Devizes
Devizes is a market town and 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 normal markets, which are held weekly in a free market area. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war in between Stephen of England and also Empress Matilda, as well as once more during the English Civil War when the Cavaliers (Royalists) raised the siege throughout the Battle of Roundway Down. Devizes stayed under Royalist control till 1645, when Oliver Cromwell struck and also required the Royalists to surrender. The castle was damaged in 1648 like Parliament, as well as today little remains of it. From the 16th century Devizes came to be 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, treating of tobacco, as well as snuff-making were established. 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 kilometres) southeast of Chippenham as well as 11 miles (18 kilometres) east-north-east of the county town of Trowbridge. It has virtually five hundred listed structures, some remarkable churches, a city center and an eco-friendly in the centre of the community.
