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'''Devizes''' is a market town in [[Wiltshire]].
[[File:Devizes.market.cross.arp.jpg|thumb|The Market Cross, Devizes]]'''Devizes''' is a market town in [[Wiltshire]].


==LGBT history==
==LGBT history==


Local resident and Director of [[Changing Attitude]], Rev [[Colin Coward]] had his civil partnershp marked by a special service at St John's Church, Devizes, in 2010.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wiltshire/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8801000/8801552.stm Sarah Jones, "Gay Devizes vicar to get 'married' in same-sex ceremony" '''BBC Bristol''' 18 August 2010</ref>
In 2009 the Three Crowns on Maryport Street started holding a monthly gay night, called "The Scene".<ref>http://www.wsmsh.org.uk/news_item.php?id=26 ''Men's Sexual Health'' (Swindon): "Launch of gay night in Devizes"</ref>
 
Local resident and Director of [[Changing Attitude]], Rev [[Colin Coward]] had his civil partnership marked by a special service at St John's Church, Devizes, in 2010.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wiltshire/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8801000/8801552.stm Sarah Jones, "Gay Devizes vicar to get 'married' in same-sex ceremony" ''BBC Bristol'' 18 August 2010</ref>


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[[Category:Wiltshire]]
[[Category:Wiltshire]]
[[Category:English towns]]

Latest revision as of 13:06, 10 July 2026

The Market Cross, Devizes

Devizes is a market town in Wiltshire.

LGBT history

In 2009 the Three Crowns on Maryport Street started holding a monthly gay night, called "The Scene".[1]

Local resident and Director of Changing Attitude, Rev Colin Coward had his civil partnership marked by a special service at St John's Church, Devizes, in 2010.[2]

References

  1. http://www.wsmsh.org.uk/news_item.php?id=26 Men's Sexual Health (Swindon): "Launch of gay night in Devizes"
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wiltshire/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8801000/8801552.stm Sarah Jones, "Gay Devizes vicar to get 'married' in same-sex ceremony" BBC Bristol 18 August 2010