Wanborough
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growing up in chis
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 his band.My special friends were ,nancy angela,wink,josieand shirlry. I have been back many times and enjoy people from my youth.Many of you will remember my mum Anastasia also my sister stacy and virginia who still lives in wroughton.Thanks to wink who introduced me to this site.
A memory of Chiseldon contributed by dawn downey
Family Tree
I am researching my fam tree. I have found out some of my ancestors came from Swindon. Due to a long story my Grandmothers biological Grandfather worked on the G.W.R AS A Labourer his name was Edwin New. He married Mary Jane Stroud in 1873 then went on to have my Grandmother Real mother Alice Elizabeth New. Alice was born on the 10th March 1884 at Lower stratton.
I wondered if any one out there knows of these name above. My grandmother was born in a mother and baby hospital in Hackney for unmarried mother on the 24th July 1906. I found the details out with the help of the Salvation Army her real mothers name was given ...read more here
A memory of Swindon contributed by Karen Surtees
Mother.
My mother worked in the cafeteria at lunch time, collecting the money from the students. She seemed to know everybody in the college and when she passed away at the young age of 48, it seemed that the whole of Swindon mourned with us. Swindon is a place that I hold dear to my heart. Every picture that I have looked at today brings back wounderful memories of a town that I still call home even though I live overseas.
A memory of Swindon contributed by patricia beach
Farewell rail tour
The picture is taken from the footbridge and show the rail tour on about 3/9/61. There were two. This one is the one I travelled on hauled by GWR 2-6-0 5306. I rode on the footplate of the engine from here to Cirencester. The other one was hauled by 7808 Cookham Manor.
A memory of Swindon contributed by adrian vaughan
Extracts From Wanborough & Wiltshire books
Looking North-West
This part of the village is known as Lower Wanborough, and lies 3 miles east of
Swindon. In the foreground is Shear’s Farm, once the Axe & Compass public house
which closed in 1907. The building is now two private cottages. The road to the right
leads to Callas Hill and Foxhill.
An extract from from"Swindon Living Memories".
The Harrow is the
oldest public house in
Wanborough, dating back
to at least the 18th century.
It was situated next to
the former Wanborough
Brewery, now demolished
- a close of new houses has
been erected on the site. A
new sign has now replaced
the harrow on the end wall
of the pub.
An extract from from"Swindon Living Memories".
These cottages stand at the top of Pack Hill, near its junction with Church Road and Mayfield,
in Upper Wanborough. The Cottage Shop was once a shoemaker’s premises. It closed in the
1970s and is now a private house.
An extract from from"Swindon Living Memories".
The interior of St Andrew’s is just as pleasing as the outside, with its four-bay nave arcades, quatrefoil piers and
double-chamfered arches. These give a feeling of openness and comfort. The chancel has Perpendicular additions.
The tower and spire rest on crossing piers and arches to north, south, east and west. Monuments dating back to
1418 include Thomas Polton and his wife, in brass with demi-figures 13 ins long.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Churches Photographic Memories".
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).
An extract from from"Swindon Living Memories".