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Edward Street, WESTBURY, BA13 3DL

Part of the apartments in the converted Angel Mill. Angel Mill was probably the earliest Wiltshire factory built to be driven by a steam engine. The oldest part of the mill is a four-storey red brick range of 10 bays built in 1801. An 8-bay range at right angles was built in 1856. The mill closed in 1969 and was converted into living accommodation. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1180662 Westbury is a former market town in the far west of Wiltshire under the north western edge of Salisbury Plain, 4 miles south of Trowbridge and 4 miles north of Warminster. Westbury was a centre of the cloth industry from the later 15th century until the 19th century. Malting was another important industry. There are now a number of large industrial and trading estates around the town with many residents working there. The town is an important junction point on the railway network with the Reading to Taunton line intersecting the line from Bristol to Southampton.

Part of the apartments in the converted Angel Mill. Angel Mill was probably the earliest Wiltshire factory built to be driven by a steam engine. The oldest part of the mill is a four-storey red brick range of 10 bays built in 1801. An 8-bay range at right angles was built in 1856. The mill closed in 1969 and was converted into living accommodation. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1180662 Westbury is a former market town in the far west of Wiltshire under the north western edge of Salisbury Plain, 4 miles south of Trowbridge and 4 miles north of Warminster. Westbury was a centre of the cloth industry from the later 15th century until the 19th century. Malting was another important industry. There are now a number of large industrial and trading estates around the town with many residents working there. The town is an important junction point on the railway network with the Reading to Taunton line intersecting the line from Bristol to Southampton.

A plaque on the mill. Angel Mill was probably the earliest Wiltshire factory built to be driven by a steam engine. The oldest part of the mill is a four-storey red brick range of 10 bays built in 1801. An 8-bay range at right angles was built in 1856. The mill closed in 1969 and was converted into living accommodation. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1180662 Westbury is a former market town in the far west of Wiltshire under the north western edge of Salisbury Plain, 4 miles south of Trowbridge and 4 miles north of Warminster. Westbury was a centre of the cloth industry from the later 15th century until the 19th century. Malting was another important industry. There are now a number of large industrial and trading estates around the town with many residents working there. The town is an important junction point on the railway network with the Reading to Taunton line intersecting the line from Bristol to Southampton.

Viewed across Edward Street. The corner office is Age UK (formerly Help the Aged). In the background is the former Angel Mill, completed in 1809, named after the nearby inn. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4115251 Angel Mill was one of the first purpose-built steam powered factories in the area. Abraham Laverton owned the mill from 1852. He added to the buildings, including a weaving shed dated 1868. Angel Mill was Grade II listed in 1950. The mill closed in 1969.

This specimen of a Holme Oak (Quercus Ilex) stands behind the library and is reputed to have been planted during the construction of All Saints church. This would make it over 600 years old.

A view under the canopy of the Holme Oak in the grounds of the library.

These rather grand but now redundant steps can be found within the grounds of the library.

A view looking west to the rear of the library building.

A view looking west over the wall of the churchyard , to the rear of the library showing the cupola above the entrance.