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Famous visitors ! |
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The
Hatcher Review An index to all 50
editions of Salisbury’s local history journal |
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Charles
Dickens |
The bicentenary of the
birth of Charles Dickens in February 1812 has been widely celebrated recently
and it is known that he visited Alderbury before he wrote his novel Martin
Chuzzlewit in 1843-44, staying at the Green Dragon. Many people believe that he
based the fictional Blue Dragon Inn of his book on this pub, although this is
still open to debate. One of his characters, the bandy–legged tailor, also
bears a resemblance to William Lewis, a real-life tailor who was a regular at
the inn at the time and who lived close by. Mrs Hazel, who ran the ferry
across the Avon, told the local schoolmaster, Mr Freeman, that she had taken
Dickens across the river from Avon Cottage at Shute End. But Charles Dickens
is not the only world famous genius with a local connection born two hundred
years ago. |
Parish magazine We scanning copies the parish
magazine |
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Memories of local people Life in times past, in Alderbury
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Trafalgar
Park & House Given to Lord Nelson’s family after
the Battle of Trafalgar |
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Longford Castle A principal influence on the
village and its people |
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70th anniversary of Dunkirk Read
about Alderbury at Dunkirk in 1940 |
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River & canal navigation Read about the Avon Navigation
and the ill-fated canal |
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Alderbury clubs & societies Read about football and cricket
in Alderbury |
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Augustus
Welby Northmore Pugin |
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Old news ! Extracts from old newspapers on
Alderbury & Whaddon |
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Augustus
Welby Northmore Pugin, architect, designer, artist, writer and critic was
born on March 1st 1812 in Bloomsbury, the son of a French émigré artist. In
1835 he chose to build his family home, St Marie’s Grange, just over the
parish boundary at Shute End although he didn’t live there for very long. At the time, this was
considered to be the first example of genuine Gothic building in Britain
since the middle ages. Pugin built the house as a vision of the Gothic
Revival that was his inspiration and philosophy throughout his life. He went
on to design many churches, cathedrals, colleges and houses in Great Britain
and beyond. The best known of these is probably St Giles church in Cheadle,
Staffordshire. In 1844 he designed the interior of the Palace of Westminster
in London and near the end of his life, the interior of the Clock Tower that
we all know as Big Ben. |
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Domesday – 1086 What was Alderbury like in the
11th century? |
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The Saxons in Alderbury Was there significant Saxon
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The Alderbury branch line Did trains stop in Alderbury? Where is Alderbury Junction? |
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From pre-history to the Romans What was Alderbury like in
ancient times? |
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Village
names The
origins of the names for Alderbury & Whaddon |
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site is written and maintained by Peter M Hammond ©
1999 – 2012 Alderbury & Whaddon Local History Research Group – See our privacy
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