Great Bedwyn

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Great Bedwyn is a historic village and former parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, England, known for its long-standing role in British parliamentary representation before the 19th-century reforms.

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Great Bedwyn canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
former parliamentary borough ⓘ
village ⓘ
category Civil parishes in Wiltshire ⓘ
Former parliamentary boroughs in England ⓘ
Villages in Wiltshire ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Wiltshire ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dialCode 01672 ⓘ
electoralReformContext 19th-century parliamentary reforms ⓘ
hadBoroughStatus true ⓘ
hasAmenity post office ⓘ
public house ⓘ
shop ⓘ
village hall ⓘ
hasAncientParishStatus true ⓘ
hasConservationArea true ⓘ
hasFeature Crofton Pumping Station ⓘ
hasParishChurch St Mary’s Church, Great Bedwyn ⓘ
hasPrimarySchool Great Bedwyn Church of England Primary School ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Bedwyn railway station ⓘ
historicCounty Wiltshire ⓘ
lieutenancyArea Wiltshire ⓘ
locatedEastOf Marlborough ⓘ
locatedIn South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England

Wiltshire ⓘ
locatedNear River Dun ⓘ
locatedOn Kennet and Avon Canal ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Hungerford ⓘ
lostRepresentationBy Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
mentionedIn Domesday Book ⓘ
nearbySettlement Bedwyn Common ⓘ
Crofton ⓘ
Grafton ⓘ
Little Bedwyn ⓘ
linked to: Bedwyn
osGridReference SU278643 ⓘ
parishChurchDedication St Mary ⓘ
parliamentaryBoroughCreated 13th century ⓘ
parliamentaryBoroughType rotten borough ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Devizes ⓘ
parliamentaryRepresentationEnded 1832 ⓘ
postcodeArea SN ⓘ
postcodeDistrict SN8 ⓘ
postTown Marlborough ⓘ
region South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
returnedMembersToParliament 2 ⓘ
unitaryAuthority Wiltshire Council ⓘ
wasDomesdaySettlement true ⓘ

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