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Cricklade is a small town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227.
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Chippenham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Michelle Donelan, a Conservative, who also currently serves as Minister of State for Universities. The 2010 constituency includes the towns of Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Corsham and Melksham.
Cricklade was a parliamentary constituency named after the town of Cricklade in Wiltshire.
Hungerford Dunch was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 and from 1679 to 1680.
Robert Jenner was an English merchant in the City of London and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1628 and 1648.
Robert Gordon (1786–1864) was a British landowner and politician.
Jenner's School is a grade II* listed former school in Bath Road, Cricklade, Wiltshire, England. It was built in 1652 and then became a workhouse. It became a school again in the 19th century and is now a village hall.
John Andrew was the member of Parliament for Cricklade in England for various parliaments between 1378 and 1388.
Thomas Weston was the member of Parliament for Cricklade for various parliaments between 1369 and 1388.
John Ferrour was the member of Parliament for Cricklade in 1399.
Thomas Cricklade or Crekkelade was the member of Parliament for Cricklade for the parliaments of May 1413, December 1421, and 1422. He was also the member for Calne in 1426.
John Bailey was the member of Parliament for Calne in the parliament of 1420 and for Cricklade in the parliament of 1427.
William Hampshire was the member of Parliament for Cricklade in the parliament of April 1554, Wootton Bassett in November 1554, and Cricklade in 1558.
John Tunks was the member of Parliament for Cricklade in the parliament of April 1554.
Arnold Nesbitt, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1753 and 1779.
Edmund Webb was the member of Parliament for Cricklade for multiple parliaments from 1679 to 1698 and the member for Ludgershall in 1701 and 1702.
Edward Pleydell was the member of Parliament for Cricklade from 1698 to 1700.
Thomas Gore of Dunstan Park, Berkshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1768.
Sir Robert Fletcher was an officer of the East India Company and a member of parliament for Cricklade. Fletcher joined the East India Company as a junior clerk in 1757 but soon transferred to its army. As a lieutenant he was cashiered (dismissed) for insolence but was later restored. Fletcher was awarded a knighthood for gallantry in battle and rose in rank to lieutenant-colonel in command of a brigade. He was court-martialled and cashiered for the second time by Robert Clive for involvement in the 1766 Monghyr Mutiny.
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- ↑ Cricklade - Cricklade Borough. British History Online. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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