Highworth, Wiltshire - High Street - art card c.1970s

Postcard ?
• Picture / Image:  High Street, Highworth, Wiltshire - artist drawn card
• Publisher:  none given, blank back
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes / condition:  blank back card, which may have been intended as a de facto postcard - usualy modern postcard size

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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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Highworth is a market town in Wiltshire, England, located about 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Swindon town centre. At the 2001 census it had a population of 7,996.^[2] It is often described as the ""gateway to the Cotswolds"" but only on the recently erected signs, and is notable for its Queen Anne Style architecture and Georgian buildings dating from its pre-eminence in the 18th century.

Highworth stands on a hill which occupies a strategic position above the Upper Thames valley, and appears to have been occupied nearly continuously for 4000 years. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as 'Wrde'.^[3] On John Speed's map of Wiltshire (1611), the name is spelt both Highwoth (for the hundred) and Hiworth (for the town itself). In 1206 it was granted a charter for its market, which is still held weekly.^[4] The origins and layout of Highworth are medieval.

Highworth was a royalist stronghold during the English Civil War, when Charles I fought against Parliament.^[5] It was captured by Sir Thomas Fairfax on 17 June 1645 and garrisoned by Parliamentary troops until October the following year. Aside from the direct effects of war, the occupation coincided with a severe outbreak of plague. Traders moved their business to Swindon and Highworth market did not recover until the end of the 17th century. Highworth benefited from the economic boom during the Napoleonic Wars and Industrial Revolution, and many of the houses in the town centre date from this time.From 1894 to 1974 there was a Highworth Rural District but the town now forms part of the unitary authority of Swindon. Highworth was once larger than neighbouring Swindon, when Highworth's population exceeded 12,000.^[6]

Highworth stands on a hill above the Upper Thames valley, and at 436 ft (133 m) above sea level it is the highest town in Wiltshire.^[7] Swanborough and Hampton are two hamlets WSW of Highworth, which are separated from the main Highworth built-up area by the local cemetery, farmland and a few small copses, less than 1 km (0.62 mi) out on the B4019 to Broad Blunsdon.

The parish church of St Michael (see below) is at the centre of the town, at the corner of the High St and the A361 Swindon road. The centre of the old town has been designated as a conservation area, with many fine Georgian and Queen Anne houses.

type=printed

city/ region=highworth

period=post-war (1945-present)

postage condition=unposted

number of items=single

size=continental/ modern (150x100 mm)