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VISIT WILTSHIRE FOR HAUNTED HOTELS HAUNTED CASTLES HAUNTED PUBS SPIRIT ORBS VISITING PLUS CAEN HILL LOCKS THE FABULOUS STONE CIRCLE AT AVEBURY STONE CIRCLE WILTSHIRE FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD CASTLE NUNNEY CASTLE WILTSHIRE GHOSTLY GHOSTS OF WILTSHIRE! plus a monthly ghost hunt at the Rose & Crown Pub Trowbridge Wiltshire HOME PAGE
a Brief History of Trowbridge Wiltshire UK from the Dark Ages AD520 is the possible era of the King Arthur Legend
~ visit Dozmary Pool, Excalibur & the myth of the Lady of the Lake AD871 King Alfred defeating the Danes at the battle of Ashdown.
AD950 the Saxon church is built
1066 the Battle of Hastings when Normans rule
1086 and Trowbridge (Straburg) is mentioned in the Doomsday Book
1139 Trowbridge Castle is besieged
1170 Thomas Becket is murdered at Canterbury cathedral
1200 the Church of St James is founded and Henri de Bohun is allowed to
hold markets in the town
1215 King John visits Trowbridge & the Magna Carta is signed
1348 the Black Death takes 25 million lives around Europe
1450 the old church is pulled down making way for the new parish church of St James
1485 the battle of Bosworth Field and the end of the Plantaganet dynasty ~ two interesting sites Theories relating to the Battle of Bosworth & On the trail of Richard III
1789 King George III & Queen Charlotte pass through Trowbridge on their way to Windsor
1794 sees the Barracks on Bradley Road
1803 and Thomas Helliker is tried for taking part in the anti machinery riots ~ read more
1813 Isaac Pitman born ~ further reading
1814 George Crabbe is the new Rector of St James
1819 Abraham Bowyer begins working in a shop in Fore Stree Trowbridge Wilts
1837 Victoria is Queen of England
1854 the Trowbridge & Wiltshire Advertiser is first produced, nowadays called the Wiltshire Times
1889 sees the Wiltshire County Council formed
1896 Trowbridge Cricket Club opens its grounds and pavillion
1917 King George V & Queen Mary visit Trowbridge
1940 Trowbridge County Hall opens followed by the County Record Office in 1947
1973 the Trowbridge Civic Hall opens
1982 sees the closure of Trowbridge's last mill
1990 visit the Shires Shopping mall in the town centre and its Museum ~ enter the museum
HAUNTED WILTSHIRE!
Haunted places in Wiltshire include a Haunted Castle, a Haunted Hotel plus visit this local haunted pub with many ghostly spirit orbs to be caught on camera! plus monthly Ghost Hunt!
