England County Quiz - Wiltshire

Can you guess these facts about the English ceremonial county of Wiltshire?

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County town	Trowbridge
Famous prehistoric monument with a ring of standing stones set within earthworks	Stonehenge
Born at Wolfhall in Burbage, this woman was queen of England from 1536 to 1537	Jane Seymour
Largest town in the county which grew hugely with the coming of the railways	Swindon
Motorway which passes through the north of the county	M4
Large country estate,and Palladian Mansion in the southwest of the county	Stourhead
Wiltshire born architect, who is most famous for designing St. Paul's Cathedral	Sir Christopher Wren
Caen Hill is a flight of 29 locks located on this canal near the town of Devizes	Kennet and Avon Canal
Neolithic henge monument containing the largest megalithic stone circle in the world	Avebury
Ancient city, and the location of a 13th-century cathedral with Britain's tallest spire	Salisbury
Iron Age hill fort which is the site of the earliest settlement of the above city	Old Sarum
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty occupying part of the south of the county	Cranborne Chase
During his time living in Calne, this chemist and natural philosopher discovered oxygen	Joseph Priestley
Elizabethan country house and estate which is home to a popular safari park	Longleat
Photography pioneer from Lacock Abbey, responsible for some of the world's oldest photos	William Henry Fox Talbot

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