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Melksham is a medium-sized English town, lying on the River Avon. It lies in the north of the West Wiltshire district, in the county of Wiltshire. The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. ...
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It is situated 19 km (12 miles) southeast of the city of Bath, 11 km (7 miles) south of Chippenham, 13 km (8 miles) west of Devizes and 21 km (14 miles) north of Warminster on the A350 national route. The 2001 UK census cited Melksham as having 20,000 inhabitants, including sizeable environs such as Bowerhill and Berryfield. As such it is Wiltshire's fifth-largest town by population after Swindon, Salisbury, Chippenham and Trowbridge. Bath is a city in Somerset, England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ...
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History
The town of Melksham developed at a ford across the River Avon and the name is presumed to derive from MEOLC, the Old English for milk and from HAM, a village. It was a royal estate at the time of the Norman Conquest. The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. ...
Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Old English: ) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...
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Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings The Norman Conquest of England was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England. ...
In 1539 the Prioress and Nuns of Amesbury surrendered their Melksham estates to the King, which they had held for about 250 years. This property, which consisted of the Lordship of the Manor and Hundred, was in 1541 granted to Sir Thomas Seymour. Seymour then sold it to Henry Brouncker, who had already made purchases of real estate in the neighbourhood. At some uncertain date, perhaps about 1550, Brouncker built a residence for himself on the site of an earlier mansion. This was known as Place House, built in a style suitable to that of a resident lord, who was also a man of considerable wealth. A priory is an ecclesistical circonscription run by a prior. ...
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Three generations of the family lived here: Henry Brouncker the founder, (d.1569), his son, Sir William, and his grandson Henry. On the death of this last Henry, about 1600, it became manifest that the Brouncker estate was heavily encumbered, and in the course of the next twenty or thirty years, all the property was alienated with the exception of Erlestoke, where William Brouncker, the heir, retired with his wife Anne, daughter of Sir John Dauntesey. Meanwhile, Place House was occupied for ten or eleven years by Henry Brouncker’s widow and her second husband, Ambrose Dauntesey. After their death, in 1612, the house apparently was occupied by the steward, and afterwards it was conveyed to Sir John Danvers, who married into the family, in 1634. Danvers died in 1655 and the lordship of Melksham passed to his son, who then conveyed the estate to Walter Long the Younger, of Whaddon. The lordship remained in the Long family, who were descended from the first Henry Brouncker, until the early part of the 20th century, having passed to the 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall. Erlestoke is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. ...
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Early Melksham Bank An announcement was made in the Bath Chronicle in June 1792 of the establishment of the Melksham Bank by the firm of Awdry, Long & Bruges. In November 1813 the misquoting of part of an advertisement in two London newspapers caused panic amongst the bank customers, many of whom quickly withdrew their money, reportedly causing "some bustle" among the partners of the bank. There was further trouble in 1824, when the bank was listed on a Parliamentary Paper of the House of Commons under the title "Country Banks Becoming Bankrupt". John Long, one of the original partners, had by then become sole proprietor with the financial backing of his elder brother Richard Godolphin Long MP. The elder Long lost a considerable amount of money, which his brother John had to repay him at the rate of £3,000 a year for the rest of his life. Later proprietors Moule, Son & Co announced a re-opening of the bank 12 January 1826. The Bath Chronicle is a daily newspaper, published since 1760 in Bath, England. ...
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Masonic Lodge Freemasonry first came to Melksham in 1817, when a former Lodge of Westbury was transferred, and the first meeting was held in Melksham at The King's Arms on 9 September that year. In 1829, because of opposition by the inhabitants of Melksham, the Lodge had to relocate to a neighbouring village, and for nearly 70 years Masonry was not practised in Melksham until the formation of the Chaloner Lodge.
The Chaloner Lodge of Freemasons (no.2644) was named after its first Worshipful Master Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough, who, when not in London, resided at Melksham House. He was the brother of the 1st Viscount Long. The Lodge was consecrated on 27 February 1897, with the first meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. March 19, held at the Town Hall. Writing from London while attending his Parliamentary duties as MP for Westbury, he complained that this date was inconvenient due to his having to be at Melton Mowbray to ride in the House of Commons Point to Point Steeplechase the next day. Despite this, the meeting went ahead and Chaloner initiated 13 of the candidates, returning to London overnight by train, getting virtually no sleep before his ride in the Steeplechase early the next morning, resulting in him twice falling heavily from his horse.[1] Later while deciding what extra furniture the Lodge required, he asked that he have a special footstool, as his chair was high and his feet "dangled unpleasantly".[2] By November 1897 a new Masonic Lodge was built in Melksham at Church St. American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ...
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Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough (12 October 1856-23 January 1938), was a British soldier and Conservative politician. ...
Melksham House is a Grade II listed country house situated in Market Place, Melksham, Wiltshire. ...
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Spa In 1815 the Melksham Spa Company was formed by a group of 'respectable gentlemen', with names such as Methuen, Long and others, all of whom had done very well from the now declining textile industry. Their aim was to promote a spa, after abortive attempts to find coal had uncovered two springs. As a consequence they built six large three-storeyed, semi-detached lodging houses forming a crescent (which still exist), a pump room and hot and cold private baths. A plan for a similar crescent on the north side never materialised. Simultaneously an Act was obtained to 'improve the pleasing town of Melksham' by paving and improving its footways, and cleansing, lighting and watching the streets. The spa was not as successful as had been hoped, due in part to the popularity of the waters at nearby Bath in Somerset. Semi-detached housing (usually abbreviated to semi, as in three-bedroom semi) consists of pairs of houses built side by side as units sharing a party wall and usually in such a way that each houses layout is a mirror image of its twin. ...
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Modern Melksham Located between Bath, Trowbridge and Chippenham, Melksham has many varied industries including Avon Rubber, which previously owned Cooper Avon Tyre plant in the town centre. CooperTires is still a major employer in the town, and Avon plc has a large modern site just 3 km (2 miles) to the south of the town near Semington, employing over 350 people. Melksham is also home to Westinghouse Brakes which produce braking systems for use on the UK rail network. Bath is a city in Somerset, England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ...
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Statistics Population: 30,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST919733 Administration District: North Wiltshire Shire county: Wiltshire Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Wiltshire Services Police force: Wiltshire Constabulary Fire and rescue: Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service Ambulance: Great Western Post office...
Avon Rubber plc is a major manufacturer of high technology rubber-based products, principally components for a number of manufacturing sectors. ...
Semington is a medium-sized village in West Wiltshire, England. ...
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The town has a thriving business district and is also close to the retail centres of Bath, Bristol, Chippenham, Trowbridge and Swindon and is surrounded by beautiful villages such as Lacock, Holt, Seend and Semington. Substantial funding has allowed a variety of dynamic expansion and enhancement programmes, including improvement of the town centre. To cater for the unprecedented growth and attraction in recent years, there are new schools and improved infrastructure although small pockets of Melksham town centre, including an unsightly 1960's shopping parade, await redevelopment. Bath is a city in Somerset, England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ...
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Statistics Population: 30,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST919733 Administration District: North Wiltshire Shire county: Wiltshire Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Wiltshire Services Police force: Wiltshire Constabulary Fire and rescue: Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service Ambulance: Great Western Post office...
, Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England. ...
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The High Street of Lacock Lacock is a village in Wiltshire, England, three miles from the town of Chippenham. ...
Semington is a medium-sized village in West Wiltshire, England. ...
Famous residents in the area include Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, who has a private residence in nearby Lacock, and the singer-songwriter Midge Ure, who lives in nearby Box. Melksham Assembly Hall was the location for the first stage performance by the pop singer Gary Glitter and his Glitter Band on 15th July 1972. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla Rosemary; formerly Parker Bowles; née Shand, born 17 July 1947) is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the thrones of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth Realms. ...
The High Street of Lacock Lacock is a village in Wiltshire, England, three miles from the town of Chippenham. ...
Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure on October 10, 1953 in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a rock and roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Scotland, who had particular success in the 1970s and 1980s. ...
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Paul Francis Gadd aka Gary Glitter (born May 8, 1944) is an English rock and pop singer and songwriter who had a string of chart successes with a collection of 1970s glam rock hits including Rock and Roll parts 1 & 2, I Love You Love Me Love, Im the...
Melksham has been commended for a high level of social solidarity and community coherence. This is particularly notable at sporting events, at which the citizens of Melksham excel. George Ward School, the only secondary school in the Melksham catchment area, has provided education for the people of Melksham for many decades, with several athletes graduating from its ranks, such as Fitzroy Simpson. Fitzroy Simpson (born February 26, 1970) is an English-Jamaican footballer playing midfield. ...
Out-migration of the talented and most able people has left the town with an elderly and predominantly working-class population, but despite this, the town is still growing, with major new developments expanding in the Bowerhill/Hunter's Meadow district to the southeast. The Forest area of the town has traditionally been a working class council estate.
Suburbs - Melksham Forest
- Bowerhill (a small residential satellite town generally considered as part of Melksham, housing a large industrial area.)
- Berryfield (a village south of and adjacent to Melksham, often considered part of the town)
- Beanacre (a village to the north, again often considered as a northern suburb of the town)
- Hunter's Meadow (a relatively new district north of Bowerhill).
Based upon its overall road length, the shortest street in Melksham is aptly called "Short Street", this is situated at the top of Melksham Forest.
Transport The town is served by Melksham railway station, on the branch line from Chippenham to Trowbridge, but there is only a limited service. Melksham railway station serves the town of Melksham in Wiltshire, England. ...
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Trowbridge railway station is a railway station on the Wessex Main Line between Bradford on Avon and Westbury. ...
Melksham is on the north-south A350 main road from the M4 motorway to Poole on the south coast. It is served by bus companies including Faresaver and FirstGroup plc The A350 is a north south primary route in southern England. ...
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Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination, situated on the shores of the English Channel, in the ceremonial county of Dorset in southern England. ...
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FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP) is a Scottish transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen. ...
Local government The most significant local government functions (including schools, roads, social services, waste disposal and emergency planning) are carried out by Wiltshire County Council. Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...
The town also falls within the area of West Wiltshire District Council, which deals with leisure services, development control, and waste disposal. West Wiltshire is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. ...
Melksham is a civil parish with an elected town council. This has a mostly consultative role, and the chairman of the town council has the title Mayor of Melksham. The outskirts of Melksham, and some surrounding communities, are administered by another parish council, Melksham Without. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...
Melksham Without is a civil parish within the district of West Wiltshire in the English county of Wiltshire. ...
Local elections generally return a mixture of Labour members, Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, and Independents. The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ...
The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...
The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ...
Representation in parliament Melksham is in the Devizes parliamentary constituency, and its Member of Parliament since 1992 has been the front-bench Conservative Michael Ancram. Devizes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ...
Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, PC QC, MP, (born 7 July 1945), known as Michael Ancram, is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. ...
Future of Melksham Melksham has an exciting future ahead of it with some major changes happening:
Proposed New Secondary School (named the Melksham Oak Community School) on the Woolmoore Farm site to the east of the town Proposed New LIDL Supermarket in between New Broughton and Old Broughton Roads Proposed New ASDA Supermarket on the current COuntryWide Farmer's Site. Lidl in Middlesbrough, England Lidl in Lomma, Sweden Typical Lidl interior Lidl is a European discount supermarket chain of German origin that operates 5,000 stores. ...
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New Housing developments at:
Beanacre Park - Under Construction Current George Ward School Site (250 Homes) - Proposed Current St Michael's School Site (70 Homes) - Proposed Eastern Expansion (700 homes) - Proposed
External links
References - ^ Chaloner Lodge No. 2644 Installation & Centenary Festival Booklet. G. Webb 1997
- ^ Chaloner Lodge No. 2644 Installation & Centenary Festival Booklet. G. Webb 1997
- British Spas from 1815 to the Present: A Social History by Phyllis M. Hembry, Leonard W. Cowie, Evelyn E. Cowie - Social Science - 1997
- Wiltshire Notes and Queries. Vol. IV 1903
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