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Also known as Porton, Wiltshire

Porton is a village in the Bourne valley, Wiltshire, England, about northeast of Salisbury. It is the largest settlement in Idmiston civil parish.

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Locality
Porton
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Porton is a village in the Bourne valley, Wiltshire, England, about northeast of Salisbury. It is the largest settlement in Idmiston civil parish.

The village gives its name to the nearby Porton Down military science park, which is home to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and related businesses.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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