Learn about village history and do some puzzle solving along the way Weekend of 19th and 20th July Pick up quiz sheets from Heritage Centre […]
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An Aldbourne Ghost Story
Alan Heasman found this article and transcribed it for us: ‘Leeds Times’ newspaper of 6 December 1890. Letter to the Editor from the Reverend H […]
Book Release: Aldbourne’s Military and Wartime Past by Cassie Rust
Cassie Rust has written a detailed book (350 pages!) about the military and wartime history of Aldbourne. It is available on Amazon in kindle and […]
Operation Nightingale: Digging Band of Brothers Extra Material
In May 2022 we were very happy to welcome Operation Nightingale and Breaking Ground Heritage, plus volunteer veterans and archaeologists to Aldbourne. The dig has […]
Operartion Nightingale, Band of Brothers and Dog Tags
Today Operation Nightingale and History Hit TV were able to put out a press release about the two “dog tags” that were found when they […]
Organ Defaulter
I recently came across this from the vestry minutes: 1827 List of subscribers and the amount raised for the purpose of purchasing an organ for […]
Gunner CE Westall
We’ve come across a newspaper article giving more detail of how Gunner Westall died. We have put a full transcription on his Roll of Honour […]
Walkabout Quiz Answers
Here are the answers to the questions in the walkabout quiz… There were two teams who got 96, so an official winner was drawn from […]
New Content : Michael Read’s Record of Village Benches
We are pleased to tell you that we have now put online Michael Read’s record of village benches and their inscriptions. We would like to […]
Website Reorganisation
We have made a few changes to where things are located on the website. We introduced a new top level page “Records” which is the […]