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 Avebury, the Cove 1899 (ref. 44860) | The farm buildings pictured were demolished in the 1930s to present the two sarsen sandstones as they were originally erected some 4,500 years ago in the Neolithic age. These two form part of the Cove, which was possibly a shrine, in the northern inner circle of the Avebury henge. |  Add your own Memory Add to your Album |
 Avebury, Excavations c1908 (ref. A80501) | The farm buildings pictured were demolished in the 1930s to present the two sarsen sandstones as they were originally erected some 4,500 years ago in the Neolithic age. These two form part of the Cove, which was possibly a shrine, in the northern inner circle of the Avebury henge. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Bishopstone, Post Office and Stores 1908 (ref. B298001) | Unusually for this era, there is a walker with a back pack. He has stopped at Hedges' shop to replenish his stores. Note the cottage's tall chimney, creating the draught necessary to produce a good fire. The shop is baker, grocer and draper; as it was probably the only shop in the vil- lage, it needed to carry a broad range of goods. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Bradford-On-Avon, Town Hall 1914 (ref. 66624) | Bradford-on-Avon has changed little in the last century. There has been no by-pass, no rash of new developments. In fact, the town is instantly recognisable from early photographs, such as this one of the huge Jacobean style Town Hall. Its ornate style contrasts with the plainer stone houses that are more characteristic of the town. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Bradford-On-Avon, Knees Corner 1900 (ref. 45377) | Most of the town's finest buildings are Georgian - the woollen mills and the merchants' houses. Bath stone was used for many of the buildings. This junction of the narrow streets creates a serious bottleneck for modern traffic. Note the decorative lamps outside the shop on the left. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Burbage, the Village Smithy 1907 (ref. 57209) | The village blacksmith was then an important member of the community. Horses were still the main form of motive power, and the skill in keeping horses well shod and farm implements in good repair was vital to the local economy. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Burbage, the Village 1907 (ref. 57208) | A classic village scene with heavy thatched roofs and brick and timber cot- tages. With the camera a relatively unknown instrument in those days, the photographer invariably attracted a gaggle of village children as he went to work. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Calne, the Strand 1957 (ref. C228060) | This view of the bottom of the Strand in Calne is now much changed. The building in the centre has gone and a massive redevelopment is under way, although the Lansdowne Arms Hotel has been spared so far. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Calne, the Green 1957 (ref. C228032) | Once, wool dominated Calne: then it was pigs. The Harris bacon factory (in the background) was established as one of the main industries in this town. Calne can also boast of having a market for over a thousand years: some record. This photograph shows some of the town's best Georgian buildings, with St Mary's church in the centre. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Calne, High Street c1960 (ref. C228053) | This view looks down the High Street towards the Strand. The delightfully ornate building at the bottom is the Town Hall, and the Central Gardens seen in the previous picture are on the extreme right. The Lloyds Bank building on the left is a typically grand and solid structure, clearly designed to impress clients. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Castle Combe, Village 1904 (ref. 51508) | Castle Combe was once a centre for cloth weaving but now seems to trade on its picturesque qualities. The village's favourable microclimate encourages the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs typical of Cotswold villages. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Castle Combe, West Street 1906 (ref. 53908) | Castle Combe was once a centre for cloth weaving but now seems to trade on its picturesque qualities. The village's favourable microclimate encourages the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs typical of Cotswold villages. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Castle Combe, Market Cross and Church 1906 (ref. 53907) | The grandeur and size of Perpendicular architecture owes its inception to the wealth created by the wool trade. The Cotswold stone tower of St Andrews Church stands fittingly adjacent to the Market Cross, the scene of Castle Combe's once famous sheep market. Nowadays, deemed the prettiest village in England, it relies on tourism for its income. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Chilton Foliat, the Village 1908 (ref. 60955) | Chilton Foliat is at the eastern extremity of the county, on the river Kennet. Here, a horse waits patiently outside the thatched pub for the return of his driver. The decorative headers on the brick façade of the inn make an interesting chequered pattern. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Chippenham, High Street c1955 (ref. C294032) | Chippenham High Street is much changed today. The street is closed to traffic, Lennards on the left is now a solicitors and the drab building to the right has been spruced up. The striking half-timbered buildings in the centre no longer exist. Melias' decorative shop sign is a fine example of the sign-writer's art. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Chippenham, c1955 (ref. C294004) | A closer view (taken at the same time) of the timber-framed buildings in the High Street which have now disappeared. The bridge over the Avon is in the distance. On the right, a shop front has been added to an earlier building. From the pavement the change would be almost invisible. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Chippenham, High Street c1955 (ref. C294038) | Another view of the High Street, looking in the opposite direction. The ornate building on the left is no longer The Chippenham Co-operative Society, but a department store. On the right is a grand stone shopfront, with decorative carving at the top. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Chippenham, St Andrew's Church c1950 (ref. C294029) | St Andrews church, Chippenham, viewed from the market place. The church, partly medieval with some rebuilding over the centuries, dominates what was a busy three days a week market square surrounded by Georgian frontages, and the banks of the river Avon. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Corsham, the Cross Keys Inn 1907 (ref. 57821) | The scene depicted in the previous picture is repeated in Corsham. Since this photograph was taken, the town has expanded dramatically. Fortunately, the old part has been granted Conservation Area status. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Corsham, the Cricket Match 1904 (ref. 51479A) | This possibly romantic view of rural England is balanced by the Hungerford Almshouses, built during the Jacobean period in 1668, which were charitable institutions to house the poor, and which overlook the cricket field. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
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