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Use it to find topics of your choice, wherever they occur in the Virtual Museum. You may search for names, places, dates - anything!

In addition to single words, this search now recognises phrases (in quotes), which can refine the matches found. Searching "6 High Street" in quotes finds only entries mentioning that address, whilst 6 High Street without quotes finds around 200 entries!

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Please note that many family names have a variety of spellings, such as Wodham and Woodham, Pearse and Pearce, Clisdel, Clisdale and Clidsdall.

Consider alternative spellings for everything! If you are looking for trades, note that you may find "plumber" often spelt "plummer", or "maltster" spelt "malster" in 18th century documents.

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Macklin's Field, c1910 (later Macklin Close) — miscellaneous-009 macklins field c1910
Macklin's Field, c1910 (later Macklin Close)

Macklin's Field, c1910 (later Macklin Close)

Bath Road near Picket Field, undated (Kindly sent by Tony Atkins) — miscellaneous-010 bath road tony atkins
Bath Road near Picket Field, undated (Kindly sent by Tony Atkins)

Bath Road near Picket Field, undated (Kindly sent by Tony Atkins)

Moon Lane (also known as "Lavatory Lane" between High Street and Priory Road, Jan 1986 [Ivor Speed Collection] — 19860100 moon lane lavatory lane
Moon Lane (also known as "Lavatory Lane" between High Street and Priory Road, Jan 1986 [Ivor Speed Collection]

Moon Lane (also known as "Lavatory Lane" between High Street and Priory Road, Jan 1986 [Ivor Speed Collection]

Fertiliquid Factory, Jun 1987. Later part of the Hamblin Meadow development. [Ivor Speed Collection] — 19870600 fertiliquid
Fertiliquid Factory, Jun 1987. Later part of the Hamblin Meadow development. [Ivor Speed Collection]

Fertiliquid Factory, Jun 1987. Later part of the Hamblin Meadow development. [Ivor Speed Collection]

Crown Mews, Feb 1988. [Ivor Speed Collection] — 19880216 crown mews
Crown Mews, Feb 1988. [Ivor Speed Collection]

Crown Mews, Feb 1988. [Ivor Speed Collection]

Station Road, Mar 1988. [Ivor Speed Collection] — 19880310 station road
Station Road, Mar 1988. [Ivor Speed Collection]

Station Road, Mar 1988. [Ivor Speed Collection]

Charnham Lane under construction, Jan 1990 [Ivor Speed Collection] — 19900100 charnham lane
Charnham Lane under construction, Jan 1990 [Ivor Speed Collection]

Charnham Lane under construction, Jan 1990 [Ivor Speed Collection]

Empty premises of JT Gibbs, Builders, Mar 1991. later developed as Middleton's Close [Ivor Speed Collection] — 19910300 gibbs yard
Empty premises of JT Gibbs, Builders, Mar 1991. later developed as Middleton's Close [Ivor Speed Collection]

Empty premises of JT Gibbs, Builders, Mar 1991. later developed as Middleton's Close [Ivor Speed Collection]

Colin Honeybone completing the decorative finials on completing his ?100th kissing gate, Feb 2019. — 20140219 colin honeybone
Colin Honeybone completing the decorative finials on completing his ?100th kissing gate, Feb 2019.

Colin Honeybone completing the decorative finials on completing his ?100th kissing gate, Feb 2019.

Priory Avenue, c1960s. — Priory Avenue c1960s
Priory Avenue, c1960s.

Priory Avenue, c1960s.

Fairfields, Fairview Road, site after demolition ?2018 — Fairfields - Demolished
Fairfields, Fairview Road, site after demolition ?2018

Fairfields, Fairview Road, site after demolition ?2018

Fairfields, Fairview Road during demolition ?2017 — Fairfields
Fairfields, Fairview Road during demolition ?2017

Fairfields, Fairview Road during demolition ?2017

Empty premises of JT Gibbs, Builders, Mar 1991, later developed as Middleton Close [Ivor Speed Collection] — Gibbs Builders Yard Eddington
Empty premises of JT Gibbs, Builders, Mar 1991, later developed as Middleton Close [Ivor Speed Collection]

Empty premises of JT Gibbs, Builders, Mar 1991, later developed as Middleton Close [Ivor Speed Collection]

Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020. — 20201101 Lancaster Park 09.28.12
Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020.

Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020.

Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020. — 20201101 Lancaster Park 09.28.17
Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020.

Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020.

Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020. — 20201101 Lancaster Park 09.29.27
Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020.

Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020.

Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020. — 20201101 Lancaster Park 09.31.36
Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020.

Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020.

Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020. — 20201101 Lancaster Park 09.31.45
Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020.

Lancaster Park during development, Nov 2020.

20020600 Cavendish Park-01 (Ivor Speed)

20020600 Cavendish Park-02 (Ivor Speed)

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