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  • ABOUT
    • About Marlborough History Society
    • Committee
  • MEMBERSHIP
  • WHAT’S ON
  • HISTORY
    • Muriel Cobern Memoir
    • Oral History Transcriptions
      • Churches
      • Effect Of The World Wars On The Town
      • High Street Shops
      • Marlborough Mop Fairs
      • Marlborough’s Railways
      • Other Places Of Work
      • Royal Events
      • Savernake Hospital
      • Schools
      • Sheep Fairs
      • The Cinema
      • Things Marlborough Did For Fun
      • Unusual and Lost Buildings
    • A History of Marlborough
      • Chapter 1 | Beginnings to King John’s Charter (Prehistory to 1204)
      • Chapter 2 | Medieval Town to Tudor Corporation
      • Chapter 3 | Prosperity and Crisis: Shakespeare to Civil War and Fire
      • Chapter 4 | The Good Old Coaching Days, Trouble with the Locals, and the Great Way Round
      • Chapter 5 | A Town left “Out in the Cold”; the Railways, Marlborough College, and the Road to War
      • Chapter 6 | The First World War and Remembrance
      • Chapter 7 | The Twentieth Century and the Quest for the Picturesque
    • Marlborough Mound and Castle
    • Marlborough: A Potted History
    • Vicar’s Library of St. Mary’s Marlborough
    • Ammunition Explosions at Savernake
    • Reminiscences of Marlborough Convalescent Hospital
    • Six Generations of Dr. Maurice’s of Marlborough
    • Reform of the Corporation of the Borough of Marlborough
    • Marlborough and The Great Reform Act of June 1832
    • Horses in Marlborough
    • Frederick J Chandler and Sir Gordon Richards
    • The Restoration of Free’s Door
    • The Real Wolfhall
  • MEMORIALS
    • Aldbourne
    • Avebury
    • Axford
    • Baydon
    • Broad Hinton
    • Chilton Foliat
    • East Kennett
    • Froxfield
    • Fyfield
    • Marlborough College
    • Mildenhall (Minal)
    • Ogbourne St Andrew
    • Ogbourne St George
    • Preshute
    • Ramsbury
    • Savernake
    • West Overton
    • Winterbourne Bassett
    • Winterbourne Monkton
  • COLLECTIONS
    • High Street Views 1890-1960
    • Roger Pope Photo Collection
    • World War I Photographs (Part 1)
    • World War I Photographs (Part 2)
    • World War I Photographs (Part 3)
  • CONTACT
    • USEFUL LINKS
Marlborough History Society Marlborough History Society
  • ABOUT
    • About Marlborough History Society
    • Committee
  • MEMBERSHIP
  • WHAT’S ON
  • HISTORY
    • Muriel Cobern Memoir
    • Oral History Transcriptions
      • Churches
      • Effect Of The World Wars On The Town
      • High Street Shops
      • Marlborough Mop Fairs
      • Marlborough’s Railways
      • Other Places Of Work
      • Royal Events
      • Savernake Hospital
      • Schools
      • Sheep Fairs
      • The Cinema
      • Things Marlborough Did For Fun
      • Unusual and Lost Buildings
    • A History of Marlborough
      • Chapter 1 | Beginnings to King John’s Charter (Prehistory to 1204)
      • Chapter 2 | Medieval Town to Tudor Corporation
      • Chapter 3 | Prosperity and Crisis: Shakespeare to Civil War and Fire
      • Chapter 4 | The Good Old Coaching Days, Trouble with the Locals, and the Great Way Round
      • Chapter 5 | A Town left “Out in the Cold”; the Railways, Marlborough College, and the Road to War
      • Chapter 6 | The First World War and Remembrance
      • Chapter 7 | The Twentieth Century and the Quest for the Picturesque
    • Marlborough Mound and Castle
    • Marlborough: A Potted History
    • Vicar’s Library of St. Mary’s Marlborough
    • Ammunition Explosions at Savernake
    • Reminiscences of Marlborough Convalescent Hospital
    • Six Generations of Dr. Maurice’s of Marlborough
    • Reform of the Corporation of the Borough of Marlborough
    • Marlborough and The Great Reform Act of June 1832
    • Horses in Marlborough
    • Frederick J Chandler and Sir Gordon Richards
    • The Restoration of Free’s Door
    • The Real Wolfhall
  • MEMORIALS
    • Aldbourne
    • Avebury
    • Axford
    • Baydon
    • Broad Hinton
    • Chilton Foliat
    • East Kennett
    • Froxfield
    • Fyfield
    • Marlborough College
    • Mildenhall (Minal)
    • Ogbourne St Andrew
    • Ogbourne St George
    • Preshute
    • Ramsbury
    • Savernake
    • West Overton
    • Winterbourne Bassett
    • Winterbourne Monkton
  • COLLECTIONS
    • High Street Views 1890-1960
    • Roger Pope Photo Collection
    • World War I Photographs (Part 1)
    • World War I Photographs (Part 2)
    • World War I Photographs (Part 3)
  • CONTACT
    • USEFUL LINKS

Upcoming Events

  • Selections from the Vicars’ Library of St Mary’s Marlborough - 21 January 2027 - 7:30 pm
  • Devizes Assize Court – A new home for the Wiltshire Museum - 18 February 2027 - 7:30 pm
  • Sir George Dowty and his part in the Aviation Industry - 18 March 2027 - 7:30 pm
  • The Story of the Kennet And Avon Canal From Inception Up To Today - 15 April 2027 - 7:30 am
  • The Invention of Leisurewear - 20 May 2027 - 7:30 pm
  • Fowler, Lancaster and The Country House Style - 16 September 2027 - 7:30 pm
  • Ten Days That Shook The World: the Russian Revolution of October 1917 - 21 October 2027 - 7:30 pm
  • Iran Behind the Veil: Persian Art and Culture - 18 November 2027 - 7:30 pm
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