Devizes
Devizes is a market community as well as civil parish in the centre of Wiltshire, England. It established around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and got a charter in 1141 permitting regular markets, which are held weekly in an open market location. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war in between Stephen of England and also Empress Matilda, and once again during the English Civil War when the Cavaliers (Royalists) lifted the siege throughout the Battle of Roundway Down. Devizes stayed under Royalist control until 1645, when Oliver Cromwell attacked and compelled the Royalists to give up. The castle was damaged in 1648 like Parliament, and today little remains of it. From the 16th century Devizes ended up being recognized for its fabrics, as well as by the very early 18th century it held the largest corn market in the West Country, creating the Corn Exchange in 1857. In the 18th century, developing, healing of cigarette, as well as snuff-making were developed. The Wadworth Brewery was founded in the town in 1875. Standing at the west edge of the Vale of Pewsey, the town is about 10.5 miles (16.9 km) southeast of Chippenham as well as 11 miles (18 kilometres) east-north-east of the county town of Trowbridge. It has virtually five hundred detailed buildings, some significant churches, a town hall as well as an environment-friendly in the centre of the town.
