See also Amesbury, Massachusetts. For the town in Wiltshire, England, see Amesbury Seal of Amesbury, MA Amesbury is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ...

Amesbury is a town in Wiltshire, England, eight miles north of Salisbury and near Stonehenge. It was founded in 979 AD, although the site had already been settled as the location of a nunnery. Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Salisbury Cathedral by Constable. ... Stonehenge Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Salisbury. ... Events: The Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, is founded. ...

Marked on 17th century maps as "Ambersbury", it has been suggested that it was so named after Ambrosius Aurelianus, leader of the Romano-British resistance against the Saxon invasions in the 5th century. Amesbury is also associated with the Arthurian legend: the nunnery to which Guinevere retired was said to have been the one at Amesbury. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Ambrosius Aurelianus (incorrectly referred to in the Historia Regum Britanniae as Aurelius Ambrosius ) was a leader of the Romano-British, who won important battles against the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century, according to Gildas and to the legends preserved in the Historia Britonum. ... The Saxon people or Saxons were a large and powerful Germanic people located in what is now northwestern Germany and a small section of the eastern Netherlands. ... // Events Romulus Augustus, Last Western Roman Emperor Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ... King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. ... This article is about an abbey as a religious building. ... Guinevere was the Queen consort of King Arthur. ...

One mile to the west of the town is a concealed Iron Age hill fort, now overgrown by woods. This is known locally as "Vespasian's Camp" (after the Roman general, later Emperor, who campaigned through this part of the island). It has never been excavated. Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Emperor Vespasian Caesar Vespasianus Augustus (November 18, 9 – June 23, 79), originally known as Titus Flavius Vespasianus and best known as Vespasian, was the emperor of Rome from 69 to 79. ...

In 2002, the discovery of the richest Bronze Age burial site yet found in Britain was made at Amesbury. The remains of two men of apparently aristocratic rank were accompanied by over 100 objects including arrowheads, copper knives and gold earrings. The occupant of the more richly furnished grave has become known as the "Amesbury Archer". The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... Amesbury Archer (dubbed the King of Stonehenge in the British press though there is no specific connection to the famous site) is an early Bronze Age man dating to around 2300 BC, with about a 200-year margin of error, whose grave was discovered in May 2002, at Amesbury near...

Geography

Amesbury is located at 51° 10′ 00″ N, 01° 47′ 00″ W (51.1667, -1.7833)¹. A gazetteer is a geographic dictionary index; a combination atlas/almanac. ...