Melksham
| Melksham | |||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 22 ′ N , 2 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | ST9063 | ||
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| Residents | 14,677 (2011) | ||
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| Post town | Melksham | ||
| ZIP code section | SN12 | ||
| prefix | 01225 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire | ||
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire | ||
| Civil Parish | Melksham | ||
| British Parliament | Chippenham | ||
| Website: Town Council | |||
Melksham ( ˈmɛlkʃəm ) is a town on the River Avon in Wiltshire , England, about eight kilometers northeast of Trowbridge and about nine kilometers south of Chippenham . At the 2011 census , Melksham had 19,357 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in Wiltshire after Swindon , Salisbury , Chippenham and Trowbridge.
geography
Melksham is also the name of the Royal Forest that grew in the area during the Middle Ages . The Civil Parish of Melksham includes the formerly independent settlement of Melksham Forest , about 1300 m northeast of Melksham with the Anglican Church of St Andrew and a Methodist Church
The Parish of Melksham Without includes several villages and suburbs of Melksham:
- Bowerhill , a housing estate with a commercial area
- Hunter's Meadow, a relatively new development north of Bowerhill
- Berryfield , a village south of Melksham
- Beanacre , a village north of the city
traffic
The Melksham Station is located on a branch of the Wessex Main Line from Chippenham to Trowbridge ; on weekdays around nine connections run in each direction, after only two trains a day ran before December 2013. Train operations are carried out by the Great Western Railway . In terms of bus transport, the city is served by First West of England , among others .
Melksham is on the north-south connection A350 , which leads from the M4 (junction 17, at Chippenham) to Poole on the south coast. The section south of Melksham was laid out in such a way that an expansion with separate carriageways is possible.
sport and freetime
Melksham Town FC , the local football club, plays at Oakfield Stadium on Eastern Way. Melksham Rugby Union Club also plays in the sports complex, but uses different pitches.
There is a swimming pool in town and in Bowerhill are the Christie Miller Sports Center and de Wiltshire School of Gymnastics.
Melksham's cricket club plays its home games on the grounds of Melksham House.
education
The primary schools in Melksham vary in size from small village schools and the schools in the core city.
- Aloeric Primary School
- The Manor C of E Primary School
- River Mead Primary School
- Churchfields Primary School, Atworth
- Seend C of E Primary School
- Bowerhill Primary School
- Shaw C of E Primary School
- St Mary's Broughton Gifford Primary School
- Forest & Sandridge C of E Primary School
There is only one secondary school, the Melksham Oak Community School in Bowerhill, which opened in 2010 and replaced The George Ward Technology College , which had been in use for over 50 years .
Personalities
- Matthew Bound (* 1972), English soccer player, born here
- John Fowler (1826–1864), inventor and agricultural engineer, born here
- Ken Gill (1927–2009), union leader, born here
- Robert Martineau (1913–1999), Anglican bishop, was pastor here
- Henry Moule (1801–1880), pastor and inventor of the dry toilet, born here
- Horace Newte , writer and columnist, born here
- Ann Yearsley (approx. 1753–1806), poet and writer, died here
Individual evidence
- ^ Wiltshire Community History - Census . Wiltshire Council. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ KS101EW (Usual resident population) - Nomis - Official Labor Market Statistics ( English ). Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Raymond Grant: The royal forests of England ( English ). Alan Sutton, Wolfeboro Falls, NH 1991, ISBN 0-86299-781-X , pp. 222, 086299781X.
- ^ Church of St Andrew, Forest, Melksham ( English ) Wiltshire Council. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Methodist Church, Forest, Melksham ( English ) Wiltshire Council.
- ↑ Swindon - Melksham - Westbury . 1st January 2018.
- ↑ Patrick McLean: New sports club finally opens its doors in Melksham ( English ) January 11, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
