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Westbury White Horse or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. Located on the edge of Bratton Downs and lying just below an Iron Age hill fort , it is the oldest of several white horses carved in Wiltshire. [ 1 ]
Westbury-on-Trym High Street has three Indian and one Thai restaurants, eight pubs and several cafés. The village centre is well-served for shoppers, containing banks and independent stores including book shops, craft stores, hardware shops, florists, and a number of charity shops.
Former Westbury White Horse: Westbury: Unknown (no later than 1742) 1778 96 feet (29 m) 32 feet (10 m) 2 Former Pewsey White Horse: Pewsey: 1785 1937 43 feet (13 m) Unknown 3 Former Devizes White Horse: Devizes: 1845 Around 1922 Unknown Unknown 4 Ham Hill or Inkpen White Horse Ham Hill near Inkpen, Berkshire: 1860s Unknown Unknown Unknown 5
Thomas Butt Miller, of Brentry, Westbury-on-Trym, had hunted with the Berkeley and Beaufort, and had succeeded Mr. Arkwright at Oakley, when Mr Hoare retired and 'generously promised to lend his hounds, kennels and stables to his successor'. [25] Miller bought Hoare's hounds in 1892 and held the mastership for the next twenty seasons. [24]
A westbound service from London passing Westbury with the Westbury White Horse in the background Approaching Westbury, non-stop trains curve to the left to pass under the Wessex Main Line and avoid the complex of junctions around the station, but trains that call here diverge to the right at Heywood Road Junction.
People from Westbury-on-Trym (14 P) Pages in category "Westbury-on-Trym" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze is an electoral ward in Bristol, England, covering the neighbourhoods of Henleaze and Westbury-on-Trym in the north-western suburbs of the city. It is represented by three members of Bristol City Council , which as of 2024 [update] are Nicholas Coombes, Caroline Gooch and former government minister Stephen Williams ...
The hundred was occasionally divided in Lower and Upper Divisions, the former comprising Westbury on Trym and part of Henbury and the latter the remainder of Henbury and the other parishes. [4] The hundred was named after the tithing and parish of Henbury, which came from hēah burh, a high fortified place. [5]