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Wick is a suburb of Devizes in English county of Wiltshire. Until around 1800 Wick was a village independent from Devizes, until Devizes eventually expanded up to Wick and was it was made a suburb of Devizes. It is located in the south of Devizes, and lies west off the A360, which passes from Devizes to Salisbury. ==History== There was a Roman settlement at Wick apparently from the 2nd to the 4th century around the area once occupied by Pans Lane halt. There are also faint indications of another settlement on the green, and a cemetery on the site of Southbroom junior school.〔http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=190〕 Wick is first mentioned in 1249 and is called 'the Weke' in 1542. In 1736–7 the settlement consisted of Upper Wick and Wick. In 1759 the Upper Wick no longer existed. In 1773 Wick was renamed Devizes Wick, the prefix being doubtless added to distinguish it from Potterne Wick and Wick in Rowde. In 1795–6 the hamlet contained between 30 and 33 assessable houses. Wick was later known for it dairy industry, non of which exists today.〔http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=102796〕 The suburb is home to the Green Lane Hospital, a secure mental hospital. And the suburb used to have a railway station called Pans Lane halt, which was on the Devizes Branch Line, it was closed in 1964 and destroyed in 1970. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wick, Devizes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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