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The historic High Street is typical of a Cotswold town
Corsham (Wiltshire)
Corsham

Corsham shown within Wiltshire
Population 12,000[1]
OS grid reference ST869702
District North Wiltshire
Shire county Wiltshire
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Corsham
Postcode district SN13
Dialling code 01249
01225
Police Wiltshire
Fire Wiltshire
Ambulance Great Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Chippenham (c. See also Cotswold The Cotswolds is a range of Hills in west-central England, sometimes called the "Heart of England" Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South West England is one of the Regions of England. It is the largest such region in terms of area and extends from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Swindon postcode area, is a group of postal districts around The Swindon Urban Area The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Wiltshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Wiltshire and Swindon in south-west England. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the Ceremonial county of Wiltshire The Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust (GWAS is UK National Health Service (NHS trust providing emergency and non emergency South West England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Chippenham will be a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 2009)
North Wiltshire (2005)
Website: http://www.corsham.gov.uk/
List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°26′N 2°11′W / 51.43, -2.19

Corsham is a small mediæval town in northwest Wiltshire, England. North Wiltshire is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is at the southwestern extreme of the Cotswolds, between Bath (7. See also Cotswold The Cotswolds is a range of Hills in west-central England, sometimes called the "Heart of England" Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. 5 miles, 12 km) and Chippenham (4. Chippenham is a Market town in Wiltshire, England, located at, some 21 km (13 miles east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles west of London 5 miles, 7 km. )

The civil parish of Corsham includes the neighbouring communities of Chapel Knap, Easton, Gastard, Hartham, Leafield, The Linleys, Neston, The Ridge, Rudloe and Thingley. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government.

In the past, Corsham was a centre for the wool industry, and remains a source for quarrying Bath Stone. Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells called follicles of animals in the Caprinae family principally sheep, but the hair of certain species Bath Stone is an Oolitic Limestone comprising granular fragments of Calcium carbonate. It includes numerous historic buildings, such as the stately home of Corsham Court. A stately home is strictly speaking one of about 500 large properties built in England between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century as well as converted Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. In World War II and the Cold War, it became a major administrative and manufacturing centre for the Ministry of Defence, with numerous establishments both above ground and in the old quarry tunnels. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters The early 21st century saw some growth in Corsham's role in the film industry.

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History

Corsham derives its name from 'Cosa' village', where hām is the Old English for homestead, or village. The town is referred in the Domesday book as Cosseham; the letter 'R' appears to have entered the name later under Norman influence. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France.

One of the towns that prospered greatly from Wiltshire's wool trade in mediæval times, it maintained its prosperity after the decline of that trade through the quarrying of Bath stone, with underground mining works extending to the south and west of Corsham. Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells called follicles of animals in the Caprinae family principally sheep, but the hair of certain species Bath Stone is an Oolitic Limestone comprising granular fragments of Calcium carbonate.

There was once a priory in Corsham, which was destroyed, then replaced with a Georgian house (now Heywood School) located on Priory Street. A priory is a House of men or women under religious vows headed by a Prior or prioress Georgian architecture is the name given in most English -speaking countries to the set of Architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840 Corsham also contains the historic Georgian house, The Grove, opposite the high street, a typical example of upper middle-class Georgian architecture.

The town of Corsham was the inspiration for Charles Dickens's novel The Pickwick Papers. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. The name Pickwick is likely to have come from that of a nearby farm, Pickwick Lodge Farm. Pickwick was once a separate community—now the northwestern part of the town—on the A4, formerly the main turnpike road from London to Bristol. A toll road, (also known as a tollway, turnpike, pike, or toll highway, especially if it is constructed to Freeway standards London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London [2]

Corsham never had a town charter. Instead it was officially a village until 1999, when the parish council took advantage of the right (given to English parishes in 1972) to rename itself to Corsham Town Council.

Features

Corsham's small town centre includes the Martingate Centre, a late 20th century retail development, which also houses offices and a small teaching facility for Wiltshire College, a further education institution. Wiltshire College is a tertiary college of education founded in 2002 by the merger of Chippenham Technical College Lackham College and Trowbridge College Further education (often abbreviated "FE" is Post-secondary Education (in addition to that received at Secondary school) that is distinct from

The stately home of Corsham Court can also be found in the town centre. Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. Standing on a former Saxon Royal Manor, it is based on an Elizabethan manor home from 1582. For their language see Anglo-Saxon language. Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading Tribes in the south A Royal Manor is an area of land in the United Kingdom owned by The Crown, such as the Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the Prince of Wales Since 1745, it has been part of the Methuen estate. Baron Methuen, of Corsham in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The house has an extensive collection of Old Masters, rooms furnished by Robert Adam and Thomas Chippendale, and parks landscaped by Capability Brown and Humphry Repton. Robert Adam ( 3 July 1728 &ndash 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical Architect, Interior designer Thomas Chippendale ( Otley, near Leeds baptised - November 1779 was a London Cabinet-maker and furniture designer in the mid-Georgian Humphry Repton ( 21 April 1752 &ndash 24 March 1818) was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century The house is open to the public all year round excluding December and is famed locally for its collection of peacocks. Peacocks may refer to Peafowl Peacocks (retailer [3] The owner of Corsham Court in the mid-seventeenth century was the commander of the Parliamentarian New Model Army in Wiltshire. The New Model Army was formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War. His wife built what came to be known as the Hungerford Almshouses in the centre of town. These famous almshouses were recently featured on the BBC's Restoration television series. Almshouses are charitable Housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay Restoration is a set of BBC television series where viewers decided on which Listed building that was in immediate need of remedial works was to win a grant A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U

Corsham is the site of the disused entrance to Tunnel Quarry, which used to be visible off Pockeredge Drive.

Community

The town has its own festival. A festival is an event usually and ordinarily staged by a local community which centers on some unique aspect of that community Corsham also started a jazz festival (separate from the town festival) in 2004, which included a performance by the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The National Youth Jazz Orchestra ( NYJO) is a British Jazz Orchestra founded in 1963 by its current chairman Bill Ashton. The event however was not as successful as the organizers would have hoped, bands across the seven venues had to compete with each other and turnout was lower than expected. In 2005 the festival was reduced to just two venues and a much reduced lineup. In 2006, the festival reduced in size once again, with only the Royal Oak Pub hosting the event, and the Stan Tracey Trio as principal headliners.

The local association football club, Corsham Town F.C., were founded in 1884. Corsham Town FC is a football club based in Corsham, Wiltshire, England who compete in the Western Football League. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year They came second in the Western Football League Premier Division in 2006. List of current clubs Premier Division Barnstaple Town | Bideford | Bishop Sutton | Bitton |

Wiltshire Police has a station in the town that is headed by a sergeant, and is a base for five local and rural neighbourhood policing teams. Wiltshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Wiltshire and Swindon in south-west England. Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries police forces and other uniformed organizations around the world Community policing or neighbourhood policing is a policing strategy and philosophy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control [4]

Hartham Park manor house was designed by James Wyatt (1746–1813)
Hartham Park manor house was designed by James Wyatt (1746–1813)

Neighbouring villages

Corsham Town Council's boundaries include several neighbouring communities: Biddestone, Chapel Knap, Easton, Gastard, Hartham, Leafield, The Linleys, Neston, The Ridge, Thingley, part of Rudloe, and a small part of Chippenham south of the A4 road. A manor house or fortified manor-house is a Country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism This article refers to the English Architect. For the Game designer, see James Wyatt (game designer. Chippenham is a Market town in Wiltshire, England, located at, some 21 km (13 miles east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles west of London [5]

Hartham Park is a Georgian estate that includes a rare stické court. The arts Especially during the mid-18th century the period was marked by cultural vibrancy with the establishment of the British Museum in 1753 and the contributions The English country house is generally accepted as a large House or Mansion, once in the ownership of an individual who also usually owned another Great Stické (also sticke tennis) is a racquet sport invented in the late 19th century merging aspects of Real tennis, racquets, and lawn tennis

Neston village was established around Neston Park, a country estate whose house was built c. For other uses see Estate. An estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds 1790. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year [2] Neston Park is home of the Fuller family, who give their name to the Fuller, Smith and Turner brewery in London, known for Fuller's London Pride cask ale. Fuller's ( Fuller Smith and Turner plc) ( is a regional Brewing company founded in 1845 at the Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, West Cask ale or cask-conditioned beer is the term for unfiltered and unpasteurised Beer which is conditioned (including Secondary fermentation [6]

Transport

There is a local campaign to reopen the railway station near Station Road
There is a local campaign to reopen the railway station near Station Road

Corsham is connected to Bradford on Avon by the B3109 road, to Melksham by the B3353, and to Chippenham and Bath by the A4 Bath Road, a former turnpike from London to Bristol. Bradford on Avon (sometimes Bradford-on-Avon) is a Town in west Wiltshire, England with a Population of about 9326 B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme for the rationale behind Melksham is a medium-sized English town lying on the River Avon. Chippenham is a Market town in Wiltshire, England, located at, some 21 km (13 miles east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles west of London Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. A toll road, (also known as a tollway, turnpike, pike, or toll highway, especially if it is constructed to Freeway standards London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London Four public car parks in the town centre are operated by North Wiltshire District Council for a small fee. [7] Bus companies, including Coachstyle, Faresaver and FirstGroup plc, operate local services, as well as buses to all nearby towns. FirstGroup plc ( is a Scottish Transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Canada, USA [7]

The Great Western Main Line railway from London to Bristol passes through Corsham, though the local station closed in the 1960s. The Great Western Main Line is a main line Railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington station to Temple Meads Corsham railway station served the town of Corsham in Wiltshire, England. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Nearby stations, and most passenger trains, are operated by First Great Western. First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup, which operates Some local services call at the nearest station at Melksham (4. Melksham railway station serves the town of Melksham in Wiltshire, England. 5 miles, 7. 2 km) while Chippenham station (4. Chippenham railway station is the railway station serving Chippenham in Wiltshire. 7 miles, 7. 5 km) offers frequent express services and connections. The eastern portal of Box Tunnel, built as the longest railway tunnel of its time, by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway, is at Hudswell on the western edge of the town. Box Tunnel is a railway Tunnel in western England, between Bath and Chippenham, dug through the Box Hill. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 &ndash 15 September 1859 (ˈɪzəmbɑrd ˈkɪŋdəm brʊˈnɛl was a British Engineer. The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West Corsham Railway Cutting carries the main line westward through Corsham to Box Tunnel; in 1971 6. Corsham Railway Cutting ( is a 66 Hectare Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971 6 hectares of land in the cutting were designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest for notable geology. A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a Conservation designation denoting a Protected area in the United Kingdom. Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit

Economy

Defence

The Ministry of Defence operates a number of locations in the vicinity of Corsham:

  • Headquarters Defence Equipment & Support Information Systems & Services. Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S is the name of the merged procurement and support organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence
  • Headquarters No2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade. 2 (National Communications Signal Brigade is an operational Brigade of the Royal Corps of Signals with a Regular HQ 1 Regular Regiment 8 TA Regiments and a
    • Land Information Assurance Group (LIAG).
  • Headquarters No10 Signal Regiment.
  • Global Operations & Security Control Centre.
  • DE&S ISS Integrated Project Teams.
  • DE&S ISS Integrated Project Teams.
  • Accommodation and site facilities.

Joint Service Unit Corsham provides administrative support & facilities management in all three locations. In 2006 a Private Finance Initiative contract was let to Inteq for the renewal and expansion of the Basil Hill and Rudloe Site facilities began, valued at around £800M. The Private Finance Initiative specifies a method developed initially by the United Kingdom Government, to provide financial support for " Public-Private . [8]

Former facilities include:

  • HQ Number 10 Fighter Group. RAF Rudloe Manor, formerly RAF Box was a Royal Air Force station located south-east of Bath, United Kingdom between the towns of Box and
  • RAF Regional Command.
  • Headquarters RAF Police & Security Services.
  • No1 Signals Unit.
  • Controller Defence Communications Network.
  • Number 1001 Signals Unit, detachment.
  • Central Government War Headquarters, variously known as Turnstile, Burlington. Hawthorn is the location of a number of defence related underground facilities in the vicinity of Corsham, Wiltshire. Bath Stone is an Oolitic Limestone comprising granular fragments of Calcium carbonate. The Central Government War Headquarters is a 35-acre complex built underground as the United Kingdom 's Emergency Government War Headquarters - the hub of the country's alternative
  • Central Ammunition Depot

A number of defence contractors are either co-located or in the vicinity of the MOD sites, such as Leafield Engineering[1] and Serco Defence, Science and Technology. Serco Group plc ( is a Business Services company based in Hook North Hampshire of the United Kingdom

The UK military communications satellite constellation called Skynet, a PFI arrangement, is controlled by contractor, Paradigm Services, from the location of the former 1001 SU Det on Skynet Drive. Skynet is a family of military Satellites now operated by Paradigm Secure Communications on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence, which provide The Private Finance Initiative specifies a method developed initially by the United Kingdom Government, to provide financial support for " Public-Private The ground segments in support of the constellation are located at Bordon, Hampshire and Colerne Airfield, Colerne, Wiltshire (formerly RAF Oakhanger and RAF Colerne. RAF Oakhanger was a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire split over three operational sites with accommodation in nearby Bordon. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain Colerne Airfield, formerly known as RAF Colerne, is located at Colerne, Wiltshire, England. Colerne, a medium sized village lies midway between Bath and Chippenham in the county of Wiltshire, England. RAF Oakhanger was a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire split over three operational sites with accommodation in nearby Bordon. RAF Colerne now known as Colerne Airfield is a former World War II Fighter Command and Bomber Command airfield )

Quarries

Underground extraction of Bath Stone continues in Corsham on a smaller scale. Bath Stone is an Oolitic Limestone comprising granular fragments of Calcium carbonate. For example, Hanson plc operates Hartham Park Quarry in the Hudswell district (southwest of Pickwick. Hanson plc (formerly Hanson Trust plc) is a British based international building materials company headquartered in London. )

Other quarries have been re-used. Current examples include primarily defence establishments (see above), but also a wine cellar at Eastlays (near Gastard)[9] and storage for magnetic media (for Off-site Data Protection) at Monk's Park (near Neston. A wine cellar is a storage room for Wine in Bottles or Barrels, or more rarely in Carboys Amphorae or plastic containers Magnetic storage and magnetic recording are terms from Engineering referring to the storage of Data on a Magnetized medium In Computing, off-site data protection, or vaulting, is the strategy of sending critical data out of the main location ( off the main site) as )[10]

Film and television

Another use for the quarries is the film industry. The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking i Underground scenes from the first episode of Blake's Seven were filmed at Eastlays, and disused tunnels form part of the studio complex of Corsham Media Park, a specialist business park that opened in 2001 adjacent to RAF Rudloe Manor. Blake's 7 is a British Science fiction television series made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC for their BBC 1 channel RAF Rudloe Manor, formerly RAF Box was a Royal Air Force station located south-east of Bath, United Kingdom between the towns of Box and [11]

Early 21st century growth of period drama location filming followed the examples of neighbouring Lacock and Atworth parishes. Lacock is a village in Wiltshire, England, 3 miles (5 km from the town of Chippenham. Atworth is a village and Civil parish in the West Wiltshire district of Wiltshire, England. Neston Park hosted major outdoor film sets for the 2008 BBC television adaption of Lark Rise to Candleford, and the BBC also filmed scenes for a 2008 version of Tess of the D'Urbervilles in Church Street and Corsham Court grounds. Lark Rise to Candleford is a 2008 British television Costume drama series adapted by the BBC from Flora Thompson 's trilogy of semi-autobiographical Lark Rise to Candleford is a Trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels about the English countryside written by Flora Thompson, and first published Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a Novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1891 Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. [12][13]

Notable residents

A 1773 map shows Neston's earlier name of Corsham Side

The southern portion of the High Street is pedestrianized

See also

Neighbouring civil parishes (anticlockwise from the north):

References

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  8. ^ Wiltshire Times, 25 October 2006. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a "£800m to be spent on military base", Craig Evry. Retrieved on October 27, 2006.
  9. ^ Corsham Cellars at Octavian Vaults corporate web site. Retrieved on March 16, 2008
  10. ^ Storage and Retrieval at Wansdyke Security Limited website. Retrieved on March 16, 2008
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Coordinates: 51°26′N 2°11′W / 51.43, -2.19

Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.
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