Great Bedwyn

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Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 36 ′  W

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Great Bedwyn

Great Bedwyn is a place in the east of the county of Wiltshire and a parish with 1347 inhabitants (as of 2002). Great Bedwyn has a train station on the Reading – Taunton railway line . The Kennet and Avon Canal divides the place into two parts. The River Dun arises at the southern end of the village.

Attractions

  • St Mary's Church : built in 1092

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

  • Thomas Willis (1621–1675), English physician and founder of the anatomy of the nervous system

literature

  • Hostetter, Eric: The Romano-British villa at Castle Copse, Great Bedwyn. Indiana Univ. Press, Bloomington 1997, ISBN 0-253-32802-0 .

Web links

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