Tidworth

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Tidworth is a town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of Andover, 12 miles south of Marlborough, 24 miles south of Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of Salisbury and 6 miles east of Amesbury. Its population is approximately 9,500.

Tidworth used to be administratively divided into North Tidworth and South Tidworth, with the northern part of the town in Wiltshire and the southern part in Hampshire. When the boundary between the two counties was redrawn in 1992, the old distinction vanished and all the town became part of Wiltshire. The separate parts remained as two separate civil parishes until April 1, 2004.

Tidworth was listed in the Domesday book as Todeorde, in the Andover Hundred, in "Hantscire".

The musician James Blunt was born in Tidworth.

The musician Yousseph "Chico" Slimani is to play the Tidworth Anual Festival, on the 31st of July, 2006.

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