The Wiltshire Museum Devizes.
The Wiltshire Museum, formerly known as Wiltshire Heritage Museum and Devizes Museum, is a museum, archive and library and art gallery in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. The museum was established and is still run by, the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (WANHS), a registered charity founded in 1853. After the purchase of an old grammar school the museum was opened in 1873. Subsequently, it expanded into two Georgian houses on either side and still occupies this location today.
The museum maintains a collection covering the archaeology, art, history and natural history of Wiltshire. This collection covers periods of history from as far back as the Palaeolithic and also includes Neolithic, Bronze Age, Roman, Saxon, Mediaeval and more recent historical artefacts. Among the prehistoric collections are items from the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site. Several of the collections have been designated as being a significant part of England’s cultural heritage.
One of the most important collections at the museum is the finds from Bush Barrow, an early Bronze Age burial mound in Stonehenge World Heritage Site. The barrow was excavated by William Cunnington in 1808 and produced the richest and most important finds from a Bronze Age grave in the Stonehenge Landscape to date. The finds were acquired by the museum in 1883 and were displayed there until 1922 when they were indefinitely loaned to the British Museum. After a controversial restoration of the largest piece that may not reflect its original finish, the pieces were returned to Devizes in 1985. They are on display in the Gold from the Time of Stonehenge exhibition, opened in 2013.
The natural history collection includes remains of a plesiosaur called Bathyspondylus found at Swindon in 1774. Bathyspondylus swindoniensis was first described in 1982 from the Museum's specimens.
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Gold from the time of Stonehenge exhibition at the Wiltshire Museum, Devizes
The Director of the Wiltshire Museum, David Dawson, shows us the new galleries and the amazing exhibits in the Gold from the time of Stonehenge display. Featuring the Roundway Archer and his very special posessions, plus the reconstruction of one of the burial chambers from West Kennet Long Barrow. Presented by Bill Huntly. Produced by Howard Maryon-Davis
A Night at Wiltshire Heritage Museum
Created by members of YoungWANHS at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes. Facilitated by Julia Roberts, supported by the Participatory Arts Workshop Scheme run by Wiltshire Council.
DEVELOPING DEVIZES Introduction
Introduction to the DVD
Devizes - a heady brew of heritage and shopping
Neolithic Wiltshire
Presented by Phil Harding, best known for this appearances on Time Team, this video outlines the story of Wiltshire in the Neolithic - the time when people first settled in the County, and first began constructing the famous monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury.
VIDEO: WILTSHIRE REGIMENT OLD COMRADES' DAY, DEVIZES, 1956
Film showing parade of former soldiers with the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) in 1956, and featuring marching along London Road, Devizes, to St James's Church. After the church service, the parade then made its way to the Market Place, where it marched past the Mayor of Devizes and assorted dignitaries.
Archive film from The Redcoats Museum collection.
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Phil Harding's favourite object - the Stonehenge Dagger
Phil Harding talks about his favourite object from the Museum - the Stonehenge dagger. Phil is an expert in prehistoric flint-working, see if his replica is as good as tho
The first use of a trowel in Archaeology
Saw a question about the first mention of a trowel being used in archaeology. Had to reply with the story of John Parker who worked with William Cunnington in 1808 to excavate Bush Barrow, Britain's richest Bronze Age burial close to Stonehenge. Sadly, not a happy story - but the objects they found were 'truly remarkable'.
The Stonehenge Museums Partnership
Speech given by Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage at the opening of the Stonehenge Visitor Centre. In this extract he talks about the partnership between English Heritage, Salisbury Museum and the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.
Places to see in ( Devizes - UK )
Places to see in ( Devizes - UK )
Devizes is a market town and civil parish in the heart of Wiltshire, England. Standing on a hill at the east edge of the Vale of Pewsey, the town of Devizes is about 10.5 miles southeast of Chippenham and 11 miles east-north-east of the county town of Trowbridge.
Devizes serves as a centre for banks, solicitors and shops and has an open market place where a market is held once a week. Devizes has nearly five hundred listed buildings, some notable churches, a Town Hall and a green at the heart of the town. Devizes development has grown around the 11th century Norman castle.
Devizes Castle was built by Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury in 1080, but the town is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. During the 12th and 13th centuries, the town of Devizes developed outside the castle with craftsmen and traders setting up businesses to serve the residents of the castle. Devizes has four Church of England parish churches, and has had nonconformist congregations since the 17th century.
Devizes has a small and steady economy, mainly made up of manufacturing, retail, services and a small amount of tourism. Devizes has always been a market town and the market square exists today; markets are held every Thursday. The town attracts some tourism due to its proximity to Avebury, Stonehenge and Salisbury. Local attractions include Wiltshire Museum, Caen Hill Locks, the Kennet and Avon Canal, seasonal crop circles, and the White Horse, with its shire horses, operates a visitor centre.
The building of a by-pass line through Westbury in 1900 removed most traffic from the Devizes line and British Rail closed it in 1966. Devizes station was destroyed in 1970. Today the nearest railway stations are at Melksham, Chippenham and Pewsey. Devizes has connections to surrounding towns including Swindon (via Avebury), Salisbury, Bath and Chippenham, each of which have rail services. Devizes also has a daily National Express coach service to and from London Victoria, via Heathrow Airport. There is a regular bus service to and from Stonehenge. Devizes is approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the M4. Several main roads pass through the town, including the A360, A361 and A342.
The Kennet and Avon Canal was built under the direction of John Rennie between 1794 and 1810, linking Devizes with Bristol and London. Near Devizes the canal rises 237 feet (72 m) by means of 29 locks, 16 of them in a straight line at Caen Hill. The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust run a museum at The Wharf in Devizes. The town is the starting point of the annual Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon.
( Devizes - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Devizes . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Devizes - UK
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Britain or Brittany - where did Gold from the Time of Stonehenge come from?
Help us analyse the gold studs from the handle of the Bush Barrow dagger. The Bush Barrow Chieftain was buried close to Stonehenge and is Britain's richest Bronze Age burial. Support our Crowdfunder at The Chieftain was buried with gold objects that showed his importance in life - an axe, gold lozenge, ceremonial mace and two impressive daggers. The handle of one was set with thousands of microscopic gold pins, the same thickness as a human hair, in a zig-zag pattern. A recently developed metallurgical technique can tell us if the gold came from Britain, Ireland or Brittany and answer a decades-old archaeological puzzle. Help us crowdfund to meet the costs of the analysis, publication and updating our award-winning displays - find out more at
Marlborough Market Town Wiltshire.
Marlborough 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. It boasts the second-widest high street in Britain, after Stockton-on-Tees. The town is on the River Kennet, 24 miles (39km) north of Salisbury and 10 miles (16km) south-southeast of Swindon.
The earliest sign of human habitation is a 62-foot-high (19m) prehistoric tumulus in the grounds of Marlborough College. Recent radiocarbon dating has found it to date from about 2400 BC. It is of similar age to the larger Silbury Hill about 5 miles (8.0km) west of the town. Legend has it that the Mound is the burial site of Merlin and that the name of the town comes from Merlin's Barrow. More plausibly, the town's name possibly derives from the medieval term for chalky ground marl—thus, town on chalk. However more recent research, from geographer John Everett-Heath, identifies the original Anglo-Saxon place name as Merleberge, with a derivation from either the personal name of Mærle combined with beorg (hill), or meargealla beorg: hill where gentian grows. On John Speed's map of Wiltshire (1611), the town's name is recorded as Marlinges boroe. The town's motto is Ubi nunc sapientis ossa Merlini (Where now are the bones of wise Merlin).
Further evidence of human occupation comes from the discovery in St Margaret's Mead of the Marlborough Bucket, an Iron Age burial bucket made of fir wood with three iron hoops, a top bar and two handles; it also sports bronze bands decorated with human heads and mythical animals, and is now on display at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.
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Amesbury (/ˈeɪmzbəri/) is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is most famous for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is in its parish, and for the discovery of the Amesbury Archer—dubbed the King of Stonehenge in the press—in 2002. It has been confirmed by archaeologists that it is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United Kingdom, having been first settled around 8820 BC.[2]
King Alfred the Great left it in his will, a copy of which is in the British Library, to his youngest son Aethelweard (c.880-922).
Eleanor of Provence, Queen consort of Henry III of England, died in Amesbury on 24 or 25 June 1291, and was buried in Amesbury Priory.
The parish includes the hamlets of Ratfyn and West Amesbury, and most of Boscombe Down military airfield.Economy
Avient Aviation had its United Kingdom offices in the Minton Distribution Park in Amesbury.[23][24]
Transport
Amesbury is 6 miles (10 km) from the nearest station at Grateley on the London to Salisbury line. The town's own station, Amesbury railway station, was closed in 1963 along with the rest of the Bulford Camp Railway.
Amesbury Bus Station closed in January 2014 along with the station in nearby Salisbury as a cost cutting measure,[25] but longer distance Salisbury Reds services still stop in the town. Stagecoach operate a Salisbury-Amesbury-Tidworth-Andover service,[26] and National Express coaches run Salisbury-Amesbury-London.[27]
A winter's walk around Devizes
We take a walk around the historic town of Devizes, in the heart of Wiltshire. This video takes in Wadworth Brewery Visitor Centre, The Vaults, Wiltshire Museum and some of the pretty side streets within the town.
Find out more about Devizes on our website visitwiltshire.co.uk
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Crop Circle - Monument Hill, Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. August 2013
Monument Hill, Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Reported 6th August. Filmed Monday 12th August on a very very very windy day... This one is really short as it was so windy.
Devizes Historic Market Town Wiltshire.
Devizes is a market town and civil parish in the centre of Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141 permitting regular markets, which are held weekly in an open market place. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between Stephen of England and Empress Matilda, and again during the English Civil War when the Cavaliers (Royalists) lifted the siege during the Battle of Roundway Down. Devizes remained under Royalist control until 1645, when Oliver Cromwell attacked and forced the Royalists to surrender. The castle was destroyed in 1648 on the orders of Parliament, and today little remains of it.
From the 16th century Devizes became known for its textiles, and by the early 18th century it held the largest corn market in the West Country, constructing the Corn Exchange in 1857. In the 18th century, brewing, curing of tobacco, and snuff-making were established. The Wadworth Brewery was founded in the town in 1875.
Standing at the west edge of the Vale of Pewsey, the town is about 10.5 miles (16.9km) southeast of Chippenham and 11 miles (18km) east-north-east of the county town of Trowbridge. It has nearly five hundred listed buildings, some notable churches, a town hall and a green in the centre of the town.
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Bush Barrow ~ Spectacular Wiltshire graves
Bush Barrow is a site of the early British Bronze Age (c. 2000 BC), at the western end of the Normanton Down Barrows cemetery. It is among the most important sites of the Stonehenge complex, having produced some of the most spectacular grave goods in Britain. It was excavated in 1808 by William Cunnington for Sir Richard Colt Hoare. The finds, including worked gold objects, are displayed at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.
Introduction to Wiltshire Heritage Museum
Bush Barrow - Insignia of Dignity
Phil Harding introduces the amazing discoveries at Bush Barrow, a Bronze Age burial mound close to Stonehenge. Described by the Daily Mail as 'Britain's first Crown Jewels' belonging to the 'king of Stonehenge', the discoveries are now on display at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.