Melksham, Wiltshire

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Melksham is a town in Wiltshire

Other current and historical names

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

Melksham in historic gazetteers

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

Melksham.-- market town, par., and township, Wilts, on river Avon, 6¼ miles S. of Chippenham and 96 miles W. of London by rail - par., 12,572 ac., pop. 5331; township, pop. 4412; town, 413 ac., pop. 2178; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. In Saxon times this place had some importance, and at the Domesday survey it was held as a royal demesne. The Wilts and Berks Canal passes E. of the town. Saline and chalybeate springs are in the vicinity, but although much has been done to give it attraction the town has never gained special note as a watering-place. Woollen goods, cordage, cocoa fibre, and haircloths form its mfrs.; malting also is carried on to some extent.

Melksham in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

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