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West Wiltshire
former district, England, United Kingdom
West Wiltshire, former district, administrative and historic county of Wiltshire, southern England, in the west-central part of the county, some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Bristol. West Wiltshire consists of chalk uplands at elevations of more than 600 feet (185 metres). The eastern edge of the Salisbury Plain in the south and the lower-lying valley of the River Avon in the north are differentiated by a steep, well-defined chalk escarpment that extends through the area. The oolitic limestone of the Cotswold Hills that border the area on the northwest has long provided building stone that is much in evidence ...(100 of 255 words)