Wilton
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Wilton books (17 available)
- 8 photos on Wilton appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Wilton
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Wilton and Wiltshire
Wilton memories
Read and share memories of Wilton and Wiltshire inspired by Frith photos
Ye Olde Gate House
This picture is of the Old Gate House, taken from the West Street side. The sign over the front door was "Ye Olde Gate House". It was a very old house and is shown on some of the old maps of Wilton. It had two addresses - The Gate House, West Street, Wilton, and No 1 St John's Square, Ditchampton.
My Grandparents, Arthur and Selina Loveless lived in the house from 1912, and my Mother Audrey Loveless was brought up there with her sisters. Mum often told me how West Street flooded when she was a child and people had to use small boats to go up the street.
The house had a living room, a parlour and ...read more here
Contributed by Wendy Ross
Levers the Butchers
My memories of Wilton are very fond and still are as my grandparents owned Levers the Butchers in North Street. Finding this site was a real pleasure as I can remember some of the later photographs from when I was a child. I would be really pleased if you had any photographs or history of the Levers as my grandparents are now dead and so is my father and aunt. I often visit Wilton just for nostalgia!
If you are interested, I may have some photographs of the shop and North Street so please let me know if you are.
Contributed by Samantha Beaton
Wiltshire memories
Ye Olde Gate House
This picture is of the Old Gate House, taken from the West Street side. The sign over the front door was "Ye Olde Gate House". It was a very old house and is shown on some of the old maps of Wilton. It had two addresses - The Gate House, West Street, Wilton, and No 1 St John's Square, Ditchampton.
My Grandparents, Arthur and Selina Loveless lived in the house from 1912, and my Mother Audrey Loveless was brought up there with her sisters. Mum often told me how West Street flooded when she was a child and people had to use small boats to go up the street.
The house had a living room, a parlour and ...read more here
A memory of Wilton contributed by Wendy Ross
Levers the Butchers
My memories of Wilton are very fond and still are as my grandparents owned Levers the Butchers in North Street. Finding this site was a real pleasure as I can remember some of the later photographs from when I was a child. I would be really pleased if you had any photographs or history of the Levers as my grandparents are now dead and so is my father and aunt. I often visit Wilton just for nostalgia!
If you are interested, I may have some photographs of the shop and North Street so please let me know if you are.
A memory of Wilton contributed by Samantha Beaton
Extracts From Wilton & Wiltshire books
This is the forecourt at the north front of Wilton House.The
house was built for the first Earl of Pembroke when he was
granted the old nunnery estate after its dissolution in 1544.
His descendants have lived here ever since.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".
Wilton, once the capital of Wessex, was the most important town in
early medieval Wiltshire. This is Kingsbury Square, with St Edith’s
church on the left.The road across the square is the A30.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".
Wilton, once the capital of Wessex, was
the most important town in early medieval
Wiltshire. This is Kingsbury Square, on the
A30, with St Edith’s church on the left.
The neatly-pollarded trees give the square a
sedate air. An open-topped bus is coming from Salisbury.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Pocket Album".
This is the forecourt at the north front of Wilton House.The
house was built for the first Earl of Pembroke when he was
granted the old nunnery estate after its dissolution in 1544.
His descendants have lived here ever since.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".
By 1955 the horse and cart have made way for the car, the
street lamps have appeared, but the shops and everything else
have changed very little in West Street. The street is a pleasing
mixture of Georgian and Victorian houses and shops.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Pocket Album".