Peter Hughes on Jury Service
Well, you’re a little bit nervous. Well, I wouldn’t say nervous. Apprehensive rather because you’re going into a system you have never been in before and you’re waiting for people to tell you what to do all the time. Then you watch the jury sworn in, hear the case. I
Quentin Goggs on being on the Jury
A man had come out of a pub in the Market Place in Devizes, obviously having too much to drink and he ran amuck with a car jack and injured somebody, I can’t remember any names, quite badly. And he was up before the court for Grievous Bodily Harm. We
Peter Hughes and Bugle Practice
And one of the boys lived in this house before we moved in. he was in the brigade and he was out there practising his bugle when a case was being heard in the assize courts. And a judge ordered a policeman to come round and tell him to shut
Sergeant Troy’s Uniform from Far from the Madding Crowd – 1967 film
The costume worn by Terence Stamp when he played Sergeant Troy in the 1967 film of 'Far from the Madding Crowd'. Many scenes in the film were shot in Devizes - the production turned Devizes Market Place back in time to the Georgian period and used a number of locations
Far from the Madding Crowd – 1967 film
Many scenes in the 1967 film of 'Far from the Madding Crowd' were shot in Devizes. The production turned Devizes Market Place back in time to the Georgian period and used a number of locations in the town. The film was directed by John Schlesinger and starred Alan Bates, Julie
Terry Gaylard – Court Reporter for the Gazette and Herald
Terry Gaylard was interviewed by Lisa Brown, Curator, in 2019. Listen here to 6 extracts from the interview. Terry, a former Gazette and Herald reporter, often covered Assize Court proceedings and his testimony is full of fascinating insights into how the courts ran and its impact on Devizes. The Assizes
Jurassic Period – Lepidotus fossil
This stunning fossil is of a Lepidotus minor, from the Jurassic period. Fish were slightly different then to the ones you would see today, they had armored scales that allowed the fossil to be kept in such good condition as they did not rot leaving an almost perfect shape of
John Buckler watercolours of St Michael’s Church – Melksham
Volunteer Anna takes a look at one of our local churches... Like most churches, St Michael’s Church has a rich history and its architecture is recognised through its Grade II* listing. Being the parish church (for the Church of England) for Melksham, it has great importance for the area. The
Collection of Melksham photographs
Volunteer Anna has taken an indepth look at one of her local towns, Melksham. She has discovered photographs of the area in our archive. Melksham, a small parish town, has a rich history of trade, originating from the Anglo-Saxon and Medieval times. Anglo-Saxon evidence around certain Churches suggest that the
Microscope belonging to William Cunnington III
William Cunnington III was the driving force behind the founding of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society in 1853. He was the grandson of William Cunnington I, the Heytesbury wool merchant who excavated the Bronze Age burial mounds on Salisbury Plain with Sir Richard Colt Hoare in the early