abstract:North Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury along with Calne and Chippenham Rural District, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural District and Malmesbury Rural District. It shared its name with the North Wiltshire parliamentary constituency, which had similar, but not identical, boundaries.
The last local election was held in Wiltshire four years ago, when the county council and NorthWiltshire, Kennet, Salisbury and West Wiltshire district councils came together to form a unitary authority - Wiltshire Council.
But nowadays Britons don't have to cross the Channel to enjoy this most Gallic of games, as anyone who happened to be passing through Sherston a tiny, picturesque village in north Wiltshire during its 17th annual boules tournament, earlier this month, could tell you.