Battlescombe Farms
The top photo shows the long drive down to Upper Battlescombe farm and its beautiful setting. Gordon Close came here as a tenant of Squire James of Edgeworth Manor in
The top photo shows the long drive down to Upper Battlescombe farm and its beautiful setting. Gordon Close came here as a tenant of Squire James of Edgeworth Manor in
CHURCH HILL IN THE EARLY 1900s With thanks to Museum in the Park Stroud and the late Wilf Merrett, who compiled a superb collection of local postcards that are now held
A view down the High Street, on the left is the former George Inn and on the right is the Corner Shop. But in the centre can be glimpsed a shed, roofed with
Clarke’s ‘ Cash Supply Stores ‘ was at the heart of village life. Three generations of the Clarke family ran it. Benjamin Clarke came first in 1877 as postmaster. His son Fred
ARTHUR DAVIS IN HIS FORGE A villager remembers: “Arthur was a genial, popular man and the smithy became a place where the boys of the village loved to gather and help out if necessary“. John Davis also
This was the village bakery until 1939. It is now known as Pax cottage. The bread was baked in old-fashioned bread ovens and there used to be a lovely smell of
Edgar Kilminster , born in Chalford in 1860 was a soldier for many years. Later he used to repair shoes. In 1923 he married Gertrude Hirons and they sold drapery
Photo courtesy of Howard Beard The King’s Head Inn, now Sinegar House, was open by 1782 and then called the Three Horse Shoes. Father and son, George and James Lugg followed each other as licensees
Now Hartwell Cottage, ( built around 1630) it is one of the finest in Bisley with its handsome arched doorway and mullion windows. Open as an inn from 1771, it
The post was originally in Clarke’s Shop in the High Street and subsequently next door. Later it was reopened in the George