Mere is a large village in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the extreme southwestern tip of Salisbury Plain. Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: 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 (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... This article is about the plateau in southern England; Salisbury Plain is also an area on South Georgia Island. ...
There is a village square, and a chiming village clock, and a fantastic large 15th century parish church of St. Michael. The number of shops has halved since a bypassA303 road was opened in about 1975. The steep slope of Castle Hill rises from the northwestern side of Mere. A bypass is a highway that avoids (passes by) a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety. ... The A303 is a trunk road in England. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Castle Hill is a fairly small yet noticeably steep hill rising from the Northwestern side of Mere in Wiltshire, England. ...
The name 'Mere' can mean a small lake, a boundary. A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. ...
Barrow Street is a village south-east of Mere. The name comes from the early Bronze Age bowl barrow at Barrow Farm. A mere is a Maori war club about 12 inches (30 cm) in length. ... 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. ...
Mere is an attractive small town that has grown up in the south western corner of Wiltshire, on the fringe of the great forest of Selwood.
In 1253 the manor of Mere belonged to the Earl of Cornwall, Richard the younger brother of Henry III.
Mere had another traumatic experience in 1881 when the great storm of that year caused the town, like many other communities, to be cut off from the outside world for several days.
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