Ramsbury
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Ramsbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. The village is in the Kennet Valley near the Berkshire boundary. The nearest towns are Hungerford about east and Marlborough about west. The much larger town of Swindon is about to the north.
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Place details
- Locality
- Marlborough
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,574
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Ramsbury
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Ramsbury(AndrewSmith)Oct2006.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Oxford Street, Ramsbury
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU2771
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.population
- 1989
- UK place.population_ref
- (in 2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Ramsbury
- UK place.unitary_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Wiltshire
- UK place.post_town
- Marlborough
- UK place.postcode_district
- SN8
- UK place.postcode_area
- SN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01672
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1989
- Official website
- www.ramsbury.org
- Image
- Holy Cross Ramsbury.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01672
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- Commons category
- Ramsbury
- postal code
- SN8
- OS grid reference
- SU273715
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Fairs
- Ramsbury Building Society
- Religion
- Medieval episcopal see
- Parish church
- Others
- Notable buildings
- Education
- Governance
- The Tree
- Notable residents
- Food and drink
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Ramsbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. The village is in the Kennet Valley near the Berkshire boundary. The nearest towns are Hungerford about east and Marlborough about west. The much larger town of Swindon is about to the north.
The civil parish includes the hamlet of Axford about west of Ramsbury, and three smaller hamlets: New Town, close to Ramsbury to the southeast, and Knighton and Whittonditch, both about to the east. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 1,989.
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