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Chiseldon, Wiltshire
Chiseldon maps
Historic maps of Chiseldon and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Chiseldon maps
Historic map of Chiseldon
Illustrated Victorian map of Wiltshire
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Chiseldon books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Chiseldon and the local area. View all Chiseldon books
Devizes Town and City Memories
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Chippenham Town and City Memories
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Salisbury Photographic Memories
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6 Chiseldon photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Chiseldon
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welcome to u all from brisbane australia.I have lived here for 38 years,am very happy but chiseldon will always be in my heart.Confirmed ,married and our 4 girls were baptised in chiseldon church.We injoyed the washpool and walking over the fields to coate water,,,happy days.My first dance was like many of us at the british legion hall with david hicks and... [more]
Shared on 15 January 2008
Wiltshire memories
I was born in Draycott Road, Chiseldon, short walk away from the camp. My early memories are of the Sunday morning church parades of the different regiments who were stationed there. The troops, in full military dress, along with the regimental band would march from the camp to the village church a mile or so away. Most of us village kids... [more]
Shared on 06 September 2009
Fish and Chip Shop High Street (1965-1971)
My parents (Mr C and Mrs P Gosling) used to own a fish and chip shop for 6 years. I have a fantastic memory growing up with my 6 brothers and sisters in that big house (please see photo). It had 14 rooms (including the cellar). The house was haunted and it didn't bother me and my family at all. We... [more]
Shared on 02 February 2009
thi8s is dawn downey from brisbane australia,have been living here for 38 years and still treasure memories of my school days in wroughton .My sister virginia still lives there.If anyone sees this ,let ginny know...Remember the old school by the moat,miss morgan was our teacher,,,happy days,,we then moved to chiseldon
Shared on 13 January 2008
I used to attend the local Ogbourne St. George school where Mr. Bernard Crooks was the headmaster and Mrs. Twelftree was my teacher. There used to be a kitchen attached to the school but that has since been changed to a library.
Shared on 27 March 2007
Mrs.Ball at the Post Office.
Westlecot House (now March House) with the Hayward-Jones family.
Imo H-J and self at fete at the Manor house dressed as Shah of Persia and Aga Khan.
Old Mrs.Ollie home help/cleaner.
Pony called Snowball and being led by mother to Chiseldon Camp (then deserted) to catch newts.
Alf Cooper (of Coopers Metals) at Og St Andrew... [more]
Shared on 01 January 2007
My Dad was a copper and one day took me to the Gorse Hill Police Station where he was based. He and the duty sergeant muttered away quietly hatching a plan to surprise me.
The sergeant took me on a tour of the building, eventually taking me down into the depths to see the cells. He was explaing how policeing... [more]
Shared on 31 August 2009
I remember swimming in Coate Water aged about 8 - 10 and nearly drowning in the open air swimming pool. My cousin fell into the lake when he was about three but was rescued by my uncle who leapt in to get him out. The diving board in the picture seemed enormous to me and I was impressed by the people... [more]
Shared on 01 February 2009
Extracts From Chiseldon & Wiltshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Chiseldon, inspired by Frith photos.
Wiltshire Churches Photographic Memories
Inside, there are many monuments, including a number of interesting tablets of the Georgian period to members of the Calley family of Burderop Park. Another tablet commemorates Edward Mellish, 1707, and shows a large family, the man kneeling facing west and the woman east. The church is on the outskirts of the village, and is more related to the countryside beyond it rather than... [more]
This is an extract from Wiltshire Churches Photographic Memories.
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Looking West This view looks down Commercial Road towards the old market site. The street at this time was largely occupied by small businesses such as (on the right) Harold the jeweller's, with next door Hiscock's the builder and decorator's. On the opposite corner of the Morley Street junction was Taymac the builders' merchants (now the site of the West Bromwich Building Society).
This is an extract from Swindon Living Memories.
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This public house at Stratton St Margaret owes its existence to the Wilts and Berks Canal which ran nearby. The original inn stood on the opposite side of the road, on the south- western corner of what is now the busy Oxford road into Swindon. The original building was demolished, and a new one built in 1937-38 on its present site. One of its most famous landlords... [more]
This is an extract from Swindon Living Memories.
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