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The museum closed to the public in June 2018 and reopened in May 2021 after renovation and expansion to include a second floor, doubling its size, and the addition of a lift to improve access. [1] These works were made possible by £1.1m in funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund , £900,000 from Trowbridge Town Council, and funds from ...
Trowbridge (/ ˈ t r oʊ b r ɪ dʒ / TROH-brij) is the county town of Wiltshire, England; situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset.The town lies 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Bath, 31 miles (50 km) south-west of Swindon and 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Bristol.
Trowbridge was born in Ogden, New York, to Windsor Stone Trowbridge and Rebecca Willey. His birthplace was a log cabin his father constructed through the use of wooden pegs. [1] Trowbridge received an unremarkable education, but had an early interest in literature. He recalled in his autobiography that he wrote his first poem at age 13.
The centre preserves the collections of the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives Service, County Local Studies Library, Wiltshire Archaeological Service, Wiltshire Conservation and Museum Services and the Wiltshire Buildings Record. These services were previously at Trowbridge and Salisbury.
Henry Clark (1828–1886) was born in 1828 in Trowbridge. He became a solicitor and was a partner in the Trowbridge firm of Clark and Collins. [11] In 1856 he married Elizabeth Attwood who was the daughter of a clergyman. [12] Henry died in 1886 and his only son Henry Attwood Clark inherited Polebarn House.
A handwritten copy of the last letter written by Helliker (signed Hiliker) is on display at Trowbridge Museum.In 2010 it was selected as one of 100 objects in the BBC's A History of the World project, in partnership with the British Museum and 350 museums and institutions across the country.
Learn about its rich history at the New Smyrna Museum of History, where a permanent East Coast Surf Exhibit details the past 50 years of surfing in New Smyrna Beach, starting with its origins in ...
A mill is first mentioned in Domesday Book at Stavretone. [1] By the end of the 14th century it had become a fulling mill to meet the burgeoning demand for woollen broadcloth, with a stone weir to control flow to the water wheels. [2] About 1800, the old mill was bought by John Jones, who replaced the old building. [3]