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Westbury,
Wiltshire
..in Photographs,
some Old & some New.
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This shows the Westbury White Horse from the Bratton Road. It is the memorial of Alfred the Great's victory over the Danes at Ethandun A.D. 878 and it is two miles from Westbury. It was formed by stripping the turf from the chalk Downs on the northern slope of Salisbury Plain. The length of the horse is 175 feet. Height from feet to shoulder 107 feet. Circumference of the eye is 25 feet. [White Horse page]
From a postcard by E A Sweetman & Son, Tunbridge Wells. Dated 1960
The Parish Church of All Saints, seen here from the northwest, dates from the mid-fourteenth century. This picture shows the great west window glazed with glass donated by Abraham Laverton. The church has the third heaviest peal of eight bells in the world, the last two bells having been added in 1921.
From a postcard by an unknown publisher. Undated, but around 1920 judging by the height of the yew trees by the west door.
This shows the interior of the Parish Church of All Saints.
From a postcard by A E & H E Holloway, Westbury. Undated
A picture of the lower part of Church Street taken some time after 1900, this being the date when the tall house on the left, "The
Gables", was built.
Compared to the present day the large image shows the neatly trimmed ivy of "Ivy House" and the deeper windows of number 19. All of "Church Terrace" have the original front garden walls and railings, and the boundary wall opposite is the same height as that next to "Chantry Cottage". From a postcard by A E & H Holloway, Westbury. Undated, but post 1900
This shows the Market Place (incorrectly labeled The Square) in Westbury. From left to right is the old Town Hall, then the white building is the Lopes Arms, in the centre is Cannon Green, with the church tower visible behind and the Crown Hotel is on the right. Above the rear window of the foremost parked car can be seen the war memorial to the First World War.
From a postcard by E A Sweetman & Son, Tunbridge Wells. Dated 1960
This shows the Westbury Iron Works as seen from the country end of platforms 1 and 2 (old Salisbury and Weymouth) of Westbury railway station. The Works were finally closed down and the machinery was sold off in 1939. The site was then occupied by various Civil Engineering contractors, and then for car storage and by Westbury Car Auctions.
From a postcard by Michael & Co, Westbury. Undated
This shows the Westbury Iron Works looking more towards the north. From the chimney on the right, next can be seen the beam-engine house with water tank on top. The beam-engine was used to supply the cold draft for the furnaces. Next is no. 1 furnace, standing over 80ft. high, then no. 2 furnace, only partially clad with support hoops. Next are three hot-draft stoves. Notice the slag ladles in the foreground, with standard guage wagons for the loading of pig iron just behind.
From a postcard by R.Wilkinson & Co. Trowbridge. Undated
Image courtesy of Simon Jones.
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