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6 unusual facts about Cricklade


Brunel FM

The station broadcast both local and networked programmes which covered Royal Wootton Bassett, Wroughton, Cricklade, Highworth, Purton and Swindon area.

Burgage

In towns like Burford and Chipping Campden in Oxfordshire, Bromyard in Herefordshire, and Cricklade in Wiltshire, the property on the road frontage extends in a very long garden plot behind the dwelling even today, as English property boundaries have remained very stable.

Cricklade

Cricklade has been twinned with the French town of Sucé-sur-Erdre since 1990.

The meadow is situated between two rivers, the Thames and the Churn, and the unique habitat for the fritillary was created by winter flooding.

Alex Tew was a resident of Cricklade at the time of creating The Million Dollar Homepage.

The Million Dollar Homepage

Alex Tew, a student from Cricklade in Wiltshire, England, conceived The Million Dollar Homepage in August 2005 when he was 21 years old.


Brian Twyne

Oxford's contention was that it had originally been established at Cricklade (or "Greeklade") by Trojans and some Greek philosophers under the leadership of Brutus after the Trojan War.

Burh

Substantial new towns were built on flat land with a rectangular layout, at for example Oxford, Wallingford, Cricklade and Wareham.

Thomas H. Sotheron-Estcourt

Sotheron-Estcourt was the eldest son of Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt, Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes and Oxford University, son of Thomas Estcourt, Member of Parliament for Cricklade.


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