Entrance Lobby > The Library > Geographic Index > Wiltshire > Wiltshire Gazetteer
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Geographic Index > Wiltshire > Wiltshire Gazetteer
Not on the South Coast, not really West Country, and certainly not part of the Midlands or the Home Counties, Wiltshire is resolutely itself, Wessex to the core.
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Subject Index > Ships and Boats > Canals > Crofton Beam Engines
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Subject Index > Other Industries > Crofton Beam Engines
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OS Ref: SU260623
Last Visited: 1980
Crofton Pumping Station
Two beam engines, one of which is the oldest working engine in the world, still in its original house. It was built in 1812 by Messrs Boulton & Watt.
Open for viewing throughout the summer, the engines are steamed only on certain weekends. Not to be missed.
Check the Crofton Beam Engine's website for opening times etc.
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Subject Index > Animals and Other Fauna > Lackham Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Subject Index > Flowers and Gardens > Lackham Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Subject Index > Stately and Other Homes > Stately Homes A-L > Lackham Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Geographic Index > Wiltshire > Lackham Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life
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OS Ref: ST924701
Last Visited: 1989
Citrons - Lackham
College
Gloucester Old Spot -
Lackham College
Part of Lackham Agricultural College, I remember it chiefly for the immaculately tended lawns and the citrons.
Phone 01249 466847 for opening times etc.
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Entrance Lobby > The Library > Subject Index > Stately and Other Homes > Stately Homes A-L > Littlecote House
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OS Ref: SU303704
Last Visited: 1980
Fine old Tudor Manor House that was once the home of the Wills tobacco family until, in the 1980s, it was bought by some prat who tried to turn it into a theme park: "The Land that Forgot the Time", or some such nonsense.
It is now a hotel described as "tudor-style" by its current owners. Given that this is where Henry VIII courted Jane Seymour, that seem to be understating it a bit. It is no longer open to the general public.
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Entrance Lobby > The Library > Subject Index > Curiosities and Oddities > Maud Heath's Causway
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Geographic Index > Wiltshire > Maud Heath's Causway
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OS Ref: ST946758
Last Visited: 1980
Maud Heath was widow who in 1474 put money and land in trust which used to make and maintain a causeway from Wick Hill to Chippenham Clift for the benefit of all "to walk dry shod". For most of its 7 kilometres (4.25 miles) it little more than a raised pavement, but at Kellaways it becomes a causeway proper raised up on a series of brick arches. This section was rebuilt in 1811.
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Entrance Lobby > The Library > Subject Index > Other Industries > Water and Windmills > Wilton Windmill
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Geographic Index > Wiltshire > Wilton Windmill
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OS Ref: SU274616
Last Visited: 1986
Only working windmill in Wiltshire and the surrounding counties. Built in 1821 and worked commercially for over one hundred years, it then lay idle until it was restored in 1976.
Just to confuse matters, there are two Wiltons in Wiltshire. This is the Wilton near Great Bedwyn, and not the home of the carpet factory outside Salisbury.
Check the Wilton Windmill's website for opening times etc.
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