Corsham
Corsham is a historical market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It goes to the south-western edge of the Cotswolds, simply off the A4 nationwide route, 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Swindon, 20 miles (32 kilometres) southeast of Bristol, 8 miles (13 kilometres) northeast of Bath and also 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Chippenham. Corsham was traditionally a centre for farming and also later on, the woollen sector, and remains an emphasis for quarrying Bath Stone. It has several noteworthy historical buildings, among them the manor house of Corsham Court. Throughout the Second World War and also the Cold War, it became a significant management and production centre for the Ministry of Defence, with various establishments both over ground and also in disused quarry tunnels. The church consists of the towns of Gastard as well as Neston, which is at the gates of the Neston Park estate. Corsham appears to acquire its name from Cosa's ham, "ham" being Old English for homestead, or village. The town is referred in the Domesday book as Cosseham; the letter 'R' shows up to have actually gone into the name later under Norman influence (perhaps brought on by the recording of local enunciation), when the community is reported to have remained in the property of the Earl of Cornwall. Corsham is recorded as Coseham in 1001, as Cosseha in 1086, and also as Cosham as late as 1611 (on John Speed's map of Wiltshire). The Corsham area belonged to the King in Saxon times, the location at the time likewise had a large woodland which was gotten rid of to give way for further expansion. There is proof that the community had actually been referred to as "Corsham Regis" as a result of its reputed association with Anglo-Saxon Ethelred of Wessex, as well as this name remains as that of a primary school. One of the towns that thrived substantially from Wiltshire's woollen sell middle ages times, it maintained its success after the decrease of that profession via the quarrying of Bathroom stone, with below ground mining works including the south as well as west of Corsham. The main turnpike road (now the A4) from London to Bristol went through the town. Numbers 94 to 112 of the High Street are Grade II * listed buildings referred to as the "Flemish Weavers Houses", nonetheless there is little cogent evidence to support this name and also it shows up more likely to derive from a handful of Dutch employees that got here in the 17th century. The Grove, opposite the High Street, is a case in point of timeless Georgian design.