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Warminster is a town in western Wiltshire, England, by-passed by the A36, and near Frome and Westbury. It has a population of about 20,000 and is part of the West Wiltshire district. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 11 KB) Summary Description: A blank map of the United Kingdom, with country outline and coastline; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 2006-21-06 Author: User...
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The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ...
West Wiltshire is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. ...
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Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
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The BA postcode area, also known as the Bath postcode area[1], is a group of postal districts around Bath, Bradford on Avon, Bruton, Castle Cary, Frome, Glastonbury, Radstock, Shepton Mallet, Street, Templecombe, Trowbridge, Warminster, Wells, Westbury, Wincanton and Yeovil in England. ...
The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ...
Wiltshire Constabulary is the police force covering Wiltshire and Swindon in south-west England. ...
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The Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. ...
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The Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire in the South West England region. ...
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Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
The A36 is a trunk road in the UK that links the port city of Southampton to the city of Bath. ...
Frome (pronounced ) is a medium-sized town in Somerset, England, near the Mendip Hills. ...
Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire. ...
West Wiltshire is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. ...
History The town was first settled in the Saxon period, though there are the remains of numerous earlier settlements nearby, including the Iron Age hill fort Battlebury Camp and Cley Hill, the latter a site operated by the National Trust. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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). ...
A hill fort is a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for military advantage. ...
Cley Hill Cley Hill (grid reference ST838449) a prominent hill near Warminster in Wiltshire, England. ...
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The town's prosperity following the growth of the wool trade in the Late Middle Ages caused the erection of many magnificent structures, including the Minster Church of Saint Denys, in a yew grove sacred from pre-Christian times, and including an organ originally destined for the then under-construction Salisbury Cathedral. Salisbury Cathedral in the early morning light. ...
In the 1960s and early 1970s Cradle Hill became famous as the centre of a flap surrounding UFOs and crop circles with at least one author claiming that as many as 5000 UFOs had been witnessed in the area. UFO can mean: Unidentified flying object United Future Organization, a Japanese-Brazilian electronic jazz band UFO, the rock band that previously featured Michael Schenker UFO, the Gerry Anderson TV series United Farmers of Ontario, a political party that formed the government in Ontario from 1919 to 1923 U.F.O...
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It is perhaps related that Warminster is the home of the Warminster Training Centre — formerly the Army's School of Infantry — and abuts Salisbury Plain, which is dotted with Royal Artillery training ranges. This article is about the plateau in southern England; Salisbury Plain is also an area on South Georgia Island. ...
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Transport The town is served by Warminster railway station. Warminster railway station is a railway station serving the town of Warminster, in Wiltshire. ...
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Flers is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Flers, a former commune of the Nord département, now part of Villeneuve dAscq Flers, in the Orne département Flers, in the Pas-de-Calais département Flers, in the Somme département Flers...
Further reading on the UFO phenomena
Supportive - Shuttlewood, Arthur (1978). The Flying Saucerers. London: Sphere Books.
- Rogers, Ken (1994). The Warminster Triangle. Warminster: Coates and Parkers. ISBN 0-9531753-3-2.
Skeptical - Dewey, Steve and John Ries (2006). In Alien Heat: The Warminster Mystery Revisited. San Antonio, Texas, US: Anomalist Books. ISBN 1-933665-02-5.
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