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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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  • South; Bromham, Rowde & Roundway; Calne South; Devizes East; Devizes North; Devizes Rural West; Devizes South; Holt; Melksham East; Melksham Forest; Melksham...
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    changes which entail the loss of the town of Devizes to the newly created constituency of Melksham and Devizes. As a consequence, it will be renamed East...
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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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  • Carless (1911). "Richard of Devizes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). p. 298. Works by or about Richard of Devizes at Wikisource "Chronicle...
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    Down, a Royalist victory, was fought near Devizes. In 1794, it was decided at a meeting at the Bear Inn in Devizes to raise a body of ten independent troops...
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  • following areas: The majority of the (to be abolished) Devizes constituency but excluding the town of Devizes and the area surrounding it, which will be included...
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    The Devizes plot was a failed plan for 7,000 German prisoners of war held at Le Marchant Barracks in Devizes to escape and reach East Anglia for rescue...
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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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    assembled 1,500 cavalry, then set out for Devizes with Maurice and his men. Roundway Down Bath Salisbury Chippenham Devizes Marshfield On 11 July, Waller brought...
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