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Highworth's Hidden Heroine

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Apr 2, 2011

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WBR’s latest exploits have led us to Highworth, in the north-east of Wiltshire. This pretty Cotswold town was planted in the 13th century with a market place, main street and a church behind, laid out in a regular pattern. The property boundaries of the original burgage plots are still to be seen preserved in the modern boundaries.


We were called to look at 23 High Street, coincidentally just next door to the rather spectacular Inigo House, (which had no connection with Inigo Jones by the way, it is merely a very distinguished-looking town house) which Wiltshire Buildings Record looked at two years before.

 No. 23 High Street, Highworth




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The Role of the Modern Records Officer

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Jun 4, 2009

Hello, my name is Clare and I'm the Modern Records Officer at the History centre. My job is to collect together all of the records of the four District councils that have been combined with the County council to make the new Wiltshire Council.

Although the majority of the records I am dealing with are from after 1974 (when the District Councils were set up), whilst trawling through the boxes and filing cabinets I also sometimes find earlier items.

burgage tenants 1820 2 

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