Corsham Historic Market Town Wiltshire
Corsham is a historic Cotswold market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It is at the south-western edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 national route, which was formerly the main turnpike road from London to Bristol. It is situated near Castle Combe, Lacock, Giddeahall and Chippenham.
Corsham was historically a centre for agriculture and later, the wool industry, and remains a focus for quarrying Bath Stone. It contains several notable historic buildings, such as the stately home of Corsham Court. During World War II and the Cold War, it became a major administrative and manufacturing centre for the Ministry of Defence, with numerous establishments both above ground and in the old quarry tunnels.
Period drama location filming occurs in Corsham, as in neighbouring Lacock and Atworth parishes. Neston Park hosted major outdoor film sets for the 2008 BBC television adaption of Lark Rise to Candleford, and the BBC also filmed scenes for a 2008 version of Tess of the D'Urbervilles in Church Street and Corsham Court grounds.
Corsham Court has also been used as a period location in productions such as Barry Lyndon (1975), The Remains of the Day (1993), A Respectable Trade (1997) and Wives and Daughters (1999).
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Corsham, Secret Garden. St Bartholomew's, Wilts.
Where the secrets of life return to the mystery of nature, where the passing of time is just the journey of the human spiritual soul into the starlight of eternity.
The Martingate Centre, Corsham, Wiltshire
Retailers say what's special about shopping in the Martingate Centre in Corsham
A walk around Corsham
Here we take a short walk around Corsham, Wiltshire. Passing through the parkland of Corsham Court and walking along some of the historic streets. Find out more about Corsham on our website visitwiltshire.co.uk
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England's Smallest Working Church - Bremilham Church, Wiltshire.
This is England's smallest working church.
Bremilham Church, also known as Cowage or Cowich, is located on a small settlement and former civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Malmesbury, about 2 miles away to the north east.
The church measures just ten feet by eleven feet.
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All Saints Parish Church, Great Chalfield, Wiltshire.
The small Church of England parish church, adjacent to the manor house, is dedicated to All Saints and has a chancel, a nave, a vestry, a south chapel, a bell-cote crowned by a short octagonal spire, and a porch on its west side. Of the original 14th-century church only part of its nave survives, a new chancel having been built about 1480, when the porch and south chapel were added. The present vestry was added to the east of the chapel in 1775. There are traces of wall paintings and of panels depicting the life of St Katherine, which were described in 1760 before being whitewashed over. The vestry screen may date from the late 15th century, and an oak pulpit is late 17th century. The organ case is richly decorated and looks medieval but is modern. The church was designated as Grade I listed in 1962.
The parish registers survive for the following dates: christenings 1545–1991, marriages 1608–1993, burials 1581–1985. Today the church is part of the benefice of Broughton Gifford, Great Chalfield and Holt.
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The Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary Old Dilton Wiltshire
This ancient church, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, formerly served the once flourishing wool producing community of Dilton. Services were held here regularly until 1844. Since that time worship has been conducted occasionally, the main service being the annual Harvest Thanksgiving.The church remained in the care of the parish until 1973 when it was declared pastorally redundant, and in 1974 vested in the care of the Redundant Churches Fund. ( This information has been taken from Redundant Churches Fund leaflet available in the church)
A quick tour of Corsham from above with captions
St Bartholomew Chruch, Corsham Court, Corsham Park, The High Street, Guyers House
What's so special about West Grinstead's Parish church?
The Bald Explorer meets up with Richard Verrall, local farmer and bell ringer, to explore the fascinating parish church of West Grinstead in West Sussex.
St George's Church was first built circa 1100 AD and is the Anglican place of worship, and the Church of England parish church. It lies close to the river Adur upon which the original masonry was brought up from France.
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Church built in early 1900
Isla at Lacock Church
Isla and Ali walking in Lacock Church, St Cyriacs
A Whiz Around Marlborough High Street
Marq English and I are heading to Avebury, but on the way we stop at Marlborough, a fabulous medieval market town in Wiltshire. It has the second widest high street in the UK and a line of ancient buildings behind the shop fronts.
Curiously there are two churches set either of the high street. The narrow alleyways between the properties reveals the true age of the town on this important route to Bath. Sadly we don't have too much time to wonder about for our next port of calls, but I hop you enjoy the video.
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Sandy Lane Church. Wiltshire
A short tour inside and out of this very interesting and unique church in Wiltshire.
Basildon Park And Country House Berkshire.
Basildon Park is a country house situated 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Goring-on-Thames and Streatley in Berkshire, between the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon. It is owned by the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building. The house was built between 1776 and 1783 for Sir Francis Sykes and designed by John Carr in the Palladian style at a time when Palladianism was giving way to the newly fashionable neoclassicism. Thus, the interiors are in a neoclassical Adamesque style.
Never fully completed, the house passed through a succession of owners. In 1910 it was standing empty and in 1914, it was requisitioned by the British Government as an army convalescent hospital. It was again sold in 1928 and quickly sold again. In 1929, following a failed attempt to dismantle and rebuild the house in the USA, it was stripped of many of its fixtures and fittings and all but abandoned.
During World War II, the house was again requisitioned and served as a barracks, a training ground for tanks, and finally a prisoner of war camp—all activities unsuited to the preservation of an already semi-derelict building. In 1952, a time when hundreds of British country houses were being demolished, it was said of Basildon Park to say it was derelict, is hardly good enough, no window was left intact and most were repaired with cardboard or plywood.
Today, Basildon Park is as notable for its mid-twentieth-century renaissance and restoration, by Lord and Lady Iliffe, as it is for its architecture. In 1978, the Iliffes gave the house, together with its park and a large endowment for its upkeep, to the National Trust in the hope that The National Trust will protect it and its park for future generations to enjoy.
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Thomas Smith (East India Company) | Wikipedia audio article
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Sir Thomas Smythe or Smith (c.1558 – 4 September 1625), was an English merchant, politician and colonial administrator. He was the first governor of the East India Company and treasurer of the Virginia Company from 1609 to 1620 until enveloped by scandal.