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THE LATEST: 1. WILTSHIRE POLICE ONLINE CHAT Wiltshire Police & Wiltshire Police Authority (WPA) are holding a live online chat on Monday 23rd January 2012. Deputy Chief Constable Patrick Geenty, Assistant Chief Constable Mike Veale and WPA Chairman Chris Hoare will be online from 7:00-8:00pm to answer questions from the public. You can submit questions directly to these Chief Officers and the WPA on any subject you may wish to raise. You can also have your say on what the Force should be doing in the coming year so that it can consider this feedback when setting Force priorities. Visit www.wiltshire.police.uk, follow the instructions on the evening, to put a question. 2. ATAG - Atworth Traffic Action Group If you wish to join ATAG please email atag@email.com with your name, contact details, and interests. The first Public Meeting will be held on Wednesday 22nd February at 7:30pm in Neston Farm Shop. All concerned residents are invited. NB: there was a change of date. Please see atag.99k.org for full details including reports. 3. DIAMOND JUBILEE Mitch Roberts, Parish Clerk will organise a meeting of those interested in ideas for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in the village. Contact Mitch here. A Community Arts project is already at an advanced stage of preparation. 4. BROADBAND UPGRADE TO FIBRE AVAILABLE IN ATWORTH Residents who use certain ISPs may register for a fibre-optic upgrade (40mbps maximum). With certain ISPs there is little if any increase in cost, just a setup fee. Contact webmaster@atworth.org.uk if you would like help, support or advice in getting this service (please note: there is a charge for this service). 5. SPEED INDICATION DEVICES The Melksham Area Board have agreed that Atworth is to have one or two Speed Indication Devices (SIDs) in the near future, as soon as how the costs will be shared can be agreed. This is excellent news as the discussions about obtaining SIDs in the village have now been going on for several years. 6. The community newsletter MELKSHAMCAN is now issued as a blog. Read the blog here. There is also news of Love Your Planet Day, to be held at Melksham United Church on Saturday 11th February 2012 from 11:00am-3:00pm. Read the details here. 7. Please visit our Wiltshire Council page, as we have received an update from the Melksham Area Board - read it here. 8. MINING AT NESTON QUARRY The parish council discussed the application to re-open mining at Neston Quarry at its planning meeting of 3rd August. Read the notice here. 9. Wiltshire Money Line have advice here and here. Mavis & Margaret's Tea Party of 9th November 2011 featured a half hour of guitar music. David Webb recorded a short section of the concert (one tune). Click on the Player Start control (>) to play the performance: THE ATWORTH VILLAGE WEBSITE You are now viewing the Atworth Village website, which in August 2006, replaced the original Atworth website created by Martin Beta. This website was created by Kenneth Spencer of KA Spencer (Software). The site is paid for by Kenneth, and is maintained in close co-production with the Atworth Village Magazine which Kenneth has also published since August 2006. The Atworth Village website contains information on all aspects of village life in Atworth, serving all equally, not just one group, not just one organisation. If your organisation is not represented, simply use the email link below or at the foot of the page to start the process of getting your organisation onto the site. If you live in Atworth, or have an interest in the village, then it is your site. You will find links to the various sections of the site in the scrolling pane on the left of the page. Just scroll up or down and click on the section that is of interest to you. Please tell us what you think (webmaster@atworth.org.uk), and what you would like to see on the site. New messaging service: As we receive a great many emails from persons who once either lived in Atworth, or had a family connection with the village, we have set up a new arrangement for simple messaging . You can leave a brief message, and residents who may regularly read this website may reply to you and provide help in answering your question. You will find the link to the Old Friends pages in the scrolling panel on the left. This service replaces the Family History link, as that can no longer be serviced. |
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If you are interested in Atworth from an historical
perspective, you might like to read the
Historical Notes below. These notes were extracted from various
communications between the website author, Kenneth Spencer and Mr David Webb of Atworth, and with others.
The Village of
Atworth is situated in the west of the county of Wiltshire,
approximately equidistant from the town of Melksham which is to its east, and
the magnificent Georgian City of Bath, in the county of Somerset, to its west.
With a population of about 1300, it lies along the A365 as it passes east from
Box to Melksham.
The co-ordinates of the Atworth Clock Tower, which is Atworth's most prominent monument are: N:53°23'33.45"
W:2°11'57.27" A:73m.
Although Atworth nestles in a rather idyllic rural setting (somewhat spoiled by the A365), it is within easy reach of the Wiltshire market towns of Devizes, Chippenham, Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Warminster & Frome.
The M4 motorway can be accessed eastwards to/from London via the A350 just north of Chippenham, or westwards to/from Bristol and Cardiff via the A4 and A46 north of Bath.
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The famous mapmaker and cartographer John Speed (1552 - 1629) shows Atworth
on his maps of Wiltshire. However, it appears with the name "Atford". Later, in
1773, the mapmakers Andrews and Dury, published a map of Wiltshire in which
Atworth appeared as both "Atford" and as "Attworth".
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ATWORTH A Little History
(Atworth History Group)
The Church of St Michael Atworth A Short History (Prof WH Dowdeswell)
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By the time the Ordnance Survey produced its first maps in the early 19th
century, the village was almost exclusively referred to as "Atworth".