Wiltshire, the Glossary
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347 relations: A303 road, A350 road, A4 road (England), A417 road, Aerodrome, Agronomy, Amesbury, Anglo-Italian Cup, Anglo-Saxons, Archaeology, Ashcombe House, Wiltshire, Avebury, Avebury Manor and Garden, Avon Green Belt, Avon Valley Path, Azores, Æscwine of Wessex, Barbury Castle, Bath and North East Somerset, Bath Spa University, Bath, Somerset, Battle of Roundway Down, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC South, BBC West, BD (company), Bentley Wood, Berkshire, Bishop Wordsworth's School, Blunsdon, Borough of Swindon, Bournemouth Airport, Bowood House, Bradford-on-Avon, Bradford-on-Avon railway station, Brandy, Brexit, Bristol, Bristol Airport, British Army, Bronze Age, Bulford Camp, Caen Hill Locks, Calne, Cardiff Airport, Cardinal Health, Castle Combe, Castle Hill, Mere, Catalent, Central Government War Headquarters, ... Expand index (297 more) »
- Ceremonial counties of England
- Counties in South West England
- Counties of England established in antiquity
- English unitary authorities created in 2009
- Local government districts of Wiltshire
A303 road
The A303 is a trunk road in southern England, running between Basingstoke in Hampshire and Honiton in Devon via Stonehenge.
A350 road
The A350 is a north–south primary route in southern England, that runs from the M4 motorway in Wiltshire to Poole in Dorset.
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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A417 road
The A417 is a main road in England, running from Streatley, Berkshire to Hope under Dinmore, Herefordshire.
Aerodrome
An aerodrome is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use.
Agronomy
Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation.
Amesbury
Amesbury is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.
Anglo-Italian Cup
The Anglo-Italian Cup (Coppa Anglo-Italiana, also known as the Anglo-Italian Inter-League Clubs Competition and from 1976 to 1986 as the Alitalia Challenge Cup, Talbot Challenge Cup or Gigi Peronace Memorial) was a European football competition.
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Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.
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Archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
Ashcombe House, Wiltshire
Ashcombe House, also known as Ashcombe Park, is a Georgian manor house, set in of land on Cranborne Chase in the parish of Berwick St John, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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Avebury
Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in south-west England.
Avebury Manor and Garden
Avebury Manor & Garden is a National Trust property consisting of a Grade I listed early-16th-century manor house and its surrounding garden.
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Avon Green Belt
The Avon Green Belt, also known as the Bristol and Bath Green Belt (or Bath and Bristol Green Belt), is a non-statutory green belt environmental and planning policy that regulates urban expansion and development in the countryside surrounding the cities of Bristol and Bath in the South West region of England.
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Avon Valley Path
The Avon Valley Path is a long-distance path, opened in 1992, which runs for through the English counties of Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset.
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Azores
The Azores (Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira).
Æscwine of Wessex
Æscwine was a King of Wessex from about 674 to 676, but was probably not the only king in Wessex at the time.
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Barbury Castle
Barbury Castle is a scheduled hillfort in Wiltshire, England.
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Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a unitary authority district in Somerset, South West England. Wiltshire and Bath and North East Somerset are unitary authority districts of England.
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Bath Spa University
Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath, England, with its main campus at Newton Park, about west of the centre of the city.
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Bath, Somerset
Bath (RP) is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, in England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths.
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Battle of Roundway Down
The Battle of Roundway Down was fought on 13 July 1643 at Roundway Down near Devizes, in Wiltshire during the First English Civil War.
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BBC Radio Wiltshire
BBC Radio Wiltshire is the BBC's local radio station serving the English county of Wiltshire.
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BBC South
BBC South is the BBC English Region serving Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset, West Sussex, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and parts of Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Surrey, and Wiltshire (including the city of Salisbury and Swindon), with geographic coverage varying between digital, television and radio services.
BBC West
BBC West is one of the BBC's English Regions serving Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire; northern and eastern Somerset and northeastern Dorset.
BD (company)
Becton, Dickinson and Company, also known as BD, is an American multinational medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents.
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Bentley Wood
Bentley Wood, together with the adjacent Blackmoor Copse, form one of the largest contiguous areas of woodland in Wiltshire, England.
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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. Wiltshire and Berkshire are ceremonial counties of England and counties of England established in antiquity.
Bishop Wordsworth's School
Bishop Wordsworth's School is a Church of England boys' grammar school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for boys aged 11 to 18.
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Blunsdon
Blunsdon is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, in Wiltshire, England, about north of the centre of Swindon, with the A419 forming its southern boundary.
Borough of Swindon
The Borough of Swindon is a unitary authority area with borough status in Wiltshire, England. Wiltshire and borough of Swindon are local government districts of Wiltshire and unitary authority districts of England.
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Bournemouth Airport
Bournemouth Airport (previously known as Hurn Airport and Bournemouth International Airport) is an international airport located north-northeast of Bournemouth, in southern England.
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Bowood House
Bowood is a Grade I listed Georgian country house in Wiltshire, England, that has been owned for more than 250 years by the Fitzmaurice family.
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Bradford-on-Avon
Bradford-on-Avon (sometimes Bradford on Avon or Bradford upon Avon) is a town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, near the border with Somerset, which had a population of 10,405 at the 2021 census.
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Bradford-on-Avon railway station
Bradford-on-Avon railway station is a railway station on the Wessex Main Line in between and, serving the town of Bradford on Avon (the station name is hyphenated, unlike the name of the town), in Wiltshire, England.
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Brandy
Brandy is a liquor produced by distilling wine.
Brexit
Brexit (portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Wiltshire and Bristol are ceremonial counties of England, counties in South West England and unitary authority districts of England.
Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport, at Lulsgate Bottom, on the northern slopes of the Mendip Hills, in North Somerset, is an international airport serving the city of Bristol, England, and the surrounding area.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Bulford Camp
Bulford Camp is a military camp on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.
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Caen Hill Locks
Caen Hill Locks are a flight of 29 locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Rowde and Devizes in Wiltshire, England.
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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).
Cardiff Airport
Cardiff Airport (Maes Awyr Caerdydd) is an airport in Rhoose, Wales.
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Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health, Inc. is an American multinational health care services company, and the 14th highest revenue generating company in the United States.
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Castle Combe
Castle Combe is a village and civil parish within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wiltshire, England.
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Castle Hill, Mere
Castle Hill, also called Mere Castle, was a medieval fortification built by Richard, the Earl of Cornwall, in 1253 on a hill overlooking the town of Mere, Wiltshire, England.
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Catalent
Catalent, Inc. (Catalent Pharma Solutions) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey.
Central Government War Headquarters
The Central Government War Headquarters (CGWHQ) is a complex built underground as the United Kingdom's emergency government war headquarters – the hub of the country's alternative seat of power outside London during a nuclear war or conflict with the Soviet Union.
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Ceremonial counties of England
Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed.
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Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock.
Chalk Group
The Chalk Group (often just called the Chalk) is the lithostratigraphic unit (a certain number of rock strata) which contains the Upper Cretaceous limestone succession in southern and eastern England.
Cherhill White Horse
Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, 3.5 miles east of Calne in Wiltshire, England.
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Chippenham
Chippenham is a market town in north-west Wiltshire, England.
Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
Chippenham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Sarah Gibson, a Liberal Democrat.
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Chippenham railway station
Chippenham railway station is on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) in South West England, serving the town of Chippenham, Wiltshire.
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Chippenham Town F.C.
Chippenham Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.
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City status in the United Kingdom
City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to specific centres of population, which might or might not meet the generally accepted definition of cities.
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Clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4).
Coate Water Country Park
Coate Water is a country park situated to the southeast of central Swindon, England, near junction 15 of the M4.
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Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis of selection criteria, usually academic performance.
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Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
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Contraband
Contraband (from Medieval French contrebande "smuggling") is any item that, relating to its nature, is illegal to be possessed or sold.
Convection
Convection is single or multiphase fluid flow that occurs spontaneously due to the combined effects of material property heterogeneity and body forces on a fluid, most commonly density and gravity (see buoyancy).
Corsham
Corsham is a historic market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England.
Corsham Court
Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown.
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Cotswold Water Park
The Cotswold Water Park is the United Kingdom's largest marl lake system, straddling the Wiltshire–Gloucestershire border, north-west of Cricklade and south of Cirencester.
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Cotswolds
The Cotswolds is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham.
County Ground (Swindon)
The County Ground is a stadium located near the town centre of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, and has been home to Swindon Town Football Club since 1896.
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County Hall, Trowbridge
County Hall is a municipal building in Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, completed in 1940.
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County town
In Great Britain and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county.
Cranborne Chase
Cranborne Chase is an area of central southern England, straddling the counties Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.
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Cricklade
Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester.
Crofton Pumping Station
Crofton Pumping Station, near the village of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England, supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water.
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Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire.
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Danes (tribe)
The Danes were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting southern Scandinavia, including the area now comprising Denmark proper, northern and eastern England, and the Scanian provinces of modern-day southern Sweden, during the Nordic Iron Age and the Viking Age.
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Dauntsey's School
Dauntsey's School is a public school (fee-charging boarding and day school) for pupils aged 11–18 in the village of West Lavington, Wiltshire, England.
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Devizes
Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.
Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
Devizes was a constituency in Wiltshire, England, which included four towns and many villages in the middle and east of the county.
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Domesday Book
Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.
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Dorset
Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England. Wiltshire and Dorset are ceremonial counties of England, counties in South West England, counties of England established in antiquity and unitary authority districts of England.
Dorset Downs
The Dorset Downs are an area of chalk downland in the centre of the county Dorset in south west England.
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Dover
Dover is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England.
Downland
Downland, chalkland, chalk downs or just downs are areas of open chalk hills, such as the North Downs.
Duncan Hames
Duncan John Hames (born 16 June 1977) is a Director of Policy at Transparency International UK and a former Liberal Democrat politician.
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Dyson (company)
Dyson Limited, trading as Dyson, is a Singaporean multinational technology company.
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Early Learning Centre
The Early Learning Centre (ELC) is a British retailer that sells toys aimed at younger children.
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Edington Priory
Edington Priory in Wiltshire, England, was founded by William Edington, the bishop of Winchester, in 1351 in his home village of Edington, about east of the town of Westbury.
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EFL Cup
The EFL Cup (historically and colloquially referred to as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition in men's domestic football in England.
EFL League One
The English Football League One, known as Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes or simply League One in England, is the second-highest division of the English Football League and the third-tier overall in the English football league system.
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EFL League Two
The English Football League Two, simply known as League Two in England and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet League Two, is the third and lowest division of the English Football League (EFL) and fourth-highest tier overall in the English football league system.
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Electrical device
Electric(al) devices are devices that functionally rely on electric energy (AC or DC) to operate their core parts (electric motors, transformers, lighting, rechargeable batteries, control electronics).
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English Channel
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.
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English Civil War
The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
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English country house
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside.
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The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales.
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English Premier Ice Hockey League
The English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL) was an ice hockey league of 10 teams, all of which were based in England.
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Ermin Way
Ermin Street or Ermin Way was a Roman road in Britain.
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Exeter Airport
Exeter Airport, formerly Exeter International Airport, is an international airport located at Clyst Honiton in East Devon, close to the city of Exeter and within the county of Devon, South West England.
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Flag of Wiltshire
There are three flag designs associated with the English county of Wiltshire.
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Flanders
Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.
Florence
Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.
Fonthill Abbey
Fonthill Abbey—also known as Beckford's Folly—was a large Gothic Revival country house built between 1796 and 1813 at Fonthill Gifford in Wiltshire, England, at the direction of William Thomas Beckford and architect James Wyatt.
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The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004.
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The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season.
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The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992.
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The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992.
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Fosse Way
The Fosse Way was a Roman road built in Britain during the first and second centuries AD that linked Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) in the southwest and Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) to the northeast, via Lindinis (Ilchester), Aquae Sulis (Bath), Corinium (Cirencester), and Ratae Corieltauvorum (Leicester).
Freezing air temperature
Freezing, available online or frost occurs when the air temperature falls below the freezing point of water (0 °C, 32 °F, 273 K).
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Further education
Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is additional education to that received at secondary school that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions.
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Gazette and Herald
The Gazette and Herald is a local weekly paid-for newspaper, established in Wiltshire, England in 1816 and published every Thursday.
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Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England. Wiltshire and Gloucestershire are ceremonial counties of England, counties in South West England and counties of England established in antiquity.
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Gloucestershire Airport
Gloucestershire Airport, formerly Staverton Airport, is a small airport at Churchdown, England.
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Golden Valley line
The Golden Valley line is the popular name given to the railway line between, and in England.
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Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school.
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Great Bedwyn
Great Bedwyn is a village and civil parish in east Wiltshire, England.
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Great Chalfield Manor
Great Chalfield Manor is an English country house at Great Chalfield, about northeast of the town of Bradford on Avon in the west of the county of Wiltshire.
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Great West Way
The Great West Way is a touring route which runs between the UK capital of London to the city of Bristol.
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Great Western Main Line
The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to.
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Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales.
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Greatest Hits Radio South
Greatest Hits Radio South is a regional radio station broadcasting across the South of England, as part of Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio network.
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Greatest Hits Radio South West
Greatest Hits Radio South West is a regional radio station serving the South West of England, as part of Bauer's Greatest Hits Radio network.
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Green belt (United Kingdom)
In British town planning, the green belt is a policy for controlling urban growth.
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Greensand
Greensand or green sand is a sand or sandstone which has a greenish color.
Gross value added
In economics, gross value added (GVA) is the measure of the value of goods and services produced in an area, industry or sector of an economy.
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Hampshire
Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England. Wiltshire and Hampshire are ceremonial counties of England and counties of England established in antiquity.
Healthcare in Wiltshire
Healthcare in Wiltshire, England, is the responsibility of the integrated care board (ICB) for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.
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Heart of Wessex Line
The Heart of Wessex Line, also known as the Bristol to Weymouth Line, is a railway line that runs from to and Weymouth in England.
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Heart West
Heart West is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network.
Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport, called London Airport until 1966, is the main international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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High Sheriff of Wiltshire
This is a list of the sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) high sheriffs of Wiltshire.
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Highworth
Highworth is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, England, about north-east of Swindon town centre.
Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Celts and others. Wiltshire and historic counties of England are counties of England established in antiquity.
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Historic England Archive
The Historic England Archive is the public archive of Historic England, located in The Engine House on Fire Fly Avenue in Swindon, formerly part of the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway.
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Iford Manor
Iford Manor is a manor house in Wiltshire, England.
Independent politician
An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.
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Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
ITV Meridian
ITV Meridian (previously Meridian Broadcasting) is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England.
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ITV West Country
ITV West Country is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the South West England franchise area on the ITV network.
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Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal.
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Kennet and Avon Canal Museum
The Kennet and Avon Canal Museum is a museum in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, covering the history of the Kennet and Avon Canal.
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Kennet Avenue
Kennet Avenue or West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric site in the English county of Wiltshire.
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Kennet District
Kennet was a non-metropolitan local government district in Wiltshire, England, abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government.
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King Alfred's Tower
Alfred's Tower is a folly in Somerset, England, on the edge of the border with Wiltshire, on the Stourhead estate.
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Kingdown School
Kingdown School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Warminster, Wiltshire, England for students aged 11 to 18.
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Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
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Lacock
Lacock is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) south of the town of Chippenham, and about outside the Cotswolds area.
Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery of the Augustinian order.
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Larkhill
Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England.
Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988.
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Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
Link Centre
The Link Centre is a leisure centre in Swindon, England.
List of civil parishes in Wiltshire
This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England.
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List of deputy lieutenants of Wiltshire
This is a list of deputy lieutenants of Wiltshire, England.
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List of Grade I listed buildings in Wiltshire
This is a list of Grade I listed buildings in Wiltshire, England, in the United Kingdom.
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List of hills of Wiltshire
This is a list of hills in Wiltshire.
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List of parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire
The ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England, which includes the Borough of Swindon, is divided into eight Parliamentary constituencies.
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List of places in Wiltshire
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England.
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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Littlecote House
Littlecote House is a large Elizabethan country house and estate in the civil parishes of Ramsbury and Chilton Foliat, in the English county of Wiltshire, about northeast of the Berkshire town of Hungerford.
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Local government in England
Local government in England broadly consists of three layers: civil parishes, local authorities, and regional authorities.
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Long-distance trail
A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking, cycling, horse riding or cross-country skiing.
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Longleat
Longleat is a stately home about west of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.
Longleat Safari and Adventure Park
Longleat Safari and Adventure Park in Wiltshire, England, was opened in 1966 as the world's first drive-through safari park outside Africa.
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Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the English county of Wiltshire.
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Low-pressure area
In meteorology, a low-pressure area, low area or low is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations.
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Ludgershall Castle
Ludgershall Castle is a ruined 12th-century fortified royal residence at Ludgershall in Wiltshire, England.
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Ludgershall, Wiltshire
Ludgershall (with a hard g) is a town and civil parish north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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Lydiard Park
Lydiard Park is a country park at Lydiard Tregoze, which was its former name, about west of central Swindon, Wiltshire, England, in West Swindon parish, near Junction 16 of the M4 motorway.
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M4 corridor
The M4 corridor is an area in the United Kingdom adjacent to the M4 motorway, which runs from London to South Wales.
M4 motorway
The M4, originally the London-South Wales Motorway, is a motorway in the United Kingdom running from west London to southwest Wales.
Malmesbury
Malmesbury is a town and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately west of Swindon, northeast of Bristol, and north of Chippenham.
Malmesbury Abbey
Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a former Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
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Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation.
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Marlborough College
Marlborough College is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.
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Marlborough, Wiltshire
Marlborough is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath.
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Maud Heath's Causeway
Maud Heath's Causeway is a pathway dating from the 15th century in rural Wiltshire, England.
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Medication
A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
Melksham
Melksham is a town and civil parish on the River Avon in Wiltshire, England, about northeast of Trowbridge and south of Chippenham.
Melksham railway station
Melksham railway station serves the town of Melksham in Wiltshire, England.
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Mercia
Mercia (Miercna rīċe, "kingdom of the border people"; Merciorum regnum) was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy.
Mere, Wiltshire
Mere is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.
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Mesolithic
The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos 'middle' + λίθος, lithos 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.
Military
A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.
Milk Hill
Milk Hill, located near Alton Priors east of Devizes, is the highest point in the county of Wiltshire, southwest England, at some above sea level (the adjacent Tan Hill rises to 294 m).
Mill (grinding)
A mill is a device, often a structure, machine or kitchen appliance, that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces by grinding, crushing, or cutting.
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Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes is a city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. Wiltshire and Milton Keynes are unitary authority districts of England.
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MOD Corsham
MOD Corsham (formerly Basil Hill Barracks) is a Ministry of Defence establishment located between the towns of Corsham and Box in Wiltshire, England.
MOD Lyneham
Ministry of Defence Lyneham or MOD Lyneham is a Ministry of Defence site in Wiltshire, England, about north-east of Chippenham and south-west of Swindon.
Mompesson House
Mompesson House is an 18th-century house in the Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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Moonrakers
Moonrakers is the colloquial name for people from Wiltshire, a county in the West Country of England.
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Museum of the Great Western Railway
STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is housed in part of the former railway works in Swindon, England – Wiltshire's 'railway town'.
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National Counties of English and Welsh cricket
The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status.
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National Cycle Network
The National Cycle Network (NCN) was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout the United Kingdom, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring.
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National League South
The National League South, formerly Conference South, is one of the two second divisions of the National League in England, immediately below the top division National League.
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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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Nationwide Building Society
Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution, the seventh largest cooperative financial institution and the largest building society in the world with over 16 million members.
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Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
New College, Swindon
New College is a further and higher education institution in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
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New Forest
The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire.
Norman Conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.
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North Wessex Downs
The North Wessex Downs are an area of chalk downland landscapes located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
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North Wiltshire
North Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, between 1974 and 2009, when it was superseded by Wiltshire Council.
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North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North Wiltshire was a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
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Old Sarum
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury.
Old Sarum Airfield
Old Sarum Airfield is a grass strip airfield north-north-east of Salisbury, in Laverstock parish, Wiltshire, England.
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Oolite
Oolite or oölite is a sedimentary rock formed from ooids, spherical grains composed of concentric layers.
Oxford Airport
London Oxford Airport, formerly known as Kidlington Airport, is a privately owned airport located near Kidlington in Cherwell District, Oxfordshire, northwest by north of Oxford, from Central London.
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Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University (OBU; formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic) is a public university in Oxford, England.
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Oxford Clay
The Oxford Clay (or Oxford Clay Formation) is a Jurassic marine sedimentary rock formation underlying much of southeast England, from as far west as Dorset and as far north as Yorkshire.
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England. Wiltshire and Oxfordshire are ceremonial counties of England and counties of England established in antiquity.
Patheon
Patheon is a service brand within Thermo Fisher Scientific's brand portfolio.
Philipps House
Philipps House (until 1916 Dinton House) is an early 19th-century Neo-Grecian country house at Dinton, overlooking the Nadder valley about west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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Porosity
Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0% and 100%.
Premier League
The Premier League is the highest level of the English football league system.
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Public administration
Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler.
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RAF Lyneham
Royal Air Force Lyneham otherwise known as RAF Lyneham was a Royal Air Force station located northeast of Chippenham, Wiltshire, and southwest of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
RAF Upavon
Royal Air Force Upavon, or more simply RAF Upavon, is a former Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England.
Reading–Taunton line
The Reading–Taunton line is a major branch of the Great Western Main Line from which it diverges at Reading railway station.
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REME Museum
The REME Museum is within the MoD Lyneham site, in Lyneham, Wiltshire, England, about southwest of Swindon.
Richard Jefferies
John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels.
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River Avon, Bristol
The River Avon is a river in the southwest of England.
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River Avon, Hampshire
The River Avon is in the south of England, rising in Wiltshire, flowing through that county's city of Salisbury and then west Hampshire, before reaching the English Channel through Christchurch Harbour in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole conurbation of Dorset.
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River Thames
The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.
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Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.
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Roman road from Silchester to Bath
The Roman road from Silchester to Bath connected Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) with Aquae Sulis (Bath) via Spinae (Speen), Cunetio (near Marlborough) and Verlucio (near Sandy Lane).
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Roundhead
Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).
Royal School of Artillery
The Royal School of Artillery (RSA) is the principal training establishment for artillery warfare in the British Army.
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Royal Wessex Yeomanry
The Royal Wessex Yeomanry is a reserve armoured regiment of the British Army Reserve consisting of five squadrons.
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Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (RWY) was a Yeomanry regiment of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom established in 1794.
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Royal Wootton Bassett
Royal Wootton Bassett, formerly Wootton Bassett, is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 13,570 at the 2021 Census.
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Rural area
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.
Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne.
Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Salisbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Glen of the Conservative Party.
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Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England.
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Salisbury City Council
Salisbury City Council is a parish-level council for Salisbury, England.
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Salisbury City F.C.
Salisbury City Football Club was an English football club based in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
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Salisbury District
Salisbury was a local government district in Wiltshire, England from 1974 to 2009.
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Salisbury F.C.
Salisbury Football Club is an English football club based in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
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Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in southern England covering.
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Salisbury railway station
Salisbury railway station serves the cathedral city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.
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Salisbury Sixth Form College
Salisbury Sixth Form College (S6C) is a free school sixth form in the city of Salisbury in the English county of Wiltshire.
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Sarah Troughton
Sarah Rose Troughton (née Colman; born 3 May 1953) is the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, appointed with effect from February 2012.
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Savernake, Wiltshire
Savernake is a civil parish immediately south and southeast of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England.
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Science and Innovation Park
The Science and Innovation Park is a research and cultural site near Swindon, England.
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Seaxburh of Wessex
Seaxburh (died c. 674) was a queen of Wessex.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.
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Service Children's Education
Service Children's Education (SCE) is an organisation of the United Kingdom government responsible for the education of the children of British Armed Forces families and Ministry of Defence (MoD) personnel serving outside of the United Kingdom.
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SGB Premiership
The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Premiership (sponsored by Sports Insure) is the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB) in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
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Shearwater (lake)
Shearwater (or Shear Water) is a man-made freshwater lake near Crockerton village, about southwest of the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.
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Silbury Hill
Silbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire.
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Smuggling
Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.
Somerset
Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England. Wiltshire and Somerset are ceremonial counties of England, counties in South West England, counties of England established in antiquity and unitary authority districts of England.
Somerset Levels
The Somerset Levels are a coastal plain and wetland area of Somerset, England, running south from the Mendips to the Blackdown Hills.
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South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire are unitary authority districts of England.
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South Wales Main Line
The South Wales Main Line (Prif Linell De Cymru), originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain.
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South West England
South West England, or the South West of England, is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom.
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South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South West Wiltshire is a constituency in Wiltshire, England.
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South Wilts Grammar School
South Wilts Grammar School, formerly South Wilts Grammar School for Girls, is a grammar school in Salisbury, south Wiltshire, England, for pupils aged 11 to 18.
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South Wiltshire UTC
South Wiltshire UTC was a mixed University Technical College (UTC) in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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Southampton Airport
Southampton Airport is an international airport located in both Eastleigh and Southampton, Hampshire, in England.
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The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales.
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St Martin's Chapel, Chisbury
St Martin's Chapel, Chisbury is a mediaeval former chapel next to the manor house in the hamlet of Chisbury, in Little Bedwyn parish in the east of Wiltshire, England.
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St Mary's School, Calne
St Mary's School is a private day and boarding school in Calne, Wiltshire, England, for girls aged 11 to 18.
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Stanley Abbey
Stanley Abbey was a medieval abbey near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, which flourished between 1151 and 1536.
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Stone circle
A stone circle is a ring of standing stones.
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Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury.
Stourhead
Stourhead is a 1,072-hectare (2,650-acre) estate at the source of the River Stour in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire, extending into Somerset.
Swindon
Swindon is a town in Wiltshire, England.
Swindon and Cricklade Railway
The Swindon and Cricklade Railway is a heritage railway in Wiltshire, England, that operates on a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade.
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Swindon Borough Council
Swindon Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Swindon in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England.
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Swindon College
Swindon College was a further education college in Swindon, England.
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Swindon railway station
Swindon railway station is on the Great Western Main Line in South West England, serving the town of Swindon, Wiltshire.
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Swindon Robins
The Swindon Robins are an motorcycle speedway team from England, established in 1949 that have competed primarily in the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom.
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Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
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Swindon Wildcats
The Swindon Wildcats are a professional ice hockey team based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
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Tan Hill, Wiltshire
Tan Hill is a hill north of Allington in the parish of All Cannings, Wiltshire, England.
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Thames and Severn Canal
The Thames and Severn Canal is a canal in Gloucestershire in the south-west of England, which was completed in 1789.
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Thames Path
The Thames Path is a National Trail following the River Thames from one of its sources near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Woolwich foot tunnel, south east London.
Thames Valley
The Thames Valley is an area in South East England that extends along the River Thames west of London towards Oxford.
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The Courts Garden
The Courts Garden is an English country garden in Holt, near Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.
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The Ridgeway
The Ridgeway is a ridgeway or ancient trackway described as Britain's oldest road.
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The Salisbury Museum
The Salisbury Museum (previously The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum) is a museum in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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The Vly be on the Turmut
"The Vly be on the Turmut" (i.e. "The Fly is on the Turnip") is the unofficial song of the English county of Wiltshire, sung in the Wiltshire dialect.
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Tidworth
Tidworth is a garrison town and civil parish in south-east Wiltshire, England, on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain.
Tidworth Camp
Tidworth Camp is a military installation at Tidworth in Wiltshire, England.
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Tisbury railway station
Tisbury railway station serves the village of Tisbury in Wiltshire, England.
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Trafalgar Park, Wiltshire
Trafalgar Park (also known as Trafalgar House, formerly Standlynch Park) is a large Georgian country house about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) northeast of the village of Downton in south Wiltshire, England, and 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southeast of the city of Salisbury.
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Trowbridge
Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England; situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset.
Trowbridge railway station
Trowbridge railway station serves the county town of Trowbridge in Wiltshire, England.
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Unemployment
Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the reference period.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
The unitary authorities of England are a type of local authority responsible for all local government services in an area.
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Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national government.
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University of Bath
The University of Bath is a public research university in Bath, England.
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University technical college
A university technical college (UTC) is a type of secondary school in England that is sponsored by a university and has close ties to local business and industry.
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Upavon
Upavon is a rural village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England.
Urban sprawl
Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses, dense multi family apartments, office buildings and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a more or less densely populated city".
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UTC Swindon
UTC Swindon is a University Technical College (UTC) in Swindon, England that opened in September 2014 for students of ages 14–19.
Vale of Pewsey
The Vale of Pewsey or Pewsey Vale is an area of Wiltshire, England to the east of Devizes and south of Marlborough, centred on the village of Pewsey.
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Vale of Wardour
The Vale of Wardour encompasses the valley of the River Nadder in the county of Wiltshire, England.
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Valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which typically contains a river or stream running from one end to the other.
Vineyard
A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice.
Wardour Castle
Wardour Castle or Old Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St Andrew in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Salisbury.
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Warminster
Warminster is a historic market town and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain.
Warminster railway station
Warminster railway station serves the historic market town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.
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Warminster School
Warminster School is a co-educational private boarding and day school in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, for pupils aged three to eighteen.
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Wessex
The Kingdom of the West Saxons, also known as the Kingdom of Wessex, was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from around 519 until Alfred the Great declared himself as King of the Anglo-Saxons in 886.
Wessex Main Line
The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central.
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West Berkshire
West Berkshire is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Wiltshire and West Berkshire are unitary authority districts of England.
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West Kennet Long Barrow
The West Kennet Long Barrow, also known as South Long Barrow, is a chambered long barrow near the village of Avebury in the south-western English county of Wiltshire.
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West of England line
The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from, Hampshire, to in Devon, England.
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West Wiltshire
West Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, between 1974 and 2009, when it was superseded by Wiltshire Council.
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Westbury railway station
Westbury railway station serves the market town of Westbury in Wiltshire, 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.
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Westbury, Wiltshire
Westbury is a market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England.
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Western Daily Press
The Western Daily Press is a regional newspaper covering parts of South West England, mainly Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset as well as the metropolitan areas of Bath and North East Somerset and the Bristol area.
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Westwood Manor
Westwood Manor is a 15th-century manor house with 16th-century additions and 17th-century plaster-work in the village of Westwood, near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England.
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WHSmith
WH Smith PLC, trading as WHSmith (also written WH Smith, and known colloquially as Smith's and formerly as W. H. Smith & Son), is a British retailer, with headquarters in Swindon, England, which operates a chain of high street, railway station, airport, port, hospital and motorway service station shops selling books, stationery, magazines, newspapers, entertainment products and confectionery.
Wilshere
Wilshere is an English surname.
Wilshire
Wilshire, an archaic spelling of the English county Wiltshire, may refer to.
Wilton House
Wilton House is an English country house at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, which has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years.
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Wilton Windmill
The Wilton Windmill is a five-floor brick tower mill, standing on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire.
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Wilton, Wiltshire
Wilton is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.
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Wilts & Berks Canal
The Wilts & Berks Canal is a canal in the historic counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, linking the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington near Melksham, to the River Thames at Abingdon.
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Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Wiltshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of England from 1290 to 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
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Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
The Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, serves as a focal point for heritage services relating to Wiltshire and Swindon.
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Wiltshire College & University Centre
Wiltshire College & University Centre is a tertiary college of education founded in 2002 by the merger of Chippenham Technical College, Lackham College and Trowbridge College.
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Wiltshire Council
Wiltshire Council, known between 1889 and 2009 as Wiltshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Wiltshire in South West England.
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Wiltshire County Cricket Club
Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.
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Wiltshire Horn
The Wiltshire Horn is a breed of domestic sheep originally from Wiltshire in southern England raised for meat.
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Wiltshire Museum
The Wiltshire Museum, formerly known as Wiltshire Heritage Museum and Devizes Museum, is a museum, archive and library and art gallery established in 1874 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England.
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Wiltshire Police
Wiltshire Police, formerly known as Wiltshire Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Wiltshire (including the Borough of Swindon) in South West England.
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Wiltshire Times
The Wiltshire Times is a weekly newspaper published in Trowbridge, Wiltshire in South West England.
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Win Green Down
Win Green Down at in south-western Wiltshire, England is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1971.
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Woodhenge
Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England.
World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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Wulfhere of Mercia
Wulfhere or Wulfar (died 675) was King of Mercia from 658 until 675 AD.
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Yeomanry
Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units and sub-units in the British Army Reserve which are descended from volunteer cavalry regiments that now serve in a variety of different roles.
2009 structural changes to local government in England
On 1 April 2009 structural changes to local government in England took place which reformed the local government of seven non-metropolitan counties: Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, County Durham, Shropshire, Northumberland, and Wiltshire.
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2011 United Kingdom census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.
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2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
On 23 June 2016, a referendum took place in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar to ask the electorate whether the country should remain a member of, or leave, the European Union (EU).
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2019 United Kingdom general election
The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 12 December 2019, with 47,567,752 registered voters entitled to vote to elect 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons.
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2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies was the most recent cycle of the process to redraw the constituency map for the House of Commons.
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See also
Ceremonial counties of England
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Bristol
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Ceremonial counties of England
- Cheshire
- City of London
- Cornwall
- Counties in England by population
- County Durham
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- South Yorkshire
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Tyne and Wear
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands (county)
- West Sussex
- West Yorkshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
Counties in South West England
- Avon (county)
- Bristol
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire
- Somerset
- Wiltshire
Counties of England established in antiquity
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- City of London
- Cornwall
- Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844
- County Durham
- Cumberland
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Hexhamshire
- Historic counties of England
- Huntingdonshire
- Kent
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point
- List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844–1974
- Middlesex
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Warwickshire
- Westmorland
- Wiltshire
- Winchcombeshire
- Worcestershire
- Yorkshire
English unitary authorities created in 2009
- Borough of Bedford
- Central Bedfordshire
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Cornwall
- County Durham (district)
- Durham County Council
- Northumberland
- Shropshire Council
- Wiltshire
Local government districts of Wiltshire
- Borough of Swindon
- Wiltshire
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiltshire
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