a municipal and parliamentary borough and market-town of England, Wiltshire, on the left bank of the River Kennet, 13 miles N.W. of Devizes, and 75 W. by S. of London. The town consists of one main street of considerable breadth, which is crossed by other smaller ones. The houses are for the most part old and irregularly built, and many of them have curiously carved gables. The principal buildings are,—the market-house, an old building, in the upper part of which there are the council chamber, assembly rooms, and court-house; the college buildings; an old church of St Mary, built in the Norman style, with a low square tower; and an elegant modern church. There are, besides, places of worship for Wesleyan Methodists and Independents, &c., a free grammar school, national and other schools. Marlborough college was incorporated in 1845 for the education of sons of clergymen and others. A considerable commerce is carried on here, principally in coal, corn, and malt; but since the opening of the Great Western Railway the town has lost much of the importance which it derived from its situation on the high road between London and Bath. In all probability, the Roman station Cunetio, founded by Antoninus, was in the neighbourhood of Marlborough. Henry III. held a Parliament here, at which were enacted those laws called the Statutes of Malbridge. The borough received its first charter in 1205. It is governed by a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors; and it sends two members to Parliament. Markets are held on Saturday, and fairs three times a-year. Pop. of the municipal borough (1851), 3689; of the parliamentary borough, 5155.