Mayo grave words to be preserved for the future
Members will remember the considerable work done by the Society to achieve the restoration of the Mayo Memorial at the end of the High Street between 2005 and 2007. The CCS are also commited to the...
Death of Lord Methuen, patron of Corsham Civic Society
LORD METHUEN, 1931-2014 Dr. Negley Harte, historian, Vice-Chairman of the Civic Society, writes: Corsham has heard with sadness of the death of Lord Methuen, the Patron of the Corsham Civic Society. Robert Methuen was the 7th Baron Methuen and the first of his line...
Reminiscences of Joan Poynder 1897 – 1987
Sir John Dickson-Poynder and his wife Anne Beauclerk Dundas of Hartham House had just one child. Joan was born at Hartham Park on 11 September 1897. Joan had a lonely childhood as an only child, spending much of her time with her nanny and French and German...
First motor vehicle registrations in Corsham
The first vehicle registered in Wiltshire, AM-1, was a 10hp Benz Parsifal, to Wiltshire County Council’s County Surveyor, Charles Septimus Adye on 12th Dec 1903. Listed below are those registered to Corsham people, up to registration number AM-1000: AM-26 Motor cycle...
A new song for Corsham
Jim Chorley, a native of Southampton, came to Corsham in October 2012 as a student in Bath Spa University’s ‘Song Writing’ Masters course. Currently Jim is working as a Art Technician in a Southampton Secondary school. He has now completed his Masters Course and...
Suffragist commemoration in Corsham
Here are a few photographs taken on 15th July 2013 when we celebrated the centenary of the Suffragist march reaching Corsham. A book of photographs is planned and we would welcome any photos, particularly of anything from a slightly different perspective. Photos by...