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Times Online (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Ravishingly attractive Queen Anne houses are one of the wonders of Wiltshire. Meadow Court, at £2.95million, is a delightful example, with an early 18th-century front attached to a modest stone house built 100 years earlier. The property, near Tockenham, six miles off the M4, is already attracting a stream of viewers. Many such houses can be seen from the road, but this one is tucked down a country...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Restarting the cycle of life in the British countryside READERS of Adam Nicolsonas aEarls of Paradisea about Wilton House in Wiltshire will know how passionately he cares about landscape, or rather about the land. aLandscapea suggests something pictorial. Mr Nicolson is not interested in pictures. For him, beauty is a by-product of the way a landscape works and is worked. The view from the...
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londonbikers.com (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Continuing on his great end of season form, Team Naturally Best Suzuki rider Tommy Bridewell posted a fine fourth place finish in the latest round of the Italian Superbike Championship at Misano this weekend. The 20 year old from Devizes in Wiltshire struggled during qualifying on the 1000cc Suzuki and as a result, could only manage eighth place on the grid but in the actual race, it was a different...
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An Englishman's Castle (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Wiltshire holds slipper exchanges Older people in Wiltshire are being invited to put their best foot forward and take advantage of free slipper exchanges. To help keep people safe Wiltshire County Council are organising slipper exchanges in Salisbury, Devizes and...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Mansion House Rodwell Hall, St Thomas Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire Price: £475,000 Agent: Savills, tel: 01225 474550 They say: Imposing Victorian mansion house which has been divided into two homes. It has four bedrooms, two receptions and a conservatory leading on to a large garden. We say: This part of the building was originally the servants quarters but is no less spacious for that. Coincidentally...
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Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
The Black Dog pub in Chilmark Wiltshire has been told to remove its roadside sign by Wiltshire County Council and The Highways Agency Jacqui Ashman , local Highways Agency planning manager, said that the Black Dog's sign was "potentially providing the temptation to drink and drive". Surely it is time that government agencies started to support local business instead of trying to close it down ?? Further...
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Granny Buttons (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
Boaters take off lock, stock for nude calendar - Wiltshire Times I'm a sucker for any mention of boating grannies. So this one was guaranteed a plug: A group of boaters based in Bradford on Avon have posed nude for...
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An Englishman's Castle (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
The filming of BBC drama Tess of the D'Urbervilles has taken place in Wiltshire. They were filming in West Woods at Lockeridge back in the summer, all parked up in a layby I have often stopped in, many years ago,...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
The Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre holds an open day.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
Motorists in Devizes, Wiltshire, face long delays with the start of flood alleviation works this week.
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Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008
TV ARCHAEOLOGIST Julian Richards is one of the attractions at this year’s annual Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre open day. Visitors will have the opportunity to see behind the scenes at the centre in Cocklebury Road, Chippenham on September 27 as well as talk with county archaeologists and handle artefacts going back 250,000 years. The doors are open from 9.30am to 5.30pm and the Meet the Ancestors...
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londonbikers.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
The final round of the British Masters championship was held at the weekend at the famous Foxhills circuit near Swindon, Wiltshire. Coming into the final round holding an 80 plus point advantage over second place Rickie Roderick, Suzuki Youth Relentless team rider James Dunn was looking to clinch the race win and the title in the small wheel 85cc class.
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Dog News from around the World (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Homer the labrador is one lucky dog after he survived horrific injuries when he was hit by an express train. The fortunate mutt disappeared while out for a walk with his owner Ray Davis, near his home in Westbury, Wiltshire. He was found three days later near a railway line with gaping wounds across his middle. MORE> >
