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Malmesbury
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Malmesbury () is a town and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately west of Swindon, northeast of Bristol, north of Chippenham and 5 miles south of Tetbury. The older part of the town is on a hilltop which is almost surrounded by the upper waters of the Bristol Avon and one of its tributaries.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Malmesbury_Abbey_west_tower.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Malmesbury Abbey
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Malmesbury
- UK place.unitary_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.population
- 5,969
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST940857
- UK place.dial_code
- 01666
- UK place.postcode_district
- SN16
- UK place.postcode_area
- SN
- UK place.post_town
- Malmesbury
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Cotswolds
- UK place.population_demonym
- Jackdaws (in informal contexts—blason populaire)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
41 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Malmesbury Abbey
- Battles
- Malmesbury Commoners
- Westport St Mary
- Government
- Public services
- Demography
- Economy
- EKCO factory
- Culture and community
- Community facilities
- Sport and leisure
- Twin towns
- Religion
- Church of England
- Roman Catholic Church
- Other churches
- Planning
- Landmarks
- Grade I listed
- Malmesbury Abbey
- Market Cross
- St Paul's bell tower
- Abbey House
- The Old Bell hotel
- Former court house
- Other buildings
- Tower House
- St Aldhelm's Roman Catholic Church
- War Memorial
- Transport
- Media
- Education
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Malmesbury () is a town and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately west of Swindon, northeast of Bristol, north of Chippenham and 5 miles south of Tetbury. The older part of the town is on a hilltop which is almost surrounded by the upper waters of the Bristol Avon and one of its tributaries.
Once the site of an Iron Age fort, in the early medieval period Malmesbury became the site of Malmesbury Abbey, a monastery famed for its learning. It was later home to one of Alfred the Great's fortified burhs for defence against the Vikings. Æthelstan, the first king of all England, was buried in the abbey when he died in 939. As a market town, it became prominent in the Middle Ages as a centre for learning, focused on and around the abbey.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malmesbury” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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