Kington St Michael
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Kington St Michael books (14 available)
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Kington St Michael
The first memory of Kington St Michael, like most people of my age, is being beaten in the village school at the age of four. This and other memories are documented all at Kington St Michael official website.
Contributed by Alex H
Wiltshire memories
Kington St Michael
The first memory of Kington St Michael, like most people of my age, is being beaten in the village school at the age of four. This and other memories are documented all at Kington St Michael official website.
A memory of Kington St Michael contributed by Alex H
Hardenuish School for Girls
I went to Hardenuish School between 1958 -1962. The headmistress was an ex nun and did not allow the girls to mix with the boys when their school was built just down the road, so she staggered our dinner and leaving times from theirs. Silly woman - didn't stop them waiting about and meeting up later. I can remember going out on our art lessons in the summer and sitting by a pond in the grounds to paint the scenery around us. We cycled to school because we lived at the other end of town in Long Close - I must have been fit then!
A memory of Chippenham contributed by Sheila Dawn Robbins
Memories of Doom
I remember sitting on the seat by the old Yelde Hall in 1964 and telling my boyfriend (Brian Robbins) that yes, I was having a baby. Then arranging that he would tell his parents, and I would tell mine and tell them we wanted to get married. He was nearly 19 and I was 17. (Still in love after 44 years)
A memory of Chippenham contributed by Sheila Dawn Robbins
Extracts From Kington St Michael & Wiltshire books
We can see the porch attached to the west
tower, and also the good proportions of the
building. Inside, the wide three-bay nave is
tall and light with thin piers. Its arches to
north, south and east are very tall too, and of
Decorated style. In the north-east chapel, the
monument of Sir William Sharington, who died in
1553, is dated 1566; it is said to be one of the
finest pieces of mid 16th-century decoration in
England. The tomb chest has carved strapwork
cartouches, early Renaissance pilasters with
arabesques, and other elaborate decoration.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Churches Photographic Memories".
Long-standing local residents do not remember the church tower without its pinnacles, although one pinnacle was
struck by lightning and fell down in the early 1990s. The church was restored in 1858 by J H Hakewill, but the
tower is 1725, in Gothic style, and the baroque mouldings may not be original.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Churches Photographic Memories".
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".