Devizes

/ dəˈvaɪzəz /

noun

a market town in S England, in Wiltshire: agricultural and dairy products. Pop: 14 379 (2001)

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They all got a good way upon the Devizes road before the beleaguerers knew that they were gone.

From this valley the ground rises gently, and the road from Devizes to Chippenham has to crest a hill or swelling ridge.

After scouring the county for some time, he alighted on a spot, not very far from Devizes, that attracted him immensely.

Two miles of pleasant undulating road now bring us to Devizes upon its hill beyond the railway.

The final ascent to the Devizes level is accomplished by means of twenty-nine locks in a distance of 2½ miles.

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