Journal Articles

Posted on Mar 15, 2012 in Reference |

By no means an exhaustive list; there are bound to be missing articles- let us know!

WAM stands for the Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Magazine.

Guardian Angel is the publication of the Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust (selected...

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Sources on the internet

Posted on Oct 17, 2010 in Reference |

Neil Mattingly’s Bradford on Avon site has huge amounts of pictures, reproductions and transcriptions of old documents. The National Monuments Record PastScape -archaeological and architectural heritage Bath in Time -photographs of Bradford and some of the villages Francis Frith -photographs from the postcard maker National Archives Family Search -the Mormon index of...
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Bibliography

Posted on Oct 16, 2010 in Reference |

Books and booklets about Bradford on Avon and its surrounding area.

Those in orange are available for purchase at the Museum

Alderslade, John & Porter, Trevor & Whitcombe, John 2000. Thirty years of the Pump: the story of the Village Pump Folk Club and Festival during the 20th...
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Bradford Hundred Timeline

Posted on Sep 30, 2010 in Bradford, History topics, Reference, The villages |

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 mentioned by St Aldhelm

709: death of St Aldhelm

955: King Eadred granted the Manor of Bradford to St Mary,...
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