Website produced and maintained for the Hungerford Historical Association by Hugh Pihlens
A summary of the web pages in the Virtual Museum - click any of them to access directly:
Home
Where are we?
Artefacts
Art
Church
Clocks & WatchesCrested China
Domestic
Farming & Agriculture
Furniture
Local Events
Social History
Workhouse Regulations, 1914
Street Furniture
Town Coffer and other Town & Manor artefacts
Trade & Industry
Miscellaneous
How to Age a Tree
Toads in Hungerford
Events
Great Fire of Hungerford, 1566
Civil War, 1642-51
William of Orange meets the Commissioners of James II at The Bear, 1688George III's Golden Jubilee, 25th October 1809Bare Knuckle Fight, 1821Bare Knuckle Fight, 1827
Agricultural "Swing" Riots, 22nd November 1830
Autumn Manoevres, 1872
Police Murders, 11th Dec 1876
Rural Sports, 11th April 1887
Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 21st June 1887
Charnham Street Floods, November 1894
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 20th June 1897
Tragic death of Mr Freddie Pratt, Jun 1910
King George V's Visit, 1912
First World War, 1914-18
Army Unit during WWI
War Memorial Dedication, 24th April 1921
Charnham Street Floods, 1932
Hungerford in 1937
Second World War, 1939-45
HMS Freesia
Pillboxes and Hedgehogs
Steam Rallies on the Common, 1970-78
Victorian Extravaganza, 1992-present
Hungerford Fish Mortality, 1998
People
A-Z Listing of People
Edward Bushnell
Thomas Fruen
Edward Meyrick
Artists and Painters
Charles Low
Bellmen of Hungerford
Bloomsbury Group
Censuses and Population
Clergy & Teachers
Curates & Assistant Priests
St Frideswide
Rev JFC Denning
Rev. Tom Gray
St. Lawrence
Vicars
Clock & Watchmakers
Constables of the Town & Manor of HungerfordEntertainers
Lady of Lions
Family HistoryFamous Visitors - Royalty and Diarists
Landowners & Gentry
Jethro TullJohn of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
Sir Robert de Hungerford
Photographers and Publishers
Albert Parsons
Physicians & Surgeons
Printers & Booksellers
Royal Berkshire Yeomanry
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen
Sir Charles Portal
Sir Anthony Troup
Norman Hidden
Places
Antique Shops
Banks
Barracks
Bell Foundry
Blacksmiths and Farriers
Blindhouse
Boarden Carriage
Bridge Street properties
1 Bridge Street
2 Bridge Street
3 & 3a Bridge Street
4 Bridge Street
5 Bridge Street
6 Bridge Street
7 Bridge Street
7a Bridge Street
8 Bridge Street
9 Bridge Street
10 Bridge Street
11 Bridge Street
12 Bridge Street
13 Bridge Street
4 properties demolished for Canal (west)
3 properties demolished for Canal (east)
14 bridge Street
15 Bridge Street
16 Bridge Street
17 Bridge Street
18-19 Bridge Street
20 Bridge Street
21 Bridge Street
23 Bridge Street
24 Bridge Street
War Memorial Site
Chantries
Chantry of Blessed Virgin Mary
Chantry of Holy Trinity
Charnham Street properties
1 Charnham Street (Riverside)
2 Charnham Street
3 Charnham Street (Old Fire Station)
4 Charnham Street
5 Charnham Street (Faulknor Square)
Faulknor Square
1 Faulknor Square
2 Faulknor Square
14 Charnham Street
16 Charnham Street
19 Charnham Street
21 Charnham Street
22 Charnham Street
23 Charnham Street
24 Charnham Street
25 Charnham Street
26 Charnham Street
27 Charnham Street
28 Charnham Street
29-30 Charnham Street
31 Charnham Street
32 Charnham Street
39 Charnham Street
41 Charnham Street (Bear Hotel)
Chilton Factory
Churches
St. Lawrence, The Croft
Catholic Church, Priory Road
Methodist Church, Bridge Street
United Reform Church, High Street
Avington Norman Church
Ebenezer Chapel, Church Street
Holy Trinity Church, Denford
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Eddington
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Hungerford Newtown
St Mary's, Newtown
Wesleyan Chapel, Charnham StreetWesleyan Cottage, Hungerford Newtown
St. Saviour's Church, Eddington
Cinema
Coffee Houses
"Red Rose" Coffee House
Combe Gibbet
Return of the Gibbet
Common Fields
The Croft (Church Croft)
Tumble Stile
Croft Hall (formerly Church House)
Cycle Shops
Gas Works
Great Estates
Chilton Lodge
Denford Park
Eddington House
Hungerford Park
Inglewood House
Littlecote
Standen Manor
High Street Properties
1 HS "North End" (Empty & Mistral)
2 HS (YMCA Charity Shop)
3&4 High Street (Tutti Pole Tea Shop)
5 High Street (Althea's & Forget-me-not)
6 High Street (Martin's)
7 & 8 High Street (Martin's and Kitchenmonger)
9 & 9a High Street (Hungerford Butchers & Empty)
1 Church Lane "Library Cottage"
10 High Street (Sugar Mouse)
12 & 13 High Street (Kaleidoscope & Framemakers)
14 High Street (Co-op)
15 High Street (Co-op)
16 High Street "Queen Anne House", (Co-op)
"Hayward's House - A Neglected Celebrity
17 HS (Gourmet Chinese Take-away)
18 HS (Five Star Fruit & Veg)
Demolished for Railway Bridge
19 High Street "Kennet House" (Russell Marshall and Others)
20-22 High Street (Portman, Rayners, Knight Frank)
Town Hall & Corn Exchange
23 High Street (Swift Cleaners)
24 High Street (Hungerford Book Shop and Azuzas)
25 High Street
26 High Street (Antiques Arcade)
28 High Street (CLM Solicitors)
30 High Street (Barclays Bank)
31 High Street "Penny Savings Bank"
32 High Street "Old Methodist Manse
Congregational Chapel
33 High Street "Wilton House"
34 High Street
35 High Street
36-37 High Street
38-39 High Street
40 High Street
41 High Street (Cameo House)
42 High Street "Old National School" (DHC Solicitors)
43-44 High Street (Moonlight Indian & Mr Fry)
45-46 High Street
47-48 High Street (Ellie Dickins Shoes & Church's Undertakers)
49 High Street "Plough House"
50 High Street "Orwell House"
51-52 High Street
53-54 High Street
55-57 High Street
59 High Street (Snippet's Barbers)
60-63 High Street
64-65 High Street
66 High Street
67-69 High Street
70-73 High Street
74-76 High Street
77 High Street (Borough Arms)
78-81 High Street
82-83 High Street
84 High Street
85 High Street
86 High Street
87-88 High Street "Dobbins"
89 High Street
90-93 High Street
94 High Street
95 High Street
96 High Street
97-98 High Street
100-102 High Street
103 High Street
104 High Street
105-106 High Street
107 High Street (Brading Cryer Accountants)
108 High Street
109-110 High Street (Peppermint Cream & Marc Allen)
111 High Street (Roger King Antiques)
112 High Street (The Emporium)
113 High Street (Plume of Feathers)
114 High Street (Nye & Co)
115 High Street (Fare Wise Travel)
116 High Street (Bossom's Needlework)
117 High Street (Three Swans Hotel)
118 High Street (Lloyds TSB)
119 High Street (NatWest)
120 High Street (Red Cross Charity & Hello Flower)
Demolished for Railway Bridge (east)
121 (now 120a) High Street
121-122 High Street (Vacant & Inklings)
124 High Street (Three Cooks)
125 High Street (Boots)
126 High Street (Crown Post office)
127 High Street (Newbury BS, West Berks Council Office, Deep, Stan James)
128 High Street "Faringdon House"
129 High Street (Prospect Charity, Blue Bee Florist)
130 High Street "College House" (PBA Accountants)
131-132 "Bridge House"
Hopgrass Farm
Iron Foundries
Isolation Hospital
Laundry
Leper House
Libraries
Listed Buildings
Manor Brewery
Marsh Gate properties
Isbury Cottage
Open-air Swimming Pool
Pest House
Priory
Priory of St. John
Roads in Hungerford
Roman Roads
Town Halls
Town Pond
Windmills & Water Mills
Workhouses
Something about Vagrants in Berkshire, 1879
Themes
Ambulance Service in Hungerford
Archaeological Digs
Berkshire Yeomanry
Caring for the Poor
Clubs and Groups
Brass Band
British Legion
Camera Club
Cricket Club
Cycle Speedway Club
Football Club
Golf Club
Hungerford Club
Mothers' Union
Reading Rooms
Rifle Club
Swimming Club (and Open-air Swimming-Pool)
Tennis Club
Councils - Parish, RDC and Town
Crescent and Star
Crimes
Domesday Manors around Hungerford
Enclosure
Fires & Fire-fighting
Fire Service <1890
Fire Service 1890-1910
Fire Service 1910-1924
Fire Service since 1924
Fire Marks
Hearth Tax, 1662-1688
Inns & Alehouses
Angel
Barley Mow
The Bear
Bell Alehouse
Bell Inn
Borough Arms
Craven Arms
Crown Brewery
Crown Inn
Green Dragon
The Greyhound
John of Gaunt
King's Head
Lamb
Malt Shovel
Phoenix
Plough
Plume of Feathers
Queen & Constitution
Railway Tavern
Red Lion
Royal Exchange
Salisbury Arms
Stag's Head
Sun
Swan
Tally Ho!
Three Horseshoes
Three Swans
Inventory of Sarah Bell, 1714
Three Tuns
White Bear
White Hart
White Lion
Woolpack
Law and Order
Manorial History
Early Manors
Markets & Fairs
Medicine in Hungerford
The Early Days
Start of Organised Medicine
19th Century
The Early 1900s
District Nursing
The First World War
Between the Wars
Second World War
The Coming of the NHS
The 1950s
The Health Care Team
Police
Postal History
Telephone System
Victorian Letter Boxes
Reminiscences
Rural Calendar
Schools
Chronological List of Schools
Apprenticeships and Educational Charities
Before the 17th Century
Free Grammar School
Dame Schools
Mrs Webb's School
John Hives, 25 High Street
Westfield House
Library Cottage
Wilton House
Buckland House
Ann Snook's Day School
College House
129 High Street
Market Place School
Hillside, Salisbury Road
The Manse School, 32 High Streetl
High School (Mr C A Marsh)
Mrs Averill's School, 17 High Street
Miss Booth's School, Church House
Voluntary Schools
National School
British & Foreign Schools
Wesleyan School
Infant National School, Eddington
Hungerford Newtown School
Union Workhouse School
Sunday Schools
All-age Council School
John of Gaunt School
Croft Nursery School
Educational Trusts
Town and Manor
Origins
Town & Manor Today
Hocktide & Tutti-Day
Hocktide 2009
Hocktide Video
Beating the Bounds
Beating the Bounds, 1913
Common & Freeman's Marsh
Hungerford Common
Freeman's Marsh
Hungerford Fishery
Properties attracting Common Rights
Town Clocks & Sun dials
Trade & Industry - the changing patterns
Trade Directories
Transport
Coaching
Turnpike Trusts
Canal
Railway
War Memorials
Pte Arthur Henry Archard
Capt Edward Dugdale d'Oyley Astley
Pte George Bailey
Pte Henry R Barnes
Pte R Batchelor
Pte W B Bowsher
Pte George Edward Brazener
Pte Herbert Brewer
Stoker Ernest Alfred Bull
Sgt Walter Thomas Bushnell
Capt Charles Kingstone Butler
Lt Eric Butler
Pte Sidney George Channon
Pte William Edward Affleck Clements
Lt Roy Cowell-Townshend
Pte H J Cook
Sgt Albert Cook
Lt John Halsted Cortis
Pte R G Dixon
Cpl William Henry Earl
Pte Arthur Henry Fairchild
Pte Frank Field
Gnr William Noah Fishlock
Gnr Alfred J Goodman
Pte Stephen Goodall
Stoker William George Grove
Cpl Alfred Herbert Hawkes
Pte Albert E Hill
Capt Maurice Henry Hissey
Pte Ernest Andrews Holmes
Cpl Frederick Louis Hollister
Sgt William John Horne
Pte Joseph Sidney Hunt
Cpl Walter Jenkins
Pte Frank Thomas Knight
AB Ernest Henry Lambourne
Pte Lionel Edward Lambourne
Pte Henry Dolphin Marchant
Tpr Christopher William Matthews
Pte C McCarthy
Sgt C W Mepstead
Pte E F Mills
Spr Percy Molland
Pte Joseph Edward Neale
Pte John New
Tpr Frederick John North
Pte Eric Palmer
Pte Henry Parker
Pte J Plumber
Rfn J Preston
Lt Leonard Raine
Tpr Francis Harry Ray
Pte Frederick Charles Rayment
Lt Richard Ivor Richens
Sig (RN) Percy Baron Richens
Sgt Fredrick Rolfe
Pte Charles J Rosier
Pte E E Rosier
Gnr Percy George Rosier
Pte Archibald Newton J Salt
Pte A R Smith
Rfn Walter P J Spiro
Gnr A Spooner
Pte Edward J Stacey
Pte Sidney Tubb
Pte Albert Edward Vockins
Pte Edgar William Vockins
Pte Fredrick Charles Vockins
Cpl Sidney Vockins
Sgt Robert Valentine Weaving
Pte Harry Webb
Pte Frank W Whiting
Pte Francis Williams
Pte Alfred Thomas Wilson
Pte Henry Wilson
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Timeline
Archives
Audio ArchivesFamily History
Alexander Family
Hungerford Family
Photo Gallery
Aerial views
Hungerford
St. Lawrence Church
Maps & Plans
Papers & Articles
Archeological Dig in The Croft
Kennet & Avon Canal
Talks to the HHA
Transcriptions
Census
Brief History of Hungerford
Publications
Town Walks
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Glossary of Historical Terms
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Updated: 2.9.2010
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