Corsham
Corsham is a historic market community and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It goes to the south-western edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 national route, 28 miles (45 kilometres) southwest of Swindon, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bristol, 8 miles (13 kilometres) northeast of Bath and also 4 miles (6 kilometres) southwest of Chippenham. Corsham was traditionally a centre for agriculture and later on, the wool industry, as well as remains an emphasis for quarrying Bath Stone. It includes several noteworthy historical buildings, among them the manor house of Corsham Court. During the 2nd World War and also the Cold War, it came to be a significant administrative and also production centre for the Ministry of Defence, with numerous facilities both over ground and also in obsolete quarry passages. The church includes the towns of Gastard and 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 town. The community is referred in the Domesday book as Cosseham; the letter 'R' appears to have entered the name later under Norman impact (potentially brought on by the recording of regional enunciation), when the town is reported to have been in the ownership 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 came from the King in Saxon times, the location at the time additionally had a big woodland which was cleared to give way for additional growth. There is proof that the town had actually been called "Corsham Regis" as a result of its reputed association with Anglo-Saxon Ethelred of Wessex, as well as this name continues to be as that of a primary school. One of the towns that prospered considerably from Wiltshire's woollen trade in middle ages times, it preserved its prosperity after the decrease of that profession via the quarrying of Bath stone, with below ground mining functions including the south and also west of Corsham. The primary turnpike road (currently the A4) from London to Bristol travelled through the town. Numbers 94 to 112 of the High Street are Grade II * listed buildings called the "Flemish Weavers Houses", nevertheless there is little cogent evidence to support this name and it shows up more probable to originate from a handful of Dutch employees that got here in the 17th century. The Grove, opposite the High Street, is a typical example of classic Georgian style.
