A History Portal Club meeting. Together we'll look at whether the town took up the fight for everyone’s equal voting rights. Were post boxes bombed? Did anyone evade the census? Was there any opposition? What did townspeople think? This interactive club session will explore the politics of suffrage & suffragettes and equal rights, and how […]
A History Portal Club walk'n'talk - pick from a weekend (Sat 15) or weekday (Wed 19) session. As a group we'll explore the many missing pubs that used to punctuate Chippenham’s streets. This walk and talk will take a look at long gone hostelries and inns, from the earliest records to those that disappeared just […]
A History Portal Club walk'n'talk - pick from a weekend (Sat 15) or weekday (Wed 19) session. As a group we'll explore the many missing pubs that used to punctuate Chippenham’s streets. This walk and talk will take a look at long gone hostelries and inns, from the earliest records to those that disappeared just […]
A History Portal Club meeting. Together, we’ll look at the old school on Cocklebury Road. Earmarked for demolition, it’s one of the places known as the Grammar School. Where were the others? Who worked there? What did pupils learn? This interactive club session will explore the life and times of secondary schooling in Chippenham through […]
A History Portal Club meeting. Together, we’ll explore the beautiful maternity hospital where many Chippenham people were born or welcomed their children. When was it built? Who lived there originally? Why did it become a hospital? This friendly and interactive club session will explore the building’s heyday and the changing face of maternity care in […]
A new set of dates for completely free family & social history drop-in sessions. I offer anyone the chance to drop in for a chat about anything ancestry or family tree related - I'm a professional genealogist with years of experience. I can suggest where to start, or new places to look, and give fresh […]
A new set of dates for completely free family & social history drop-in sessions. I offer anyone the chance to drop in for a chat about anything ancestry or family tree related - I'm a professional genealogist with years of experience. I can suggest where to start, or new places to look, and give fresh […]
Together, we’ll explore the great and the good of the town, via the monuments to fine, upstanding and pious citizens in St Andrew's parish church. Those who considered themselves Chippenham's greatest hits. What's the oldest grave we can find anything about? Were there any scandals people were repenting for? Who got a stained glass window […]
A new set of dates for completely free family & social history drop-in sessions. I offer anyone the chance to drop in for a chat about anything ancestry or family tree related - I'm a professional genealogist with years of experience. I can suggest where to start, or new places to look, and give fresh […]
Together, we’ll explore the site of Rowden Hill House, most recently used as part of Chippenham Hospital but a much older property with a rich tapestry of residents - including chemists, silk merchants and aspiring politicians. What was there before today's house? Who were the families that lived there? Which war hero grew up within […]
A new set of dates for completely free family & social history drop-in sessions. I offer anyone the chance to drop in for a chat about anything ancestry or family tree related - I'm a professional genealogist with years of experience. I can suggest where to start, or new places to look, and give fresh […]
A new set of dates for completely free family & social history drop-in sessions. I offer anyone the chance to drop in for a chat about anything ancestry or family tree related - I'm a professional genealogist with years of experience. I can suggest where to start, or new places to look, and give fresh […]
