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24 December 2009
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Timeline Wiltshire

5,000 years of Wiltshire history told in one day, the longest day, on 21st June 2006 Summer Solstice

Know your Wiltshire history?

Know when the last person was executed in Devizes or how many died in Wiltshire of the Black Death?

Dib Dib Dob Dob…

Swindon Scouts dig up their own history.

From trowels to tractors…

…unearthing Wiltshire’s agricultural heritage at Lackham College.

Wiltshire History at a Glance

5,000 Years of Wiltshire History - From the building of Stonehenge to the building of the M4...

Wiltshire's last Great Bustard

The world's heaviest flying bird, and Wiltshire's last Great Bustard, heads to Salisbury...

The Medieval Machine Gun

The longbow, the national weapon of the English army, was the machine gun of the Middle Ages...

Wiltshire's Welsh history

Wiltshire placenames have resulted from everything including a polite name for Welsh people...

The Siege of Devizes

"The Parliamentarians attacked devizes down Morris Lane and there was the most bloody battle...."

Imprisoned in wartime Wilts

He's a Wiltshire pensioner who was a Prisoner of War captured by the British army....

Ways to listen

Historic Devizes: Audio Walking Tour

Step back in time and walk in the footsteps of Wiltshire's Moonrakers on an audio tour which follows the ancient medieval street pattern of Devizes - one of the best preserved in the country

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