Tag Archives: Swindon

The Great Western Rail Crash

by cotswoldhistory Posted on May 30, 2011

TweetOn Thursday 4 December, 1851, a collision took place near the Salperton tunnel in Gloucestershire, part of the Great Western Railway that ran between Gloucester and Swindon. At around midday on 4 December, a goods train had left Swindon, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Gloucestershire, Kemble, Tetbury, Wiltshire | Tagged collision, crash, Great Western Railway, GWR, railway, Swindon, The Era, train | Leave a comment

Churchyard Stories: Rock Of Ages

by cotswoldhistory Posted on November 15, 2010

TweetLewis Tuck was a man with a very ordinary life, but who engendered a great love and respect for himself from his large family. Born in Swindon in 1837, the son of chimney sweep Matthew Tuck and his wife Rachel, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gloucestershire, Tetbury | Tagged Bible, chimney sweep, china dealer, Church Street, grocer, Highworth, hymns, mother's help, Swindon, Tuck | Leave a comment

Farming, Friendships And Beer – The Arkells Of Kempsford

by cotswoldhistory Posted on February 23, 2010

TweetWhen journalist William Cobbett was touring southern England for his Rural Rides in the 1820s, he visited the village of Kempsford in the Cotswolds, and was impressed by the place. Kempsford – near the larger village of Fairford, with its … Continue reading →

Posted in Cricklade, Fairford, Gloucestershire, Kempsford, Malmesbury, Wiltshire | Tagged agricultural depression, agriculture, Arkell, brewery, Bristol Mercury, Canada, Fairford, farming, Ile, Jackson's Oxford Journal, Kempsford, National Archives, Ontario, Swindon, taxation, William Cobbett | Leave a comment

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