Trowbridge
Trowbridge is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Trowbridge including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
The area around Trowbridge boasts some of the best historic monuments including Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
The area around Trowbridge boasts some of the best ancient sites including Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.
There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Trowbridge like Avebury Manor.
Places near Trowbridge feature a number of interesting country parks including Coate Water Country Park.
The area around Trowbridge's best lakes can be found at Coate Water.
The area around Trowbridge's best villages can be found at Ashton Keynes.
Trowbridge History
There are some historic monuments around Trowbridge:
Places to see near Trowbridge
History of Trowbridge
There is evidence the land on which Trowbridge is built was being farmed more than 3,000 years ago. In the 10th century written records and architectural ruins begin marking Trowbridge’s existence as a village. In the Domesday Book the village of Straburg, as Trowbridge was then known, was recorded as having 24 households, very well endowed with land, particularly arable ploughlands, and rendering 8 pounds sterling to its feudal lord a year. Its feudal lord was an Anglo-Saxon named Brictric who was the largest landowner in Wiltshire. He seems to have administered his estates from Trowbridge.
