Join us for our Heritage Open Days when you can meet the experts & explore the History Centre. 🗓️ 16 & 17 Sept. 🎫 Free tours, drop-in sessions & history walk. #history #archives #heritage #archaeology www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...

Join us at the History Centre on 23 Sept for a free 'meet the author' event with Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social To book your place email archives@wiltshire.gov.uk Doors open 6.30pm #authortalk #history #WW2

Looking for something to do over the summer? My co-curated exhibition on #JohnAubrey runs until 19 September @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social, Wilts. www.chippenham.gov.uk/exhibition-w...

#NewBook news! We're delighted to share the news that our latest (252nd) #BigRedBook is available with a discount of 25% until 31 August from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social. Wiltshire vol. 20, Chippenham and Environs, available now. #Skystorians Enter the code: BB132 at checkout.

A History of the County of Wiltshire

This volume, the first to be published in the VCH Wiltshire series since 2011, presents histories of Chippenham and six adjacent parishes, Bremhill, Christian Malford, Hardenhuish, Kington Langley, Ki...

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VCH Volume 20...thanking archives, museums and the wider heritage sector for the access and sources. Thanks to the editors and supporters. It's been amazing being part of the journey @vch-home.bsky.social @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social @adamchapman.bsky.social @heritagewshc.bsky.social

Congratulations to @vch-home.bsky.social @wiltshistory.bsky.social on the official launch of the Chippenham volume. Look forward to seeing the latest #BigRedBook on our shelves at the History Centre. #history #research #archives

Chippenham Museum@chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We had a wonderful evening yesterday celebrating the publication of the @vch-home.bsky.social (VCH) Volume 20: 'Chippenham and Its Environs' at Chippenham Museum. Thank you to all who came!

Week 3 of 5 of our #workexperience programme hosting Y10s & 12s from local schools. #Archives looked at this week inc 2 passports signed by James Madison & John Quincy Adams before they became respectively the 4th & 6th presidents of the United States. #4thJuly #ExploreYourArchive

Wiltshire, to those who know, is the *VCH* model county, for its publication plan: general, foundation vols first followed by topographical ones. Coincidentally, Wiltshire had perhaps the most important county editors, Elizabeth Crittall & Ralph Pugh (also the most important *VCH* series editor).

A privilege & delight to watch @johnhchandler.bsky.social & @lrylandepton.bsky.social unwrap the the product of all their hard work - the latest volume from @vch-home.bsky.social @wiltshistory.bsky.social👏 Formal launch in July. #chippenham #wiltshire #history #skystorians #newbook

Dr Louise Ryland-Epton@lrylandepton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

OMG look at what has just been delivered @wiltshistory.bsky.social & @vch-home.bsky.social 🥳

So proud to have been on the team that produced 👇. It is a great exhibition even if I say so myself. 😁

Delighted to be talking about #JohnAubrey so near his birthplace this Saturday in his 400th anniversary year. 😁 On the menu 🐉🐚👻🌍🌱💍🧙‍♀️🌩️

Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre@heritagewshc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Still time to book your place on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian #JohnAubrey with historian & author @lrylandepton.bsky.social Saturday, 6 June at 2pm. 👉Reserve your place by email - archives@wiltshire.gov.uk 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.

Still time to book your place on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian #JohnAubrey with historian & author @lrylandepton.bsky.social Saturday, 6 June at 2pm. 👉Reserve your place by email - archives@wiltshire.gov.uk 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.

Join us 6th June, 2pm when Dr Louise Ryland-Epton @lrylandepton.bsky.social takes us on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian John Aubrey. 👉Reserve your place by email - archives@wiltshire.gov.uk 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day. #science #history

I am so proud to have co-curated this exhibition for @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social with the incredible @anecdotalksb.bsky.social Discover John Aubrey as you’ve never seen him before!!

Chippenham Museum@chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 COMING SOON - Wiltshire & The World: John Aubrey & The Quest for Knowledge 📅 Sat 13 Jun - Sat 19 Sep 🕒 Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm 🎟️ Free entry © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.

🚨 COMING SOON - Wiltshire & The World: John Aubrey & The Quest for Knowledge 📅 Sat 13 Jun - Sat 19 Sep 🕒 Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm 🎟️ Free entry © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.

#OTD 12 May the UK's 9-day #GeneralStrike1926 came to an end. It was also the day the weekly Salisbury & Winchester Journal published its first daily news bulletin. National newspaper printing & distribution were curtailed by the strike. #newspapers #exploreyourarchives

The 'Grounds for Appeal' blog for our National Lottery Heritage Fund project to create a national database of records of #WWI tribunal applications for exemption is officially live! wwigroundsforappeal.substack.com Subscribe to keep up to date with the stories we uncover! #SocialHistory

Grounds for Appeal | Hannah Salisbury | Substack

The blog for Grounds for Appeal: First World War Military Service Appeal Tribunals in Great Britain, a project led by Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre with funding from the National Lottery Herita...

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Check out our recent blogs including this from the Moulton #archive which includes notes & sketches by Alex Moulton on Germany's devastating V1 flying bomb known as the doodlebug. The collection also includes an official diagram of the weapon market SECRET. #WWII wshc.org.uk/doodling-the...

Doodling the Doodlebug - Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

The personal papers of engineer Alex Moulton reveal he was involved, tangentially at least, with early investigations into the V-1.

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Listen to our head of service @allymcc50.bsky.social talk about #GoodFriday & #Easter traditions on Sue Davies' show this morning on BBC Wiltshire.

Ally McConnell@allymcc50.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It didn't go too badly! Listen back today on Sue's show from about 10:37 onwards on BBC Radio Wiltshire. I'll be chatting about Easter food, folklore and the @heritagewshc.bsky.social @ruthdotbutler.bsky.social

Dorothy Treasure from Wiltshire Buildings Record was on Warminster Community Radio recently to talk about the work of WBR recording built heritage & collecting material since 1979. Dorothy shares what she chatted about in our latest blog: wshc.org.uk/wbr-warminst... #LocalHistory #HistoricBuildings

WBR on the airways - Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

In February I was asked by Maggie Dee at Warminster Community Radio to speak about the work of Wiltshire Buildings Record (WBR), and my particular interest in the town. The WCR studio is tucked away n...

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Our collections never stop surprising us! During work to make a bespoke enclosure for a charming 19th century greeting card - beautifully crafted in the shape of a fan - the Conservation team discovered it was made in an early form of plastic! wshc.org.uk/archives-hol... #ExploreYourArchive

Archives Hold More Than Just Paper… - Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

At the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, our collections never stop surprising us. Among the St John family archive from Lydiard House (Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire) is this charming 19th‑century gr...

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In advance of the launch of our latest #PartnershipPublication (and the 400th birthday of John Aubery), tomorrow, please read our latest blog from @lrylandepton.bsky.social explaining the parallel paths Aubery's work and ours have taken. Thanks to @ihr.bsky.social. #Skystorians

John Aubrey and the Victoria County History: Parallel Endeavours in Systematic Local History - On History

Dr Louise Ryland-Epton describes the gestation of the latest Victoria County History (VCH), publications on Chippenham and its neighbourhood, looking at how this work was informed by earlier scholarsh...

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Volunteers needed for Moonrakers Educafe! Roles include Café host and Educafe Buddy or Welcome Host. Visit wshc.org.uk/exhibitio...... for more information. Contact MoonrakersEducafe@wiltshire.gov.uk if you would be like to be involved!

We are looking for paid project contributors and volunteers to help deliver the project, visit our website for more details: https://bit.ly/4d8JYQt Applications for project roles close 3 April 2026. A huge thanks to #NationalLottery players! #HeritageFund

Volunteers needed to help the fight against food waste! Contact rootedchippenham@gmail.com to find out how to help with a new community fridge.

Born weak. Shipwrecked. Cursed by a witch. John Aubrey antiquary, naturalist, biographer, folklorist, visionary was born 400 years ago this month. Find out more and how we are celebrating 👇@chippenhammuseum.bsky.social @wiltshistory.bsky.social www.wiltshirehistory.org/news/john-au...

John Aubrey & the Quest for Knowledge — Wiltshire Victoria County History

John Aubrey was born ‘very weak and like to dye’ at Lower Easton Piercy in Kington St Michael on 12 March 1626. But he survived, and as an adult, he continued to cheat death. He survived smallpox. He ...

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We expect nothing less. Congrats @lrylandepton.bsky.social The next #partnershippublication from @vch-home.bsky.social & @hobnobpress.bsky.social is launched 12th March - Chippenham Our History, by John Chandler. #localhistory #localstudies #history #historians #ExploreYourArchives

Dr Louise Ryland-Epton@lrylandepton.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Delighted to receive a glowing review in The Local Historian of my 2 @vch-home.bsky.social #PartnershipPublications Kington SM and Langley Burrell — 'attractive and readable books, which set a high standard for similar volumes in the future.'😍 See Hobnob Press www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/lang...

Really looking forward to hosting bestselling #author #medievalist & #printmaker Amy Jeffs when we'll be chatting with her about mythology, medieval saints & early folk ballads. 📆1st April ⌚7.30pm 🏛️Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre 🎟️Tickets £10. Email archives@wiltshire.gov.uk More info👇

We're delighted to be welcoming #author Carolyn Kirby to the History Centre on 22 January for a writers' workshop plus a talk inspired by her latest novel 'Ravenglass'. Book now for one or both events. Email archives@wiltshire.gov.uk #historicalnovels @historia-hwa.bsky.social More details below.👇

For those needing a quick #familyhistory fix this #BoxingDay, here's an inspiring article from @theguardian.com ‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research www.theguardian.com/education/20...

‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research

Wealth of datasets compiled as private passions are now a goldmine for those hunting for their ancestors

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