Apr 15, 2015
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Who were the Goldneys? If we go back to a document entitled The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1509–1558, we learn that Henry (born before 1517), was the son of a wealthy farmer and clothier named Nicholas Afternewell. The will of Nicholas was apparently...
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Apr 15, 2015
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Fifty Years Ago … On 4 January 1965, Corsham Station closed – we have been without it for half a century. The station had been in existence for 124 years: it opened in June 1841, less than a mile from the eastern entrance to Box Tunnel, when the...
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Dec 13, 2014
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Few in Corsham will forget the mighty thunderstorm that hit the area during the night of 18/19 September this year. It was as if one of those great spaceships from science fiction was hovering above us for a couple of hours firing down great thunderbolts of lightning...
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Mar 31, 2014
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Sir John Dickson-Poynder and his wife Anne Beauclerk Dundas of Hartham House had just one child. Joan was born at Hartham Park on 11 September 1897. Joan had a lonely childhood as an only child, spending much of her time with her nanny and French and German...
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Mar 31, 2014
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The first vehicle registered in Wiltshire, AM-1, was a 10hp Benz Parsifal, to Wiltshire County Council’s County Surveyor, Charles Septimus Adye on 12th Dec 1903. Listed below are those registered to Corsham people, up to registration number AM-1000: AM-26 Motor cycle...
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Mar 18, 2014
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Our summer outing to see the Victorian schoolroom at Sevington and the Church of St Margaret of Antioch at Leigh Delamere, was in itself a wonderful experience, with Dinah Starkey, one of the Trustees, acting as schoolmistress, bringing to life the days of Victorian...
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