What is Malmesbury?
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} [[File:Malmesbury Abbey west tower.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|The west tower of Malmesbury Abbey}}]] '''Malmesbury''' is a [[market town]] in north [[Wiltshire]], just south of the [[Cotswolds]]. The town became popular during the [[Middle Ages]] as the [[abbey]] as a centre for learning. It is the oldest [[borough]] in [[England]]. Malmesbury was created by a charter of [[Alfred the Great]] about 880 AD.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/anglo_saxons/malmesbury_01.shtml Malmesbury: England's Oldest Borough, ''BBC History'']</ref> It was once the site of an [[Iron Age]] [[hill fort]].<ref>[http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/765500.iron_age_remains_uncovered_by_archaeologists/ Iron Age remains uncovered by archaeologists, ''Swindon Adviser'' (Thursday, 26 December 2013)]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Towns in Wiltshire]] [[Category:Market towns in England]] {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}}