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4 unusual facts about Devizes


Aston Valley Barrow Cemetery

Some burials and items were left in place by Cunnington, but others are now preserved at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes.

Lucinda Fredericks

The couple have a daughter, Ellie, and currently live near Devizes, Wiltshire.

Swanborough Hundred

Swanborough was a hundred of the English county of Wiltshire, mostly lying in the centre of the county to the south of the town of Devizes.

William Willy

William Willy (?1703-65), of New Park Devizes, Wiltshire, was an English politician.


Bromham and Rowde Halt railway station

After the completion of the Devizes line, the junction at Holt allowed the fastest route from London to the West Country.

Charles Christian Hennell

Dr. Robert Herbert Brabant of Devizes introduced the book to David Strauss, author of Das Leben Jesu, and the Inquiry was translated into German (1839): Strauss wrote it a preface.

Clive Robertson

Clive Gladstone Robertson (born 17 December 1965 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England) is a British actor perhaps best known for his roles on the soap opera Sunset Beach, the Canadian science fiction series Starhunter, and the 2010 science fiction computer game Darkstar: The Interactive Movie.

David Inshaw

Inshaw moved to Devizes, Wiltshire, in 1971 and formed the Broadheath Brotherhood with Graham and Ann Arnold in 1972.

He moved to Clyro near Hay-on-Wye in 1989 but returned to Devizes in 1995 and has lived there since then.

David Stancliffe

The son of the former Dean of Winchester, the Very Revd Michael Stancliffe, who was himself ordained at Salisbury Cathedral, Stancliffe was born in 1942 in Devizes, Wiltshire, where his father was curate of St James' Southbroom, later serving at Ramsbury and Cirencester before becoming Chaplain to Westminster School.

Ellenor Bland

She has held a number of key roles in the Welsh Conservative party: she was a member of the campaign team in Calne's 2003 local elections, Michael Ancram's Campaign Support Officer in the Devizes constituency, Secretary of the Women's Conservative Committee and Chairman of Calne Conservative Branch.

Holt Junction railway station

After the completion of the Devizes line, the junction at Holt allowed the fastest route from London to the West Country.

Isaac Darkin

This spree culminated notably in the robbery of around 13 guineas and a pistol from Lord Percival, the son of the Earl of Egmont who was travelling to Bath; the attack took place on 22 June 1760 near Devizes.

John Garth

John Garth was a nephew of Sir Samuel Garth the physician.Two of John Garth’s children were born in Devizes.

Portishead Radio

Various other remotely operated transmitting stations, including Devizes, Rugby, Leafield, Chipping Ongar, and Dorchester, were also used.

Sandy Lane, Wiltshire

Sandy Lane is a hamlet situated between the towns of Chippenham and Devizes in Wiltshire, and between the villages of Bromham and Derry Hill on the A342 road.

The Bastard Fairies

Yellow Thunder Woman is a Native American ("Yellow Thunder Woman" being the English translation of her birth name, Wakinyan Zi Win), while her band mate Davey is a British expatriate from Great Cheverell, near Devizes, Wiltshire, formerly in The Davey Brothers with his brother Jesse.

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.

Victor H. Rumsey

Rumsey was born in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on Saint Cecilia's day, and received his BA in mathematics (1941) and Sc.D.

William Coventre

William Coventre III (died c.1445), MP for Devizes 1414, 1415, 1417, May 1421, 1422, 1423, 1426, 1427 and 1433

Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway

Much of the network is in operation today, but the Devizes and Radstock branches have closed.

Wiltshire County Council

The divisions of Westbury Ham & Dilton Marsh and Holt & Paxcroft (both mixed urban and rural areas) elected the two Independents, while the three Labour members held their seats in the city of Salisbury and the towns of Melksham and Devizes.


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