I also toured the town of Marlborough with the Copps. Marlborough has been an important market town for over 800 years since King John granted its first charter in 1204. Marlborough was a center for much local trade and an important staging-post for those travelling between London and Bath or Bristol.
Marlborough is known for having the widest High Street in all of the UK.
Old St. Peter's Church sits at one end of the high street and just beyond it, in the grounds of Marlborough College, was the site of Marlborough Castle, centered on a huge Neolithic mound in which (local legend has it) Merlin was buried.
The college complete with Merlin's Mound has a very Harry Potter feel to it. Overall I had a fascinating first foray into England outside of London.
Cheers,
Kate
