Wiltshire vol XX - Chippenham

Work in progress

Volume 20 covers the town of Chippenham and the surrounding parishes of Bremhill, Chippenham (including Pewsham), Christian Malford (including Avon), Hardenhuish, Kington Langley, Kington St Michael, and Langley Burrell (including Tytherton Kellaways). The project is overseen by John Chandler, Consultant Editor, VCH Wiltshire, and research and writing has been assisted by a generous grant from the Marc Fitch Fund. Details of the proposed arrangement of the volume and its contributors can be found in the Prelims file.

Draft texts of all these parishes have been completed and submitted for review, and can be read below. Sketch maps have been included to assist the reader unfamiliar with the Chippenham area, and will be revised and redrawn for the red book publication. Please be aware that these texts are still in draft form, and further editing and revision will take place before publication.

We are working with Chippenham Town Council and the relevant parish councils to raise funds and awareness about the volume. A lottery-funded project to write a popular history of Bremhill alongside the VCH account and other village history activities was led by Louise Ryland-Epton; it has now been completed and the book is available. She has also produced a popular history of the Kingtons, and is now writing a similar publication for Langley Burrell, both supported by their parish councils. John Chandler intends to write a popular history of Chippenham supported by the Town Council. These ancillary publications are based on VCH research for this volume.

More information about the work and our authors is on our website. If you have any comments, corrections or general feedback on this text, please contact John Chandler by email. 

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