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Pewsey, small market town with ry. sta., Wilts, in E. of co., on a headstream of river Avon, near Kennet and Avon Canal, 7 miles by road and 11 miles by rail S. of Marlborough, 4791 ac., pop. 1895; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. Pewsey has an old church, and is a seat of petty sessions. The trade is mainly agricultural. The Vale of Pewsey separates Marlborough Downs from Salisbury Plain, and is flanked by slopes of chalk hills.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small market town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Wiltshire AncC |
| Place: | Pewsey |
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