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Wiltshire

Wilts

County of Wiltshire

UKP8

Wiltshire, County of

Wiltescire

Wiltunscir

Place Type
county
Description
County in southern England; watershed area separating basins of Bristol Channel, English Channel and River Thames; chalk uplands populated in prehistoric times and contains many stone monuments and burial mounds, including Neolithic Stonehenge and Avebury; primarily an agricultural area; administrative center is Trowbridge; Swindon became an independent unitary authority in 1997.
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Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
BIAB Online (1999-2000); Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986); Curious Fox: UK Counties and Shires [online] (2002).; Encyclopaedia Britannica (1976); Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (1998); Royal Mail: PAF Digest [online] (2002); Times Atlas of the World (1994); UK Counties and Regions Abbreviations [online] (1997-1998); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);

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