Calne 

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Historical notes about the Town of Calne

Calne

Calne is a pleasant, unobtrusive little place, lying away from the busier world. Its claim to real solid celebrity is based on bacon, the famous Wiltshire bacon beloved of all. It is said that two great bacon-curing establishments connect porkers into breakfast food to the tune of a hundred thousand animals a year. It was in 978 that a really amusing incident occurred at Calne. St Dunstan and the newer sect of the Church were ardent advocates of celibacy; the old British Church had never been very keen on it. A witan had been held at Winchester, and was continued at Calne. The great celibacy question was thoroughly thrashed out. Suddenly, without a word of warning, the floor of the building in which the arguments were proceeding gave way. The anti-celibates were hurled into limbo, and the pro-celibates, headed by the redoubtable Dunstan, remained safe. An omen, they cried, that their cause was a right and good one. Some of the bruised and battered "antis," however, had the unspeakable baseness to suggest that somebody had been tinkering with the joists that had so ill supported their portion of the floor.

The White Horse cut in the hillside of Cherhill eastward, dates from 1780 (160 feet from heat to tail).

 

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Historic images from around the Town of Calne

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4th Marquess of Lansdowne

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Hotels, Apartments and B&B's in Calne

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 Dove Cottage Bed and Breakfast 

 

 Lansdowne Strand Hotel