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The white horse is approx. 80 by 60 feet in size and composed of fine compacted chalk with well defined edges on a steep slope on land belonging to Littletown Farm.
There is some confusion about its origins. The Revd. Plenderleath, writing in 1885, claims that it was cut into the slope in 1864 by William Simmonds, the owner of Littledown Farm at the time. Later, Simmonds claimed his strange intention to "enlarge" the the figure gradually over the years. In the vent, he had to give up the farm and was unable to do so. In a letter to the Morning Post (a local newspaper) in September 1919, the curator of the folklore section at the Imperial War Museum stated that, while living in Wootton Bassett, he scoured the horse with a friend as a child in 1863 and that the figure was already at least fifty years old at the time making the date of its creation at least 50 or more years earlier than in the Revd. Plenderleath's account - perhaps Simmonds, like the two youths, had scoured a horse which was already in existance.
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A third version claims that the horse was cut in 1896 by a Mr Horsey, Horsley or Hussey, but this is more likely to have been a scouring.
During World War II, the horse was covered up to prevent it offering a ready landmark for the enemy to use.
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The figure is cared for by the Broad Town White Horse Restoration Society which was formed early in 1991.
The badly neglected horse which had become overgrown and barely visible was restored in
1991 by the Restoration Society with
money from Community Grants and funds raised by the village. Over 200 tons of chalk were placed over the figure as part of the restoration.
Cleaning and maintenance of the horse is undertaken regularly by a group of local villagers.
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OS Ref: SU 0986 7827
The white horse is in a depression at an elevation of about 210 metres on a steep slope of the Marlborough Downs about half a mile east of and some 70 metres above the village and just north-east of Littletown Farmhouse.
The horse is visible for many miles as the Marlborough Downs drop down into the valley of the Thames to the north and can be seen well from Borad Town itself.
The best view of the chalk figure is from the farm track which leads from Chapel Lane to Littletown farmhouse and a footpath from the farm track offers access to the horse.
The site can be reached by footpaths from the village, and from the B4041 road as it climbs Broad Town Hill just to the south of the village towards Broad Hinton although there is no parking place on Broad Town Hill.
The steps below the horse are dangerous, and should not be used;-
| Would visitors not climb the steps below the Horse as they are dangerous and are only to be used when the Horse is being maintained. The land is private and no responsibility for any accident can be accepted. |
| - Broad Town White Horse Restoration Society |
"Broad Town Man" is the name which has been given to the headless remains of a man found buried in a shallow grave at Broad Town in September 2000. It was discovered by a couple who found exposed pieces of bone jutting out from the hill.
Carbon dating at Oxford University reveals that the owner of the skeleton, a man about 5ft 7in in height and aged between 35 and 45 years, died around 560 AD. The carbon dating of the remains is thought to put a date on the founding of the Saxon settlement of Broad Town.
The grave, only 25 cm (10inches) deep, is at the top of a hill at the crossing between two ancient tracks and thought to possibly mark the edge of a Saxon Hundred.
The size of the muscle attachments on the man's legs indicate that he did a lot of horse riding but he is not thought to have been decapitated - the missing skull and arm are thought to have been worn away from the shallow grave over time by soil erosion. It is uncertain how he died.
The Saxons often buried suicides and criminals at crossroads. The shallowness of the grave, lack of any grave goods buried with him and the position of the grave at a prominent position at the crossroads on the hilltop all indicate that he may have been a criminal buried there as a deterrent to others.
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| Village Hall for the use of the inhabitants of Broad Town and the neighbourhood. |
| 19 Broadacres, Broad Town, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 7RP |
| tel: 01793 731 518 (Office Hours: 09.00h - 17.00h, Monday to Friday ) |
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| Broad Town Coe Primary School |
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| Broad Town Church of England Primary School |
| Broad Town, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 7RE |
| tel: 01793 731395 |
| Voluntary controlled school, ages 4-11 |
| Guild of Wiltshire Artists |
The Guild of Wiltshire Artists (founded by Frederick Cameron-Street who lives in the village) holds a monthly workshop at Broad Town Village Hall for people who wish to improve their artistic skills.
Telephone (01793) 770404 for details.
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