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| Date Question Asked: Monday 11th January 2010 11:27 |
| Can you confirm, or otherwise, that Standlynch Park, Charlton All Saints, was acquired by Act of Parliament in 1814, re-named Trafalgar House, and presented to Nelson's elder brother William?
Was this purchase made out of the £99,000 that had been awarded by Parliament to William Nelson or was a gift made'by a grateful nation' in addition to that award?
And why was the Trafalgar House purchase made so long after Nelson's death?
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 7th January 2010 12:46 |
| Researching Stonehenge and Avebury, I can find plenty of bibliographical sources for more recent times - Canon Goddard, Miss Green, the ECB and the BNB - but is there a good checklist up to the end of the nineteenth century |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 4th January 2010 12:16 |
| What is the association of the film ‘The Titfield Thunderbolt’ with Wiltshire? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 17th December 2009 11:46 |
| Does the Library have any information on the following, please? Mr H.C. Kite of Salisbury, running a building firm, working in the 1890s/1900s. He did much work for the then Diocesan Architect, Charles Ponting. He doesn't seem to appear under Salisbury in the 1891/1901 Census. Thank you very much for your help.
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| Date Question Asked: Wednesday 9th December 2009 14:53 |
| Do you have any "Old" maps of central Salisbury which might disclose "wells"?
I am especially interested in the area bounded by Chipper Lane and Blue Boar Row
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th December 2009 15:35 |
| As a young man, I used to go for a meal at a Berni Inn and then cross the road to the pub where I had to go down a couple of steps to get to the bar. I think it was somewhere in Milford Street, but of course, everything has changed there now. I'd also like to know where the Catherine and the Crystal Fountain were. Have you any idea where these hostelries might have been? |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th December 2009 13:08 |
| Hello, I am presently researching Robert Benson’s life as he is an ancestor of mine and I am compiling genealogical data. I have seen the Salisbury Civic Society’s web page on Henry Hatcher, "plaque number 51" referring to Robert Benson. Do you have anything on Robert Benson similar to the Hatcher page? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 3rd December 2009 17:03 |
| I am looking for Hillview Terrace, Milford Hill, Salisbury, and Radnor Terrace, Queen’s Road, Salisbury. Can you identify these for me? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 3rd December 2009 15:29 |
| An ancestor of mine, John William Edginton, appears in Pigot’s Directory, 1842 under Salisbury as a ‘brass and cock founder, engineer and gas-fitter’, in Pennyfarthing Street. But I have not succeeded in tracing him in the 1841 Census, or anywhere else for that matter. Can you explain his job-title and shed any further light on him, please? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 3rd December 2009 13:01 |
| I understand that the Byways Guest House, no. 31 Fowler’s Road, was built in 1886 for the Cripps family, who were grocers in Catherine Street, and was known as Hillbrow. What can you tell me about the property, and the Crippses who had it built? Are there any pictures available of them or their home or business? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 13th August 2009 16:44 |
| Having recently bought W.H. Hudson’s ‘A Shepherd’s Life’, I would like to read more of similar sorts of works: can you suggest any titles, please? |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 31st July 2009 15:24 |
| As a child I used to visit my grandparents in a house called Riseholme, on Bouverie Avenue in Harnham. A check of the Royal Mail ‘Postal Address Book’ shows only three named properties, and all the rest numbered – with some gaps in the numbering between Bouverie Avenue and Bouverie Avenue South. I should like to revisit the house, assuming it has simply been given a number and not knocked down: can you help me to identify it please? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 16th July 2009 10:44 |
| Who was responsible for building the Saxon Church at Bradford on Avon? Thank you |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 16th July 2009 10:43 |
| Can you tell about me the pilgrim symbol above the door of Chapel Plaister? Thank you |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 16th July 2009 10:39 |
| found this disc in the street of a western New South Wales town in Australia,thinking it was a 20c piece .However the writing on it sais :
NEW MENDIP ENGINEERING LTD. ATWORTH MELKSHAM and the number 1181
stamped in the centre.It is about 1 1/8" in diameter 1/32" thick and made of brass or hard copper.
Any idea what it is and how it ended up in Australia?
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 16th July 2009 10:25 |
| Can you tell me which Wiltshire town has the celtic meaning 'current of waters'?
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 26th June 2009 16:33 |
| Where can I find out information about the Bishops of Salisbury and members of the Cathedral Chapter down the ages? |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 12th June 2009 18:06 |
| In the course of research on the Glamorgan estate of the earls of Plymouth, I have come across reference to Francis Webb and his successor companies as managers of the estate from 1800 to 1810. It is said that Webb was based in Salisbury, and I should be glad of any information to confirm this. |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 8th June 2009 18:50 |
| I am researching Walter Francis Tiffin, a miniature painter who lived in Castle Street, Salisbury in the 1850s and before. I would like to find out more information about him and more images of his art and work, for the purpose of ancestor research. |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 5th June 2009 17:28 |
| In the Reference Library in Salisbury there are three large aerial photographs of the city centre; obviously not modern. I wonder what you can tell me about them and what they show. |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 5th June 2009 14:57 |
| I am looking for information on my PEARCE ancestors of the Salisbury area, in the C18 & C19: I am particularly interested to know of any involved in the watch and clockmaking businesses, for whom I have references from 1700 to 1840, and coachbuilders and wheelwrights, for whom I have references from 1740 to 1870. |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 23rd May 2009 10:02 |
| I have recently acquired a little book called Horae Sarisburienses. Far from being a book of hours according to the Sarum Use it is a collection of articles arranged into six numbered sections. Since the dedication, to the Revd G. Radcliffe, is signed by ‘his grateful pupils’ and the preface is inscribed ‘to our schoolfellows in general’, it must be a school magazine. What can you tell me about the book and the school, and is the book available in libraries, or is mine a one-off? |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 9th May 2009 14:58 |
| Why is the Bristol Cross in the grounds of Stourhead? What is the connection with Bristol, and how did it come to end up in Stourhead? |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 9th May 2009 11:09 |
| Driving in from Frome to Trowbridge, I was intrigued to notice Pitman Avenue, as my surname is Pitman. It’s not named after me, who does it commemorate, please? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 7th May 2009 10:48 |
| Q. I recall reading that when Pepys stayed in Salisbury he complained bitterly about the cost of his bed and board at the George Inn, but what, if anything, had he to say about the Cathedral, and where can I find out any other contemporary opinions? |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 6th April 2009 15:50 |
| I understand Salisbury Cathedral had an iron screen until 1959, and that when was taken down it was erected in a local church. Can you tell me any more about this?
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 28th March 2009 15:12 |
| As I walk around Salisbury, I am intriqued by the blue plaques put up by the Civic Society, and the various other memorial inscriptions around the town. Is there anywhere where I can find out more about the individuals and events commemorated by these gracenotes to Salisbury's history? |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 20th March 2009 17:22 |
| I'm attempting a piece of coursework on looking how 'leisure' has developed in Salisbury, and what leisure activities were open to the people of Salisbury at four different time stages; 13th century, 18th and 19th centuries, and the present day. I'd be very grateful if you could advise of any relevant sources that I may use to conduct this piece of work. Many thanks. |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 2nd March 2009 15:34 |
| found this disc in the street of a western New South Wales town in Australia,thinking it was a
20c piece .However the writing on it sais :
NEW MENDIP ENGINEERING LTD. ATWORTH MELKSHAM and the number 1181
stamped in the centre.It is about 1 1/8" in diameter 1/32" thick and made of brass or hard copper.
Any idea what it is and how it ended up in Australia?
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 18th December 2008 15:11 |
| Did Jane Seymour or her family ever live in East Knoyle?
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 13th November 2008 14:18 |
| What can you tell me about my ancestor William Page Roberts, Dean of Salisbury, who died on 17 August 1928, and of his wife who died on 21 April 1926? I know that he retired in 1919 and wonder whether there was a review of his career at the time. I have the bare details of his life but would like to have a more rounded portrait of the man if possible. |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 25th October 2008 14:22 |
| Can you tell me whether Stapleford was a ‘Thankful Village’, that is to say one of the few which sent their sons to serve the Great War and welcomed them all home again? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 9th October 2008 13:24 |
| How do the chequers in Salisbury come to have the names they do - specifically Vanner's Chequer? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 24th July 2008 11:02 |
| Please can you provide me with the history of Woolley Terrace in Bradford on Avon – I’m interested in the weavers' cottages and when they were built. |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 24th July 2008 10:56 |
| wonder if you are able to tell me if there is an estimated population of Staverton that includes those from the Staverton waterside developments please? I am assuming that it will be signigicantly higher than the 453 in 2001!
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 24th July 2008 10:54 |
| My earliest known ancestor was a Wm Bayly b.1530-35, a broadloom weaver, lived in Chittoe (near Westwood), Bishop's Cannings Parish (at that time, now Bromham Parish), Wiltshire. I can find no indication of any of his ancestors in Wiltshire.
The Bayly Bayley Baily Bailey Baillie Baylie name is said to have come from Bailleul (West Flanders), then Balliol (as in Balliol College, Oxford)
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 24th July 2008 10:34 |
| am looking for information on the Royal Arthur Camp on the outskirts of Corsham. Any old photographs during it's occupation but more importantly a history of the site if such a thing exists.
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 13th June 2008 13:20 |
| Can you tell me the origin of the name of the inn, Sally Pussey's Inn, located just off Junction 16 of the M4 on the Swindon to Wootton Bassett road please? Was she a local lady, as the inn sign has her sat with her dog? |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 10th May 2008 10:25 |
| When did Wiltshire County Council come into being? |
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:59 |
| I am about to embark on a history topic with year 4 (age 8/9) in Bradford on Avon. We are taking the riots over the scribbling horse in Westbury Gardens as our focus for finding and using historical evidence. Could you point me in any particular direction? |
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:57 |
| Would you be able to tell me about any known history and pictures of the Wilton Hotel, 7 Wilton Road? |
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:51 |
| My Grandmother, Eveline Louise Blencowe, was born at the Castle Hotel Devizes in 1881. As a child I heard her speak about some land they owned (rented) called Newlands and I remember seeing old photos of a beautiful meadow. There was some talk of their being a grve in it. Can anyone recall anthing about Newlands. I imagine it has now been covered with housing. |
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:46 |
| Please could you give me any information about the Wilkes ironmongery in Salisbury between 1850 and 1890.
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:42 |
| I'm hoping you can help me in my search for pictures and history of the Old Court Hotel in AvonCliffe.
My Grandparents worked in the Hotel. My mother was born in Wiltshire in 1926, and lived with her parents in the hotel from birth to age 12. My Mom does not have any pictures of the Hotel, so I would like to be able to find those for her, as well as the history about it.
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:39 |
| I am trying to find Taylor's Farm which my ancestors, surname Crisp, lived in. It is either in the Woolley or Holt area. Can you help?
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:33 |
| Please can you tell me some information about Colerne Water Tower in Wiltshire. Many thanks. |
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:30 |
| I am trying to find out if the old Holt railway station going back to the late 1800s/early 1900s still exists.
Has the name changed. What is the nearest town to this station?
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:29 |
| During ramily history research I have found an address in Trowbridge of which i can find no trace, it is Hadens Yard and is sometimes listed as Polebarn Road and sometimes Silver Street.I would be very grateful for any information as it appears my GG Grandparents lived at number 1 for many years.
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:24 |
| I am interested in anything regarding the history of The Beehive pub on Trowbridge Road in Bradford-on-Avon. It is next to the bridge over the canal in the Widbrook area. I'm curious about when and why it was built, how long it has been a pub, what else it may have been, etc. |
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:12 |
| Is it possible to tell me if Green's Lane in Wroughton was named after Joseph Green, baker? |
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| Date Question Asked: Tuesday 22nd April 2008 09:07 |
| I believe there were seven mills in Wroughton in the early 19th century. Would you know the names of them please?
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 31st March 2008 12:35 |
| Would you be able to tell me about any known history and pictures of the Wilton Hotel 7 Wilton Road |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 12:05 |
| Could you tell me when the war memorial that stands in the market place chippenham was first officially unvielled. |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 10:20 |
| My great-grandfather worked as a groom for the Tedworth Hunt in 1881 and I would like to know who would have been responsible for hiring the Hunt staff at that time.
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 10:19 |
| My ancestor John Bushe was granted the manor of Dilton in 1540, I believe there was a corn and fulling mill attached and I know they were in the wool business. The manor is now gone but I would love an image or painting of it (forwarded over the internet) or even of old Dilton as it was a few centuries ago.
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 10:16 |
| It has come back into my memory that as a child my father and others used to tease us children about going to Notton Docks and Lacock Treacle Mines. Much to our amusement. Have you heard of these appellations and do you have any idea why these two places especially would have nonsensical names attached to them?
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 10:14 |
| Do you know if the marked Wolfhall manor relates to the Seymour home at that time or if that was a previous building (now disappeared)?
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 10:12 |
| I am trying to find out about the history of Court Farm at South Wraxall and whether it has always been called this, how old the farm is and who might have lived there over the years. Thank you.
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 10:11 |
| Is there a decent chronological account of the houses which have graced the Fonthill Estate? |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 10:08 |
| This question is about the family of James Usher (born 1841) who was resident at the Station Hotel Corsham. We believe the family may have emigrated to Australia possibly in the late 1800s. Do you have any imformation re the Usher family and the Station Hotel. Thank you very much. |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 10:05 |
| Could some one please tell me the Origins of the Perrett Surname in Wilts? |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 10:03 |
| 'The Tynings' is quite commonly used as a street or area name in Wiltshire - what is it's origin please.
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 10:01 |
| My daughter is looking for history of The Linnet in Great Hinton for a school project, but we are not having much success finding anything out. Can you help?
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 09:59 |
| Shortly after passing through Downton on the way to Salisbury there is a sign to Matrimony Farm and I wonder if there is an interesting bit of history attached to this place? |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 09:54 |
| Just wondering if you have any information on Derriads Green in Chippenham? |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 7th January 2008 09:53 |
| Have you any information about the toll road, which is now By-way 17 Heddington and Byway 49 Bromham? |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th January 2008 12:00 |
| Could you tell me the capital of Wiltshire? I know the county town is
Trowbridge but what the county's capital?
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th January 2008 11:56 |
| What age did students stay at this school until? My relative was born in 1853 and appeared to have been quite well educated. His brother was still at school at age 14. Would this mean that he was at this school?
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th January 2008 11:54 |
| Many of my forbears were weaver harness maker. What was this role exactly?
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th January 2008 11:51 |
| My mother's half sister was sent to St. Michaels when her mother died in 1909. Do you know where I might find out more about this place?
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th January 2008 11:47 |
| About 600 to 800 men died at thr Battle of Roundway. Where were they buried?
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th January 2008 11:46 |
| My late Grandmother always claimed we were descended from the Flemish Weavers that came to Bradford on Avon. Her maiden name was Windo which she believed dated from them. Is there any way of tracing the weavers names that came over here?
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th January 2008 11:43 |
| Is there a source of information about the history of Catridge Farm between Gastard & Lacock? The farm is currently a horse stud. |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th January 2008 11:40 |
| I am tracing through my family history and have come up with a number of references to Cliffandy, mainly in the early 1800s. Could you enlighten me as to its whereabouts, and what happened to it.
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 5th January 2008 11:36 |
| Who was the bishop of Canterbury born at Southwick Court?
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 14:52 |
| I am currently trying to find some information on possible 16th/17th century inhabitants of the Manor House in Winterbourne Gunner. |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 14:49 |
| What is the history of the building that is now Trowbridge Hospital? |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 14:48 |
| I am researching my ancestors & came across "Marlborough Castle" - I know that there's a remnant of an edifice from the time of William the Conqueror... is this perhaps the building I'm looking for? |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 14:46 |
| Is there a site with the history of Catridge Farm between Gastard and Lacock?
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 14:41 |
| Could you tell me where I can find information about Lord Long who owned land in Trowbridge around 1850?
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 14:37 |
| I am trying to find details about 'Boreham Manor'. I have searched websites and believe it was situated close to Bishopstrow on the River Wylye. I believe the Manor was built in the 19th century.
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 12:59 |
| I am trying to find out a bit of history about the recently renovated flats at Hill Street Court in Trowbridge. In particular I am trying to find out when the original building was built and what it has been used for up mid 2004. |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 12:56 |
| My house is one of two which were originally part of a brewery which was in operation, in Shaw, during the 1800s.
We were told by the previous owner that the brewery was called Mallards. The 1844 census records a brewery & maltsters in Shaw called Hazeland & Manning. As Shaw is a small place I am guessing that these are one & the same, possibly having changed hands at some time. Do you have any information on the history of the brewery. The address is 2 The maltings, & the postcode is SN12 8EF. The larger building next door, now Rocking Horse Nursery, was apparently the actual brewery & we were the malthouse.
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 12:53 |
| I am looking for information about the Sutcliffe School at Winsley |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 12:46 |
| My family are recorded as living in Inglesham during the 16th century and earlier. I believe them to have been involved in "river trading" on the Thames and before that on the Avon. Could you tell me when the village became deserted? |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 4th January 2008 12:30 |
| I am interested in Laverstock Hall, demolished sadly by my family in 1936 or thereabouts for building many houses and bungalow on the land and gardens. I have no recollection of The Hall and would very much like to see photographs and anything relating to the history and owners of the house and why it was sold to developers. I can only remember playing in the gardens and on the land during the second world war and cannot remember the house at all. Hope you can help.
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 15th October 2007 18:26 |
| In a previous FAQ you mention a jeweller’s in Salisbury, viz. ‘Sly in the Market Place.’ I'm trying to find out about a silversmith, Thos. Sly who was working in Salisbury in the 1830s. Is this the same firm and do you have any other information for the Sly jewellers and silversmiths? Ideally I would like to find the sales record for a particular pocket watch. |
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| Date Question Asked: Wednesday 3rd October 2007 14:17 |
| I am compiling a history of the maps and mapping of Salisbury and its environs. Have you any suggestions as to where I might make a start? |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 1st September 2007 16:25 |
| Where would I find information out about the Singer Company that sold/serviced etc sewing machines of same name, that was in Salisbury in Oatmeal Row back in the 1940s? And its employee records of that time? Does Salisbury library have anything? |
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 31st August 2007 17:41 |
| I have a set of three pen & ink drawings, signed by William Brown featuring the Joiners’ Hall, the Old George Inn and the Old House Inn Minster Street Salisbury. They are all delightful drawings and I am anxious to find out more about the artist and his work. Could you help please and oblige? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 16th August 2007 16:07 |
| I am not sure whether Longford Castle comes within your sphere of interest. My great-grandfather Robert Robey, a gamekeeper there, married Sarah Downing in 1849, and he died in 1891. In the 1841 census Sarah is shown as being a cook at Longford Castle. I understand that the Castle is not open to the public but I should, of course, be very interested to learn of anything which might tell of life in the Castle at that time. It may well be that Robert was a gamekeeper on the estate, and that was how he met Sarah. |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 13th August 2007 18:39 |
| In his will, my father left to my brother a beautiful Queen Anne walnut writing desk which he believed to have come originally from the Judges’ Lodging in Salisbury when this was given up sometime in the 19th Century and then belonged to his grandfather Robert Robey of West Grimstead, Wiltshire.
Recent research into the family history shows that Robert Robey, who was a gamekeeper, died in 1891 so he must have acquired the desk before that date.
I wonder whether you have any knowledge of a Judges’ Lodging in Salisbury?
If so, I should be most interested to hear of its location and whether it still exists. Are there any records of its disposal? - probably in the second half of the 19th Century – even an inventory of its contents!
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| Date Question Asked: Friday 10th August 2007 11:01 |
| Help! I am stuck on the 1901 Census, looking for the Salisbury Infirmary, and it doesn’t seem to be anywhere near the rest of Fisherton Anger. Where is it, please? |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 4th August 2007 16:29 |
| Could you let me know how The Weeping Cross (Tree) at St Marks/London Road Salisbury got its name? Thanks. |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 4th August 2007 10:17 |
| I am on the recently formed Friends of Victoria Park Committee and have been given the task of collecting local people’s memories of the park. At a recent family day in the park we had a small stand to explain our purpose and many older people came up to talk to us about the park and its place in the lives of local families in Salisbury. We think it would be good to have a record of these memories. Is there any help or advice I can get from your department? |
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 26th July 2007 16:12 |
| I was amazed and delighted to find the question and answer posed on 12th May 2006 regarding the Jay family and their printing/engraving business. I am a direct descendant of William Jay and his wife Ann, and of their son William and wife Martha Frances. Thank you very much to the person who researched and shared the information. I am keen to learn more about Salisbury and Wiltshire generally so your site was a great joy to find. I live in South Australia and research is difficult.
I am wondering if you have any information about the business of Martha Frances's father John Abel, born in Salisbury/Fisherton Anger about 1801 and a long time Cordwainer/shoemaker in Salisbury. He and wife Harriet Forder/Farder lived in Church Street much of their lives. In particular, I am interested to know exactly where his business premises were and if the building still exists.
I am also curious to know if John or Harriet's parents were also
Wiltshire people so would appreciate any suggestions you may have for contacting others interested in genealogy in Wiltshire.
Anything you can tell me will be very much appreciated.
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| Date Question Asked: Thursday 12th July 2007 10:46 |
| Where exactly was Wolfhall (or Wulfhall) the home of the Seymours at the time Jane became queen of England? Does anything remain of the site and can it be visited? If so, have you a National Grid Reference for it? |
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| Date Question Asked: Wednesday 11th July 2007 14:08 |
| Help! I am confused! Having read Desmond Hawkins’ “The Grove diaries” I thought I would like to find out more about Ferne House. But while the Victoria History states the house was demolished forty years ago, and I cannot see it on any modern map, it is still described, under ‘Berwick St John’ in the latest edition of Pevsner’s “Wiltshire” in the “Buildings of England Series”. What’s going on? |
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| Date Question Asked: Monday 9th July 2007 12:32 |
| On a recent visit to the parish church in Berwick St John I came across a memorial inscription, a locker and a photograph of Admiral Lord Fisher, who, I learn from the DNB, was interred after cremation at the parish church at Kilverstone in Norfolk,where he lived. What was the reason for the monument in Berwick St John? |
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| Date Question Asked: Saturday 7th July 2007 11:16 |
| I have information that a female relative of mine by the name
of Ranger was a Governess/School teacher Salisbury in what was a few
years ago Snell’s tea rooms, now I believe called Polly something. There
is a church opposite as well, any connection to the school? Thank you.
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