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We are always on the look-out for more information about Shrivenham and district. If you have old photos, know of historical facts, old documents (especially deeds) please contact us...

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Map showing the location of Stratton Mill. Image courtesy of the National Library of Scotland

Stratton Mill

– Stratton Mill near Swindon

The map that was produced for the Enquiry held in 1900

Stainswick Farm Canal Feeder

– When the Wilts & Berks Canal was abandoned

Front cover of the Canal Packet

Wilts & Berks Canal Packet & Amenity Group

– A bundle of informative papers on the canal

The junction where the cottage stood - now demolished. Photo courtesy of Paul Williams

The Cottage at the Memorial Hall - Shrivenham

– It stood there before the Memorial Hall was built

The book Wilts & Berks Canal front cover

The Wilts & Berks Canal

– First & Second Editions by L.J. Dalby

OS Map centered on Longcott 1899

– Berkshire Sheet 13.

A similar accident from elsewhere involving a 1911 Engine

Traction Engine in the Canal at Shrivenham

– Traction Engine goes through the wooden bridge

The course of the Canal at Bourton, near Shrivenham. Photo by Neil B. Maw

The Wilts & Berks Canal about to open 1794

– A public announcement in the newspapers

The Wharf in 1910, already obsolete, but the old tilt bridge still in place. Photo courtesy of Paul Williams

Bourton Wharf on the Wilts & Berks Canal

– History of the Wharf & what it looks like today

The village of Uffington in the distance. Photo by Neil B. Maw

Tragedy at Uffington in 1892

– Boy killed by a Traction Engine

Shrivenham Centre

Two maps of Shrivenham & district

– Both are copies

A watercolour painting of the original Georgian Watchfield House

Watchfield House & matters concerning

– Articles and documents

The bridge that goes over the river by the site of Fryars Mill. Photo by Neil B. Maw

Fryers Mill and Bridge

– Copies of documents

Longcot Wharf on Majors's Road near Longcot village. Photo by Neil B. Maw

Longcott Wharf - The Wilts & Berks Canal

– The history of the Branch & Wharf

No 41 on the map was the site of the cottages

Acorn Cottages - the site of

– Built by the Wilts & Berks Canal Co

Stainswick Copse and the trackway leading to the barn

Logging/Timber trackway from Stainswick

– An explanation for the solitary barns

Picture featuring Harry Broome who fought at Acorn Bridge earlier. Picture from the Hulton Archive depicts a fight from 1855 between Harry Broome & Tom Paddock

The Prize Fights at Acorn Bridge near Shrivenham

– Newspaper articles describing the events

Lot 6 from the Barrington Estate sale of 1922

Miscellaneous transactions of Sir Cyril Kendall Butler

– From the Bourton House papers (BHP)

The Field is Numbered 52 on this map extract

Sale of a field near Bourton Canal Wharf in 1876

– Purchased by Sarah Lawrence

The premises that was the Jolly Waterman pub facing the road. Photo by Neil B. Maw

The Jolly Waterman public house - Longcot Lock

– On the Wilts & Berks Canal

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30 April 2026

The next Quarterly Meeting will be held on Thursday 30th April 2026, doors open at 7pm for a 7.30 start. The talk will be on the life of William Wildman Lord Viscount Barrington, the longest serving Lord of the Manor of Shrivenham

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