Malmesbury

Malmesbury is an old-established south Cotswold town in south west England in the county of Wiltshire. The town is close to Cirencester, Chippenham and Swindon and surrounded by rivers on three sides.

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Malmesbury is the oldest borough in England, founded at the start of the 1st century BC.

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The town is famous for its 12th century Abbey. Some of the original abbey remains, though much was destroyed by a combination of fire and Henry VIII.

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Although once the centre of the lace-making industry, the industrial revolution has had little effect on the town. The railway station, built in 1877, was closed down in 1960.

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Famous people associated with the town include Thomas Hobbes the philosopher and James Dyson, the inventor who set up the Dyson factory in Malmesbury.

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Malmesbury is twinned with the German town of Nieb?ll and partnered with Gien in France.

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Wiltshire: Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. Considered as a ceremonial county, it is landlocked and borders the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon. The county town is Trowbridge, si...

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The Witch of Berkeley Said by William of Malmesbury to Have Been Exhumed by Her Friend the Devil