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38: 54: 1028: 61: 641:, then extended with a south aisle in 1876. The original church was from the 12th century and was rebuilt in the 14th and 15th, when the tower was added; the porch was added in the 16th. The present church retains only the tower and porch of the earlier building. The church is now part of the Savernake team ministry. 624:
The first school in the village was built at Eastcourt in 1806, rebuilt in 1856 and supplemented by a separate building for younger children in 1861. This school was taken over by the county council around 1906, and educated children of all ages until Marlborough secondary school opened in 1946. The
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The population of Burbage peaked at around 1600 with the building of the railway in 1860, declining to a low point of 1000 a century later. It has since increased steadily, regaining its 1860s level in the 21st century.
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Burbage Primary School serves the village and surrounding area. The school was built in 1989 on a centrally-located site, between the High Street and Eastcourt.
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chapel was built at Eastcourt in 1822, and replaced by a larger building on the High Street in 1906. This closed in 1996 and is now a private house.
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19th-century buildings (designated Grade II listed in 1988) were closed in 1989 upon the opening of the new school, and became a private residence.
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had opened in 1881, and this was joined to the southern section from 1883 by using the Great Western Railway's branch between Savernake and
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Burbage has a village hall and a cricket club, Burbage and Easton Royal CC, who play in the Wiltshire division of the
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to the east and B3087 to the west) passes to the south of the village. Burbage no longer has a station on the nearby
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Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, J.; Smith, C.; Stevenson, J. H.; Williamson, E. (1999). "Burbage". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.).
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Burbage stands on a watershed at the eastern end of the Vale of Pewsey, with streams to the east draining to the
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closed it in 1966 but the line remains in use. Until 1947 there was also a goods-only station at Burbage Wharf.
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primary route, until a bypass was built to the west in 1991. A more minor route from
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was built close to the canal in the 1860s, eventually becoming part of the
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The village High Street was the main north–south road from
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and the Midlands. British Railways closed it in 1961.
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in 1882, the latter station being situated in nearby
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Burbage (disambiguation)

Burbage is located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
OS grid reference
SU2361
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Marlborough
Postcode district
SN8
Dialling code
Police
Wiltshire
Fire
Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
East Wiltshire
Parish Council

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