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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AC" title="تروبريدج – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تروبريدج" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC" title="تروبریج – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="تروبریج" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6" title="Троубридж – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Троубридж" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Trowbridge (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Trowbridge (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge,_Wiltshire" title="Trowbridge, Wiltshire – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Trowbridge, Wiltshire" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC" title="تروبریج – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تروبریج" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge,_Wiltshire" title="Trowbridge, Wiltshire – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Trowbridge, Wiltshire" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8A%B8%EB%A1%9C%EB%B8%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%A7%80" title="트로브리지 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="트로브리지" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6" title="Троубридж – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Троубридж" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubrid%C5%BEa" title="Troubridža – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Troubridža" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge_(England)" title="Trowbridge (England) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Trowbridge (England)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6" title="Троубридж – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Троубридж" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trowbridge" title="Trowbridge – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Trowbridge" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6" title="Троубридж – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Троубридж" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC" title="ٹروبرج – Urdu" lang="ur" 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.geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Trowbridge&params=51.32_N_2.208_W_type:city(50000)_region:GB-WIL"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°19′12″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°12′29″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.320°N 2.208°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.320; -2.208</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Trowbridge</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">TROH</span>-brij</i></a>) is the <a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">county town</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>, England; situated on the <a href="/wiki/River_Biss" title="River Biss">River Biss</a> in the west of the county, close to the border with <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>. The town lies 8 miles (13 km) south-east of <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a>, 31 miles (50 km) south-west of <a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a> and 20 miles (32 km) south-east of <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>. The parish had a population of 37,169 in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Long a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market town</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kennet_and_Avon_canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennet and Avon canal">Kennet and Avon canal</a> to the north of Trowbridge played an instrumental part in the town's development, as it allowed coal to be transported from the <a href="/wiki/Somerset_Coalfield" title="Somerset Coalfield">Somerset Coalfield</a>; this marked the advent of steam-powered manufacturing in woollen cloth mills. The town was the foremost centre of woollen cloth production in south west England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, by which time it held the nickname "The <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> of the West".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The parish encompasses the settlements of Longfield, Lower Studley, Upper Studley, Studley Green and Trowle Common. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toponymy">Toponymy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Toponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The origin of the name <i>Trowbridge</i> is uncertain; one source claims derivation from <i>treow-brycg</i>, meaning "Tree Bridge", referring to the first bridge over the Biss,<sup id="cite_ref-guid_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guid-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-straburg_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-straburg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while another states the true meaning is the bridge by <i>Trowle</i>, the name of a hamlet and a <a href="/wiki/Common_land" title="Common land">common</a> to the west of the town.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/John_Speed" title="John Speed">John Speed</a>'s map of <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a> (1611), the name is spelt <i>Trubridge</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 10th century, written records and architectural ruins begin marking Trowbridge's existence as a village. In the 1086 <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> the village of Straburg, as Trowbridge was then known, was recorded as having 24 households, well endowed with land, particularly arable ploughlands, and rendering 8 <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">pounds sterling</a> to its <a href="/wiki/Feudal_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Feudal system">feudal</a> lord a year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-straburg_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-straburg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its feudal lord was an Anglo-Saxon named <a href="/wiki/Brictric" title="Brictric">Brictric</a>, who was the largest landowner in Wiltshire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Castle">Castle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Castle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Castle" title="Trowbridge Castle">Trowbridge Castle</a></div> <p>The first mention of <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Castle" title="Trowbridge Castle">Trowbridge Castle</a> was in 1139 when it was besieged.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was no longer in military use by the 14th century and by the 16th only ruins remained.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The castle is thought to have been a <a href="/wiki/Motte-and-bailey" class="mw-redirect" title="Motte-and-bailey">motte-and-bailey</a> castle, and its influence can still be seen in the town today. Fore Street follows the path of the castle ditch,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and town has a Castle Street and the Castle Place Shopping Centre. </p><p>It is likely the Castle was built by <a href="/wiki/Humphrey_I_de_Bohun" title="Humphrey I de Bohun">Humphrey I de Bohun</a>; his family dominated the town for over a hundred years. </p><p>The most notable member of the family was <a href="/wiki/Henry_de_Bohun,_1st_Earl_of_Hereford" title="Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford">Henry de Bohun</a>, born around 1176, who became lord of the manor when he was about 15 years of age. It was he who really began to shape the medieval town. In 1200 he obtained a market charter, arguably the earliest for a town in Wiltshire, and one of the earliest in England. His officials were to lay out <a href="/wiki/Burgage" title="Burgage">burgage</a> plots for traders, artisans, and shopkeepers. The outline of these plots can still be seen today in the footprints of some of the present shops in Fore Street. </p><p>Within Trowbridge Castle was a 10th-century Anglo-Saxon church. Henry de Bohun turned this to secular use and instead had a new church built outside the Castle; this was the first St James's Church. In the base of the tower of the present day church, below the subsequently added spire, can be seen the Romanesque architecture of the period. </p><p>In 1200 Henry de Bohun was created <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Hereford" title="Earl of Hereford">Earl of Hereford</a> by <a href="/wiki/John,_King_of_England" title="John, King of England">King John</a>. Like other barons, Henry was later threatened by King John and his caput of Trowbridge was taken from him. Henry then joined with the other barons to oppose John's arbitrary rule and forced him to seal <a href="/wiki/Magna_Carta" title="Magna Carta">Magna Carta</a> (the Great Charter) at <a href="/wiki/Runnymede" title="Runnymede">Runnymede</a>; and was elected as one of the 25 enforcers of the charter. Some years after Runnymede, Henry regained control of Trowbridge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Woollen_cloth_industry">Woollen cloth industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Woollen cloth industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Trowbridge developed as a centre for woollen cloth production from the 14th century. Thus before the start of the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_period" title="Tudor period">Tudor period</a>, the towns of south-west Wiltshire stood out from the rest of the county with all the signs of increasing wealth and prosperity during the period of trade recovery led by exports begun under Yorkist <a href="/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward IV of England">Edward IV</a> and, still more, during expansion under <a href="/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England" title="Henry VII of England">Henry VII</a>, when England's annual woollen exports increased from some 60,000 to some 80,000 cloths of assize.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (October 2016)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 17th century the production of woollen cloth became increasingly industrialised. However, mechanisation was resisted by workers in traditional trades; there were riots in 1785 and 1792, and again in the era of <a href="/wiki/Luddite" title="Luddite">Luddism</a> (1811–1816) owing to the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Flying_shuttle" title="Flying shuttle">flying shuttle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Helliker" title="Thomas Helliker">Thomas Helliker</a>, a shearman's apprentice, became one of the martyrs of the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> in 1803 when he was hanged at Fisherton Jail, <a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a>. Nevertheless, at one point in 1820, Trowbridge's scale of production was such it was described as the "<a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> of the West". It had over 20 woollen cloth producing factories, making it comparable to <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">northern</a> industrial towns such as <a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The woollen cloth industry declined in the late 19th century with the advent of <a href="/wiki/Ring_spinning" title="Ring spinning">ring-spinning</a>, and this decline continued throughout the 20th century, although Trowbridge's West of England cloth maintained a reputation for excellent quality until the end. The last mill, Salter's Home Mill, closed in 1982 and is now the home of Boswell's Café and <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Museum" title="Trowbridge Museum">Trowbridge Museum</a> and Art Gallery,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> integrated into <a href="/wiki/The_Shires_Shopping_Centre" title="The Shires Shopping Centre">the Shires Shopping Centre</a>. The museum portrays the history of woollen cloth production in the town; the displays include a rare <a href="/wiki/Spinning_Jenny" class="mw-redirect" title="Spinning Jenny">Spinning Jenny</a>, one of only five remaining worldwide.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There are also working looms on display. Clark's Mill is now home to offices; straddling the nearby <a href="/wiki/River_Biss" title="River Biss">River Biss</a> is the "Handle House", formerly used for drying and storage of <a href="/wiki/Dipsacus" title="Dipsacus">teazles</a> used to raise the <a href="/wiki/Nap_(textile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nap (textile)">nap</a> of cloth. This is one of very few such buildings still known to exist in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerycaption">Buildings associated with the textile industry</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TrowbridgeClarksMill.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Clark's Mill from Wicker Hill"><img alt="Clark's Mill from Wicker Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/TrowbridgeClarksMill.jpg/120px-TrowbridgeClarksMill.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/TrowbridgeClarksMill.jpg/180px-TrowbridgeClarksMill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/TrowbridgeClarksMill.jpg/240px-TrowbridgeClarksMill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1215" data-file-height="918" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Clark's Mill from Wicker Hill</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TrowbridgeHandleHouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Handle House adjacent to Clark's Mill"><img alt="Handle House adjacent to Clark's Mill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/TrowbridgeHandleHouse.jpg/97px-TrowbridgeHandleHouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/TrowbridgeHandleHouse.jpg/146px-TrowbridgeHandleHouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/TrowbridgeHandleHouse.jpg/195px-TrowbridgeHandleHouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="905" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Handle House adjacent to Clark's Mill</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TrowbridgeAshtonMill.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ashton Mill, once a major employer"><img alt="Ashton Mill, once a major employer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/TrowbridgeAshtonMill.jpg/120px-TrowbridgeAshtonMill.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/TrowbridgeAshtonMill.jpg/180px-TrowbridgeAshtonMill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/TrowbridgeAshtonMill.jpg/240px-TrowbridgeAshtonMill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="999" data-file-height="670" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ashton Mill, once a major employer</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ShiresTrowbridgeInterior.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Salter's Mill, now the centrepiece of the Shires Shopping Centre"><img alt="Salter's Mill, now the centrepiece of the Shires Shopping Centre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/ShiresTrowbridgeInterior.jpg/120px-ShiresTrowbridgeInterior.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/ShiresTrowbridgeInterior.jpg/180px-ShiresTrowbridgeInterior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/ShiresTrowbridgeInterior.jpg/240px-ShiresTrowbridgeInterior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="989" data-file-height="742" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Salter's Mill, now the centrepiece of <a href="/wiki/The_Shires_Shopping_Centre" title="The Shires Shopping Centre">the Shires Shopping Centre</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1800s_to_present">1800s to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1800s to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In its place a bedding industry developed, initially using wool cast off from the mills; the company now known as <a href="/wiki/Airsprung" title="Airsprung">Airsprung Furniture Group</a> was started in the town in the 1870s. Food production also developed in the town when <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Bowyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Abraham Bowyer">Abraham Bowyer</a> started his business in 1805 which eventually, as <a href="/wiki/Pork_Farms" title="Pork Farms">Pork Farms</a> <a href="/wiki/Bowyers_(company)" title="Bowyers (company)">Bowyers</a>, became one of the largest employers in the town until closure in April 2008 when production moved to the <a href="/wiki/Shaftesbury" title="Shaftesbury">Shaftesbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a> factories. </p><p>The town became the <a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">county town</a> of Wiltshire in 1889 when <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_County_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiltshire County Council">Wiltshire County Council</a> was formed and sought a place which representatives from Swindon and Salisbury, among others, could reach and return home from in one day. Trowbridge fulfilled this criterion by virtue of its railway connections and thus was chosen as the county town, further reinforced by the construction of the county hall in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The brewing company <a href="/wiki/Ushers_of_Trowbridge" title="Ushers of Trowbridge">Ushers of Trowbridge</a> opened in 1824, and developed the brewery in the town. This was finally shut in 2000 following several changes of ownership and its equipment was sold to <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>, where it forms the core of the <a href="/wiki/Taedonggang" title="Taedonggang">Taedonggang</a> brewery, just outside <a href="/wiki/Pyongyang" title="Pyongyang">Pyongyang</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Food production continues in the town through companies such as frozen food processor <a href="/wiki/Apetito" title="Apetito">Apetito</a>. The largest employers are <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Council" title="Wiltshire Council">Wiltshire Council</a> and Apetito.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st-century_redevelopment">21st-century redevelopment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 21st-century redevelopment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BissTrowbridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BissTrowbridge.jpg/220px-BissTrowbridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BissTrowbridge.jpg/330px-BissTrowbridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BissTrowbridge.jpg/440px-BissTrowbridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/River_Biss" title="River Biss">River Biss</a> flowing under the Town Bridge, renovated in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Since 2002, there have been plans in place to redevelop significant town centre sites.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trowbridge Community Area Future (TCAF) produced a Community Area Plan in 2004, to guide future development.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1990s the supermarket chain <a href="/wiki/Tesco" title="Tesco">Tesco</a> moved from St Stephen's Place to a site adjoining the A361 on County Way, and their former site remained dormant for a decade. The building was demolished but a pile of rubble, nicknamed 'Mount Crushmore' by local media, remained. <a href="/wiki/Legal_%26_General" title="Legal & General">Legal & General</a> acquired the land and construction of St Stephen's Place Leisure Park began in 2012. A seven-screen <a href="/wiki/Odeon_Cinemas" title="Odeon Cinemas">Odeon</a> cinema and <a href="/wiki/Nando%27s" title="Nando's">Nando's</a> restaurant opened in October 2013. A <a href="/wiki/Premier_Inn" title="Premier Inn">Premier Inn</a> and food outlets including <a href="/wiki/Frankie_and_Benny%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankie and Benny's">Frankie and Benny's</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prezzo_(restaurant)" title="Prezzo (restaurant)">Prezzo</a> followed in 2014. </p><p>The former <a href="/wiki/Ushers_Best_Bitter" class="mw-redirect" title="Ushers Best Bitter">Usher's brewery</a> site has also undergone redevelopment over a number of years, with Newland Homes building town centre flats incorporating the frontage of the Usher's building. </p><p>In April 2009, building work started on one of the town's biggest brownfield sites, the former Usher's bottling plant. This was developed into a <a href="/wiki/Sainsbury%27s" title="Sainsbury's">Sainsbury's</a> supermarket, a public square and housing.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frome_Road_Well,_Trowbridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Frome_Road_Well%2C_Trowbridge.jpg/170px-Frome_Road_Well%2C_Trowbridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Frome_Road_Well%2C_Trowbridge.jpg/255px-Frome_Road_Well%2C_Trowbridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Frome_Road_Well%2C_Trowbridge.jpg/340px-Frome_Road_Well%2C_Trowbridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="978" data-file-height="1518" /></a><figcaption>'Studley Pump' drinking well, Frome Road; <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> in origin, restored in 1977</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TrowbridgePopulation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/TrowbridgePopulation.jpg/220px-TrowbridgePopulation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/TrowbridgePopulation.jpg/330px-TrowbridgePopulation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/TrowbridgePopulation.jpg/440px-TrowbridgePopulation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="872" data-file-height="567" /></a><figcaption>Changes in Trowbridge's population 1801–2001</figcaption></figure> <p>There is much of architectural interest in Trowbridge, including many of the old buildings associated with the textile industry, and the Newtown conservation area, a protected zone of mostly Victorian houses. The town has six Grade I <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed buildings</a>, namely <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Church,_Trowbridge" title="St James's Church, Trowbridge">St James's Church</a>, Lovemead House on Roundstone Street, and numbers 46, 64, 68 and 70 Fore Street. The latter is referred to more commonly as <a href="/wiki/Parade_House" title="Parade House">Parade House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Town_Hall" title="Trowbridge Town Hall">Trowbridge Town Hall</a> is in Market Street, opposite the entrance to the now-pedestrianised Fore Street. This three-storey building with an Italianate clock-tower<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was presented to the residents of the town by a local mill-owner, <a href="/wiki/William_Roger_Brown" title="William Roger Brown">Sir William Roger Brown</a>, in 1889 to celebrate <a href="/wiki/Golden_Jubilee_of_Queen_Victoria" title="Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria's golden jubilee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was the seat of local government until 1974 and subsequently accommodated the magistrates' courts until 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recently it has been used for exhibitions and community events.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The <a href="/wiki/Town_council#United_Kingdom" title="Town council">Town Council</a> is the first tier of local government and is composed of 21 <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WiltshireCouncilTrowbridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/WiltshireCouncilTrowbridge.jpg/220px-WiltshireCouncilTrowbridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/WiltshireCouncilTrowbridge.jpg/330px-WiltshireCouncilTrowbridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/WiltshireCouncilTrowbridge.jpg/440px-WiltshireCouncilTrowbridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="999" data-file-height="638" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Trowbridge" title="County Hall, Trowbridge">County Hall</a> in Bythesea Road</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Trowbridge" title="County Hall, Trowbridge">County Hall</a> in Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, is the administrative centre for <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Council" title="Wiltshire Council">Wiltshire Council</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">unitary authority</a> created in April 2009 which replaced both <a href="/wiki/West_Wiltshire_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="West Wiltshire District Council">West Wiltshire District Council</a> and the former <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_County_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiltshire County Council">Wiltshire County Council</a>, also headquartered at County Hall since 1940. Trowbridge civil parish is divided into seven electoral divisions,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> each electing one member of Wiltshire Council.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Trowbridge is within the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Wiltshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South West Wiltshire</a> parliamentary constituency, which has been represented by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Murrison" title="Andrew Murrison">Andrew Murrison</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>) since its formation in 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/River_Biss" title="River Biss">River Biss</a> enters Trowbridge from the southeast, where it flows through Biss Meadows, managed as a country park.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the north of the town it is joined by the Lambrok Stream, then continues north to join the <a href="/wiki/River_Avon,_Bristol" title="River Avon, Bristol">River Avon</a> near <a href="/wiki/Staverton,_Wiltshire" title="Staverton, Wiltshire">Staverton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Northwest of the town, part of the <a href="/wiki/Avon_Green_Belt" title="Avon Green Belt">Avon Green Belt</a> prevents expansion towards <a href="/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon" title="Bradford-on-Avon">Bradford-on-Avon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To the north and northwest, housing areas in Staverton and <a href="/wiki/Hilperton" title="Hilperton">Hilperton</a> parishes are contiguous with Trowbridge's urban area; however, to the south and southeast, the villages of <a href="/wiki/Southwick,_Wiltshire" title="Southwick, Wiltshire">Southwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Bradley" title="North Bradley">North Bradley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yarnbrook" title="Yarnbrook">Yarnbrook</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Ashton" title="West Ashton">West Ashton</a> maintain their separate identities.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first official census of 1801 showed Trowbridge having 5,799 inhabitants, which rose sharply to 9,545 in 1821. The population rose by less than 50% in the 130 years to 1951, compared to a considerably larger increase in the population of the country as a whole. From 1951 to 2011, the population increased by 133%.<sup id="cite_ref-cen_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cen-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coinciding with this increase, a considerable conversion of arable fields and some riverside meadows to residential estates took place. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"> <caption>Census Population of Trowbridge (parish)<sup id="cite_ref-cen_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cen-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-census_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>1801</th> <th>1811</th> <th>1821</th> <th>1831</th> <th>1841</th> <th>1851</th> <th>1881</th> <th>1891 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Population </th> <td>5,799</td> <td>6,075</td> <td>9,545</td> <td>10,863</td> <td>11,050</td> <td>11,148</td> <td>11,040</td> <td>11,717 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>1901</th> <th>1911</th> <th>1921</th> <th>1931</th> <th>1951</th> <th>1961</th> <th>2001</th> <th>2011</th> <th>2021 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Population </th> <td>11,526</td> <td>11,815</td> <td>12,130</td> <td>12,011</td> <td>13,859</td> <td>15,844</td> <td>28,163</td> <td>32,304</td> <td>37,169 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the census in 2011, the ethnic breakdown of the population of Trowbridge parish was: White 94.8%, Mixed/multiple ethnic groups 1.9%, Asian/Asian British 1.5%, Black/African/Caribbean/Black British 1.1%, Other ethnic group 0.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population of the built-up area, which includes <a href="/wiki/Staverton,_Wiltshire" title="Staverton, Wiltshire">Staverton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hilperton" title="Hilperton">Hilperton</a> parishes, was 39,409 in 2011 and was estimated to have grown to 43,719 by mid-2020.<sup id="cite_ref-citypop-bua_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-citypop-bua-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018 the <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a> estimated the population of the larger "community area" at 45,822, making Trowbridge the most populous area in Wiltshire (excluding Swindon), with <a href="/wiki/Chippenham" title="Chippenham">Chippenham</a> close behind in second place and <a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a> third.<sup id="cite_ref-pop20182_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop20182-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 2021 Census, the population of the "built-up area" – consisting of Trowbridge, <a href="/wiki/Staverton,_Wiltshire" title="Staverton, Wiltshire">Staverton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hilperton" title="Hilperton">Hilperton</a> parishes – was 43,744.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_railway_station" title="Trowbridge railway station">Trowbridge railway station</a> was opened in 1848 on the <a href="/wiki/Westbury_railway_station" title="Westbury railway station">Westbury</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon_railway_station" title="Bradford-on-Avon railway station">Bradford-on-Avon</a> section of the <a href="/wiki/Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway" title="Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway">Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway</a>. Today this line forms part of both the <a href="/wiki/Wessex_Main_Line" title="Wessex Main Line">Wessex Main Line</a> (Bristol–Westbury–Southampton) and the <a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Wessex_Line" title="Heart of Wessex Line">Heart of Wessex Line</a> (Bristol–Westbury–Weymouth), while the original route to Melksham, Chippenham and Swindon is used by the TransWilts service. Other services from Trowbridge join the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Main_Line" title="Great Western Main Line">Great Western Main Line</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chippenham" title="Chippenham">Chippenham</a>, or join the <a href="/wiki/Reading_to_Taunton_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Reading to Taunton line">Reading to Taunton line</a> at Westbury. </p><p>Trowbridge is about 18 miles (29 km) from junction 17 of the <a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4 motorway</a> at <a href="/wiki/Chippenham" title="Chippenham">Chippenham</a>. The <a href="/wiki/A361" class="mw-redirect" title="A361">A361</a> runs through the town, connecting it to <a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a> to the north-east and <a href="/wiki/Barnstaple" title="Barnstaple">Barnstaple</a> to the south-west, while the north–south <a href="/wiki/A350_road" title="A350 road">A350</a> primary route to <a href="/wiki/Poole" title="Poole">Poole</a> passes close to the town. </p><p>The nearest airport is <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Airport" title="Bristol Airport">Bristol Airport</a>, which is 30 miles (48 km) west. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Primary_school" title="Primary school">Primary schools</a> in the town include Bellefield Primary School, The Grove Primary School, Holbrook Primary School, Oasis Academy Longmeadow, Paxcroft Primary School, The Mead Community Primary School, Newtown Primary School, Castle Mead School, St John's Catholic Primary School, Studley Green Primary School and Walwayne Court Primary School. Children may also attend schools in adjacent parishes including North Bradley CE Primary School, Hilperton CE Primary School and Staverton CE Primary School. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Secondary_school" title="Secondary school">Secondary schools</a> in Trowbridge are <a href="/wiki/The_Clarendon_Academy" title="The Clarendon Academy">the Clarendon Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_John_of_Gaunt_School" title="The John of Gaunt School">the John of Gaunt School</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Augustine%27s_Catholic_College" title="St Augustine's Catholic College">St Augustine's Catholic College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All of the secondary schools also operate their own <a href="/wiki/Sixth_form" title="Sixth form">sixth forms</a>. Larkrise School is a <a href="/wiki/Special_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Special school">special school</a> for children aged 3 to 19.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiltshire College">Wiltshire College</a> has one of its four campuses in Trowbridge offering a range of vocational courses for school-leavers.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Cottage_Hospital" title="Trowbridge Cottage Hospital">Trowbridge Cottage Hospital</a>, now Trowbridge Community Hospital was opened in 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shopping_and_entertainment">Shopping and entertainment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Shopping and entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town centre is compact, and the focus for shops is the ancient Fore Street; the more modern <a href="/wiki/The_Shires_Shopping_Centre" title="The Shires Shopping Centre">Shires</a>, Shires Gateway and <a href="/wiki/Castle_Place_Shopping_Centre" title="Castle Place Shopping Centre">Castle Place</a> shopping centres provide a variety of outlets. </p><p>The civic centre, opened in 2011<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and next to the town's central park, is a conference and entertainment venue and is home to the town's information centre as well as Trowbridge Town Council. A nearby leisure development includes an <a href="/wiki/Odeon_Cinemas" title="Odeon Cinemas">Odeon</a> cinema and several food vendors (<a href="/wiki/Wagamama" title="Wagamama">Wagamama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nando%27s" title="Nando's">Nando's</a> etc.). </p><p>The former <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Town_Hall" title="Trowbridge Town Hall">Town Hall</a>, a large Victorian building, is a performance and exhibition venue and is also used by community groups.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiltshire College">Wiltshire College</a> the Arc Theatre is used by students and local groups.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a concert hall at <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Music_Centre" title="Wiltshire Music Centre">Wiltshire Music Centre</a> in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon" title="Bradford-on-Avon">Bradford-on-Avon</a>. </p><p>Trowbridge is part of the historic <a href="/wiki/West_Country_Carnival" title="West Country Carnival">West Country Carnival</a> circuit.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is an annual multi-day folk music festival called <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Village_Pump_Festival" title="Trowbridge Village Pump Festival">Trowbridge Festival</a>, formerly Trowbridge Village Pump Festival; the 2024 edition was held at <a href="/wiki/Southwick,_Wiltshire" title="Southwick, Wiltshire">Southwick</a>, near Trowbridge.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_James,_Trowbridge_(27447389711).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/St_James%2C_Trowbridge_%2827447389711%29.jpg/220px-St_James%2C_Trowbridge_%2827447389711%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/St_James%2C_Trowbridge_%2827447389711%29.jpg/330px-St_James%2C_Trowbridge_%2827447389711%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/St_James%2C_Trowbridge_%2827447389711%29.jpg/440px-St_James%2C_Trowbridge_%2827447389711%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3202" data-file-height="2516" /></a><figcaption>St James, the town's parish church</figcaption></figure> <p>Methodism was introduced to the town by local evangelist <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Turner" title="Joanna Turner">Joanna Turner</a> in the 18th century. Trowbridge was the birthplace of Sir <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Pitman" title="Isaac Pitman">Isaac Pitman</a> in 1813, developer of the <a href="/wiki/Pitman_shorthand" title="Pitman shorthand">Pitman</a> system of shorthand writing,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who has several memorial plaques. <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Hutton_(archbishop_of_Canterbury)" title="Matthew Hutton (archbishop of Canterbury)">Matthew Hutton</a> (later archbishop of Canterbury) was the town's rector from 1726 to 1730.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The poet <a href="/wiki/George_Crabbe" title="George Crabbe">George Crabbe</a> held the same position from 1814 until his death in 1832.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mary_Mortimer" title="Mary Mortimer">Mary Mortimer</a>, born in Trowbridge in 1816, became an American educator. Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Cook_(scientist)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Cook (scientist)">William Cook</a>, born in Trowbridge in 1905, was involved with the development of the British <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear bomb</a> at <a href="/wiki/Aldermaston" title="Aldermaston">Aldermaston</a> in the 1950s, becoming the establishment's deputy director.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/William_Roger_Brown" title="William Roger Brown">Sir William Roger Brown</a> (1831–1902), a Trowbridge mill-owner, employed more than a thousand people and donated a school, almshouses, and the <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Town_Hall" title="Trowbridge Town Hall">Trowbridge Town Hall</a> to the town.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_Stratton" title="David Stratton">David Stratton</a>, the film critic was born in Trowbridge in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-Penguin_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penguin-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He founded the Melksham and District Film Society before emigrating to Australia in 1963, where he ran the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Film_Festival" title="Sydney Film Festival">Sydney Film Festival</a> for 17 years, as well as presenting the film review shows <i><a href="/wiki/The_Movie_Show" title="The Movie Show">The Movie Show</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/SBS_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="SBS (Australian TV channel)">SBS</a> and <a href="/wiki/At_the_Movies_(Australian_TV_program)" title="At the Movies (Australian TV program)"><i>At The Movies</i></a> on the <a href="/wiki/ABC_TV_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="ABC TV (Australian TV channel)">ABC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Penguin_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penguin-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nick_Blackwell" title="Nick Blackwell">Nick Blackwell</a>, professional boxer and former British middleweight champion, is from Trowbridge, as are footballer <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Dyer" title="Nathan Dyer">Nathan Dyer</a> (who played for <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> in the 2015-16 season<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when they won the Premier League), disgraced<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> snooker player <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lee_(snooker_player)" title="Stephen Lee (snooker player)">Stephen Lee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Talbot" title="Danny Talbot">Daniel Talbot</a>, winner of the <span class="nowrap">4 × 100 m</span> relay at the <a href="/wiki/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay">2017 World Athletics Championships</a> in a time of 37.47sec – the third fastest time in history. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Twins" title="Oliver Twins">Oliver Twins</a>, who created the <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_(series)" title="Dizzy (series)">Dizzy</a> series of games amongst others, and in 1990 founded <a href="/wiki/Interactive_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Interactive Studios">Interactive Studios</a> (later Blitz Games), grew up in Trowbridge. A building at <a href="/wiki/The_Clarendon_Academy" title="The Clarendon Academy">the Clarendon Academy</a> is named after the brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dick_Lucas_(singer)" title="Dick Lucas (singer)">Dick Lucas</a>, founding member and main vocalist of punk rock band <a href="/wiki/Subhumans_(British_band)" title="Subhumans (British band)">Subhumans</a> was born in Trowbridge.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gale_(high_jumper)" title="Tom Gale (high jumper)">Tom Gale</a>, high jumper who represented Great Britain at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics; went to school in Trowbridge.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport_and_leisure">Sport and leisure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sport and leisure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town has a <a href="/wiki/Non-League_football" title="Non-League football">non-league football</a> club, <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Town_F.C." title="Trowbridge Town F.C.">Trowbridge Town F.C.</a>, who play at Woodmarsh to the south of the town, near <a href="/wiki/North_Bradley" title="North Bradley">North Bradley</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Cricket_Club" title="Trowbridge Cricket Club">Trowbridge Cricket Club</a> play at <a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Cricket_Club_Ground" title="Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground">Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground</a> which is also used by <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Wiltshire County Cricket Club">Wiltshire County</a>. The town's 1st XI play in the Wiltshire division of the <a href="/wiki/West_of_England_Premier_League" title="West of England Premier League">West of England Premier League</a>. </p><p>Trowbridge Rugby Football Club, whose ground is at <a href="/wiki/Hilperton" title="Hilperton">Hilperton</a> to the northeast of the town, play in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Counties_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Counties South">Southern Counties South</a>. </p><p>Trowbridge Sports Centre, on the same site as <a href="/wiki/The_Clarendon_Academy" title="The Clarendon Academy">The Clarendon Academy</a>, has the town's only indoor swimming pool.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Greyhound_racing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom">greyhound racing</a> track was opened around the Frome Road ground used by Trowbridge Town F.C. from 3 July 1976 until July 1979. The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the <a href="/wiki/National_Greyhound_Racing_Club" title="National Greyhound Racing Club">National Greyhound Racing Club</a>) and was known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A series of meetings were also held during 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Town_twinning">Town twinning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Town twinning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Welcome_to_Trowbridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_383389.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Welcome_to_Trowbridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_383389.jpg/220px-Welcome_to_Trowbridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_383389.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Welcome_to_Trowbridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_383389.jpg/330px-Welcome_to_Trowbridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_383389.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Welcome_to_Trowbridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_383389.jpg/440px-Welcome_to_Trowbridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_383389.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Welcome to Trowbridge</figcaption></figure> <p>Trowbridge is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with four towns: <a href="/wiki/Oujda" title="Oujda">Oujda</a>, the area of Morocco where most of the town's immigrant population originate,<sup id="cite_ref-umec_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-umec-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> since 2006;<sup id="cite_ref-Trowbridge_twinnings_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trowbridge_twinnings-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Leer,_Lower_Saxony" title="Leer, Lower Saxony">Leer</a> in Germany, since 1989;<sup id="cite_ref-Trowbridge_twinnings_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trowbridge_twinnings-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Charenton-le-Pont" title="Charenton-le-Pont">Charenton-le-Pont</a> in France since 1996;<sup id="cite_ref-Trowbridge_twinnings_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trowbridge_twinnings-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Archant_twinning_3_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archant_twinning_3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Elbl%C4%85g" title="Elbląg">Elbląg</a> in Poland, as part of <a href="/wiki/West_Wiltshire" title="West Wiltshire">West Wiltshire</a> district twinning, since 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Trowbridge_twinnings_63-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trowbridge_twinnings-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town was the first in England to twin with an Arab Muslim country.<sup id="cite_ref-morocco_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morocco-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Wiltshire" title="List of places in Wiltshire">List of places in Wiltshire</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trowbridge&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/wiltshire/E04013047__trowbridge/">"Trowbridge: population statistics, 2021 Census"</a>. <i>CityPopulation.de</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 April</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=CityPopulation.de&rft.atitle=Trowbridge%3A+population+statistics%2C+2021+Census&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypopulation.de%2Fen%2Fuk%2Fsouthwestengland%2Fadmin%2Fwiltshire%2FE04013047__trowbridge%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrowbridge" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/228">"Trowbridge"</a>. Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 March</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Trowbridge&rft.pub=Wiltshire+Council&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.wiltshire.gov.uk%2Fcommunityhistory%2FCommunity%2FIndex%2F228&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrowbridge" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-guid-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-guid_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Town Official Guide, Trowbridge Town Council, 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-straburg-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-straburg_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-straburg_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.strum.co.uk/twilight/trow2.htm">Origins of the name Trowbridge</a>: <i>Strum.co.uk</i> website. Retrieved on 25 January 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLewis1978" class="citation book cs1">Lewis, Harold (1978). <i>The Church Rambler, Volume 2</i>. 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Retrieved on 25 January 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:1_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPughCrittall1953" class="citation web cs1">Pugh, R.B.; Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1953). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol7/pp125-171">"Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 7 pp125-171 - Parishes: Trowbridge"</a>. <i>British History Online</i>. University of London<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 May</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=British+History+Online&rft.atitle=Victoria+County+History%3A+Wiltshire%3A+Vol+7+pp125-171+-+Parishes%3A+Trowbridge&rft.date=1953&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.british-history.ac.uk%2Fvch%2Fwilts%2Fvol7%2Fpp125-171&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrowbridge" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGraham,_Alan_H.1993" class="citation book cs1">Graham, Alan H., and Susan M. Davies (1993). <i>Excavations in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 1977 and 1986–1988: The Prehistoric, Saxon, and Saxo-Norman Settlements and the Anarchy Period Castle</i>. Salisbury: Wessex Archaeology. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Excavations+in+Trowbridge%2C+Wiltshire%2C+1977+and+1986%E2%80%931988%3A+The+Prehistoric%2C+Saxon%2C+and+Saxo-Norman+Settlements+and+the+Anarchy+Period+Castle&rft.place=Salisbury&rft.pages=1&rft.pub=Wessex+Archaeology&rft.date=1993&rft.aulast=Graham%2C+Alan+H.&rft.aufirst=and+Susan+M.+Davies&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrowbridge" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCrittall1959" class="citation book cs1">Crittall, Elizabeth, ed. (1959). 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trowbridge.gov.uk/business.asp?id=222">the original</a> on 10 April 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 March</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Trowbridge+Town+Council&rft.atitle=Economic+History&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trowbridge.gov.uk%2Fbusiness.asp%3Fid%3D222&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrowbridge" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Trowbridge Woollen Industry as Illustrated by the Stock Books of John and Thomas Clark, 1804–1824</i>, John Clark & Thomas Clark & R. P. Beckinsale, Wiltshire Record Society/Biddles Ltd, 1973.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Question/Details/507">"Wiltshire History Questions"</a>. Wiltshire Council. 26 April 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 November</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Wiltshire+History+Questions&rft.pub=Wiltshire+Council&rft.date=2007-04-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.wiltshire.gov.uk%2Fcommunityhistory%2FQuestion%2FDetails%2F507&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrowbridge" class="Z3988"></span>; another example is at <a href="/wiki/Bowlish" class="mw-redirect" title="Bowlish">Bowlish</a> near <a href="/wiki/Shepton_Mallet" title="Shepton Mallet">Shepton Mallet</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Question/Details/51">"Wiltshire Community History Questions"</a>. 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