Cricklade, Wiltshire - St. Sampson's Church - local postcard by Bread c.1920s

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• Picture / Image:  St. Sampson's Church, Cricklade, Wiltshire
• Publisher:  H. C. Broad, Chemist & Stationers, Cricklade
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Cricklade is a small town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire in England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester.

On 25 September 2011 Cricklade was awarded The Royal Horticultural Society's 'Champion of Champions' award in the Britain in Bloomcompetition.[2]

Cricklade is twinned with Sucé-sur-Erdre in France. Cricklade's Latin motto is In Loco Delicioso, which means ""in a pleasant place"".[3]

The 2001 census recorded Cricklade's population as 4,132.[4]

The small town has many sporting events and hosts the annual Cricklade Show. Cricklade has a large Jubilee clock, erected in 1898 in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee the preceding year that stands outside The Vale Hotel in the High Street, where the Town Cross once stood; two versions of the cross in Cricklade; one is in the churchyard of St Sampson's, the other at St Mary's, and there is local rivalry as to which one is believed to be the older.

St Sampson's

Dating back to the 11th century, the church is dedicated to the 5th-century Welsh St Samson of Dol. It has the third longest bell ropes in Britain. The present church was built on the remains of another, Saxon church, of AD 890. The main part of the church was built between 1240 and 1280, although on closer inspection the earlier work can still be found. The grand bell tower with four corner pinnacles, the dominant landmark of the town, was built much later in 1551–53 by John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, father-in-law to Lady Jane Grey.