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Last Updated 05 January 2024 17:00

APOLOGIES - talks have been given since the pandemic but the list has not been updated. All talks held in the Pewsey Heritage Centre unless otherwise stated below.

Wednesday 30th October 2019

Simon Green & Andy Wright - Pewsey Fire Station by Simon Green

Ian Johnson - 107 Men of Easton Royal

Wednesday 20th March 2019
• Kay Wardle - History of Pewsey Vale Boat Club

• Richard Giles - 'Go West Young Man' - Pewsey to Bristol by rowing boat

Wednesday 21st November 2018

• Trevor Beaven MBE - Railways through the Vale of Pewsey

• Linda Keepence - Dr Rayment & His Family

Wednesday 21st March 2018

• Mike Marshman - Pewsey Vale Pubs and their Names

Wednesday 22nd November 2017

• Liz Johnson - A Walk through the history of Easton Royal

• Richard Giles - E H Thorne & Son, Pewsey Vale Coaches.

Wednesday 3rd May 2017

• Cheryl Underhill - K & A Canal history - ongoing research.

• Richard Giles - Pewsey White Horse 80 years on.

Wednesday 19th October 2016 in the Pewsey Heritage Centre

• Linda Keepence - Village Post Offices & Postmasters/mistresses in the Pewsey area

• Paul Cowan - Whatley & Co, Water Engineers, Avonside Foundry.

Wednesday 16th March 2016

• David Smith - Hiscock & Smith, Agricultural Engineers

• Richard Giles - The Restoration of the milestone at Charlton St Peter on the Andover to Devizes coach road.

Wednesday 7th October 2015 - at 7.30 pm

A short business session was followed by three abridged Local History Research Reports:

• Verina Horsnell & Mike Smith - The Vernacular Architecture of a 17th/18th Century Cottage in Upavon

• Wendy Lawrence - The Manningford Postcard

• Cheryl Underhill - The Reverend Joseph Townsend, Rector of Pewsey in the 17/1800s

Wednesday 18th March 2015 at 7.30 pm

Short business session followed by three abridged Local History Research Reports:

• Liz Johnson - Easton Royal Priory

• Vaughan Roberts - Archaeological Artefacts in the Parish of Pewsey

• Richard Giles - The "Blue Line" of WW2 defences along the Kennet & Avon Canal - Pewsey Vale

Inaugural Meeting:

The initial meeting of the above group was held in September 2014 in the Bouverie Hall, Pewsey