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Wiltshire History for SaleYou can buy Wiltshire photographs, books, postcards and other items on line at eshop Wiltshire. Take a look today and find a piece of Wiltshire history for your home and family. IntroductionThese pages contain information on 261 Wiltshire communities covering the whole of the Wiltshire County Council administered area of the county; having been compiled by Wiltshire Libraries & Heritage. Every community page already has certain basic information, such as early maps, local administrative bodies, population from 1801, newspapers for its area, lists of local maps, the registration district, and links to other sites of interest. Between 2002 and 2009 we will be adding much more detailed information for each community. This will include a further map, a brief history, histories of churches and schools, a booklist and the texts of some books and articles, information about listed buildings, local authors and literary associations and images of old and modern photographs. We are currently adding the full text and illustrations of over 70 key early works on Wiltshire. These can be viewed by opening Text Images in the left-hand column of this page. The 261 communities are all modern civil parishes with the exception of Imber, which has been included because of national interest. After this 7 year programme we will add a further 180 villages and hamlets which are distinct communities although they are part of a differently named parish. There is full historical information available for the communities underlined below and opening one of these will provide a link to that community:
Aldbourne Information, including maps, FAQs, local authors and literary associations, are being added to communities continuously so make regular visits to see if there is new material for your community. Enter any community name as a search keyword and you will find some information for that community. Pressing 'Search' will display the full list of communities. The next community entries to be extended to full coverage are;
Stanton St. Quintin The You can search for details of a particular community by using the search facility on this page or the search results page. Please look at the communities in which you are interested for regular updates and if you have a local history enquiry e-mail us at Local Studies Buy a Wiltshire book, photograph or map on line from Wiltshire Libraries & Heritage Community History - Last Updated : Saturday 17th May 2008
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