Devizes
Britishnoun
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Following his defection, Mr Kruger was criticised for not calling a by-election by both the leader of the Conservatives on Wiltshire Council, Richard Clewer, and Melksham and Devizes Conservative Association chair Brian Burchfield.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
Neil Lockhart, from Great Cheverell, near Devizes in Wiltshire, said the smoke from fires left to burn was a major environmental issue and posed a risk to the health and safety of locals.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
They were sold by auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
Miyah Warnock was taken from Cornfield Road, Devizes in Wiltshire to Bristol Children's Hospital on 20 September, 2021 but died on 19 October from a brain bleed.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2024
In 1767 she was adjudged a vagabond at Devizes, and in the following year sentenced to transportation at the Westminster assizes.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 88, July 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
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