Calne, Wiltshire

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Calne is a town in Wiltshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Calne within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Calne in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Calne, town and mun. bor. and par., N. Wilts, 6 miles SE. of Chippenham and 99 W. of London by rail -- par., 8079 ac., pop. 5194; town, 410 ac., pop. 3405; mun. bor., 939 ac., pop. 2474; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday, has flax-mills, paper-mills, and flour-mills, but the principal trade is the curing of bacon. The bor. returned 1 member until 1885.

Calne in the Domesday Book

A village in Calne hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

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