History of Wiltshire - Stonehenge, Roger of Salisbury, Amesbury Archer, Rate-Capping Rebellion, Avebury, History of Swindon (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 90. Chapters: Stonehenge, Roger of Salisbury, Amesbury Archer, Rate-capping rebellion, Avebury, History of Swindon, High Sheriff of Wiltshire, Wiltshire Victoria County History, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Imber, List of windmills in Wiltshire, Battle of the Beanfield, Durrington Walls, Cherhill White Horse, Fonthill Abbey, Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge Cursus, Wiltshire Record Society, Wiltshire County Cricket Club, Night of the Long Knives, Stanchester Hoard, Whorwellsdown, Midland and South Western Junction Railway, Battle of Wilton, West Kennet Long Barrow, Marlborough White Horse, Vespasian's Camp, Woodhenge, Battle of Ellandun, Bluestonehenge, Durotriges, Barbury Castle, Salisbury rail crash, Westbury White Horse, Earl of Wiltshire, Robin Hood's Ball, The Sanctuary, Stonehenge Landscape, Ringsbury Camp, Windmill Hill, Avebury, Liddington Castle, Colerne Airfield, Iwig, Common Cold Unit, Westbury Sheep Fair, White Barrow, New henge at Stonehenge, All Cannings Cross, Kennet Avenue, Stonehenge Archer, Boscombe Bowmen, Beckhampton Avenue, Little Woodbury, The Longstones, Marden Henge, Barber surgeon of Avebury, Kennet & Avon Canal Museum, Western Rising, Overton Hill, Perriam Down, Mael Dub, Goldney Baronets, South Street barrow, Adam's Grave, Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District, Highworth Branch Line. Excerpt: The rate-capping rebellion was a campaign within English local councils in 1985 which aimed to force the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher to withdraw powers to restrict the spending of councils. The affected councils were almost all run by left-wing Labour Party leaderships. The campaign's tactic was that councils whose budgets were restricted would refuse to set any budget at all for the financial year 1985-86, requiring the Government to intervene directly in providing local services, or ...