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Wiltshire, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Wiltshire | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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Area:
3,500 km2
Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Salisbury | 44,748 (2017) |
| Trowbridge | 40,952 (2017) |
| Chippenham | 35,800 (2017) |
| Melksham | 19,357 (2017) |
| Devizes | 18,064 (2017) |
| Warminster | 17,490 (2017) |
Other Languages:
French:
Wiltshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
German:
Wiltshire, England, Vereinigtes KÃķnigreich
Italian:
Wiltshire, Inghilterra, Regno Unito
Russian:
ÐĢÐļÐŧŅŅÐļŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧÐļŅ, ÐÐĩÐŧÐļКÐūÐąŅÐļŅÐ°Ð―ÐļŅ
Simplified Chinese:
åĻįūįđéĄ, čąæ žå
°, čąå―
Spanish:
Wiltshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Afrikaans:
Wiltshire, Engeland, Verenigde Koninkryk
Anglo-Saxon:
WiltÅŦnscÄŦr, Englaland, GeÄned CynerÄŦce
Arabic:
ŲŲبШبą, ØĨŲØŽŲØŠØąØ§, اŲŲ
Ų
ŲŲØĐ Ø§ŲŲ
ØŠØØŊØĐ
Armenian:
ÕÖÕŦÕŽÕŋÕ·ÕŦÖ, ÔąÕķÕĢÕŽÕŦÕĄ, ÕÕŦÕĄÖÕĩÕĄÕŽ ÔđÕĄÕĢÕĄÕūÕļÖÕļÖÕĐÕĩÕļÖÕķ
Asturian:
Wiltshire, Inglaterra, Reinu XunÃu
Basque:
Wiltshire, Ingalaterra, Erresuma Batua
Belarusian:
ÐģŅаŅŅŅÐēа ÐĢŅÐŧŅŅŅŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧŅŅ, ÐŅÐŧŅÐšÐ°ÐąŅŅŅÐ°Ð―ŅŅ
Bengali:
āĶāĶāĶēā§āĶāĶķāĶūāĶŊāĶžāĶūāͰ, āĶāĶāĶēā§āĶŊāĶūāĶĻā§āĶĄ, āĶŊā§āĶā§āĶĪāͰāĶūāĶā§āĶŊ
Breton:
Wiltshire, Bro-Saoz, Rouantelezh-Unanet
Bulgarian:
ÐĢÐļÐŧŅŅŅŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧÐļŅ, ÐÐąÐĩÐīÐļÐ―ÐĩÐ―Ðū КŅаÐŧŅŅÐēÐū ÐÐĩÐŧÐļКÐūÐąŅÐļŅÐ°Ð―ÐļŅ Ðļ ÐĄÐĩÐēÐĩŅÐ―Ð° ÐŅÐŧÐ°Ð―ÐīÐļŅ
Catalan:
Wiltshire, Anglaterra, Regne Unit
Cebuano:
Wiltshire, Inglatera, Hiniusang Gingharian
Cornish:
Wiltshire, Pow Sows, Ruwvaneth Unys
Czech:
Wiltshire, Anglie, SpojenÃĐ krÃĄlovstvÃ
Danish:
Wiltshire, England, Storbritannien
Dutch:
Wiltshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Esperanto:
Wiltshire, Anglio, UnuiÄinta ReÄlando
Estonian:
Wiltshire, Inglismaa, Suurbritannia
Farsi/Persian:
ŲÛŲØŠØīØą, اŲÚŊŲØģØŠØ§Ų, ØĻØąÛØŠØ§ŲÛØ§
Finnish:
Wiltshire, Englanti, Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
Georgian:
áĢáááĒáĻáá á, ááááááĄá, áááá áááááááĢáá áĄááááĪá
Greek:
ÎÎŋÏ
ÎŊÎŧÏÏÎąÏÏ, ÎÎģÎģÎŧÎŊÎą, ÎÎ―ÏΞÎÎ―Îŋ ÎÎąÏÎŊÎŧÎĩÎđÎŋ
Gujarati:
āŠĩāŠŋāŠēāŦāŠāŠķāŠūāŠŊāŠ°, āŠāŠāŠāŦāŠēāŦāŠĻāŦāŠĄ, āŠŊāŦāŠĻāŠūāŠāŠāŦāŠĄ āŠāŠŋāŠāŠāŠĄāŠŪ
Hakka:
Wiltshire, England, YÃŪn-koet
Hebrew:
ŨŨŨŨŨĐŨŨŨĻ, ŨŨ ŨŨŨŨ, ŨŨŨŨŨŨ ŨŨŨŨŨŨŨŠ
Hindi:
āĪĩāĪŋāĪēāĨāĪāĪķāĪūāĪŊāΰ, āĪāĪāĪāĨāĪēāĨāĪĢāĨāĪĄ, āĪŊāĨāĪĻāĪūāĪāĪāĨāĪĄ āĪāĪŋāĪāĪāĪĄāĪŪ
Hungarian:
Wiltshire, Anglia, EgyesÞlt KirÃĄlysÃĄg
Icelandic:
Wiltshire, England, Bretland
Ido:
Wiltshire, Anglia, Unionita Rejio
Indonesian:
Wiltshire, Inggris, Britania Raya
Interlingua:
Wiltshire, Anglaterra, Regno Unite
Irish Gaelic:
Wiltshire, Sasana, An RÃocht Aontaithe
Japanese:
ãĶãĢãŦãã·ãĢãž, ãĪãģã°ãĐãģã, ãĪãŪãŠãđ
Kannada:
āēĩāēŋāēēāģāēāģāēķāģāē°āģ, āēāēāēāģāēēāģāēāēĄāģ, āēŊāģāēĻāģāēāģāēĄāģ āēāēŋāēāēāģâāēĄāē
Korean:
ėíļė
ėĢž, ėęļëë, ėęĩ
Latin:
Wiltoniensis comitatus, Anglia, Britanniarum regnum
Latvian:
ViltÅĄÄŦra, Anglija, ApvienotÄ Karaliste
Lithuanian:
ViltÅĄyras, Anglija, JungtinÄ KaralystÄ
Luxembourgish:
Wiltshire, England, Vereenegt KinnekrÃĪich
Macedonian:
ÐÐļÐŧŅŅÐļŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧÐļŅа, ÐÐąÐĩÐīÐļÐ―ÐĩŅÐū ÐŅаÐŧŅŅÐēÐū
Manx:
Wiltshire, Sostyn, Reeriaght Unnaneysit
Marathi:
āĪĩāĪŋāĪēāĨāĪāĪķāĪūāĪŊāΰ, āĪāĪāĪāĨāĪēāĪāĪĄ, āĪŊāĨāĪĻāĪūāĪŊāĪāĨāĪĄ āĪāĪŋāĪāĪāĨāĪĄāĪŪ
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Wiltshire, Eng-tÄ, LiÃĒn-haĖp Ãng-kok
Norwegian:
Wiltshire, England, Storbritannia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Wiltshire, England, Storbritannia
Occitan:
Wiltshire, AnglatÃĻrra, Reialme Unit
Polish:
Wiltshire, Anglia, Wielka Brytania
Portuguese:
Wiltshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Romanian:
Wiltshire, Anglia, Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii Či al Irlandei de Nord
Scots:
Wiltshire, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick
Scottish Gaelic:
Wiltshire, Sasainn, An RÃŽoghachd Aonaichte
Serbian:
ÐÐļÐŧŅŅÐļŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧÐĩŅКа, ÐĢŅÐĩÐīÐļŅÐĩÐ―Ðū ÐŅаŅÐĩÐēŅŅÐēÐū
Serbo-Croatian:
Wiltshire, Engleska, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Sicilian:
Wiltshire, Nglaterra, Regnu Unitu
Slovak:
Wiltshire, Anglicko, SpojenÃĐ krÃĄÄūovstvo
Slovenian:
Wiltshire, Anglija, ZdruÅūeno kraljestvo Velike Britanije in Severne Irske
Swedish:
Wiltshire, England, Storbritannien
Tamil:
āŪĩāŪŋāŪēāŊāŪāŊāŪ·āŪŊāŪ°āŊ, āŪāŪāŊāŪāŪŋāŪēāŪūāŪĻāŊāŪĪāŊ, āŪāŪāŊāŪāŪŋāŪŊ āŪāŪ°āŪūāŪāŊāŪāŪŋāŪŊāŪŪāŊ
Tatar:
ÐÐļÐŧŅŅÐļŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧÐļŅ, ÐÓĐÐĩÐšÐąŅÐļŅÐ°Ð―ÐļŅ
Telugu:
ā°ĩā°ŋā°ēāąā°āąā°·āąā°°āą, ā°ā°ā°āąā°ēā°ūā°ā°Ąāą, ā°Ŋāąā°Ļāąā°āąā°Ąāą ā°ā°ŋā°ā°āąâā°Ąā°Ūāą
Thai:
āļ§āļīāļĨāļāđāđāļāļāļĢāđ, āļāļĢāļ°āđāļāļĻāļāļąāļāļāļĪāļĐ, āļŠāļŦāļĢāļēāļāļāļēāļāļēāļāļąāļāļĢ
Traditional Chinese:
æļå·éĄ, čąåŦ, čąå
Turkish:
Wiltshire, İngiltere, BirleÅik KrallÄąk
Ukrainian:
ÐŅÐŧŅŅÐļŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧŅŅ, ÐÐĩÐŧÐļКа ÐŅÐļŅÐ°Ð―ŅŅ
Urdu:
ŲÛŲŲđØīاØĶØą, اŲÚŊŲØģØŠØ§Ų, Ų
Ų
ŲÚĐØŠ Ų
ØŠØØŊÛ
Vietnamese:
Wiltshire, Anh, VÆ°ÆĄng quáŧc LiÊn hiáŧp Anh và BášŊc Ireland
VolapÞk:
Wiltshire, LinglÃĪn, RegÃĪn PebalÃķl
Waray:
Wiltshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Welsh:
Wiltshire, Lloegr, Y Deyrnas Unedig
West Frisian:
Wiltshire, IngelÃĒn, Feriene Keninkryk
Western Punjabi:
ŲŲŲđØīاØĶØą, اŲÚŊŲØģØŠØ§Ų, ØĻØąØ·Ø§ŲÛÛ
Yiddish:
ŨŨŨŨŨŨĐŨŨĻ, ŨĒŨ ŨŨŨŨ Ũ, ŨĪŨŨĻŨŨŨŨ ŨŨŨŨĒ Ũ§ŨĒŨ ŨŨŨĻŨŨŨ
Wiltshire is a ceremonial and historic county in south-west England, United Kingdom, bordered by Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire and Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south-west, and Somerset to the west. It covers an area of approximately 3,500 kmÂē and is predominantly rural in character, with gently rolling downland, broad valleys, and open plateaus. Major rivers include the Avon, Kennet, and Wylye, all of which have played an important role in settlement and agriculture.
Geologically, Wiltshire is dominated by Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, particularly Upper Cretaceous chalk, which forms extensive uplands such as Salisbury Plain, one of the largest continuous areas of chalk downland in north-west Europe. These chalk formations create classic open landscapes with thin, well-drained soils and support distinctive grassland ecosystems. Beneath and around the chalk lie Lower Cretaceous sands and clays, including the Greensand and Gault Clay, while Jurassic limestones and clays crop out in the north-west of the county. Quaternary deposits of gravel and alluvium occur along river valleys.
Wiltshireâs mineral and extractive heritage is closely linked to its sedimentary geology. Quarrying of chalk and limestone has long supplied materials for lime, cement, and building stone, while sand and gravel extraction from river terraces has supported construction. Clay deposits were used historically for brick and tile manufacture, particularly in valley and lowland areas. Flint, abundant within the chalk, was widely used in prehistoric tools and later as a building material, and remains a characteristic feature of Wiltshireâs traditional architecture.
Administratively, Wiltshire is largely governed as a unitary authority, with Trowbridge serving as the county town, while Swindon forms a separate unitary authority within the ceremonial county. Wiltshire is internationally renowned for its prehistoric and archaeological landscapes, including Stonehenge and Avebury, both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. These monuments are closely tied to the countyâs chalk geology, which influenced land use, visibility, and long-term human occupation. Wiltshireâs identity is therefore strongly shaped by the interaction between its geology, open downland landscapes, and deep human history.
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| â Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| â 'Glauconite' Formula: K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| â Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| â Gypsum var. Selenite Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O Locality: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK |
| â Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| â | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| â | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| â | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| â | var. Selenite | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| â | 'Glauconite' | - | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| H | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | â Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | â Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | â Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| O | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | â Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | â Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Si | â Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | â Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | â Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | â Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
Fossils
There are 74 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 596 |
|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 0.01 Ma (Pleistocene) |
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 443 Ma (Silurian) |
| Stratigraphic Units | Click here to view 38 stratigraphic units. |
| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. |
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 74 fossil localities |
- England
- Wiltshire
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Amesbury near Salisbury
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Apsel Lane
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Atford
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Bord Sud de Combe Down
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Box Tunnel
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Bradford Hills
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Bradford-on-Avon
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Bradford-on-Avon
- Jurassic🐚 Broughton-Gifford
- Jurassic🐚 Calne
- Jurassic🐚 Catcombe
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Christian Malford
- Eocene🐚 Clarendon
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Dead Maid Pit
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Devizes Road
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Dinton
- Paleozoic🐚 Downton Bonebed Facies C
- Eocene🐚 Earldoms Clay Pit
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 East Harnham
- Jurassic🐚 Egmont Bight
- Jurassic🐚 England WB 1/1
- Jurassic🐚 Foxhangers
- Mesozoic🐚 Garden Cliff
- Early Jurassic🐚 Gloucester
- Jurassic🐚 Great Western Railway cutting
- Pleistocene🐚 Hanging Langford
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Harnham Hill
- Jurassic🐚 Hillmarton
- Cretaceous🐚 Horningsham
- Middle Jurassic🐚 King's Down
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Leigh Delamere
- Jurassic🐚 Lyneham
- Cretaceous🐚 Maiden Bradley
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Murrel
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Norton Bavant
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Norton Ferris
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Oakley
- Wiltshire
- England
- Wiltshire
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Old road cutting
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Oldbury Hill
- Jurassic🐚 Ophiuroidea
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Portland Cement Co. Quarry
- Jurassic🐚 Potterne
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Potterne
- Jurassic🐚 Purton
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Quidhampton
- Jurassic🐚 Rodbourne
- Cretaceous🐚 Roundway
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Savernake
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Seend
- Jurassic🐚 Steeple Ashton
- Jurassic🐚 Steeple Ashton reef
- Jurassic🐚 Studley Grange landfill site
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Teffont
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Teffont Evias
- Late Jurassic🐚 Tisbury
- Jurassic🐚 Tockenham
- Late Jurassic🐚 Upper Chicksgrove Quarry
- Paleozoic🐚 Wallop Hall
- Cretaceous🐚 Warminster
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Warminster
- Jurassic🐚 Westbury
- Jurassic🐚 Westbury claypit
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Whaddon
- Pleistocene🐚 Woodbury settlement
- Jurassic🐚 Wootton Bassett
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 WOsgse-Greensand
- Salisbury Plain
- Trowbridge
- Wiltshire
- Wales
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiltshire |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q23183 |
| GeoNames ID: | 2633868 |
Localities in this Region
- England
- Wiltshire
- ⭔Aldbourne
- ⭔Alderbury
- ⭔Allington
- ⭔Alton
- ⭔Alvediston
- ⭔Amesbury
- ⭔Ansty
- ⭔Ashton Keynes
- ⭔Atworth
- ⭔Avebury
- ⭔Barford St. Martin
- ⭔Baydon
- ⭔Beechingstoke
- ⭔Berwick Bassett
- ⭔Berwick St. James
- ⭔Berwick St. John
- ⭔Berwick St. Leonard
- ⭔Bishops Cannings
- ⭔Bishopstone
- ⭔Bishopstrow
- ⭔Box
- ⭔Boyton
- ⭔Bradford-on-Avon
- ⭔Braydon
- ⭔Bremhill
- ⭔Brinkworth
- ⭔Britford
- ⭔Brixton Deverill
- ⭔Broad Chalke
- ⭔Broad Hinton
- ⭔Broad Town
- ⭔Brokenborough
- ⭔Bromham
- ⭔Broughton Gifford
- ⭔Bulford
- ⭔Bulkington
- ⭔Burbage
- ⭔Burcombe Without
- ⭔Buttermere
- ⭔Calne
- ⭔Castle Combe
- ⭔Chapmanslade
- ⭔Charlton
- ⭔Cherhill
- ⭔Cheverell Magna
- Wiltshire
- England
- Wiltshire
- ⭔Cheverell Parva
- ⭔Chicklade
- Chicksgrove
- ⭔Chilmark
- ⭔Chilton Foliat
- ⭔Chippenham
- ⭔Chippenham Without
- ⭔Chirton
- ⭔Chitterne
- ⭔Cholderton
- ⭔Christian Malford
- ⭔Chute
- ⭔Chute Forest
- ⭔Clarendon Park
- ⭔Clyffe Pypard
- ⭔Codford
- ⭔Colerne
- ⭔Collingbourne Ducis
- ⭔Collingbourne Kingston
- ⭔Compton Bassett
- ⭔Compton Chamberlayne
- ⭔Coombe Bissett
- ⭔Corsham
- ⭔Corsley
- ⭔Coulston
- ⭔Cricklade
- ⭔Crudwell
- ⭔Devizes
- ⭔Dinton
- ⭔Downton
- ⭔Edington
- ⭔Etchilhampton
- ⭔Great Somerford
- ⭔Hindon
- ⭔Holt
- ⭔Kingston Deverill
- Knockdown
- ⭔Little Bedwyn
- ⭔Marston
- Salisbury Plain
- ⭔Semington
- ⭔Shrewton
- ⭔Trowbridge
- ⭔Westbury
- ⭔Whiteparish
- Wiltshire
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- AvaloniaVolcanic Arc
- Rheno-Hercynian BeltOrogenic Belt
EuropeContinent
UK
- England
- Cotswolds National LandscapeNational Landscape
- Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National LandscapeNational Landscape
- South-East England Sedimentary AreaGeologic Region
- Wiltshire
- Salisbury PlainPlains
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