Truth or lie? The curious story of body snatching in Langley Burrell.

Take a peek inside Langley Hall in the 1760’s when Rev. Robert Ashe spared no expense, including all of the latest facilities.

The Wiltshire Victoria County History Trust wishes to congratulate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the event of her Platinum Jubilee.

Celebrations of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee where a more relaxed affair in Whiteparish, with donations for the celebrations high and a strong focus on food.

Dear old William Plenderleath, rector of Cherhill 1860-91, generally spoke his mind and here we discover his thoughts and feelings on Queen Victoria’s Jubilee.

A lecture by Louise Ryland-Epton on ‘Bremhill Parish Through the Ages’ at St Andrew’s Church in Chippenham.

Julian Obrach’s latest talk about the architecture of nonconformist denominations in Somerset, on 28th April at 7.30pm, will focus on the chapels and meeting-houses of the Baptists, Congregationalists, Methodists, Quakers and Unitarians.

March is Women’s History Month. It is a time to think about and celebrate the role of women in the past. In the Bremhill Parish History Project, we highlighted the stories of many women who stood up against injustice or did not conform to the social or economic expectations of their time. Unfortunately, not all of these narratives were featured in our book. The story of Mary Ferris of Charlcutt, Bremhill is one.  

We are pleased to announce that Bremhill Parish Through the Ages, published in December 2021 has jointly won the Alan Ball Local History Book of the year 2021. Louise and Martin Nye, will be talking about this community history project at an online talk on 14 March.

The third in our “Christmas over the Centuries” series was written by Rosalind Johnson and talks about the secret Christmas services held in Wiltshire in the 17th Century.

The second in our “Christmas over the Centuries” series is from Hardenhuish in the 19th century. A favourite of John Chandler’s and feature a Dame and some butter

The first of our “Christmas over the Centuries” series starts with a story from Bremhill in 1819, provided by Louise Ryland-Epton

After a three-year community history project run by the Bremhill Parish History Group (BPHG) and supported by Wiltshire VCH, a new history book on Bremhill parish was launched on December 11.

The C&T Harris Ltd magazines provide a fascinating insight into life from 1927 to 1940. Help to digitise these important documents…

On the evening of the Tuesday 26th July we were once again able to hold a summer garden party, impossible under Covid restrictions last year and much missed…

I am delighted that after three years of collaboration between the Wiltshire VCH and the Bremhill Parish History Group, the manuscript of a new history of the parish of Bremhill is complete.

Being held on Thursday 8th July 2021 at 7.30pm, this is an Online Talk hosted by Wiltshire Museum, Devizes with limited seats available in the Lecture Room at the Wiltshire Museum.

In conducting historical research in lots of different parishes in several counties, I have found that despite their socio-economic differences, one thing has generally unified them, the spectre of smallpox…

The Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre reopened on 13th April after lockdown and all our contracted researchers were there on the day.

On Wednesday May 19th at 7.30pm there will be an online talk by WVCH consultant John Chandler. Book now.