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Events & Entertainment in Melksham
Sell-out success for village panto’s recent production
Villagers in Seend packed out the community centre recently to enjoy the Seend Fawlty Players’ 45th annual panto, Pinocchio. The...
TV’s Paul Martin values rare finds at busy Melksham event
Local antique expert and TV presenter Paul Martin recently hosted another free valuation day, where 50 residents brought a range...
Family fun day for Wiltshire Mind returns this September
An annual fundraiser and family fun day in aid of Wiltshire Mind is returning this year on Saturday 7th September...
Melksham Rocks is back – can you find the winning rock?
It is that time of year again for Melksham Rocks, a challenge where children are encouraged to find the winning...
Melksham open gardens event this weekend
Melksham's annual open gardens event will take place on Sunday 21st July, where there will be 15 gardens of all...
Live music at the Riverside Centre
THE Riverside Centre has now started to provide live music events and kicked off with a free entry event when...
Melksham’s first ‘Proms in the Park’ – a free event for all the community
Proms in the Park is coming to Melksham in September and all residents are invited to come together, bring a...
Melksham gears up for festival weekend of music
AN EXCITING weekend of music is coming to King George V Park (KGV) with a Live Band Night on Friday...
Young people have a ‘wheelie’ good time at charity’s skate park event
YOUNG people in Melksham took part in a skate event during the Easter holidays, at the town’s skate park, organised...
May the fourth be with you
MELKSHAM Assembly Hall is due to transform into a hub of Star Wars activity on ‘Star Wars Day’ – Saturday...
![Melksham Times Past
A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis
The Independent Chapel and Women’s Rights in the 1840s
A document I recently transcribed lists the baptisms performed at the Independent Chapel. This record is especially helpful in that, along with baptisms, a lot of them include birth dates - one of the ways I discover which day someone was born.
The following is taken from a Wiltshire Times article published on 9th November 1878 which reports a speech given during the 100-year services and to celebrate their renovations (what we now know to be the Rachel Fowler Centre).
One speaker, Rev. T. Mann, minister in Trowbridge, talked about the Chapel’s origins when he related how Rev. Honywill came to Melksham and how he’d gone on to remain as the minister for the Independent Chapel for almost 60 years. [Honywill and his family lived on King Street in what we now call “Legion House”.]
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A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis
The Independent Chapel and Women’s Rights in the 1840s
A document I recently transcribed lists the baptisms performed at the Independent Chapel. This record is especially helpful in that, along with baptisms, a lot of them include birth dates - one of the ways I discover which day someone was born.
The following is taken from a Wiltshire Times article published on 9th November 1878 which reports a speech given during the 100-year services and to celebrate their renovations (what we now know to be the Rachel Fowler Centre).
One speaker, Rev. T. Mann, minister in Trowbridge, talked about the Chapel’s origins when he related how Rev. Honywill came to Melksham and how he’d gone on to remain as the minister for the Independent Chapel for almost 60 years. [Honywill and his family lived on King Street in what we now call “Legion House”.]
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.")
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