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This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. ... Green Hill, Wiltshire; Grittleton; Gastard; H
Silbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site . At 39.3 metres (129 ft) high, [ 1 ] the hill is the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe [ 2 ] and one of the largest in the world; it is similar in ...
Wiltshire (/ ˈ w ɪ l t. ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪr /; [2] abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to the west.
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties.
Walbury Hill: 20 Surrey: 295 246 Leith Hill: 21 Wiltshire: 294 149 Milk Hill: 22 Hampshire: 286 47 Pilot Hill: 23 West Sussex: 280 191 Black Down: 24 Dorset: 279 185 Lewesdon Hill: 25 Leicestershire: 278 170 Bardon Hill: 26 West Midlands: 271 87 Turners Hill: 27 Buckinghamshire: 267 180 Haddington Hill: 28=
This is a list of towns in England. Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs . The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost.
This is a list of the counties of the United Kingdom. The history of local government in the United Kingdom differs between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the subnational divisions within these which have been called counties have varied over time and by purpose.
This category lists articles relating to villages in the English county of Wiltshire. For a list of places in Wiltshire, including places which do not (yet) have articles, see List of places in Wiltshire .