About Devizes

Devizes is a typical bustling Wiltshire market town. Architecturally the town boasts a variety of buildings spanning almost a thousand years, and over 500 are currently listed.

The town, located centrally in the county of Wiltshire, continues to thrive as a commercial hub despite losing the canal to industrial traffic and the railway by the mid-1960s.

A range of industries have made Devizes their home, including Brown & May and Wadworth's, and there has been major development in and around town.

Collection and Profits

This series of images — many not published before — has been drawn from the collection housed at the Wiltshire Museum. The museum is also the recipient of all profits made by this book.