Warminster, Cley Hill c.1950
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W261006
More about this scene
IN HIS 'Round About Wiltshire' (1901), A G Bradley wrote about Warminster: 'its situation is the most striking feature, for that is beautiful, though there is nothing in the aspect of the town unworthy of such a sight'. The town is surrounded by green fields and woodland to the south of Salisbury Plain. The landscape of hills, bar- rows and earthworks remind us of the beginnings of civilisation with the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements and hill forts. Over the centuries, the town's fortunes have depended on wool, along with the corn trade and glove making. Today small businesses thrive, and the town's military connections since the 1930s are still strong. The Army Base Repair Organisation and Warminster Training Centre are based here. The population has quadrupled to nearly 20,000 since the turn of the century, and residential development continues. The southern bypass has helped the town maintain its character, and the preservation of old buildings is now a priority.
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