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Devizes

Town in Wiltshire, England

Citytown civil parish market townQ1026699

Also known as Devizes (Wiltshire) · Devizes, Wiltshire

Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Wiltshire
Population: 16,700(2021)
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1.“Parish Profiles”nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_ppRetrieved 2024-08-05
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, 11,715(2011)
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1.“Key Statistics”nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ksRetrieved 2025-06-23
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, 11,296(2001)
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1.“Key Statistics”nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2001_ksRetrieved 2025-06-23
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Postal code: SN10
Website: devizes-tc.gov.uk

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between Stephen of England and Empress Matilda, and again during the English Civil War when the Cavaliers lifted the siege at the Battle of Roundway Down and the Parliamentarian Army of the West under Sir William Waller was routed. Devizes remained under Royalist control until 1645, when Oliver Cromwell attacked and forced the Royalists to surrender. The castle was destroyed in 1648 on the orders of Parliament, and today little remains of it.

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Twinned administrative body: Waiblingen
Jesi
OS grid reference: SU0061
Local dialing code: 01380
Said to be the same as: Devizes
Historic county: Wiltshire
Authority: Devizes Town Council

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51.3528, -1.9958OpenStreetMap ↗

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