by admin | Nov 17, 2013 | Editorial
These past few months have seen a hive of activity in the shop in the Martingate Centre, next to the greengrocers, which Bill Hall has allowed us free use of to put together all that needs to be done for the celebrations in the town for the centenary of the pilgrimage...
by admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Archive, Editorial
Margery Eagles was born on 29th January 1918 at New Farm, Corsham (which is still owned by the family), her parents being Harry and Lilian Pocock. She had an older brother, Philip, and a younger sister, Joan. Her education began at home, with a governess called Miss...
by admin | Nov 12, 2011 | Archive, Editorial
Earlier this year a book was donated to the CADT which was discovered to contain copies of the first ever St. Bart’s Church Magazines published in our parish dated 1883. It was introduced by the Rev. George Linton, the cover was printed by Lewin Spackman and the...
by admin | Jul 15, 2011 | Editorial
Limewash is slaked lime or calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2. It is made by heating limestone, CaCO3, in a lime kiln to produce quicklime, CaO. This is then slaked by adding some water to produce the slaked lime. We bought the calcium hydroxide as lime putty from Potmollen...
by admin | Mar 15, 2011 | Editorial, News
The fine, simple, elegant, clear date-stone on the front of the house of Geoff Knapp (Hon. Vice- President of the Corsham Civic Society) in South Street, a street with an interesting number of date-stones, revealing the building develop- ment of the street, close to...
by admin | Nov 15, 2010 | Archive, Editorial
I expected the explanation of the surname Weldon to be straightforward, but spelling variations complicate the issue. The obvious conclusion is that it is derived from the place of that name in Northamptonshire. This indeed seems to have been the source of the...
