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    Great Bedwyn is a village and civil parish in east Wiltshire, England. The village is on the River Dun about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of Hungerford...
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    (or Wolf Hall) in the parish of Great Bedwyn in the Savernake Forest, Wiltshire. Sir John Seymour was a great-great-grandson of this Roger Seymour. Sir...
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    The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, and a Grade I listed building. The church was built in the...
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    Bedwyn railway station serves the village of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. It is 66 miles 33 chains (66.41 mi; 106.9 km) from the zero point at...
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    Forest stands on a Cretaceous chalk plateau between Marlborough and Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. Its area is approximately 4,500 acres (18 km2;...
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    Beauchamp, KG (22 May 1539 – 6 April 1621), of Wulfhall and Totnam Lodge in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, of Netley Abbey, Hampshire...
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    Marten. The area was part of the ancient parish of Great Bedwyn, formed from a large estate called Bedwyn which was recorded in 968. The 1086 Domesday Book...
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  • 1382–1390), of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Great Bedwyn in May 1382, October...
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    and was buried in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. In 1706 a marble memorial topped with a bust was placed in St Mary's Church, Great Bedwyn, at the expense of...
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    previous manor house on the same site, at that time in the parish of Great Bedwyn, was the seat of the Seymour family, a member of which, Jane Seymour...
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    village. Little Bedwyn is served by Bedwyn railway station, which is about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of the village at Great Bedwyn. About 0.62 miles...
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  • Genevieve Hidden (1926–2016), French surgeon George Hidden, English MP for Great Bedwyn in 1558 L'Encobert (died 1522), or "The Hidden", Spanish rebel leader...
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  • Thomas Malory (category Members of Parliament for Great Bedwyn)
    Warwickshire. In 1449–50, he was returned as member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn, a seat controlled by the Duke of Buckingham. Malory's status changed...
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    House is a large Grade I listed English country house in the parish of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, about five miles southeast of the town of Marlborough. It...
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  • 1382–1399), of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, was an English politician. He was a smith and a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Great Bedwyn in May 1382...
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  • Great Bedwyn, U.K. John Seymour (died 1552), member of parliament for Wootton Bassett, U.K. John Seymour (died 1618), member of parliament for Great Bedwyn...
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    route of the canal was altered to take a more southerly course through Great Bedwyn, Devizes, Trowbridge and Newbury. The proposed route was accepted by...
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  • the son of Royal Marine Colonel Francis Clifford Edward Bye, OBE, of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, and Twickenham, He later attended Ravensbourne College, London...
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    James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury (category Members of Parliament for Great Bedwyn)
    Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Keat. Salisbury was returned to Parliament for Great Bedwyn in 1774, a seat he held until 1780, and briefly represented Launceston...
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  • thus served as Tory MP for Oxfordshire for 1685–1689, Great Marlow from 1689 to 1690, and Great Bedwyn from 1690 until his death. He was sworn of the Privy...
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    register of Great Bedwyn records the baptism of the 1st Earl's great-granddaughter Frances Seymour, which was performed "at the Lodge in the Great Parke by...
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    member of the Royal Society. Willis was born on his parents' farm in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, where his father held the stewardship of the manor. He was...
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    tower mill, standing on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire. The mill was built in 1821...
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    as 2nd Duke of Somerset. His monumental brass inscription survives in Great Bedwyn church (the parish church of Wulfhall and Tottenham Lodge), inscribed...
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  • the manorial court of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. He was instructed by his employer to stand as Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn in April 1660 and was...
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    run close beside the line through Little Bedwyn to reach Bedwyn railway station which is actually in Great Bedwyn. This is the outer limit of the London...
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    preserved water-powered beam engine from 1782. Crofton Pumping Station (Great Bedwyn, England) – two engines, including the oldest working 'Cornish' engine...
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    Cricklade with the River Wey, Basingstoke Canal and Kennet & Avon Canal to Great Bedwyn (4th ed.). St. Ives, Cambridgeshire: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson....
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  • Westgate-on-Sea, then to Oswestry, and finally to a country house near Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. In its early years it was known as St Michael's School. In...
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    Nathaniel Dance-Holland (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies)
    Grinstead in Sussex. He served this seat until 1802 when he moved to Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, serving until 1806.[citation needed] In 1807 he returned...
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