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Great Somerford is a village and parish within Dauntsey Vale, Wiltshire, England,〔OS Explorer Map 156, Chippenham and Bradford-on-Avon Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Ordnance Survey A2 edition (2007). ISBN 978-0319239438〕 situated next to the river Avon. It lies approximately west of London and west of Swindon. The hamlet of Startley and the location of Seagry Heath are included within the bounds of the parish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Wiltshire Community History: Great Somerford )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Wiltshire Community History: Map of Great Somerford )〕 ==Amenities== * Church of St Peter & St Paul * Fourways Store & Post Office * Free Gardens, including allotments and the Jubilee Garden * Methodist Church * Walter Powell Church of England Community Primary School * Walter Powell Pre-school * Volunteer Inn The Anglican church is Grade I listed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1022516 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=1151 )〕 Great Somerford Free Gardens is considered to be the earliest instance of an allotment. Since 2007 the Volunteer Inn has been owned by local brewer, Arkell's. It has a large events room to the rear of the pub and is host to several village skittles teams. 〔 〕〔 〕〔 Salisbury Journal - (It's No. 107 for Arkell's Brewery ), 28 November 2007 〕 The village was once served by a railway station on the Malmesbury to Dauntsey branch of the Great Western Main Line. The station, then known simply as "Somerford", was opened with the line in 1877, and a goods facility added in January 1879. In January 1903 a station on the Wootton Bassett to Badminton line was opened at nearby Little Somerford, and the station at Great Somerford renamed "Great Somerford" for clarity; the Little Somerford route was much more popular, and rail traffic through Great Somerford declined steeply. The station there was downgraded to "Great Somerford Halt" in May 1922; by the time it closed altogether (along with the rest of the Malmesbury branch) in 1933 it was averaging one passenger per two trains. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Somerford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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