Westbury,

Westbury, a little market-town of Wiltshire, 16½ miles SSE. of Bath and 25 NW. of Salisbury. Returning till 1832 two members to parliament, and then till 1885 one, it has lost its clothing industry, but has iron-smelting works. The fine church has memories of Walter Map and Mackonochie. Westbury White Horse, cut out on the southern slope of Westbury Down (775 feet), is 175 feet long, and was restored in 1778 and 1853. It probably commemorates Alfred the Great's victory of Ethandún (Edington) over the Danes in 878 (see WHITE HORSE). Pop of parish, 5613.