Heritage Open Days, September 2016
We were disappointed in the response that we had for our events this year. Our programme has become bi - annual over the last few years, because we have to rely on the good offices of the local population and resources in order to try and introduce interesting...
‘Above and beyond’: Corsham commemorates WW1 hospital at Town Hall
The title says it all ~ the hospital was instigated by Lord Methuen, the Parish Council and the Red Cross. Professional nurses came from far and wide to run the hospital but the local people also worked extremely hard to support the venture. Many ladies volunteered as...
The Buildings of Corsham, a talk by Julian Orbach
Julian is preparing the third edition of the Wiltshire volume of The Buildings of England. The Buildings of England series was created by Sir Nicholas Pevsner and is regarded as an unrivalled series of comprehensive architectural guides covering every English county...
News from the Chairman, November 2016
Another end of year approaches. ‘Time flies’ I used to be told when I was younger and now I find that’s perfectly true! 2016 has been a year with excellent meetings, all organised by Dr. Negley Harte, and Negley has now produced a most interesting set of subjects for...
An early photograph of Corsham Station
It is believed that this is the second earliest photograph taken of a train at Corsham station. It probably dates for 1893 or early 1894. The engine, an ‘1854’ class of saddle tank, was built at Swindon Works in November 1892 and was later converted to a pannier...
Gospel Halls in the Corsham Area
In May 1856 the first Gospel Hall was opened at Corshamside, now known as Neston, by a group of Christians wishing to worship in the brethren tradition. We must go back 24 years to 1832 when the then Vicar of Corsham, the Rev. John Andrew Methuen, renounced his...