Corsham
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Corsham books (12 available)
- 10 photos on Corsham appear in 5 Frith books - View photos of Corsham
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Corsham memories
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The old milk round
When I went to school in the High Street next to the Royal oak I can remember the milk man with his old horse and cart delivering milk all along the houses along the cobbled stone path. You had the cobbler's, it began with K I think, then opposite you had the dry cleaners, further on down you had Johnson's bakery with the fresh rolls just baked. What a treat in the morning for a small boy. I was born in Corsham in 1956 and left in 1977. I live in Bradford on Avon now but Corsham is still my home.
Things have changed a lot. I remember the bus coming up the High Street.
Lord's toy shop, what a place ...read more here
Contributed by terry donovan
My Home Town
I left Corsham in 1960 but although I haven't lived there for many decades I still consider it my home. I was born in a prefab in Clutterbuck Road, all my school friends lived in prefabs, even the Library in what was Beech Ave. was Prefab. the roads have all gone now, & when I returned there was a new housing estate where once were fields & allotments, I wonder if others remember, the happy times we children spent on our prefab estate.
Contributed by sheila rowe
Monks Lane Chapel
I don't really have a memory but went to visit due to family research. Monks Lane has a plaque inside referring to my gt grandad Arthur William Humphries that lived at Broad Stone Cottage with his wife and children. His wife's family being Jones lived in Monks Lane, the Vellys, also Lindley so Corsham is quite near my heart.
Contributed by glynis jones
Wiltshire memories
Monks Lane Chapel
I don't really have a memory but went to visit due to family research. Monks Lane has a plaque inside referring to my gt grandad Arthur William Humphries that lived at Broad Stone Cottage with his wife and children. His wife's family being Jones lived in Monks Lane, the Vellys, also Lindley so Corsham is quite near my heart.
A memory of Corsham contributed by glynis jones
Extracts From Corsham & Wiltshire books
Much of this area is unchanged today: it is an attractive
combination of golden stone buildings from the 17th and
18th centuries. The Town Hall with its clock is on the left.
In the distance on the right, the delightful Flemish weavers’
cottages still exist today.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Pocket Album".
Inside, St Bartholomew’s
has a distinct Norman
feel about it, as we
can see from its north
doorway and north aisle,
for instance. The south,
or Tropenell, chapel is
Perpendicular, as is the
chancel arch and the tall
north chapel.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Churches Photographic Memories".
Now called St Aldhelm’s Methodist Reformed Church, this lovely little building stands alongside and open to
a busy street near Corsham town centre. The entrance, the low wall and the iron railings shown in this picture
have been removed, alas, and next door is a hideous modern cream-painted concrete-faced workshop with no
personality whatsoever. It detracts from what was a beautiful setting for a fine stone-built church.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Churches Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Pocket Album".
Isambard Kingdom Brunel built the famous Box Tunnel in 1841 as part of his ambitious Great Western Railway link between London’s Paddington station and Bristol’s Temple Meads. The 120 miles of railway line took five years to complete. Limestone from the excvavated tunnel was used for building houses in nearby Corsham.
An extract from from"Times Gone By".