Trowbridge

Trowbridge
Trowbridge Town Hall, seen frae Fore Street
Trowbridge Location within Wiltshire
Population	33,108 (in 2011)
OS grid reference	ST8557
Unitar authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial coonty	Wiltshire
Region	Sooth Wast
Kintra	England
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	Trowbridge
Postcode destrict	BA14
Diallin code	01225
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset an Wiltshire
Ambulance	Sooth Wastren
UK Pairlament	South West Wiltshire
Wabsteid	Toun Cooncil

Trowbridge (/ˈtroʊbrɪdʒ/ TROH-bridge) is the coonty toun o Wiltshire, Ingland on the River Biss in the wast o the coonty, 8 miles (13 km) sooth east o Bath, Somerset, frae which it is separatit bi the Mendip Hills, which rise 3 miles (4.8 km) tae the wast.

Lang a mercat toun, the Kennet and Avon canal tae the north o Trowbridge haes played a instrumental pairt in the toun's development as it alloued coal tae be transportit frae the Somerset Coalfield an so markit the advent o steam-pouered manufacturin in woollen cloth mills. The toun wis foremaist producer o this mainstay o contemporar clothin an blankets in sooth wast Ingland in the late 18t an early 19t centuries bi which time it held the elkname "The Manchester o the Wast".

The ceevil pairish o Trowbridge haed a population o 33,108 at the 2011 census. The pairish encompasses the dounsets o Longfield, Lower Studley, Upper Studley, Studley Green an Trowle Common. Adjacent pairishes include Staverton, Hilperton, West Ashton, North Bradley, Southwick an Wingfield; nearbi touns are Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Melksham, Frome an Devizes.

Freemit airtins

• Trowbridge travel guide frae Wikivoyage
• Toun Cooncil wabsteid
• Trowbridge history (Wiltshire County Council)
• Trowbridge at the Open Directory Project