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Lt. Daniel Clutterbuck
There is a grave at the rear of St Bartholomew’s churchyard, where lies a man who took part in the Crimean War, and the ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ on the 25th October 1854. He was slightly wounded in the right foot during that battle, but was able to remain in...
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The Cawte Family
First identified in around 1820 there was a Thomas Cawte, a dairyman, born in Fareham in 1820. With his wife Emma, (b.1830), they raised a son George (b.1856), who also married an Emma (b.1855). Together they had 3 children, Charles George (b.abt.1876), Isobel...
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Richard Bethel
Son of Dr Richard Bethel of Bradford on Avon, he is reputed to have been a boarder at the Hungerford Almshouse School, before gaining a scholarship to Wadham College in 1818. In 1823 he was called to the Bar, attaining Queens Counsel in 1840. He was responsible for...
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Charles Bethel
Many generations of Corsham citizens have filled the comprehensive office of Town Crier/Ale Taster/Inspector of Weights & Measures. Whether Charles Bethel managed to contend with all these ‘strands’ is questionable, but there is no doubt that the bell and voice of...
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The Batley Family
The Batley family probably came to Corsham in the early 1880’s. They were farmers, and John Batley, who originally came from Suffolk, had farmed at Sheldon Manor, Chippenham for many years, before coming to Corsham to take on a farm at Pockeridge. The 1881 census...
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