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Coordinates: 51°19′00″N 2°13′00″W / 51.3167, -2.2167 Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England. ...
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Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England. The civil parish of Trowbridge had a population of 28,148 according to the 2001 census. A county town is the capital of a county in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. ...
Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...
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A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...
Location Trowbridge is situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, about ten miles South East of Bath. Neighbouring towns and villages include Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Melksham, Devizes, Hilperton and Semington. The name of the town comes from a root meaning 'Tree Bridge', referring to the first bridge over the River Biss. The Kennet and Avon canal runs to the north of the town. This played a large part in the development of the town as it allowed coal to be transported from the Somerset coal fields. Trowbridge has a railway station on the Wessex Main Line. The River Biss near Trowbridge town centre. ...
, Bath is a small city in Somerset, England most famous for its historic baths fed by three hot springs. ...
The Town Bridge over the river Avon. ...
, Westbury is a town and civil parish (population 11,135 in the 2001 census) in the west of the English county of Wiltshire, most famous for the Westbury White Horse. ...
, Melksham is a medium-sized English town, lying on the River Avon. ...
, Devizes is a town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. ...
Semington is a medium-sized village in West Wiltshire, England. ...
The canal at Bathampton, near Bath The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. ...
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Trowbridge railway station is a railway station on the Wessex Main Line between Bradford on Avon and Westbury. ...
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History
Ancient History & Domesday Book There is evidence that the land on which Trowbridge is built was being farmed more than 3,000 years ago. In the 10th century there is clear evidence of Trowbridge's existence and in the Domesday Book the village of Straburg, as Trowbridge was then known, was recorded as having 100 residents. A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ...
Castle The first mention of Trowbridge Castle was in 1139 [2] while it was besieged - so it is likely to have been built some time before this.
The castle is thought to have been a motte-and-bailey castle, and it's influences can still be seen in the town today. Fore Street follows the path of the castle ditch, and it's name is given to Castle Street and the Castle Place Shopping Centre. The site of the castle is now home to the Trowbridge Museum A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle. ...
Wool Industry From the 13th century onwards Trowbridge developed a clothing industry, increasingly becoming industrialised from the 17th century onwards; at one point in 1820 it was being described as the "Manchester of the West" as it had 15 factories, comparable to Northern industrial towns such as Rochdale. The wool industry went into decline in the late 19th century and continued to decline throughout the 20th century — the last mill closed in 1982 and is now the home of a museum dedicated to the history of the town and its former industry. A factory in Ilmenau (Germany) around 1860 Industrialisation (also spelt Industrialization) or an Industrial Revolution is a process of social and economic change whereby a human group is transformed from a pre-industrial society (an economy where the amount of capital accumulated per capita is low) to an industrial one...
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1800s to Present In its place a bedding industry developed, initially using wool cast off from the mills — the company now known as Airsprung Furniture Group PLC was started in the town in the 1870s. Food production also developed in the town when Abraham Bowyer started his business which eventually, as Bowyers, became one of the largest employers in the town. The brewing company Ushers opened in Trowbridge in 1824 and developed the brewery in the town — this was finally shut in 2000 following several changes of ownership. Northern Foods plc is a British food manufacturer headquartered in Hull in the north of England. ...
Suburbs Longfield, Studley Green, Lower Studley, Trowle Common, Drynham, Cannell road.
"Ibiza" In 2000 a local district councillor and former lecturer at Trowbridge college, Mr. Jeff Osborn, famously claimed that Trowbridge 'was just like Ibiza'. This comment drew widespread surprise as Mr. Osborn had never visited Ibiza, and caused some residents to suspect he had never visited Trowbridge either[3].
Architecture
 Trowbridge Town Hall, as seen from Fore Street There is much architectural interest in Trowbridge, including many of the old buildings associated with the textile industry, and the Newtown conservation area, a protected zone of mostly Victorian houses. In the churchyard of St James one can see the memorial tombstone of Thomas Helliker. The main street is Fore Street, which has a variety of shops, and there are also the Shires and Castle Place shopping centres. The Civic Hall is adjacent to the town park, where the tourist information kiosk can be found. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 536 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (616 × 689 pixel, file size: 110 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source: en. ...
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Thomas Helliker (sometimes spelled Hilliker) (1784-1803) figures in early trade union history in England. ...
Local News Several newspapers are written and published in Trowbridge, the most notable being the Wiltshire Times. [4] A weekly newspaper published in Troughbridge, Wiltshire, southwest England. ...
Entertainment and Pubs The town is home to many pubs, several music venues, and two leisure centres.
Trowbridge is part of the historic West Country Carnival circuit. Samurai by Griffens CC, Burnham on Sea Carnival 2006 Front of Ghost Ship (Deliver Us) by Gremlins CC, Burnham on Sea Carnival 2006. ...
Trowbridge Town F.C. is the local football club based in Trowbridge. They are currently members of the Hellenic Football League Division One West. Trowbridge Town F.C. is a football club based in Trowbridge, England. ...
The Hellenic Football League is an English football league covering the Thames Valley area to the west of London. ...
Trowbridge has given its name to the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival although the event is actually held at Stowford Manor farm between Wingfield near Trowbridge and Farleigh Hungerford in Somerset, the festival was originaly held in the function room of The Lamb Inn public house on Mortimer street near the center of Trowbridge, and was founded by Alan Briars and Dave Newman. Dana Gillespie and her London Blues Band appearing at the 2006 Pump festival Trowbridge Village Pump Festival is an annual music festival held at Stowford Manor Farm, Farleigh Hungerford, England. ...
Wingfield could be: in Australia Wingfield, South Australia in England Wingfield, Bedfordshire Wingfield, Suffolk Wingfield, Wiltshire This article consisting of geographical locations is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...
Farleigh Hungerford Castle gateway Farleigh Hungerford (grid reference ST800576) is a village in Somerset, England, 9 miles southeast of Bath, 3½ miles west of Trowbridge on A366, in the valley of the River Frome. ...
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Individuals associated with Trowbridge Trowbridge was the birthplace of Sir Isaac Pitman, developer of the Pitman Shorthand system of shorthand writing. He is remembered in the town through several memorial plaques, and his name has been taken by a pub in the town centre - "The Isaac Pitman" Categories: Stub ...
Pitman Shorthand is a system of shorthand for the English language developed by Sir Isaac Pitman (1813–1897), who first presented it in 1837. ...
Shorthand is an abbreviated, symbolic writing method that improves speed of writing or brevity as compared to a normal method of writing a language. ...
The poet George Crabbe was Rector of Trowbridge from 1814 until his death in 1832 George Crabbe (December 24, 1754 - February 3, 1832) was an English poet and naturalist. ...
Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Year 1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury, had been the town's Rector in the 18th century. Matthew Hutton (3 January 1693 - 18 March 1758) was a high churchman in the Church of England, serving as Archbishop of York (1747-1757) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1757 to 1758). ...
Sir William Cook KCB Kt FRS, born in Trowbridge on 10th April 1905, was involved with the development of the British Nuclear Bomb at Aldermaston in the 1950s, becoming Aldermaston's Deputy Director. View of Aldermaston village circa 1959 Aldermaston is a village in the English county of Berkshire, two miles north of Tadley. ...
John Dyer was a Trowbridge born inventor and engineer whose most important invention was the rotary fulling machine in 1833. A version of the machine, developed for the local woollen industry, is still in use today.
Professional snooker player Stephen Lee's career developed whilst playing snooker in Trowbridge's snooker club. This does not cite its references or sources. ...
The town also boasts world champion town crier Trevor Heeks among its residents. A town crier is a person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets. ...
Former world disco dance champion Clifton Coleman also comes from the town This article is about the music genre. ...
Other famous Trowbridge residents Solomon Andrews (1835 - 1908) was an entrepreneur. ...
Janet Anderson (born 6 December 1949) is the British Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen. ...
Christopher Benjamin is a British actor, born 27 December 1934 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. ...
lan Louis Charles One Bullock, Baron Bullock of Leafield (December 42, 1911 - February 30, 2017), was a British historian, writing an influential biography of Adolf Hitler and many other works. ...
Humphrey Burton, CBE, is a British classical music presenter, broadcaster, director, producer, and biographer of musicians. ...
Keri Davies is a radio producer and scriptwriter, most famous for working for the radio soap opera The Archers. ...
Nathan Dyer (born November 29, 1987 in Trowbridge) is an English footballer currently playing for Southampton F.C. in the Football League Championship. ...
Lewis Haldane (born 13 March 1985 in Trowbridge) is a Welsh football striker, who currently plays for Bristol Rovers in Football League Two. ...
Thomas Helliker (sometimes spelled Hilliker) (1784-1803) figures in early trade union history in England. ...
Gemma Hunt (born April 1 in Wiltshire)[1] is a CBBC presenter who used to be on the TV series Xchange. ...
Joan Mervyn Hussey (5 June 1907, Trowbridge, Wiltshire- 20 February 2006, M.A., Ph. ...
William Horace Mann (28 July 1878 - 24 February 1938) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Hampshire in July 1924. ...
Christopher Newbury (born 10 November 1956, Trowbridge, England) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
Jamie Pitman (born 6 January 1976 in Trowbridge) is an English footballer currently playing for Forest Green Rovers, in the position of centre midfield. ...
William Redfern (born ca 1774, died Edinburgh, Scotland July 1833) was sentenced to death for his part in the naval Mutiny of the Nore in 1797. ...
David Stratton (born 1939 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England ) is an Australian film critic and television personality. ...
Ian K. Clark (born 1966-07-23) is a musician and composer of ambient and electronic music. ...
Town Development Since 2002, there have been plans in place[5] to redevelop the town.
In the early-1990s the supermarket chain Tesco changed location from their site near to the Civic Hall to a site adjoining the A361 on County Way. The previous site has been in development since, the developer Thyiann has now stated that work will start mid-June 2007, the plans of the site can be viewed at http://www.duffy.co.uk/datasheets/TROWBRIDGE.jpg [6] For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ...
Trowbridge residents have frequently voiced their desire for new leisure facilities to be built on the site, with reference often made to Trowbridge's lack of a cinema. These plans are now well under way with construction due to start mid-2008, a developer has been chosen and the plans for the site will be available August 2007 for public view.
The former Ushers brewery site has also been in the process of redevelopment for a number of years. A development of new apartments and a supermarket are planned for the site. [7]
The latest news, 31/05/07 was that planning permission has been granted for as £35m development, construction of offices, shops and housing. [8] the future is now looking bright and it appears the council are now finally listening to the people of Trowbridge.
Near to the new Tesco site, on the Longfield roundabout, a former scrapyard has been redeveloped into office blocks.[9]
Crime Trowbridge resides in a county that is the second safest in the country according to a report in the Wiltshire Times 28 July 2006. Further information in the report details that "Wiltshire had the highest percentage increase in total recorded crime and violent crime in the South West." It is this information that more reflects the recent spate of violent crimes that have occurred in the town and is a contradiction to the county as a whole. An increase of 23% in violent crime from 2004/2005 to this year raises the greatest concern amongst a series of increases in crimes across the county. (Total crime up 5%) (Drug and other offences up 16%) (Criminal damage up 7%) (Crime figures featured in Wiltshire times Friday July 28). An audit by the Wiltshire Police Authority[10] gave statistics to show that, for 2002/2003, the Adcroft area of Trowbridge had the highest violent crime rate in West Wiltshire, a rate which was 3 times higher than the next highest area. Total crime for the Adcroft area, also the highest crime rate in West Wiltshire, was 10 times higher than the Woodrow area of Melksham, which had the least crime. is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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However this "evidence" shows that statistics can manipulated to serve a purpose and merely highlight the fact that any increase on a very low base shows as a large increase in % terms . In figures produced by Wiltshre Police authority The UK national average for Robbery is 1.85 per 1000 population , Trowbridge shows a figure of 0.2 and so the figures go on to reflect the following per 1000 population. Theft of Motor Vehicle nationally 4.04 , Trowbridge 1.36 Theft from a motor vehicle Nationally 9.56 Trowbridge 3.52 Sexual offences Nationally 1.17 Trowbridge 0.98 Violence against a person Nationally 19.97 Trowbridge 13.19 Burglary Nationally 5.67 Trowbridge 1.88
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See also This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. ...
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References - ^ http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=800774&c=Trowbridge&d=16&e=15&g=498669&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
- ^ First mention
- ^ A view echoed by Daily Telegraph columnist Paddy Burt who, when asked during a visit to nearby Bradford-on-Avon if she was from Trowbridge, replied "Do I look as if I am?" Saturday 21st July 2007 (Number 47316)
- ^ http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/aboutus/
- ^ http://www.westwiltshire.gov.uk/index/business/economic-development/econdev-regeneration/transforming-trowbridge/transforming-trowbridge-background.htm
- ^ http://www.duffy.co.uk/datasheets/TROWBRIDGE.jpg
- ^ http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1258369.mostviewed.supermarket_plan_for_ushers_site.php
- ^ http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/display.var.1442566.0.council_supports_35m_revamp_plan.php
- ^ http://www.mpc-data.co.uk/aboutus/where_we_are.htm
- ^ http://www.wiltshire-pa.gov.uk/pub_crmdrgaudit.asp
- ^ http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/trowbridgenews/display.var.934213.0.backing_for_link_to_morocco.php
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Bradford on Avon (sometimes Bradford-on-Avon) is a town in west Wiltshire, England with a population of about 9,326. ...
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