Devizes is a market community as well as civil parish in the centre of Wiltshire, England. It created around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and also received a charter in 1141 permitting routine markets, which are held weekly in an open market place. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war in between Stephen of England as well as Empress Matilda, and also once again during the English Civil War when the Cavaliers (Royalists) raised the siege throughout the Battle of Roundway Down. Devizes stayed under Royalist control up until 1645, when Oliver Cromwell struck and also compelled the Royalists to surrender. The castle was damaged in 1648 on the orders of Parliament, and also today little remains of it. From the 16th century Devizes ended up being known for its textiles, as well as by the very early 18th century it held the largest corn market in the West Country, building the Corn Exchange in 1857. In the 18th century, brewing, healing of cigarette, as well as snuff-making were established. The Wadworth Brewery was founded in the town in 1875. Standing at the west side of the Vale of Pewsey, the town has to do with 10.5 miles (16.9 kilometres) southeast of Chippenham and 11 miles (18 km) east-north-east of the county town of Trowbridge. It has nearly five hundred provided structures, some noteworthy churches, a city center as well as a green in the centre of the town.