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Corsham, St Bartholomew's Church c.1955
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The fine setting of the town church is shown in this picturesque view through the gateway. The Methuen Chapel on the north side was added in 1874- 78 when the chancel was restored by C F Hansom. Nearby is Corsham Court, a large manor house built in Elizabethan style. Thomas Smythe of London, haberdasher and Collector of the Customs, erected it in 1582. The house passed through the hands of the Hungerfords and Thynnes (Lord Bath) and then the Methuens. Other famous names associated with Corsham and its fine collection of good houses include designers John Nash, Henry Keene, Capability Brown and Bellamy.

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A Selection of Memories from Corsham

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Corsham

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Secret Factory At Box Tunnel Corsham
This 1904 photo shows both the main line through Box but also the entry to a huge underground military store and factory. When I worked at the MoD in the 1960's I recall that there were 2 lines at one end of the tunnel and 4 at the other. The plans of the extent of the underground works and stores were not fully shown on the plans held at the office; much of it was still classified as "secret" and ...see more
Corsham, Box Tunnel 1904
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Exciting Times
I moved to Corsham with my mother approx 1947. She became housekeeper to "eventually" my stepfather Jack Giblin. He worked firstly at a big house-Pockeridge ?- as a messenger, subsequently as a stoker in a boiler room at Hawthorn. We lived in a cottage near the house, no electricity, oil lamps and cooking by oil stove, a "chemical" toilet at the bottom of the garden which was emptied once a week by a lorry. Near the ...see more
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11 Poynder Ave, Corsham
Moved here in 1942 were my father worked for B.A.C underground at Hawthorn as a foreman working on gear inspection. With the recent 70th anniversary on Tv its only now that I realise what my parents had gone through with the bombing raids, long hours working for the War effort and rationing etc. For us kids, I was 7yrs old at the time, what an adventure moving to the country and lucky to live in Corsham. We ...see more
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Brakespear Road
I was 2 ,1941 when we moved into 19 Brakespear road. My father was an engineer at Bristol Aircraft Co. We were bombed out of Bristol and my father was moved underground to Spring Quarry to build Centaurus engines for Beaufighters.I certainly remember the Americans being there as we would go to the Community centre to get little tins of sweets that, think were army rations. They were good days, Weavern valley a great ...see more
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