Calne Heritage Centre

Check out our collections PDF updated to December 2022, featuring over 2400 items. We are adding to the collection all of the time, so be aware that even if you cannot find what you’re looking for in this version of the index, we may still have items of interest to you. Along with adding to our collection, we are always increasing the quality of previous accession information. With that in mind, if you'd like to help us ensure that our fabulous collections are added to our database, making them accessible to researchers, visitors, and our volunteer staff, please do get in touch. We're always looking for data entry and digitisation volunteers. Check out the very first index of our collections database by  downloading it here. Please contact us with any queries: 01249 815305 email@calneheritage.co.uk Calne Heritage Centre | Facebook

  Shop local this Christmas, shop at Calne Heritage Centre . Every penny goes towards the continued care of Calne's heritage. We have many fantastic gifts available, including Calne Calendar , Calne Place Names , books by Sue Boddington and Dee La Vardera, the Wind in the Willows calendar by Chris Dunn Illustration and items by Art by Mark #calneshopslocal #calnecommunity #LoveCalne

The Wind in the Willows by Chris Dunn 5–29 Oct 2022 We are pleased to host Chris Dunn Illustration at Calne Heritage Centre between the 5th and 29th of October. Free entry, with prints, books and cards available for purchase.

 We are pleased to be hosting the following upcoming event:  On Friday 23 September at 6pm, in a free event at Calne Heritage Centre, The Friends of the Marden Valley will be presenting three new projects: Robert Willis from 'Icarus Aerial Imaging', will present his drone scape of the Marden Valley, an 8-minute short film. Nick Self from the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust will present his report on the Biodiversity of the Marden Valley. Andrew Jones will present his report on the Species Richness of the Marden Valley. Refreshments will be provided.

 Posting on behalf St. Mary's Bell Tower Project: We are embarking on a project to renovate the bell tower, which includes retuning the bells before repositioning them into a new cast iron bell frame, moving and automating the clock in a newly created room, and making safety improvements to the tower. As part of our project to renovate the bell tower, two new bells have been cast, including the Platinum Jubilee bell, as seen on the poster. The existing bells will be taken out of the tower at the end of September, before being tuned and rehung in a new cast iron frame next year. The work is going to cost about £255,000 and we are currently about £20,000 short of our target. You can help us by making a donation towards our target. All donations will be gratefully received. To make a donation, use the QR code or go to https://givealittle.co/campaigns/99ddef63-d6a1-4c0a-af70-a3c15ffeb6ce Alternatively, please deliver your donation to Bell Tower Project, 30 Church Street, SN11 0HU For

After much work by out fantastic database programmer, Alan, we now have the ability to compile and print an index of our collection. This includes the relevant unique ID for each item, a brief description and a photograph, where available. We are adding to the collection all of the time, so be aware that even if you cannot find what you’re looking for in this version of the index, compiled July 2022, we may still have items of interest to you. Along with adding to our collection, we are always increasing the quality of previous accession information. With that in mind, if you'd like to help us ensure that our fabulous collections are added to our database, making them accessible to researchers, visitors, and our volunteer staff, please do get in touch. We're always looking for data entry volunteers.  Check out the very first index of our collections database by downloading it here . Please contact us with any queries 01249 815305 email@calneheritage.co.uk Calne Heritage Centre

One of the 191 lease documents. At Calne Heritage Centre, one of our recent projects has been scanning the 191 Bowood allotment leases in our collection and transcribing the details into a spreadsheet. That process has now been completed, with the results printed out into accessible A4 format for visitors to find their ancestors or perhaps find people who may have lived at the same home as them in the past. Some common surnames are Angell, Blackford, Bromham, Cleverly, Henly, Slade, and Wheeler. The full list of surnames is listed below. You can download the searchable PDF to discover additional details here . Potential locations of allotments.       Further research is being done to locate the allotments that were in Calne and Calne Without, as unfortunately the Bowood Estate do not know where the appotments were. For the time being, please download this PDF , if you'd like to see the research as it stands. Details will be released when available. Tenant

Our Trustee, Dee La Vardera, is releasing her C&T Harris book this Saturday at Calne Heritage Centre . Pop along to between 10am and 12:30pm to check out the book and meet the author. For more info: https://amzn.to/3qaSK7f  

The author with the lovely Hamish. Sue Boddington has been hard at work, recently releasing her third historical novel in three years. This book covers a lot of the genuine history of Calne, Devizes, and the surrounding villages. You can collect your copy at Calne Heritage Centre for £8.95, with profits going directly to the Centre. Here's the synopsis to whet your appitite: Cambridge graduate Will Barry is an idealistic young man who runs a prosperous, hundred acre farm, inherited from his father, in the Wiltshire village of Sandy Barrow. He has a firm belief in the power of education to enrich the lives of the villagers and has built a school on his land, where he teaches the labourers’ children basic literacy, with the help of his sister Lucy. He offers the villagers free use of the library he has created at the school and holds evening meetings to discuss literature, religion and politics. Sir Roger Wanley, who was a close friend of Will’s father, owns most of the land on w

Gallery 11 Art Exhibition @ Calne Heritage Centre 4-28 May 2022 Wednesday - Saturday 10.00 - 16.00 Sunday 14.00 - 16.00

  EVENT CANCELLED It is with sadness that Calne Twinning Association have had to cancel Wednesday's Community Education Day. Thank you to all of the groups that had volunteered their time. We hope to rearrange this event later in the year.