Editing Trowbridge (section)

==Architecture==
[[File:Frome Road Well, Trowbridge.jpg|thumb|right|upright|'Studley Pump' drinking well, Frome Road; [[Victorian era|Victorian]] in origin, restored in 1977]]
[[File:TrowbridgePopulation.jpg|thumb|Changes in Trowbridge's population 1801–2001|alt=]]
There is much of architectural interest in Trowbridge, including many of the old buildings associated with the textile industry, and the Newtown conservation area, a protected zone of mostly Victorian houses. The town has six Grade I [[listed building]]s, namely [[St James's Church, Trowbridge|St James's Church]], Lovemead House on Roundstone Street, and numbers 46, 64, 68 and 70 Fore Street. The latter is referred to more commonly as [[Parade House]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=John |date=7 June 2022 |title=Leo the Jubilee Lion launched outside historic house |url=https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/20190296.leo-jubilee-lion-launched-outside-historic-parade-house/ |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=Wiltshire Times |language=en}}</ref>

[[Trowbridge Town Hall]] is in Market Street, opposite the entrance to the now-pedestrianised Fore Street. This three-storey building with an Italianate clock-tower<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1364209|desc=Town Hall|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref> was presented to the residents of the town by a local mill-owner, [[William Roger Brown|Sir William Roger Brown]], in 1889 to celebrate [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria|Queen Victoria's golden jubilee]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol7/pp125-171|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 7 pp125-171 - Parishes: Trowbridge|year=1953|website=British History Online|publisher=University of London|editor-first1=R.B.|editor-last1=Pugh|editor-first2=Elizabeth|editor-last2=Crittall|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref> The building was the seat of local government until 1974 and subsequently accommodated the magistrates' courts until 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/2977380.stm|title=Magistrates' courts to close|newspaper=BBC|date= 10 June 2003| access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref> More recently it has been used for exhibitions and community events.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Town Hall Arts |url=http://www.trowbridgearts.com/ |website= |publisher=Trowbridge Arts |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020174257/http://www.trowbridgearts.com/ |archive-date=20 October 2019 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>