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- 3 photos on Box appear in 1 Frith books - View photos of Box
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Box memories
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Boy in photo
I think the boy in the picture is my cousin Michael (Jake). He moved into 39 Bargates with his parents my aunt and uncle in 1955 one of the first residents. My aunt and uncle still live there.
Contributed by Carol Gale
Family connections.
This is a picture of myself with my sister and brother and my sister's friend. I was 13 years old. My sister Theo is the girl with the handbag, she was 9 years old and my brother John was 3 years old. We had been to the local store Bences and are standing outside the smallest pub in the county, The Chequers Inn. Our family home was at the top of Glovers Lane. The garden with dad's apple and cherry trees can be seen in the photograph running the full length of the lane.
Contributed by Ann Blake
Wiltshire memories
Boy in photo
I think the boy in the picture is my cousin Michael (Jake). He moved into 39 Bargates with his parents my aunt and uncle in 1955 one of the first residents. My aunt and uncle still live there.
A memory of Box contributed by Carol Gale
Family connections.
This is a picture of myself with my sister and brother and my sister's friend. I was 13 years old. My sister Theo is the girl with the handbag, she was 9 years old and my brother John was 3 years old. We had been to the local store Bences and are standing outside the smallest pub in the county, The Chequers Inn. Our family home was at the top of Glovers Lane. The garden with dad's apple and cherry trees can be seen in the photograph running the full length of the lane.
A memory of Box contributed by Ann Blake
Extracts From Box & Wiltshire books
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.
An extract from from"Chippenham Town and City Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Chippenham Town and City Memories".
The main entrance into the girls’ school off Hardenhuish Lane.
An extract from from"Chippenham Town and City Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Chippenham Town and City Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Chippenham Town and City Memories".