Trowbridge buildings [1]
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Trowbridge buildings [1]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 14 Jan 2021
This lovely building was built in 1893 as The Margaret Stancomb Memorial Infants' School. It was a non denominational school and was transferred to Wiltshire County Council in 1908. More classrooms were built in 1931. In 2020 the school was converted into 3 shared housing units. A market town and county town of Wiltshire, Trowbridge lies on the River Biss, 6 miles (10 kilometres) south of Bath. The town developed as a centre for woollen cloth production from the 14th century, which from the 17th century became increasingly industrialized, so much so that, in 1820, Trowbridge was described as the "Manchester of the West" with over 20 woollen cloth producing factories. The Kennet and Avon Canal runs just to the north of the town and both the Wessex Main Line (Bristol–Westbury–Southampton) and the Heart of Wessex Line (Bristol–Westbury–Weymouth) railways.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.323974
Longitude
-2.209618