Come and join us for a study day looking at the history of buildings in Wilshire! The Wiltshire Local History Network and the Wiltshire Record Society are joining up to host a day full of interesting talks.

Saturday 16 May 2026 10am-4pm at Easterton Village Hall, near Devizes

It’s free, just book a place at https://tinyurl.com/2mn6krak or email archives@wiltshire.gov.uk

Refreshments will be provided (tea, coffee, cake etc!) but you will need to bring your own lunch.

Poste reading: BUILDING ON THE PAST: A MISCELLANY FOR LOCAL HISTORIANS A Wiltshire Local History Network and Wiltshire Record Society Study Day Free - all are welcome! Saturday 16 May 2026 10am-4pm Easterton Village Hall, Devizes 10.00 – 10.15 Welcome (and coffee available) 10.15 – 10.50 Reading Between the Lines: Evidence of Domestic Life in Wiltshire in the late 16th-early 17th centuries, Steve Hobbs 11.00 – 11.35 W.J. Stent: an undervalued Wiltshire architect, Kevin Eames 11.35 – 11.55 Coffee break 11.55 – 12.30 17th Century Brickworks in Wiltshire, Jamie Wright 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch break, including WRS AGM 14.00 – 14.35 Polyolbion and Sunnyside: the naming of houses, John Chandler. 14.45 – 15.30 Never Drink in a Flat-Roofed Pub, Matt Bristow 15.30 – 16.00 Questions, Tea break and Close

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