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Amesbury History Centre

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Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Amesbury History Centre
Phone:
+44 7522 312124

Hours:
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday10:30am - 3:30pm
Wednesday10:30am - 3:30pm
Thursday10:30am - 3:30pm
Friday10:30am - 3:30pm
Saturday10:30am - 3:30pm


Amesbury is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is most famous for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is in its parish, and for the discovery of the Amesbury Archer—dubbed the King of Stonehenge in the press—in 2002. It has been confirmed by archaeologists that it is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United Kingdom, having been first settled around 8820 BC.King Alfred the Great left it in his will, a copy of which is in the British Library, to his youngest son Aethelweard . Eleanor of Provence, Queen consort of Henry III of England, died in Amesbury on 24 or 25 June 1291, and was buried in Amesbury Priory. The parish includes the hamlets of Ratfyn and West Amesbury, and most of Boscombe Down military airfield.
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