in Wiltshire are white horses (hill figures) in England.

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Litlington White Horse

The Litlington White Horse is a chalk hill figure depicting a horse, situated on Hindover Hill (locally known as High-and-Over) in the South Downs. Cherhill White Horse and Litlington White Horse are white horses (hill figures) in England.

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Lord of the manor

Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate.

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Marlborough White Horse

Marlborough White Horse, also called the Preshute White Horse, is a hill figure on Granham Hill, a fairly shallow slope of the downland above the hamlet of Preshute, southwest of Marlborough in the county of Wiltshire, England. Cherhill White Horse and Marlborough White Horse are Geography of Wiltshire, history of Wiltshire, Tourist attractions in Wiltshire and white horses (hill figures) in England.

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Megaphone

A megaphone, speaking trumpet, bullhorn, blowhorn, or loudhailer is usually a portable or hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify a person's voice or other sounds and direct it in a given direction.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Obelisk

An obelisk (from ὀβελίσκος; diminutive of ὀβελός obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Rest area

A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary roads.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Queen's Beasts

The Queen's Beasts are ten heraldic statues representing the genealogy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted as the Royal supporters of England.

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Tonne

The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

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Uffington White Horse

The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure, long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk. Cherhill White Horse and Uffington White Horse are white horses (hill figures) in England.

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Westbury White Horse

Westbury White Horse or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. Cherhill White Horse and Westbury White Horse are history of Wiltshire, Protected areas of Wiltshire, Tourist attractions in Wiltshire and white horses (hill figures) in England.

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William Plenderleath

William Charles Plenderleath (2 June 1831 – 1 April 1906) was an English Anglican clergyman, author and antiquarian, best remembered for his White Horses of the West of England (1885, 2nd edition 1892).

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherhill_White_Horse

Also known as Oldbury White Horse.

Cherhill White Horse, the Glossary

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See also

1780 works

Geography of Wiltshire

Protected areas of Wiltshire

Tourist attractions in Wiltshire

White horses (hill figures) in England

References