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Wilton and style
James Wyatt as an architect who often employed the neo-classical style, but at Wilton for reasons known only to architect and client he used the Gothic style.
The A36 is dual carriageway for its < span style =" white-space: nowrap "> 1 mile ( 1. 6 km )</ span > bypass of the village of Beckington, < span style =" white-space: nowrap "> 3 miles ( 5 km )</ span > north of Frome, and also dualled for approximately < span style =" white-space: nowrap "> 1 mile ( 1. 6 km )</ span > near to its grade separated junction with the A303 road, < span style =" white-space: nowrap "> 8 miles ( 13 km )</ span > north-west of Wilton ).
Sidney Herbert is buried in the churchyard at Wilton, rebuilt by his father in neo-Romanesque style, with inside the church a marble monumental effigy of him beside Elizabeth, his wife ( who, however, was buried at St Joseph's Missionary College, Mill Hill, where she was a notable patron ).
A handful of great country houses in England built between 1640 and circa 1680, such as Wilton House, are in this Palladian style.
The artist, sometimes referred to as the " Wilton Master ", has never been identified, or associated with other panel paintings, and the closest resemblances to his style come in some illuminated manuscripts from the 1410s.
Charles encouraged Pembroke to rebuild Wilton House in the Palladian style, recommending Inigo Jones for the job ( Salomon de Caus performed the work when Jones proved to be unavailable, while his brother, Isaac de Caus, designed a variety of formal and informal gardens for the property ).
The style also spread rapidly to Russia, where in 1774 Catherine the Great adapted the new style in the park of her palace at Tsarskoe Selo, complete with a mock Chinese village and a Palladian bridge, modelled after that at Wilton House.

Wilton and carpet
* Wilton carpet, a specific type of pile carpet
Machine woven carpet is an investment that will last 20 or 30 years and woven Axminster and Wilton carpets are still extremely popular in areas where longevity and design flexibility are a big part of the purchasing decision.
Machine woven carpets like Axminster and Wilton are made by massive looms that weave together ‘ bobbins ’ of carpet yarn and backing.
The town of Wilton, Wiltshire is also known for its carpet weaving, which dates back to the 18th century.
* Penelope Wilton as Ruth Reynoldson, a carpet dealer's housewife.
The Old Courtyard, Wilton Shopping Village Part of the former Wilton carpet factory site now used as a shopping outlet
The Wilton Royal Carpet Factory was founded at the turn of the century, with the help of the then Lord Pembroke, to rescue the previous carpet factory that had fallen into financial difficulty.

Wilton and gold
The small private Wilton Diptych for Richard II of England, c. 1400, with stamped gold backgrounds and much ultramarine.
In the Wilton Diptych ( National Gallery, London ), which is the earliest authentic contemporary portrait of an English king, Richard II wears a gold and enamelled white hart jewel, and even the angels surrounding the Virgin Mary all wear white hart badges.

Wilton and was
While he was busy with the burial ceremonies for his brother, the Danes defeated the English in his absence at an unnamed spot, and then again in his presence at Wilton in May.
LeRoy Wilton Homer, Jr. ( August 27, 1965 – September 11, 2001 ) was the First Officer of United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all 33 passengers and seven crew members.
1143 started precariously for Stephen when he was besieged by Robert of Gloucester at Wilton Castle, an assembly point for royal forces in Herefordshire.
Edward the Confessor was the first Anglo-Saxon and the only king of England to be canonised, but he was part of a tradition of ( uncanonised ) English royal saints, such as Eadburh of Winchester, a daughter of Edward the Elder, Edith of Wilton, a daughter of Edgar the Peaceful, and King Edward the Martyr.
Wilton North lasted just a few weeks, however, and the network was unable to reach a deal with Hall to return when it hurriedly revived The Late Show in early 1988.
Osbern writes that Edward's mother was a nun at Wilton Abbey whom the king seduced.
She was joined there by her daughter, Edith of Wilton, who lived there as a nun until her death.
It is likely she saw little of him upon his return either, as Matilda then commenced her education at the Abbey of Wilton, where she was educated by the nuns.
Huston was born in Calgary, Alberta, in Canada, the city in which she lived until age fifteen, at which time her family moved to Wilton, New Hampshire, USA.
Taking over as manager from William Wilton in 1920, Bill Struth was Rangers ' most successful manager, guiding the club to 14 league titles before the onset of the Second World War.
Among the monastic lands granted to Herbert was the estate of Wilton, near Salisbury, still the residence of the Earls of Pembroke.
In 1599 Queen Elizabeth was her guest at Wilton, and the Countess composed for the occasion a pastoral dialogue in praise of Astraea.
Although Philip's quarrelsome disposition often led him into trouble he did not forfeit the esteem of James I, who heaped lands and offices upon him, and he was also trusted by Charles I, who made him Lord Chamberlain in 1626 and frequently visited him at Wilton.
The " Wilton Scheme " was operated briefly from March to May 1945.
1143 started precariously for Stephen when he was besieged by Robert of Gloucester at Wilton Castle, an assembly point for royal forces in Herefordshire.
Wilton " Witt " R. Stephens ( 1907 – 1991 ) was born in Prattsville and is the older brother of Jack Stephens.
The racial makeup of Wilton was 4, 234 ( 78. 9 %) White, 169 ( 3. 2 %) African American, 45 ( 0. 8 %) Native American, 289 ( 5. 4 %) Asian, 13 ( 0. 2 %) Pacific Islander, 343 ( 6. 4 %) from other races, and 270 ( 5. 0 %) from two or more races.
Wilton was officially recognized as a parish in 1726.
In 1802, Wilton was granted a Town Charter by the Connecticut General Assembly and became a political entity independent from Norwalk.
Wilton was classified as a " dry " town until 1993, when the local ordinance was altered to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants.
It was part of an extensive tract of land purchased from Massachusetts about 1790 by Jonathan Phillips of Boston, then acquired by his agent, Jacob Abbott from Wilton, New Hampshire.
The first supervisor of Grosse Ile Township was Leonard H. Wilton.

Wilton and part
* After the battle at Wilton, peace is made, with the Danes and Alfred each governing part of England.
The town includes the following sections: New Canaan center, Talmadge Hill, Ponus, Smith Ridge Road, Pinneys Corners, and part of Silvermine ( which extends into Norwalk and Wilton ).
While not passing through any part of Wilton, the Merritt Parkway ( Route 15 ) also serves the town via the Route 33 exit ( Exit 41 ) which is signed for Wilton, as well as the Route 7 exits ( Exits 39B & 40B ) which are signed for Danbury.
The town has two railroad stations: Wilton and Cannondale ( a sub-station where tickets are not sold ), both part of the Danbury Line of Metro-North Railroad.
Later part of its territory was removed to form newer town ; Hadley ( 1801 ), Moreau ( 1805 ), and Wilton ( 1818 ).
The Town of Wilton is in the northeastern part of the county, northeast of Saratoga Springs, which it borders.
New York State Route 50 is a north-south highway in the eastern part of Wilton.
* Loughberry Lake – A small lake in the southwest part of Wilton.
* Wilton – The hamlet of Wilton in located on US-9 at the junction with County Roads 101, 32, 33, and 34, in the north part of the town.
In 2003, the prominent Wilson's Hat Factory on Wilton Street, together with the adjacent mill-workers ' houses, other factories, Wilton Street Chapel and Mainstream Studios was demolished to make way for a new retail shopping park ' Crown Point North ', part of a major town centre regeneration scheme.
The parishes of Staplegrove, Wilton and Taunton itself were part of the Taunton Deane Hundred.
* Wilton is home to part of the Russell-Abbott State Forest, named for two of Wilton's earliest families.
* The Souhegan Mills are an iconic part of the Wilton town center landscape, and have been used alternatively as an apple packing plant, a dressing mill, and an ammunition box factory during World War II.
The library in Wilton Road is close to the town centre and adjacent is Melton Theatre, part of Brooksby Melton College, on the junction with Asfordby Road.
Like much of Belgravia, Wilton Crescent is characterised by grand terraces with lavish white houses which are built in a crescent shape, many of them with stuccoed balconies, particularly on the southern part of the crescent.
From 1967 to 1969, he formed part of The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, and in the late 70s, recorded with Peter Herbolzheimer And His Big Band, which also included, among others, Nat Adderley, Derek Watkins, Art Farmer, Slide Hampton, Jiggs Whigham, Herb Geller, Wilton Gaynair, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Rita Reys, Jean " Toots " Thielemans, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Grady Tate, and Quincy Jones as arranger.
In 1295 Wiltshire was represented by no fewer than twenty-eight members in parliament, the shire returning two knights, and the boroughs of Bedwin, Bradford, Calne, Chippenham, Cricklade, Devizes, Downton, Ludgershall, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Old Sarum, Salisbury and Wilton, two burgesses each, but the boroughs for the most part made very irregular returns.

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