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'''Atworth village''' is situated in the west of the county of Wiltshire, between the towns of Chippenham and Melksham which are to its east, and the magnificent Georgian City of Bath, in the county of Somerset, to its west. The village has a post office, garage, swimming pool, village school, park with tennis court and many beautiful walks. With a population of about 1300, it lies along the A365, the road passing east from Box to Melksham. |
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Although Atworth nestles in a rather idyllic rural setting, it is within easy reach of the Wiltshire market towns of Devizes, Chippenham, Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Warminster & Frome. |
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The M4 motorway can be accessed eastwards via the A350 just north of Chippenham, or westwards for Bristol and Cardiff via the A4 and A46 north of Bath. |
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'''Historical Notes''' (with acknowledgement to David Webb)<br /> |
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The famous mapmaker and cartographer John Speed (1552 - 1629) shows Atworth on his maps of Wiltshire. However, it appears with the name "Atford". Later, in 1773, the mapmakers Andrews and Drury, published a map of Wiltshire in which Atworth appeared as both "Atford" and as "Attworth". The "At" component of the name has been associated with the word "oat", which may imply a role in the service of grain markets of the time. By the time the Ordnance Survey produced its first maps in the early 19th century, the name "Atworth" was almost exclusively used as the name for the village.<ref>[http://www.atworth.org.uk Extracted from www.atworth.org.uk] with the permission of webmaster (KA Spencer): </ref></blockquote> |
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Revision as of 13:35, 11 July 2009
Atworth is a village and civil parish in the West Wiltshire district of Wiltshire, England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,280. The village is about three miles northwest of Melksham and nine miles east from Bath.
According to the website "www.atworth.org.uk":
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Film industry
In the early 21st century, Atworth parish attracted the attention of the film industry. On the southern outskirts, the house and grounds of Great Chalfield Manor were used for location filming of the 2008 film version of the historical novel, The Other Boleyn Girl[1], and some scenes of the 2008 BBC Television adaptation of Tess of the d'Urbervilles.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Behind the scenes". National Trust. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
External links
- http://www.atworth.org.uk created by Kenneth Spencer, extracted with permission
- Behind the scenes gallery – images of Great Chalfield Manor and Lacock Abbey from the 2008 film, The Other Boleyn Girl , National Trust
51°24′N 2°12′W / 51.400°N 2.200°W
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