Ramsbury
Ramsbury maps (2 available)
Map of Wiltshire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
Personalised maps
Create an historic map centred directly on any postcode!
Ramsbury books (14 available)
- 6 photos on Ramsbury appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Ramsbury
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Ramsbury and Wiltshire
Ramsbury memories
Read and share memories of Ramsbury and Wiltshire inspired by Frith photos
Another school 1959/63
I went to school in Ramsbury from about 1959/1961, I remember the head teacher being a Mr Eastoe, I liked Ramsbury because we all used to gather at the river to go swimmimg, we used to buy an inner tube of a car at the local garage for 6 pence (old money of course). I'm sure half of everybody who went to the river couldn't swim, but it was fun. We lived in Axford about 2 or 3 miles away towards Marlborough, our house was at the start of the village, it hasn't changed much. I went back to this area about 10 years ago, I used to live next door to the Kirby family. I also remember the Kings, Williams, ...read more here
Contributed by sally cundall
Wiltshire memories
Another school 1959/63
I went to school in Ramsbury from about 1959/1961, I remember the head teacher being a Mr Eastoe, I liked Ramsbury because we all used to gather at the river to go swimmimg, we used to buy an inner tube of a car at the local garage for 6 pence (old money of course). I'm sure half of everybody who went to the river couldn't swim, but it was fun. We lived in Axford about 2 or 3 miles away towards Marlborough, our house was at the start of the village, it hasn't changed much. I went back to this area about 10 years ago, I used to live next door to the Kirby family. I also remember the Kings, Williams, ...read more here
A memory of Ramsbury contributed by sally cundall
The past the present and the future
I was born 3rd July 1959 in Marlborough hospital, I spent the first few months of my life in Ramsbury, my parents lived opposite the fire station, until our house burnt down and we moved to Crabtree Close, Chilton Foliat, where my dad still lives.
I then went to the "OLD" Chilton Foliat Village School, which is no longer a school but has been converted into a house. The head master in those days was Mr Hassel. Mr and Mrs Dobson had the village shop and post office, I can still smell the scents from the ham that Mr Dobson used to slice up at the back of the shop, I was very sad to hear that they passed ...read more here
A memory of Chilton Foliat contributed by Mandy Chaverou
My Gt. Bedwyn Family.
The Eastman Family lived in Gt. Bedwyn from 1735. My Grandad lived in Brook Street then later at Railway Terrace, until his death in 1934. My Grandad had died several years before I was born, but I have vivid memories of my Grandma Carrie; she died in 1951. She was a tiny woman about 5ft 2ins - I was taller than her when I was 10 years old. She had very long hair which she put up in a bun on the top of her head. She took it out to brush it at night and I remember it was not that grey even when she was 80. I think she used to say she put soda in the water. She ...read more here
A memory of Great Bedwyn contributed by Heather Trayhorne
Extracts From Ramsbury & Wiltshire books
The old elm tree stands in the village square. It was felled
in the 1980s after it became dangerous and replaced with an
oak tree in 1986. The Bell Inn is behind the tree. Ramsbury
was unique for a village of this size in that it had its own
building society which was formed in 1846 (the elm was
used as its emblem) and ceased trading only recently.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Pocket Album".
The great elm in the Square
presides over village activity.
On the right is One and All,
a wine and spirit merchants,
and next to it is Hill Brothers,
grocers and spirit distillers,
established in 1794.
Behind the Elm is the
Bell Inn, once a coaching inn
on the London to Bath road.
The elm, thought to have
been about 300 years old
when it died, has now been
replaced with a young oak.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".
This view is almost unchanged today. The names on the shops are
different, some of the trees have gone, the road has been resurfaced
and fashions have changed, but not much else. The narrow street is
fringed with cobbles.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Pocket Album".
Even less has changed in this scene in the
old part of what is a very old small town,
which had its own Bishop at the beginning
of the 10th century. Note the small windows,
dictated by the timber framing and thatched
roofs of the cottages.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Pocket Album".
We are looking towards
Back Lane. This is a street
mainly of 16th- or 17th-
century timber-framed
cottages. In the garden of
No 2, on the bottom left of
the picture, a plague pit was
found with the remains of
five skeletons, a legacy of
the Black Death in 1348-
9. The lady wearing a flat
cap looks like she means business!
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".