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Amesbury (/ ˈ eɪ m z b ər i /) is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.It is known for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is within the parish. The town is claimed to be the oldest occupied settlement in Great Britain, having been first settled around 8820 BC. [2]
Amesbury is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, ... In 1637, the first English settler in the Salisbury-Amesbury region, John Bayly, ...
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The Amesbury and Salisbury Mills Village Historic District is a historic district on Market Sq. roughly bounded by Boardman, Water, Main and Pond Streets in Amesbury, Massachusetts. It was the site of significant industrial development between 1800 and 1875, during which time the town developed a significant textile processing industry.
The relationship between the church and the 10th-century Amesbury Priory or its 12th-century successor, Amesbury Abbey, is uncertain. The only archaeological evidence of the monasteries comes from construction work in 1859–1860 when extensive medieval foundations, including a richly tiled floor, [ 11 ] were found immediately north of the ...
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Charlie Amesbury, (born 1986) British rugby union footballer; Mike Amesbury (born 1969), British politician; Charles Dundas, 1st Baron Amesbury (1751–1832), British politician, Baron Amesbury; Amesbury Archer (c. 2300 BC), skeleton found in Amesbury, England
Amesbury Abbey is a Grade I listed mansion in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, built in the 1830s for Sir Edmund Antrobus to designs of Thomas Hopper. The house, which stands in Grade II* listed parkland, is now used as a care home. It takes its name from Amesbury Abbey, founded in about 979 on or near the same site.