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| You are now viewing the Atworth Village website,
which in August 2006, replaced the original Atworth website
which was created by Martin Beta.
This website was created by Kenneth Spencer of KA Spencer (Software) after Martin gave up his role of webmaster and editor of the Atworth Village Magazine. The site is maintained in close co-production with the Atworth Village Magazine which Kenneth took over from Martin at the end of 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. |
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If you are interested in Atworth from the point of view of
your family history, you might like to read the Family
History note below.
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 with website author by Mr David Webb of Atworth, and with others.
Atworth village 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.
Although Atworth nestles in a rather idyllic rural setting, 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.
If you have questions concerning your family history, or are researching your family connection with Atworth, please feel free to email Gemma Jay (email address www.gemmajay@btinternet.com) who will be pleased to try to help. Her site at www.atworth-familyhistory.co.uk may also be of assistance.
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".
The "At" component of the name has been associated with the word "oat", which
may imply a role in the service of grain markets of the time.
When or where there may have been a ford in the village seems not be known at
present.
By the time the Ordnance Survey produced its first maps in the early 19th
century, the name "Atworth" was almost exclusively used as the name for the
village.
Site under development: as this site is still under construction, there are many pages still without their final content. We apologise for this, but the site is being developed to completion as rapidly as possible.
ATWORTH A Little History
(Atworth History Group)
The Church of St Michael Atworth A Short History (Prof WH Dowdeswell)
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