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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne Education EDUCATION. By will proved 1662 John Bentley … of the school. A newly built house on the Green at Calne was bought and the free school, intended to be for c. … only c. 20. In 1901 Bentley's school was amalgamated with Calne technical school as a school of science for boys aged …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne Introduction CALNE Calne (West) and Bowood 1843 Calne is a small town 8 km. east of Chippenham and 10 km. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Borough government Tenements in Calne were held by burghal tenure in 1086 11 and later, and burgesses of Calne elected members of parliament from 1295, 12 but the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. A large estate called Calne may have belonged to the king in the 9th century, a … that he had a house there. 98 King Eadred (d. 955) devised Calne to the church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Winchester …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne Parliamentary representation PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION. Calne borough chose two members of the parliament which met … to nearly all parliaments. 14 The bailiff of the lord of Calne manor was the returning officer in the 13th and 14th …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. In … of Milston, were among ejected ministers who preached at Calne, and in 1669 it was said that 200-400 people attended a … the librarian at Bowood House 1772-80, who lived at Calne and preached at the chapel. The congregation declined …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. There is no evidence of Roman Catholic recusancy at Calne. Services were held in the town in the Second World … was built on a nearby site in 1962 9 and was open in 2000. Calne: Official Guide [ c. 1981], 24. W.R.O., G 18/760/268. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne The town in the 19th century The town in the 19th … house and what was probably warehousing. 54 Unusually for Calne, the house is of sandstone; its front range has a … then was used as a market place, became a town square. 63 Calne seems to have flourished in the 19th century and, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne The town in the 20th century The town in the 20th century. Between c. 1900 and c. 1920 the centre of Calne seems to have changed little. The only notable new … and New Road are eclectic in style, have references to Calne's historic buildings, and consist of terraces of houses …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Calne The town to c.1800 The town to c. 1800 Calne stands on the Marden where, 250 m. apart, there is an … secular building. 56 That on the left bank is the site of Calne church. An author writing c. 1000 possibly implied that …