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A Few Fascinating Facts About Wiltshire
in Life1) In Wiltshire speak, a billy button means a dimwit, a butty is a workmate and to flump means to fall heavily.
2) The High Street in Marlborough is reputedly one of the widest streets in Britain.
3) Malmesbury is the oldest borough in England, with a history stretching over 1000 years.
4) The acclaimed English novelist EM Forster pays his respects to Wiltshire in his novel The Longest Journey: 'Here is the heart of our island: the Chilterns, the North Downs, the South Downs radiate hence. The fibres of England unite in Wiltshire, and did we condescend to worship her, here should we erect our national shrine.'
