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Corsham photos

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Corsham maps

Historic maps of Corsham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Corsham maps

Corsham map

Historic map of Corsham

Wiltshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Wiltshire

Corsham map

Historic Map of any Corsham postcode

Corsham maps
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Corsham books

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Devizes Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Chippenham Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Salisbury Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13

Corsham books
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Memories of Corsham

Corsham memories
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War Time

I have many memories of the wartime years spent in Corsham. My father was in the Ordnance Corps and served under Colonel Cripps at the Central Ammunition Depot. Up to about 1943 we were billeted at a farm but after that with a Mrs Harvey in Bences Lane and this is where my memories begin. I recall being in a queue... [more]

Shared on 17 October 2009 by James Burslem.

The old milk round

When I went to school in the High Street next to the Royal oak I can remember the milk man with his old horse and cart delivering milk all along the houses along the cobbled stone path. You had the cobbler's, it began with K I think, then opposite you had the dry cleaners, further on down you had Johnson's bakery... [more]

Shared on 02 May 2008 by Terry Donovan.

My Home Town

I left Corsham in 1960 but although I haven't lived there for many decades I still consider it my home. I was born in a prefab in Clutterbuck Road, all my school friends lived in prefabs, even the Library in what was Beech Ave. was Prefab. the roads have all gone now, & when I returned there was a new housing... [more]

Shared on 08 April 2008 by Sheila Rowe.

Glenthope South Street

34 South Street was my home from 1963 to December 2007! My grandparents Ellen and Lewis Edwards lived here along with my mother Anne and myself.
It is the second house on the left with the single window upstairs. (This was my grandparents' room.) I spent many happy years here and can remember playing in the street with all the other... [more]

Shared on 26 February 2009 by Karen Mcintyre.

Extracts From Corsham & Wiltshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Corsham, inspired by Frith photos.

Wiltshire Pocket Album

Much of this area is unchanged today: it is an attractive combination of golden stone buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Town Hall with its clock is on the left. In the distance on the right, the delightful Flemish weavers' cottages still exist today.

This is an extract from Wiltshire Pocket Album.
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Wiltshire Churches Photographic Memories

Inside, St Bartholomew's has a distinct Norman feel about it, as we can see from its north doorway and north aisle, for instance. The south, or Tropenell, chapel is Perpendicular, as is the chancel arch and the tall north chapel.

This is an extract from Wiltshire Churches Photographic Memories.
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