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Chippenham, Monkton House c1960 (ref. C294092) | The house is a typical Georgian square house with a fine ashlar frontage and hipped roof. The doorway is square-headed with Ionic pilasters and two detached Ionic columns. In front of the house, gardens and pleasure grounds ran down to the river; a channel was cut from the river for private moorings. |  Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, Monkton Park Golf Course c1960 (ref. c294102) | As the housing estate at Monkton grew up, the owners of Monkton Park, the District Council, began to develop the area for recreational purposes. The old pleasure grounds in front of Monkton Park were made into an attractive golf course for pitch and putt. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, Monkton Park Swimming Pool c1960 (ref. C294089) | The public were provided with a diving board, dry and wet-side changing cubicles, a children's paddling pool, a first aid room and a staff mess room, which was provided by the Chippenham Amateur Swimming Club. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, New Road c1960 (ref. C294109) | These views, with only a few years between them, illustrate the widening of the road with the construction of the new bridge. A section of the old stone balustrade can be seen on the side of Thomas Cook & Son in C294109. Very little else has changed, except that Redwood Brothers, who sold men's and boys' clothing, has left; the building has been modernised, with the removal of a first floor oriel window. The building was occupied by Halfords, and is now the Oxfam shop. The two low buildings next to Redwoods have had a wide range of uses, from nurseries to restaurants. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, New Road c1960 (ref. C294098) | We are looking up New Road, with W C King & Sons, ironmongers, on the left. Further up we can see the sign of the Black Horse. According to the deeds, this was built in November 1843 as a beer house. The large Bath stone town house on the right was the home of the Collen family, who ran the town mill opposite. In the early 1960s the Westminster Bank took over the premises, and it is now occupied by Goughs the solicitors. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, New Road from the Viaduct c1960 (ref. C294056) | This view was taken from the top of Brunel's railway viaduct and looks down New Road to the bridge and the beginning of the High Street. In the distance the tower and spire of St Andrew's church is visible on the side of the Market Place. On the left we can see the pediment and roof of the Baptist Chapel, built in 1856 on the recently-constructed Station Hill. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, the River Avon c1960 (ref. C294095) | The church of St Andrew and the rear of the buildings in St Mary's Street sit on the spur of land surrounded by the River Avon which attracted the Saxon settlers. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, the Bandstand and St Paul's Church c1960 (ref. C294115) | The bandstand in the centre of the park was designed by Mr Adams, the Borough Surveyor, at a cost of £267 in 1923. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, the Market Place c1955 (ref. C294031) | This view shows the widest area of the market place, where most of the livestock was sold up to 1907. The Victorian building with the borough coat of arms in the pediment was erected after a public meeting: the town decided 'not only to obtain funds for the purpose of a general rejoicing but also if possible, to erect a handsome building as a Literary and Scientific Institute, which would serve as a lasting memorial'. Sir John Neeld presented the site, and the foundation stone was laid in 1887. The Jubilee Institute proved popular, along with its collection of books. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, Hardenhuish, the Church c1960 (ref. C294065) | The church is Georgian, and is built of faced ashlar in a plain but impressive style with Venetian-style windows and a small tower with an octagon top. The site on a hill makes the church visible from many miles away. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, Yelde Hall c1965 (ref. C294104) | The Yelde Hall had been recently renovated (in 1963). The double doors on the gable end had been removed and a new box frame infill with windows had been added, which matches the style of the rest of the building. The Yelde Hall had probably not been unencumbered by buildings since the late Tudor period. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, St Nicholas' Church, Hardenhuish c1960 (ref. C294073) | The tomb of the economist David Ricardo (to the right of the church) was designed by William Pitts in the Greek style, with a canopy on four Doric columns. Under the canopy are four maidens. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, the Old Town Hall c1955 (ref. C294011) | The stone-built building to the right of the Yelde Hall was a butcher's run by Greig & Co in the 1950s. Records show that there were butchers here back into the 19th century, linking the area with its designation as the shambles on the edge of the market. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, Market Place looking towards High Street c1955 (ref. C294010) | No 57 Market Place was occupied by Lennard's shoe shop from 1939 (left), and before that was used by Mrs Swaffield as a tobacconists and hairdressers. In the 1890s Mr H G Bucknell ran a watch-making and fancy repository business. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, the School c1960 (ref. C294074) | We are looking past a mature oak tree and the caretaker's lodge to the main buildings of the secondary modern school for boys, constructed in 1959. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, Post Office c1960 (ref. C294063) | This view was taken looking up the Market Place; on the left was a three-gabled building, probably dating back to the Tudor period. This building, along with Nos 42 and 43, were demolished, and a modern post office was opened on 10 June 1959 by Sir David Eccles, MP for Chippenham. | Add your own Memory
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Chippenham, the Maud Heath Causeway c1955 (ref. C294068) | This is the bridge over the River Avon. The limestone monument, dated 1698 (right), records Maud Heath's bequest to the local community. In the 19th century the pillar was moved three times as the trustees sought firmer and safer footings. | Add your own Memory
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