Category: People & Places

William Arnold

William Arnold

William Arnold was a man of stature in Corsham, his business as a Clothier brought him much wealth, he was a member of the Corsham Wool Merchants Guild, and he owned considerable tracts of land in Corsham and the surrounding district.  His family hailed from...
Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander

Corsham’s Alexander House (pictured) and Alexander Terrace have long been attributed to Richard Alexander a surgeon. There were two Richard Alexanders: Richard Hayward, and his son Richard Chandler. Richard H was baptised at All Cannings Church in  1778, and married...