A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
OLDBOROUGH, or Oldbury, an ancient camp in Cherhill parish, Wilts; on a lofty promontory of thechalk range, 3½ miles E S E of Calne. It is square, rounded at the corners, and partly double-ditched; and it is supposed, by Milner, to have been occupied by the Danes, after their defeat by Alfred at Ethandune. The Lansdowne column stands within its area; the Cherhill White Horse, cut on chalky ground about 1780, is on the adjoining slope; and the Wans dyke traverses thedowns to the S.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an ancient camp" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
| Administrative units: | Cherhill Ch/CP Wiltshire AncC |
| Place names: | OLDBOROUGH | OLDBOROUGH OR OLDBURY | OLDBURY |
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