We will be publishing photos taken around the village at the recent Jubilee events. If you or any of your family or friends, would prefer not to have photos of…
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Telecom works will be taking place on Highworth Road outside the allotments between Supermarine Road and Quarrybrook Close. Traffic will be diverted via A419, A361 Highworth Road, Supermarine Road. It…
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This year is gathering pace with the summer months in sight and many events in calendars and diaries, most notably for the upcoming Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The Community spirit…
read moreThe closures will be taking place from Wednesday 6th to Friday 29th April from 7pm to 6am. The contractor, Dyer and Butler, will be carrying out carriageway resurfacing and road…
read moreThe Bell Family Estate. The 1840 Tithe Map and Apportionments List which can be viewed at the Wilts and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham names all landowners and tenants and…
read moreThe Roman Empire in Europe came under attack and the Romans left Britain in the Fifth Century. The Britons who remained were over time raided by Saxons from Germany who…
read moreA flint from a flintlock gun, found in a field to the north of the village centre. Dated to approximately 1740 +/- 80 years. The Southby Family and North…
read moreHunter-gatherers smelted bronze for tools and formed farming settlements. https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk shows finds around South Marston as people settled in the fertile River valleys below the Ridgeway. There is a possible…
read moreWorld Wars, Spitfires and the demolition of the Manor. The Census population figures are: 1911 – 387 1921 – 363 1931 – 396 1951 – 374 1961 – 540 1971…
read moreThe Wiltshire Archaeological Society’s “The Rolls of Highworth Hundred 1275-1287” and “Accounts And Surveys of the Wiltshire Lands of Adam de Stratton” and the Wiltshire Record Society’s “Court Rolls of…
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