Colerne

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Colerne is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3.5mi west of the town of Corsham and 7mi northeast of the city of Bath. It has an elevated and exposed position, 545ft above sea level, and overlooks the Box valley to the south (where Brunel's Box Tunnel is).The parish includes the hamlets of Eastrip and Thickwood. It is bounded to the west by a stretch of the Fosse Way Roman road, which forms the county boundary with Gloucestershire, and to the east by the Bybrook River. Part of the northern boundary is the Doncombe Brook, a tributary of the Bybrook, and part of the southern boundary is the Lid Brook, another tributary.HistoryEvidence of early settlement in the area includes three bowl barrows near Thickwood, overlooking the Bybrook valley, and an Iron Age hillfort from around 100 BC in the north of the parish, known as Bury Wood Camp, overlooking the Doncombe valley.A Roman villa has been found on the site of the present airfield. The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 28 households at Colerne and six at Thickwood. The enclosure known as Colerne Park (today largely woodland) was created in the early 14th century by William of Colerne, Abbot of Malmesbury.

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Colerne is Bath based place and this enity listed in City category.