The Recorder
The Recorder is the annual newsletter of the Wiltshire Record Society.
It is published in February of each year and you can download free copies on this page.
The Recorder, 16 (2017)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
‘Suspected persons’ in Wiltshire during the Cromwellian Protectorate, Alex Craven
The Corsham Portrait of John Ashe: a Question of Identity, John Gaisford
Confliect in the Cathedral Close, Steve Hobbs
Ramblings from the Record Office (Abridged), Ken Rogers
Rector’s Notebook: Prince Leopold, Sally Thomson
Compulsory Choir Practice at West Knoyle, John Chandler
Quarter Sessions and the Restoration, Ivor Slocombe
Rose Pender, Jane Howells
The International Bridges Group (Abridged), David Harrison
A Neglected Britton Manuscript, John Chandler
The Recorder, 15 (2016)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
Buying History, Jane Howells and Ruth Newman
The Archives at Fonthill A History of the Morrison Family, John d’Arcy
Lacock: Goodies and Baddies, Brian Howells Banks
Wilbury House, Newton Tony, Duncan Chalmers
Melksham Manorial Pound, Pam Slocombe
Requisition of Horses by the War Office, 1912-15, Barbara Saunt
Graffiti as Records, Sally Thomson
The Recorder, 14 (2015)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
Wiltshire and the Titanic, Ken Rogers
Record Breakers, Steve Hobbs
When Lacock was a Village, Brian Howells Banks
Maud Davies and the Victoria County History of Wiltshire, Jane Howells
The Canterbury and York Society, Alison McHardy
Old Hands at the Archives, Steve Hobbs & Sally Thomson
Talboys, Keevil: What’s in a Name?, Ken Rogers
The Secrets of a Pocket Book, Sally Thomson
A revised Manorial Document Register for Wiltshire and Swindon, Dr Virginia Bainbridge
The Recorder, 13 (2014)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
Aughton: ‘a noble thing’, John Chandler
WRS AGM at Longbridge Deverill, 2013, Helen Taylor
Lacock Abbey and St Cyriac’s Church Building Repairs and Additions, Brian Howells Banks
Fisherton Lunatic Asylum, Helen Taylor
First World War and Reconstruction, Ivor Slocombe
The Victoria County History of Wiltshire, Dr Virginia Bainbridge
Jottings from the Archives, Steve Hobbs
From Wiltshire to Rome, Sally Thomson
Murder of William Hartgill and John Hartgill of Kilmington by Charles, Lord Stourton and his servants, Duncan Chalmers
The Recorder, 12 (2013)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
What ’s in a name? – Loxwell and the potential religious symbolism of a monastic foundation, Graham Brown
Old Wiltshire Farms: Decline and change of use, Brian Howells Banks
Use of IPMs, Sally Thomson
A Manorial Mix Up, Steve Hobbs
Bradford-on-Avon: First World War Military Tribunal, Ivor Slocombe
Wiltshire Victoria County History Appeal Trust
The Recorder, 11 (2012)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
Obituaries, Steven Hobbs
The English Prize, Barry Williamson
The First Wiltshire County Record Office?, Ivor Slocombe
Review of VCH Wiltshire vol XVIII: Cricklade and Environs, Sally Thomson
Wiltshire Samplers: a Source of Social History, Brian Howells Banks
A Glimpse into Lacock Abbey in the 15th Century, Steve Hobbs
Measuring the Heights of the Neale Family at the Mansion House, Corsham, 1722-51, Negley Harte
Christian Malford and its Spring or Spa, Duncan Chalmers
‘In Goode and Perfect Remembraunce’: Life and Death in 16th-century Wiltshire, Alex Craven
Cumberwell in Box, John Chandler
Celebrations, Sally Thomson
The Recorder, 10 (2011)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
The Bridge Crossings of Lacock (What’s in a Name?), Brian Howells Banks
Coroners’ Bills, 1797-1824, Steve Hobbs
Aldbourne lands and rents of the Priory of Southwick, Hampshire, Duncan Chalmers
Senior Judge Robert Ogburn: Our American Correspondent, Ivor Slocombe
Gleanings from Wiltshire Parish Register: an Afterword, Steve Hobbs
The Dendrochronology Project, Sally Thomson
Godfrey Laurence, Steve Hobbs
The Recorder, 9 (2010)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
Professor Elrington, Kenneth Rogers
Requiescant, John Chandler
News from Wiltshire and Swindon Archives: Glimpses of Medieval Life, Steven Hobbs
Wiltshire Victoria County History Volume XIX, Virginia Bainbridge
Some Medieval Clergy of the Parish Church of Swindon, Duncan Chalmers
Making Assurance Doubly Sure, Kenneth Rogers
What shall we do with the Drunken Widow?, Douglas Crowley
Lacock – Care of the Sick Poor: a Potpourri, Brian Howells Banks
The Recorder, 8 (2009)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
Nancy Steele, Steve Hobbs
Life and Death in Thirteenth-Century Wiltshire, Christopher Elrington
A Slaughterford House History, Pam Slocombe
Seventeenth-Century Church Court Papers, Steve Hobbs
Catholics at Lacock, Brian Howells Banks
The Medieval Church of Swindon and its Relations with Southwick Priory in Hampshire, Duncan Chalmers
Saint Andrew’s, Ditchampton, John Chandler
On the Way
The Recorder, 7 (2008)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
Somerset Sources for Wiltshire Studies, Duncan Chalmers
Society of Antiquaries: Jackson Collection, Ivor Slocombe
Centre for Wessex History and Archaeology, Professor Michael Hicks
Lacock Pageant, Sally Thomson
Music and Murder, Christopher Elrington
Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Steven Hobbs
‘Kyngton’ 1517, Jean Martin
Snippets of Lacock Schooling and the Establishment of a Reading Room, Brian Howells Banks
Reading between the lines, Barbara Saunt
Drayneflete, Sally Thomson
The Recorder, 6 (2007)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
Stocked up at Brinkworth, Douglas Crowley
Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office Past, Ivor Slocombe
Wiltshire Newspaper Transcripts, Richard Heaton
Revisiting Record Office Finding Aids, Steven Hobbs
The Wiltshire Estates of Edward of Salisbury, Jean Martin
Paine’s Grave, Kenneth Rogers
If this doesn’t work…, Sally Thomson
The View from the Wiltshire Victoria County History, Virginia Bainbridge
Moonraking, John Chandler
The Recorder, 5 (2006)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
The View from the Wiltshire Victoria County History, Virginia Bainbridge
A Celebration of Wiltshire Local History, Virginia Bainbridge
Elusive Ancestor, Persis Wiltshire
Wiltshire Wills Project, Steve Hobbs
Hungerford Cartulary, Part 2: The Hobhouse Cartulary, Christopher Elrington
Gleanings from Wiltshire Parish Registers, Steve Hobbs
Fishing Rights in Lacock, Brian Banks
Wiltshire Constabulary Records, Duncan Chalmers
The Clergy of the Church of England Database, Robert Pearson
Notes from the General Editor, John Chandler
Jean Cole and Marjorie Moore, Sally Thomson
The Recorder, 4 (2005)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
Lorelei Williams, Steven Hobbs
Nauticalia, Steven Hobbs
AGM 2004, Sally Thomson
To See Ourselves as Others See Us, Lorelei Williams
Early Marriage Allegations, Steven Hobbs
Tyburn Tickets, Kenneth Rogers
Prisoner Boxes, Ivor Slocombe
Medieval Pageant at Lacock Abbey September 1932 and June 1933, Brian Howell Banks
Notes from the General Editor, John Chandler
Yobbish Behaviour at Crockerton, Kenneth Rogers
The Recorder, 3 (2004)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
A2A (Access to Archives), John d’Arcy
Clergy of the Church of England Database, Sally Thomson
Wiltshire Toll Houses, Ivor Slocombe
The Wiltshire VCH – Good News, Douglas Crowley
Are Regimental Colours Records?, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Michael Cowan
Early Vehicle Registration in Wiltshire, 1903-1914, Ian Hicks
The Nathaniel Hone Connection, Lorelei Williams
Centre for Wessex Archaeology and History
Dr Marjorie Reeves
Website
The Recorder, 2 (2003)
Editorial, Sally Thomson
Misreadings, John Chandler and Steve Hobbs
Rent Collection in Codford St Peter, Sally Thomson
Cricklade’s Allotments (or Lack of Them), Douglas Crowley
Colonel Whitley and the Wiltshire Postmasters, Lorelei Williams
The Future of the Victoria History of Wiltshire, Carrie Smith
An Apology, John Chandler
The Recorder, 1 (2002)
The Wiltshire Wills Project, Lucy Jeffries
Codford Probate Inventories, Sally Thomson
Trowbridge People in London, 1746, Kenneth Rogers
A Charm at Easton Royal, Helen Rogers
Wiltshire Glebe Terriers, Steve Hobbs
Wiltshire Motor Vehicle Registers, 1903-1914, Ian Hicks
Marlborough Goldsmiths, Lorelei Williams
Coming Soon…, John Chandler