Malmesbury

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the place of the same name in South Africa see Malmesbury (South Africa) .

Malmesbury
Main street of Malmesbury
Coordinates	51 ° 35 ′  N , 2 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′  N , 2 ° 6 ′  W
Malmesbury
Residents	5380 (as of 2011 Census)
administration
Post town	Malmesbury
ZIP code section	SN16
prefix	01666
Part of the country	England
region	South West England
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
British Parliament	North Wiltshire

Malmesbury is a town in Wiltshire , England and is located on the River Avon . The population is 5380 (as of 2011).

Malmesbury is the oldest borough in England and is known for its 12th century abbey . The monastery itself is older, however, because King Æthelstan is its patron. Much of the abbey still exists, although Fire and Henry VIII destroyed some parts. The most famous personalities of the abbey from the Middle Ages include the historian William of Malmesbury and the Benedictine monk Eilmer of Malmesbury , who was credited with gliding for the first time in the 11th century.

King Königthelstan's tomb in Malmesbury Abbey

economy

Although Malmesbury was once a lace making center , the industrial revolution had little impact. In 1877 it was connected to the British railway network; the station was closed in 1960.

Malmesbury is the headquarters of the technology company Dyson , best known for vacuum cleaners.

Town twinning

• Niebüll in ( Schleswig-Holstein ), Germany
• Gien (Loiret) in France

Personalities

• Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), early modern state theorist, mathematician and philosopher of the early modern period, was born in Westport, a district of Malmesbury.
• James Scott Douglas (1930–1969), racing car driver
• Alice Seeley Harris (1870–1970), British missionary and photographer, born in Malmesbury
• William Joseph Elford (1900-1952), microbiologist

Individual evidence

1. ^ Office for National Statistics - Malmesbury (Ward) , accessed April 2, 2017
2. ↑ Lynn White, "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator: A Case Study of Technological Innovation, Its Context and Tradition," in: Technology and Culture , Vol. 2, No. 2 (1961), pp. 97-111

Web links

Commons : Malmesbury  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Malmesbury Town Council official website
• On the trail of the founder of the monastery, Lul ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file)