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    Devizes (/dɪˈvaɪzɪz/) is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received...
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    Devizes Castle was a medieval fortification in the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on a site now occupied by a Victorian-era castle. It is a Grade...
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    descent to Devizes, remained incomplete as late as 1803. The final engineering task was the completion of the Caen Hill Locks at Devizes. While the lock...
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  • The Devizes Guardians are a local political party based in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. The party was formed in 2001 and has been successful in winning...
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    could decide election in true-blue Melksham & Devizes". The Times. Retrieved 5 July 2024. "Melksham and Devizes – General election results 2024". BBC News...
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    David Cameron, and became the MP for the safe Conservative constituency of Devizes in December 2019. Similarly to Prue, who said: "I ended up voting for Brexit...
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  • The 1964 Devizes by-election was held on 14 May 1964 after the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Percivall Pott. It was won by the Conservative...
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    centres for Wiltshire Police are at Devizes and Gablecross. The SNEN non-emergency call centre is at Devizes. Devizes is also the home of the Dog Squad...
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    Christopher Awdry (category People from Devizes)
    as non-fiction articles and books on heritage railways. He was born at Devizes, the family moving to Kings Norton, Birmingham, when he was aged five months...
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    Oakley and Alex Woodcock recently discovered an exhibitionist couple at Devizes, who seem to represent fertility. The faces of some figures are striated...
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  • North Hykeham (2016–) Danny Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire (2024–) and Devizes (2019–2024) Katie Lam, MP for Weald of Kent (2024–) John Lamont, MP for...
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  • the entitlement to the title "royal borough" has been strictly enforced. Devizes in Wiltshire, which had previously used the title without authorisation...
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    Academy of Sport in 2010. In 2012, he took up kayaking and attempted the Devizes-to-Westminster marathon kayak race, but had to withdraw halfway through...
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    (1170). Although Richard of Devizes admired Eleanor's perseverance in supporting her son Richard, all of them expressed negative views about women in...
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  • full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 29 August 2024. Melksham and Devizes "'What is wrong with you?' - Tory team object to filming". BBC News. 5...
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  • Wiltshire at a natural circle of hills called "Roundway", near the town of Devizes. The scenes on the train were shot on the Kent and East Sussex Railway...
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    viewing area car park, were placed in 1999 following the completion of Devizes White Horse; the signs show all eight Wiltshire White Horses. Also on the...
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  • for the line from Thingley Junction. Devizes to Holt Junction: opened 1857; never double track; closed 1966 Devizes; originally had an overall roof with...
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    link the town with Cheltenham, Chippenham, Cirencester, Devizes and Trowbridge. National Express coaches use the bus station in the town centre. Stagecoach's...
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  • Sally Clark (category People from Devizes)
    March 2007 from alcohol poisoning. Sally Clark was born Sally Lockyer in Devizes, Wiltshire, and was an only child. Her father was a senior police officer...
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    The cup was sold at US$200,000 at an auction by Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, in October 2015. He was also awarded the Congressional Gold...
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    (repealed) 52 Geo. 3. c. xciii 5 May 1812 (Repealed by Roads to and from Devizes Act 1820 (c.lxix)) Yates' Estate Act 1812 52 Geo. 3. c. xciv 5 May 1812...
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  • house of a friend and fellow archaeologist, Peggy Guido (1912–1994) in Devizes, Wiltshire. There he worked on preparing a new edition of his 1935 Annotated...
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  • elder brother, Christopher Hollis (1902–1977), was a Conservative MP for Devizes from 1945 to 1955. His nephew, Rt Rev Crispian Hollis, a Catholic convert...
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  • 'frightening' boat problems he suffered on Great Canal Journeys". The Express. Retrieved 1 December 2020. "BARB Top 30". Retrieved 23 November 2018....
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    "people from all over the world" as "infiltrating" national institutions. Devizes candidate and party leader Jim Gunter, at a hustings shortly before the...
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    displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Wiltshire Museum – Museum in Devizes, England, United KingdomPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback...
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    Act for repairing the Road leading from West Lavington to The Devizes, and from The Devizes to Seend, in the County of Wilts. Hertfordshire and Middlesex...
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    also took part in successful sieges at Bridgwater, Sherborne, Bristol, Devizes, and Winchester, then spent the first half of 1646 mopping up resistance...
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    were all killed. 27 May 1941, R5929 a Dominie of the Royal Air Force near Devizes, Wiltshire, England, seven killed. 7 July 1941, R9563 a Dominie of the...
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