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The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ...
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The SN postcode area, also known as the Swindon postcode area[2], is a group of postal districts around Calne, Chippenham, Corsham, Devizes, Faringdon, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Melksham, Pewsey and Swindon in England. ...
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Pewsey is a large village (often considered a small town) in Wiltshire with a population of 3,237 people[1] located approximately 80 miles (130 km) west of London. It is well connected for London, the Westcountry and Wales being close to the M4 motorway and the A303. Also, the village is served by Pewsey railway station on the Great Western main line. For this reason Pewsey is popular as a location with commuters. Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...
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Pewsey railway station is a railway station in the village of Pewsey in the county of Wiltshire in England. ...
Maidenhead Railway Bridge The Great Western Main Line is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington station to Temple Meads station in Bristol. ...
History
Excavations on Pewsey Hill show evidence of a settlement in the 6th century. In the Tudor era the Manor of Pewsey belonged to the Duchess of Somerset. Several of the village's houses were built in this era: the timber framed cruck house at Ball Corner, Bridge Cottage on the Avon and the Court House by the Church. The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: ) was a series of five monarchs who ruled England and Ireland from 1485 until 1603. ...
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In architecture, particularly in England, a cruck is a curved timber, one of a pair, which supports the roof of a building. ...
The River Avon is a river in the county of Hampshire in the south of England. ...
In 1764 the founder of the Methodist movement John Wesley (1703 - 1791) preached at Pewsey Church. The rector at that time, Joseph Townsend, was responsible for building of the first bridge over the River Avon. The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...
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The Kennet and Avon Canal arrived in Pewsey in 1810. Of more significant lasting effect for the village was the arrival of the Great Western Railway in 1862 which allowed fast travel to London and to the West of Pewsey. The canal at Bathampton, near Bath The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. ...
The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...
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A prominent statue of King Alfred the Great, the former Anglo-Saxon King of Wessex and a local landowner, stands in the middle of the village, having been moved from its original position at Ball Corner. Although Alfred defeated the Danes in 878 AD, was a learned man and devout Christian who had travelled to Rome several times, he is usually remembered for burning cakes. Alfred (also Ælfred from the Old English: Ælfrēd //) (c. ...
Pewsey White Horse The Pewsey white horse is located on a steep slope of Pewsey Hill about a mile south of the village and can be viewed from several places in the surrounding area. For the horse-shaped chalk figures that many of the following are named for, see hill figure. ...
Amenities ePewsey – Pewsey’s free internet café and training centre.
PACT - Pewsey Area Community Trust - a group of local people and organisations supported by the County, District and Parish Councils who are interested in improving the economic, social and environmental well-being of the Pewsey area. Not just Pewsey itself, but surrounding villages too. The group has its own constitution and can apply for funding from various bodies to carry out projects which will achieve the group's goals or to deliver the objectives stated in the Pewsey Community Area Plan.
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Notes - ^ a b Pewsey Census Information. Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire County Council. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
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