Paul Timlett
Old Winsley, Turleigh and The Elbow
Listeners to the podcast will have heard us talk about Sarah Lucas. Sarah moved from Wiltshire to Scotland some 30 years ago and is a...
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Glyn Coy
- Jan 26, 2022
- 4 min
Quaker's Walk, Oliver's Castle and Battle of Roundway Down
In the first major excursion of 2022, the Hidden Wiltshire team met up in Devizes to do a walk. Glyn Coy and Paul Timlett (the...
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Paul Timlett
- Jan 21, 2022
- 11 min
Tidcombe, Hippenscombe and the Devil’s Waistcoat
This blog has become something of a labour of love, albeit a challenging one. It also became somewhat of a saga. Chute Causeway, close to...
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Paul Timlett
- Nov 26, 2021
- 9 min
Medieval Inglesham - Three Counties Walk
This was a place I’d wanted to visit for a long time. It could hardly be further from the walk I did in the extreme south west of...
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Steve Dewey
- Sep 17, 2021
- 5 min
Nine Mile River
By Steve Dewey In this blog post, we’re going for a short journey along Nine Mile River. It’s a short journey because it’s a short river...
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Glyn Coy
- Sep 6, 2021
- 3 min
Erlestoke Wood and the 1917 field
Erlestoke Wood is quite a pleasant place to walk and I've already written on this site about its abundance of bluebells in the spring....
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Paul Timlett
- Sep 2, 2021
- 9 min
Knapp Down and the Ebble Valley
It’s been a while since I’ve put together a new walk for Hidden Wiltshire. And I have to admit I didn’t put this one together either. It...
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Glyn Coy
- Jul 27, 2021
- 3 min
Beckhampton Gallops and Witches Plantation
The Gallops at Beckhampton has intrigued me for a long time. It is an expanse of land with mixed use, split between racehorse training...
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Glyn Coy
- Jul 8, 2021
- 3 min
The Coffin Trail from West Ashton and Steeple Ashton
Before St John's Church was built in West Ashton in 1846, the villagers would use St Mary's Church in Steeple Ashton for funerals. To get...
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Paul Timlett
- Jun 28, 2021
- 7 min
Wiltshire Clumps
Whilst not unique to Wiltshire, clumps are something that many of us envisage when we think of the county’s landscape. Otherwise known...
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Paul Timlett
- May 27, 2021
- 7 min
Sarsen Stones and the Devil's Den
Sarsen Stones and the Devil’s Den About four years ago I did a walk on Fyfield Down to see the source of the sarsen stones (also known as...
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Glyn Coy
- Apr 18, 2021
- 3 min
Kidnappers Hole, Copheap and Arn Hill Down
This walk starts in the Wiltshire metropolis of Warminster, but quickly leaves the urban area and heads up in the hills to explore more...
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Glyn Coy
- Apr 9, 2021
- 4 min
The Fonthill Estate
Over the years I have driven past the delightful Fonthill Lake but never stopped to take a closer look, so I resolved recently to rectify...
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Paul Timlett
- Apr 3, 2021
- 13 min
Folly Wood and the Tale of the Headless Horseman
Artist David Alderslade suggested we visit this unique location in Folly Wood near Market Lavington.
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Glyn Coy
- Apr 3, 2021
- 2 min
King's Play Hill and the search for a Long Barrow
King's Play Hill is a fascinating place, riddled with tumuli, a long barrow in a nearby field and steep sided hollows with terracettes....
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Glyn Coy
- Mar 9, 2021
- 3 min
Southwick Court
By Simon Tesler - All images by Simon & Carey Tesler Many residents of Trowbridge and Southwick might not realise that there is a...
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Steve Dewey
- Mar 5, 2021
- 4 min
From Warminster to Chilmark, the Old Way
By Steve Dewey A recent post on the Warminster and District Memories Facebook page brought to my attention milestones in Sutton Veny and...
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Paul Timlett
- Feb 19, 2021
- 4 min
Edington Priory Church - the Secrets Within
I had to go to Steeple Ashton today (where I took a photograph of the blind house) so on the way home I stopped to visit the substantial...
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Steve Dewey
- Feb 14, 2021
- 13 min
The River Wylye
By Steve Dewey Introduction In this post I'm going to take you on a photographic trip along the Wylye valley. To do this we're going to...
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Glyn Coy
- Jan 24, 2021
- 3 min
Blind Houses
There are many "Blind Houses" in Wiltshire, dating back to the 18th Century. The term is the local Wiltshire term for a village lock up,...
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