a market and borough town in the hundred of the same name, in the county of Wilts. It is ninety-seven miles from London, in a beautiful district, watered by the river Avon. It is a place of considerable woollen trade. The market on Saturday is well supplied. It is an ancient corporation, endowed with considerable estates. The inhabitants amounted in 1811 to 3410, in 1821 to 3201, and in 1831 to 4333.