Calne
Calne is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Calne including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
There are a number of historic monuments near Calne including Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill are some of Calne best ancient sites to visit near Calne.
Places near Calne feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Avebury Manor.
The area close to Calne boasts some of the best country parks including Coate Water Country Park.
The area close to Calne boasts some of the best lakes including Coate Water.
There are a number of villages near to Calne including Ashton Keynes.
Calne History
There are some historic monuments around Calne:
Places to see near Calne
History of Calne
In 1086 Calne may already have been, as it was later, a market town on the main London-Bristol road. The church in it was well endowed. 74 or more households were held almost outright by burghal tenure (as citizens of a borough), and the lordship of its large outlying land was divided between the king (of whom 45 burgesses were tenants) and the church. In the Middle Ages the king’s successor as the lord of Calne manor and, as owner of the church’s revenues, the treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral, each had the right to hold a market and a fair in the town, with two triangular market places or fair grounds. A modest hospital was provided on a modest endowment from 1248 until it provided no accommodation in 1546 and was sold two years later by the Crown.
