Old 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 decade of the 20th century, later under the name of Phoebus Studios in Trowbridge Road. Nothing has changed much in the view today.
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The choir of South Wraxall church, posed for a group photograph. Two men in the centre are wearing mortar board hats. On the left is Major Eustace Richardson-Cox, of the Manor House who died in 1935. The other would be the Vicar.
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The centre of the village early in the 20th century on a postcard by the Bradford photographer P.E. Andrews. The church is just off the right side, with Court Farm House seen on the left.
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Most old pictures of South Wraxall are of the Manor House. This view is of the south front, seen from across the pond. The gatehouse is on the left and leads into the courtyard. The view from the road is not available today, having been shut out by a high hedge.
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The courtyard of the Manor House with the gatehouse on the right and the Great Hall and big window of the Drawing Room on the left.
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An earlier view of the old range of South Wraxall Manor House; an engraving by G. Hollis that was published in the Gentleman’s Magazine in 1838.
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The interior of the Great Hall of the Manor House showing the fine furniture that had belonged to Richardson Cox and was auctioned in 1935.
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The interior of the Drawing Room of South Wraxall Manor House, called the Ball Room on this old photograph.
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Members of K Company, Wiltshire Volunteers cyclists with their Captain, Erlysman Pinckney (seated centre) outside his home, South Wraxall Lodge in the Lower Village, in 1901.
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Lower South Wraxall at the beginning of the 20th century. One of the buildings on the right is said to have been a cider house at one time.