Devizes
Devizes is a market town and also civil parish in the centre of Wiltshire, England. It established around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and also obtained a charter in 1141 permitting routine markets, which are held weekly in a free market place. The castle was besieged throughout the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between Stephen of England and Empress Matilda, and also again throughout the English Civil War when the Cavaliers (Royalists) lifted the siege throughout the Fight of Roundway Down. Devizes stayed under Royalist control up until 1645, when Oliver Cromwell assaulted as well as compelled the Royalists to give up. The castle was damaged in 1648 like Parliament, as well as today little remains of it. From the 16th century Devizes became recognized for its textiles, and also by the very early 18th century it held the largest corn market in the West Country, constructing the Corn Exchange in 1857. In the 18th century, brewing, healing of tobacco, as well as snuff-making were developed. The Wadworth Brewery was founded in the community in 1875. Standing at the west edge of the Vale of Pewsey, the community has to do with 10.5 miles (16.9 kilometres) southeast of Chippenham and also 11 miles (18 km) east-north-east of the county town of Trowbridge. It has virtually five hundred detailed buildings, some noteworthy churches, a city center as well as an eco-friendly in the centre of the town.
