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  1. Trowbridge

    Trowbridge ( TROH-brij) is the county town of Wiltshire, England, on the River Biss in the west of the county. It is near the border with Somerset and lies 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Bath, 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Swindon and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bristol. The town had a population of 37,169 in 2021.Long a market town, the Kennet and Avon canal to the north of Trowbridge played an instrumental part in the town's development as it allowed coal to be transported from the Somerset Coalfield and so marked the advent of steam-powered manufacturing in woollen cloth mills. The town was the foremost producer of this mainstay of contemporary clothing and blankets in south west England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, by which time it held the nickname "The Manchester of the West".The civil parish of Trowbridge had a population of 33,108 at the 2011 census. The parish encompasses the settlements of Longfield, Lower Studley, Upper Studley, Studley Green and Trowle Common.

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  1. Trowbridge

    Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, approximately 12 miles southeast of Bath, Somerset. On 5 September 1848, the first train steamed through Trowbridge as the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway was established. The Kennet and Avon canal runs to the north of Trowbridge and played an instrumental part in the town's development as it enabled coal to be transported from the Somerset Coalfield and so marked the advent of steam powered manufacturing in the woollen cloth mills. The town was the foremost centre of woollen cloth production in south west England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and was described as "The Manchester of the West". Trowbridge has a railway station on the Wessex Main Line. The civil parish of Trowbridge had a population of 28,163 at the 2001 census. Neighbouring towns and villages include Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Melksham, Devizes, Hilperton, Southwick and Semington.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Trowbridge

    a market-town of Wiltshire, 25 m. NW. of Salisbury; has a fine 15th-century Perpendicular church, in which the poet Crabbe is buried; has woollen and fine cloth manufactures.

Editors Contribution

  1. Trowbridge

    A town of Wiltshire, England. It is situated on the River Biss in the west of England.

    Historians say that the name Trowbridge came from 'Tree Bridge' meaning the first bridge over the river Biss.


    Submitted by anonymous on May 12, 2019  

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  1. TROWBRIDGE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Trowbridge is ranked #4956 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Trowbridge surname appeared 7,095 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Trowbridge.

    94.7% or 6,724 total occurrences were White.
    1.9% or 138 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 112 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 46 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.6% or 44 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 31 total occurrences were Black.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trowbridge in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trowbridge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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