Some Winsley objects in the Museum Collection
Winsley, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire .. A child’s sarcophagus (stone coffin) which was found in a field near Parsonage Farm, Winsley. It was originally carved from a single block of limestone, but had been broken into several pieces by ploughing. The lid, which would have been another single piece of stone, was not found. It...
Read MoreNew Acquisition: Holt Football Club
. Among recent items that have entered the collection of Bradford on Avon Museum is this photograph. It is a group record of members of the Holt Football Club and was taken after they won the Trowbridge District League in the season 1906-1907. The club was the earliest to be formed in Wiltshire under Football Association rules, in 1864 and still...
Read MoreOld Pictures: South Wraxall
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South Wraxall, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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The parish church of St James, originally a chapel of Bradford’s large ancient parish. The picture is from an old postcard that bears the name of P.E. Andrews, who was operating as a photographer in Bradford in the first...
Read MoreBradford Hundred People: Rev Edward Spencer
Wingfield, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Monument in St Mary’s church, Wingfield erected by his pupils
Rev Edward Spencer had been the Rector of St Mary’s, Wingfield for 43 years when he died on 9th February 1819 in his 80th year. He was succeeded as Rector by his son Thomas, who died in 1842 at 68. Besides...
Read MoreThe Museum Collection: the Wadman Trophy
Wingfield, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire .
The rose bowl trophy was awarded in 1908 to William James Wadman (1887-1954) of Stowford, Wingfield for shooting. He was a member of the Rood Ashton-Malmesbury troop of the Wiltshire Yeomanry.
It was presented to him by Sir Vincent and Lady...
Read MoreTrowle
Trowle was a tithing of the Bradford Hundred that lay to the south of the town. The actual land area presents some difficulties, because there were two manors: Great and Little Trowle. The boundaries of the grant of Bradford to Shaftesbury Abbey in 1001 seems to include both, defined in the south by the line of the River Biss and then, from Trowle Bridge, up its tributary...
Read MoreOld Pictures: Limpley Stoke
Limpley Stoke, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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This is an old page that has been repaced with an updated one
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Old pictures of Limpley Stoke
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Winsley Quarries
Winsley, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Murhill Quarries lie to the west of the village of Winsley, on the edge of the plateau level. A larger upper quarry was in 1905 the site for the Winsley Sanatorium, now Avon Park retirement village.
Stone from Murhill was used for the façade of Bristol Temple Meads...
Read MoreWestwood Quarries
Westwood, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire .
The steep hillside above Avoncliff has been extensively quarried for Bath Stone. Underground workings that cover large areas open from adits near the top.
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Avoncliff Quarry, despite not being worked for a long time, retains...
Read MoreLimpley Stoke Quarries
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Although there are signs of small-scale quarrying around the hill that forms most of Limpley Stoke, the main working is underground. Stoke Quarry is operated by the Bath Stone Group. Recent use of Stoke stone can be seen in the modern Bath Spa building and the facing of the Southgate development in...
Read MoreBeavens’ of Holt Oral History Project
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The Museum’s Oral History Group is embarking on a project to record memories of the J.&T. Beaven leather and glove factory in Holt. They are hoping to find and interview as many former workers as possible.
Anybody who would like to help should telephone Jenny Arkell on 01225 782061.
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Read MoreThe Museum Collection: Holt
Holt, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Bradford on Avon Museum holds the collection of objects relating to the parish of Holt that was assembled by the late Pam Gooding. Below are photographs of a selection of them and other items.
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Read MoreBradford Manor Map
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The area that was included in the Manor of Bradford that was given by King Æthelred II to Shaftesbury Abbey in 1001 is within the thick line. The dashed lines are the boundaries of the present parishes.
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Read MoreOld photographs: Winsley
Winsley, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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The centre of Winsley village around the turn of the 19th/20th centuries. The roof of part of the row of houses known as Church Cottages has been changed from thatch to pantiles, although that next to the church seems to have been newly re-thatched.
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Read MoreOld photographs: Monkton Farleigh
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Monkton Farleigh, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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.Rose Cottage, a house near the church, seen in a photograph on a postcard that was published by the Phoebus photographic studio in Bradford on Avon.
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The Bradford Manor Charter of 1001
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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A copy of the grant by King Æthelred II gives details of the boundary of the manor in 1001
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The letter ð in the Anglo Saxon text represents a voiced “th”, as in “this”
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The Manor of Bradford
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Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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In the Saxon period Bradford must have been part of the extensive estates which had been conquered from the British natives following the collapse of Roman rule. They were the property of the King of Wessex in the early days and they lay in a frontier zone with the...
Read MoreThe Bradford Hundred
A Hundred was the administrative division below that of the Shire, or County. The name was probably originally related to the area of land nominally required to support a hundred eligible families. Hundreds and Shires came into being in the Saxon period, perhaps as early as the 7th century.
The Bradford Hundred Court was held by the Abbess of Shaftesbury, but was in fact presided over...
Read MoreBradford Hundred Timeline
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Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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c2000 BC: Early Bronze Age burial at Jugs Grave, Inwood
7th century BC: Early Iron Age Budbury hilfort
late 3rd century: Bradford and Atworth Roman villas built
652: King Cenwalh fought at Bradanforda be Afne
705: A monastery at Bradford...
Read MoreWinsley
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Winsley, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Winsley was a part of the Ancient Parish and of the Manor of Bradford and was a Tithing of the Hundred of Bradford. The church of St Nicholas was a chapel of the mother church in Bradford itself. The present Civil Parish of Winsley...
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