Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiltshire
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Welcome to WikiProject Wiltshire. The aim of this project is to bring together editors working on Wiltshire-related articles with an aim of improving and expanding all aspects of the coverage of the English county of Wiltshire. Anybody with an interest in or knowledge of Wiltshire is free to join and help contribute to anything related to the project. If you would like to help, please join the participants list, post on the project's talk page or see the to do list below. This project was started on 18 September 2010.
Members
[edit]If you would like to join, please feel free and add your user name to the list. You may also wish to give a short description of your areas of interest in Wiltshire.
- Jaguar (talk · contribs) I can copyedit any articles if need be and I will do anything to improve this project. 18:18, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
- Redrose64 (talk · contribs) - mainly railway-related articles 19:02, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
- Moonraker (talk · contribs) 03:25, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
- Bailo26 (talk · contribs) 17:04, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
- BabbaQ (talk · contribs) 21:18, 19 April 2011 (UTC) If requested I can help with edits on Wiltshire related articles.
- Wire723 (talk · contribs) Slowly adding articles to Category:Civil parishes in Wiltshire and updating as I go, since August 2014; by August 2015 the category was complete, with 276 articles (260 Wiltshire parishes and 16 in Swindon). Also adding articles or sections for every Grade I listed church.
- Zachary Hawson (talk · contribs) 4 June 2015, adding slowly to various articles and improving election related items in particular.
- TangoTizerWolfstone (talk · contribs) 07:12, 11 March 2018 - done several pages for white horses and also contributed to other hill figure and landmark pages. Will continue to do so.
- Staruge (talk · contribs) 22:24, 25 June 2018 (UTC) Just adding what I can when I can
- Shaun Sheep (talk · contribs) 14:52, 07 December 2020 (UTC) Mainly editing articles relating to Swindon. Im a hertiage proffessional and archaeologist by training (and a member of the Wikipedia Archaeology Project) so can help with articles about the historic environment of Wiltshire more widely.
- Sebbys (talk · contribs) 17:23, 6 January 2024 (UTC) Just editing what I can
- Sgtnugg (talk · contribs) 17.51 26 June 2024 (UTC) Have good local knowledge, willing to edit any pages about my home county.
Retired members
[edit]- Hroðulf (talk · contribs) (or Hrothulf) With a couple of brief Wilts articles under my belt, I will be glad to pop in now and again 13:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
- LPG32 (talk · contribs) 18:51, 24 September 2013 (UTC) I will sometimes pop in to edit locations around my local area.
Assessment
[edit]Current status
[edit]Below is a bot generated table stats are generated automatically every 2-3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering Wiltshire into the box here.
Wiltshire articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||
FL | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
GA | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
B | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 49 | |
C | 4 | 23 | 65 | 130 | 5 | 227 | |
Start | 1 | 19 | 129 | 819 | 2 | 970 | |
Stub | 1 | 22 | 792 | 1 | 816 | ||
List | 2 | 20 | 24 | 46 | |||
NA | 1 | 2 | 27 | 556 | 586 | ||
Assessed | 9 | 57 | 263 | 1,827 | 556 | 9 | 2,721 |
Unassessed | 14 | 14 | |||||
Total | 9 | 57 | 263 | 1,827 | 556 | 23 | 2,735 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 10,835 | Ω = 5.19 |
This log shows new and changed assessments, and is updated by a bot every few days.
To do
[edit]To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiltshire:
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Featured articles
[edit]- Joseph Priestley (Main page 1 March 2008)
- The Million Dollar Homepage (Main page 10 May 2009)
- Kennet and Avon Canal (Main page 12 March 2013)
- Gabriel Pleydell (Main page 7 April 2017)
- O. G. S. Crawford (Main page 28 October 2017)
- Fir Clump Stone Circle (Main page 9 April 2020)
- Knap Hill (May 2020)
Good articles
[edit]- David Mitchell (comedian) (11 June 2007)
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (12 February 2008)
- James Blunt (15 February 2008)
- Sheldon Manor (12 March 2009)
- James Constable (23 December 2009)
- Great Western Railway (2 June 2010)
- Castle Hill, Mere (23 June 2013)
- River Avon, Bristol (13 July 2015)
- A303 road (24 August 2016)
- Lacock Abbey (5 September 2016)
- 2015 Wootton Bassett SPAD incident (29 January 2017)
- XTC (26 September 2018)
- Falkner's Circle (22 September 2019)
- East Knoyle War Memorial (7 April 2020)
- Siege of Wardour Castle (11 April 2020)
Featured lists
[edit]- List of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal
- List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southwest England
Other lists
[edit]- List of chairmen of Wiltshire County Council
- List of civil parishes in Wiltshire
- List of Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire
- List of electoral divisions and wards in Wiltshire
- List of Grade I listed buildings in Salisbury
- List of Grade I listed buildings in Wiltshire
- Grade II* listed buildings in Wiltshire (A–G)
- Grade II* listed buildings in Wiltshire (H–O)
- Grade II* listed buildings in Wiltshire (P–Z)
- List of hills of Wiltshire
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire
- List of monastic houses in Wiltshire
- List of museums in Wiltshire
- List of places in Wiltshire
- List of public art in Wiltshire
- List of rivers of Wiltshire
- List of schools in Swindon
- List of schools in Wiltshire
- List of settlements in Wiltshire by population
- List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
- List of Wiltshire County Cricket Club grounds
- List of windmills in Wiltshire
Significant articles
[edit]Airports
[edit]Ancient monuments
[edit]- Castle Hill, Mere
- Aston Valley Barrow Cemetery
- Avebury
- Battlesbury Camp
- Knook Castle
- Scratchbury Camp
- Stonehenge
- Wansdyke (earthwork)
- Yarnbury Castle
- Marlborough Mound
- Silbury Hill
- Ashton Keynes Castle
- Barbury Castle
- Bluestonehenge
- Bratton Castle
- Bush Barrow
- Chisenbury Camp
- Clarendon Palace
- Cunetio
- Grovely Castle
- Liddington Castle
- Little Woodbury
- Marden Henge
- Membury Camp
- Old Sarum
- Old Sarum Cathedral
- Old Sarum Castle
- Ringsbury Camp
- The Sanctuary
- Sidbury Hill
- Statuary of the West Front of Salisbury Cathedral
- Vespasian's Camp
- Woodhenge
- West Kennet Long Barrow
- Castle Combe Castle
- Fosbury Camp
- Kennet Avenue
Battles
[edit]Biographies
[edit]- John Aubrey
- Mary Elizabeth Barber
- George Herbert
- Christopher Wren
- Aldhelm
- Jane Seymour
- William Sharington
- Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath
- Edward Nicholas
- John Seymour (1474–1536)
- John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath
- Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath
- Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath
- William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1570)
- Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke
Canals
[edit]Colleges
[edit]Former county council
[edit]Districts
[edit]Former districts
[edit]- Thamesdown (1974–1997)
- West Wiltshire (1974–2009)
- Kennet District (1974–2009)
- North Wiltshire (1974–2009)
- Salisbury District (1974–2009)
Geography
[edit]Hill figures
[edit]History
[edit]- List of monastic houses in Wiltshire
- Lacock Abbey (monastery)
- History of Wiltshire
- Theories about Stonehenge
- Wiltshire Record Society
- Wiltshire Victoria County History
- Amesbury Archer
- Westbury Hill Fair
- Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine
- Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust
- Overton Down
Former hospitals
[edit]- Old Manor Hospital, Salisbury
- Roundway Hospital
- Salisbury Infirmary
- No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital
- Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon
Hospitals
[edit]Industry
[edit]Listed buildings
[edit]- Grade I listed buildings in Wiltshire
- Grade II* listed buildings in Wiltshire
- Lacock Abbey
- Sheldon Manor
- Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn
- Longleat
- Corsham Court
- Wilton House
- Amesbury Abbey
- Bowood House
- The Hall, Bradford-on-Avon
- Bristol High Cross
- Crofton Pumping Station
- Great Chalfield Manor
- Littlecote House
- Malmesbury Abbey
- The Old Bell, Malmesbury
- The Pepperbox
- Salisbury Cathedral
- Stourhead
- Tottenham House
- Wardour Castle
- Arundells
- Avebury Manor & Garden
- Bolehyde Manor
- Borbach Chantry
- Brook, Heywood
- Charlton Park House
- Clarendon Park
- Clouds House
- Compton Park House
- Devizes Castle
- Hazelbury Manor
- Hungerford Almshouses
- Jenner's School
- Longford Castle
- Lake House
- Little Durnford Manor
- Lydiard Park
- Monkton Farleigh Manor
- Neston Park
- New Wardour Castle
- Norrington Manor
- Parade House
- Philipps House
- Place Farm, Tisbury
- Pythouse
- Ramsbury Manor
- South Wraxall Manor
- Trafalgar Park
- Wilbury House
- Bemerton Rectory
- Biddesden House
- Bratton House
- Cantax House
- Oare House
- Portway House
- Westwood Manor
Museums
[edit]Newspapers
[edit]Parishes
[edit]Parliamentary constituencies (existing)
[edit]Parliamentary constituencies (historic)
[edit]Prisons
[edit]Railways
[edit]- Great Western Railway
- Midland and South Western Junction Railway
- Great Western main line
- Reading–Taunton line
- Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (broad gauge)
- Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (broad gauge)
- Salisbury and Yeovil Railway
- West of England main line
- South Wales Main Line
- Salisbury branch line (Great Western Railway)
- Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway
- Chippenham and Calne line
- Golden Valley line
- Heart of Wessex line
- Highworth branch line
- Malmesbury branch line
- Marlborough and Grafton Railway
- Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway
Railway stations
[edit]- Dilton Marsh railway station
- Swindon railway station
- Avoncliff railway station
- Bedwyn railway station
- Bradford-on-Avon railway station
- Chippenham railway station
- Dean railway station
- Melksham railway station
- Pewsey railway station
- Salisbury railway station
- Tisbury railway station
- Trowbridge railway station
- Warminster railway station
- Westbury railway station
Rivers
[edit]Roads
[edit]Roman roads
[edit]- Fosse Way
- Ackling Dyke
- Icknield Way
- Port Way
- Roman road from Silchester to Bath
- Devil's Highway (Roman Britain)
- Ermin Way
Schools
[edit]- List of schools in Wiltshire
- List of oldest schools in Wiltshire
- Bishop Wordsworth's School
- Marlborough College
- Warminster School
- Chafyn Grove School
- Dauntsey's School
- Godolphin School
- Matravers School
- New College, Swindon
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
- St Mary's School, Calne
- Salisbury Cathedral School
- The Wellington Academy
- Kingdown School
- Leehurst Swan School
- The Ridgeway School and Sixth Form College
- Salisbury Sixth Form College
- Sarum Academy
- South Wilts Grammar School for Girls
- Stonar School
Former schools
[edit]- Greenways School
- Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School
- Cranborne Chase School
- St Mary's School, Donhead St Mary
- Salisbury Grammar School
- Grittleton House School
- St Edmund's Girls' School
Sports
[edit]- Swindon Town F.C.
- Amesbury Town F.C.
- Bradford Town F.C.
- Calne Town F.C.
- Chippenham Town F.C.
- County Cricket Ground, Swindon
- Devizes Town F.C.
- Highworth Town F.C.
- Melksham Town F.C.
- Royal Wootton Bassett Town F.C.
- Salisbury and South Wiltshire Sports Club
- Salisbury Racecourse
- Swindon Spitfires F.C.
- Swindon Supermarine F.C.
- Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground
- Trowbridge Town F.C.
- Warminster Town F.C.
- Westbury United F.C.
- Wiltshire County Cricket Club
- Salisbury F.C.
- W. H. Laverton's Ground
Theatres
[edit]Towns
[edit]Uniformed services
[edit]- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
- 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot
- Wiltshire Regiment
- Wiltshire Police
- Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
- RAF Lyneham
- Army Officer Selection Board
- Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
- MoD Boscombe Down
- RAF Blakehill Farm
- Salisbury City Police
- Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
- RAF Colerne
- RAF Hullavington
- Royal Wiltshire Militia
- Le Marchant Barracks
- RAF Clyffe Pypard
- RAF Long Newnton
Zoos and public gardens
[edit]Did you know? articles
[edit]- Calstone Wellington
- Devizes Guardians
- Fisherton Delamere
- Fugglestone St Peter
- Great Chalfield
- Lady Emma Herbert
- Woodford, Wiltshire
- Marlborough White Horse
- Monkton Deverill
- Pertwood
- Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke
- Steeple Langford
- Teffont Evias
- Teffont Magna
- Thomas Tropenell
- Whorwellsdown (hundred)
- William Sharington
- Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust
- Cherhill White Horse
- St Mary's School, Calne
- Althea Wynne
Importance Criteria
[edit]Importance scale
[edit]Below is the importance criteria for Wikiproject Wiltshire. Articles tagged with {{WikiProject Wiltshire}} should be assessed for the project. The importance of an article varies on the importance of itself to be tagged with a High, Mid or Low importance.
Top | Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopedia. |
High | Subject is exceptionally important. |
Mid | Subject contributes a depth of knowledge. |
Low | Subject fills in important details. |
NA | Subject importance is not applicable. |
Working scheme:
Top | Large settlements, landmarks, and topics, notable nationally or internationally. | Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral, Swindon |
High | Settlements, places, buildings, schools, colleges, and other topics with awareness outside the county. | Wootton Bassett, Salisbury Plain, Warminster, |
Mid | Other settlements, places, buildings, notable residents, schools, colleges, and topics notable in the county. | Kennet and Avon Canal, List of places in Wiltshire |
Low | Everything else, notable locally, generally only important to a smaller number of people in the county. | Conholt, Calne railway station, Alderbury |
Related projects
[edit]Parent projects
[edit]Local projects
[edit]Templates
[edit]- {{WikiProject Wiltshire}} – for article talk pages.
- {{Wiltshire}} – navigational box for the end of key articles.
- Other navigational boxes:
- {{Wiltshire-geo-stub}} – to sort stub articles.
- {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiltshire/userbox}} - copy and paste link for userbox.
- {{WP Wiltshire invite}} - to invite new members who are interested in joining the project.
Navboxes
[edit]Add these navboxes to the end of an article for a box with a listing of various things (i.e. settlements, rivers, landmarks).
- {{South West Wiltshire}}
- Other former districts are yet to come, please see this archived discussion for more information.
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New articles
[edit]This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
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- Michael Beint (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rigg (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2024-11-30, score: 20
- Category:Writers by populated place in Wiltshire (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (360)) started on 2024-11-30, score: 60
- 2025 Wiltshire Council election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Moondragon21 (talk · contribs · new pages (124)) started on 2024-11-29, score: 40
- Draft:Phallic graffiti (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Wikociewie (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-11-29, score: 20
- Malmesbury House (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Lord Cornwallis (talk · contribs · new pages (120)) started on 2024-11-24, score: 60
- Category:Salisbury Sea Gulls men's track and field athletes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Habst (talk · contribs · new pages (407)) started on 2024-11-22, score: 40
- Category:Salisbury Sea Gulls track and field (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Habst (talk · contribs · new pages (407)) started on 2024-11-22, score: 40
- Category:Politicians by populated place in Wiltshire (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (360)) started on 2024-11-18, score: 60
- Land Warfare Centre (United Kingdom) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by PAWPERSO (talk · contribs · new pages (23)) started on 2024-11-17, score: 30
- Category:Rugby union players by populated place in Wiltshire (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Ernsanchez00 (talk · contribs · new pages (360)) started on 2024-11-17, score: 60
Resources
[edit]Online books and journals
[edit]- John Aubrey, The Natural History of Wiltshire (c. 1695, full text at gutenberg.org)
- John Britton, The Beauties of Wiltshire: Volume 2 (1801, full view)
- Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, General view of the agriculture of Wiltshire (1811, full view)
- Board of Agriculture, General View of the Agriculture of Wiltshire (1813, full view)
- James Waylen, Chronicles of the Devizes (1839, full view)
- John Yonge Akerman, A glossary of Wiltshire words (1842, full view)
- John Yonge Akerman, Wiltshire Tales (1853, full view)
- James Waylen, A history, military and municipal, of the town (otherwise called the city) of Marlborough and more generally of the entire hundred of Selkley (1854, full view)
- Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Dorsetshire (1855, full view)
- James Waylen, The highwaymen of Wiltshire (1856) (snippet view)
- A handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire (John Murray, 1856) (full view)
- A handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire (John Murray, 1859) (full view)
- James Waylen, E. H. Goddard, A history, military and municipal of the ancient borough of the Devizes (1859, full view)
- Edward Kite, Monumental Brasses of Wiltshire (1860, full view)
- William Henry Jones, Domesday for Wiltshire (1865, full view)
- H. Rider Haggard, Rural England (Longman's, 1906), Wiltshire
- John C. Longstaff, Notes on Wiltshire Names (1911, reprinted 2009)
- Frank R. Heath, Wiltshire (1911, snippet view)
- Geoffrey Boumphrey, Wiltshire (1963)
- G. D. Ramsay, The Wiltshire woollen industry in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (1965, preview)
- Maurice Henry Hewlett, Wiltshire essays (1969, preview)
- John Sadler, Wiltshire Parish Registers (2009, preview)
- John Yonge Akerman, Wiltshire (2009, preview)
- The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, published regularly since 1854: the best-organised collection of scans is at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
Libraries and archives
[edit]- http://www.swindon.gov.uk/swindoncollection The Swindon Collection and other resources at Swindon Central Library
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
[edit]These sites, co-ordinated at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, should be useful for researching history and archaeology.
- http://www.wshc.eu
- http://wiltshirestudies.wiltshire.gov.uk/ Wiltshire Studies Collection online catalogue.
- http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/projArch/EUS/wiltshire_eus_2009/index.cfm Wiltshire Extensive Urban Survey, 2009 (maps and report for download)
- http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/smr/ Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record
- http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/ Wiltshire Wills online catalogue
- http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/museums/ Wiltshire Treasures online catalogue of artifacts in museums and collections
- http://www.wshc.eu/about-wshc/archaeology.html Archaeology Service
- http://www.wiltshirebuildingsrecord.org.uk/ Wiltshire Buildings Record
Tools
[edit]- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
- User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/Wiltshire - see history for previously assessed Wiltshire articles.
Categories
[edit]Main category: Wiltshire
- Category:Buildings and structures in Wiltshire
- Category:Culture in Wiltshire
- Category:Economy of Wiltshire
- Category:Education in Wiltshire
- Category:Environment of Wiltshire
- Category:Geography of Wiltshire
- Category:Geology of Wiltshire
- Category:History of Wiltshire
- Category:People from Wiltshire
- Category:Politics of Wiltshire
- Category:Religion in Wiltshire
- Category:Sport in Wiltshire
- Category:Salisbury
- Category:Swindon
- Category:Transport in Wiltshire