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Savernake, Wiltshire

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was opened at Cadley in 1850. It closed owing to low numbers of pupils in 1939. Today the local schools are at Marlborough, Burbage and St Katharines (near Tottenham House, just over the boundary with
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magazine for 32 years, after he became stuck between a train and the platform edge. The station closed in 1966 but the line remains open; the nearest stations are at
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Savernake parish was created in 1934, with boundary changes in 1987; predecessor parishes were North Savernake and South Savernake (with Brimslade and Cadley).
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cross the parish, one from Mildenhall to Old Salisbury and the other between Cirencester and Winchester. There is a Romano-British kiln site in the forest.
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was opened in 1810 it crossed the parish, which extended further south than the present-day parish.
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Baggs, A P; Freeman, J; Smith, C; Stevenson, J H; Williamson, E (1999). Crowley, D.A. (ed.).
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built another line between a second Marlborough station and a second Savernake station,
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route from London to Devon and Cornwall, was built close to the canal in 1862.
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is a grass strip about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the hamlet, used by
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During World War II a large ammunition store was established
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Savernake is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
OS grid reference
SU2066
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SN8
Dialling code
Police
Wiltshire
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
East Wiltshire
Parish Council
UK
England

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