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Local Information for Malmesbury

Malmesbury is an old-established south Cotswold town in south west England in the county of Wiltshire. The town is close to Cirencester, Chippenham and Swindon and surrounded by rivers on three sides.

Malmesbury is the oldest borough in England, founded at the start of the 1st century BC. The town is famous for its 12th century Abbey. Some of the original abbey remains, though much was destroyed by a combination of fire and Henry VIII. Although once the centre of the lace-making industry, the industrial revolution has had little effect on the town. The railway station, built in 1877, was closed down in 1960.

Famous people associated with the town include Thomas Hobbes the philosopher and James Dyson, the inventor who set up the Dyson factory in Malmesbury.

Malmesbury is twinned with the German town of Niebüll and partnered with Gien in France.

Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, was founded as a Benedictine monastery in c.676 AD by ...More