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An illustration of Marlborough Mound in a 1776 copy of Itinerarium Curiosum by English Antiquarian William Stukeley.. The castle was in ruins by 1403. A new residence was built on the site by Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c.1590–1664), who had acquired the site from his elder brother William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588–1660). [15]
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Marlborough (/ ˈ m ɔː l b ər ə / ⓘ MAWL-bər-ə, [2] / ˈ m ɑːr l-/ MARL-) [3] is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath.
Castles in Wiltshire, England. ... Pages in category "Castles in Wiltshire" ... Marlborough Castle; O. Old Sarum Castle; S.
The original purpose of Marlborough Mound is unknown as it dates from circa 2400BC, the Neolithic period, prehistoric times. A local legend was that the mound was the site of Merlin's burial, given the motto of the town of Marlborough 'ubi nunc sapientis ossa Merlini' (where now are the bones of the wise Merlin). [6]
This settlement was identified as Preshute as recently as the 1961 (7th series) Ordnance Survey map [5] but on current maps and road signs it is part of Manton. There was a church at Preshute in the 12th century, and possibly earlier; [ 2 ] fragments of 12th-century masonry survive. [ 6 ]
Savernake is a civil parish immediately south and southeast of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. The settlements in the parish are the hamlets of Cadley, Clench Common and Forest Hill . Savernake Forest covers the eastern half of the parish.
Parliaments were held at Marlborough in 1267 and at Salisbury in 1328 and 1384. [1] During the wars of Stephen's reign, Salisbury, Devizes and Malmesbury were garrisoned by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, for the Empress, but in 1138 Stephen seized the bishop and captured Devizes Castle. In 1216, Marlborough Castle was surrendered to Louis by Hugh ...