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Ramsbury

Ramsbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. The village is in the Kennet Valley near the Berkshire boundary. The nearest towns are Hungerford about east and Marlborough about west. The much larger town of Swindon is about to the north.

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Place details

Locality: Marlborough
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 1,574
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Ramsbury
UK place.static_image_name: File:Ramsbury(AndrewSmith)Oct2006.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Oxford Street, Ramsbury
UK place.os_grid_reference: SU2771
UK place.label_position: left
UK place.population: 1989
UK place.population_ref: (in 2011)
UK place.civil_parish: Ramsbury
UK place.unitary_england: Wiltshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Wiltshire
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.country: England
UK place.constituency_westminster

Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Population: +1989
Official website: www.ramsbury.org
Image: Holy Cross Ramsbury.jpg

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Article

16 sections

Contents

History
Fairs
Ramsbury Building Society
Religion
Medieval episcopal see
Parish church
Others
Notable buildings
Education
Governance
The Tree
Notable residents
Food and drink
References
Further reading
External links

The civil parish includes the hamlet of Axford about west of Ramsbury, and three smaller hamlets: New Town, close to Ramsbury to the southeast, and Knighton and Whittonditch, both about to the east. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 1,989.