Heritage

A column by local historian Lisa Ellis On 3rd May 1864, Benjamin Flower placed a pile of thorns in a...

Six decades on from the largest recorded fire in Wiltshire, a new video from a Melksham history group offers a...

A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis Melksham Death Statistics of 1932 In its...

A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis Wartime letters to home Do you have...

A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis A Fuller story from Neston Park The...

A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis Best intentions: Children, parents, doctors When I...

A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis “It’s a Pity It Did Not Kill...

This month’s Melksham and District Historical display in the town hall focuses on ‘Then and Now’, featuring a selection of...

A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis Beltane: The Robinson Crusoe School (part 1)...

A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis Boys Will Be Boys? “On Monday, a...