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HISTORY Excavations on Pewsey Hill show evidence of a settlement in the 6th century. In the house at Ball Corner, Bridge Cottage on the the Avon and the Court House by the Church. In 1764 the founder of the Methodist movement John Wesley ( 1703 - 1791 ) preached at Pewsey Church . The rector at that time, Joseph Townsend, was responsible for building of the first bridge over the River Avon. The Kennet And Avon Canal arrived in Pewsey in 1810. Of more significant lasting effect for the village was the arrival of the Great Western Railway in 1862 which allowed fast travel to London and to the West of Pewsey. PEWSEY WHITE HORSE The Pewsey White Horse is located on a steep slope of Pewsey Hill about a mile south of the village and can be viewed from several places in the surrounding area. NOTABLE RESIDENTS Pewsey is home to Shelley Rudman who won the silver medal in the Skeleton Bob at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . Former Channel 4 Political Editor Elinor Goodman lives in Pewsey. |
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