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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Avebury, or Abury, par. and vil., N. Wilts, 6 miles W. of Marlborough, 4544 ac., pop. 725; P.O. The vil. occupies the site of what is said to have been a Druidical temple, the remains of which form one of the most remarkable stone circles in EnGrand. In the neighbourhood are many cromlechs and other antiquities.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Avebury CP/AP Wiltshire AncC |
| Place names: | ABURY | AVEBURY | AVEBURY OR ABURY |
| Place: | Avebury |
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