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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!

Entering this and that into the search form will return results containing both "this" and "that".

Entering this not that into the search form will return results containing "this" and not "that".

Entering this or that into the search form will return results containing either "this" or "that".

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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.

The search is very powerful, but because the Virtual Museum is so large, it can take a few seconds to display results.

126 High Street, Mar 2007 - Crown Post Office, 1914 — p3030943
126 High Street, Mar 2007 - Crown Post Office, 1914

126 High Street, Mar 2007 - Crown Post Office, 1914

25 High Street - site of Post Office 1857-1890 — uhs-059
25 High Street - site of Post Office 1857-1890

25 High Street - site of Post Office 1857-1890

GPO Reward Notice for return of "bag of letters" lost at Hungerford, 23rd Oct 1818 — post theft 1818
GPO Reward Notice for return of "bag of letters" lost at Hungerford, 23rd Oct 1818

GPO Reward Notice for return of "bag of letters" lost at Hungerford, 23rd Oct 1818

The Postmen's Supper, 1913 — postmens supper 1913
The Postmen's Supper, 1913

The Postmen's Supper, 1913

14 High Street - site of Post Office 1890-1914 — 060-high_st_lwr_18
14 High Street - site of Post Office 1890-1914

14 High Street - site of Post Office 1890-1914

Crown Post Office, Jul 2014. Do you know what the little black missing brick is for? See the text for the solution! — 20140708 img_1565
Crown Post Office, Jul 2014. Do you know what the little black missing brick is for? See the text for the solution!

Crown Post Office, Jul 2014. Do you know what the little black missing brick is for? See the text for the solution!

The Royal Mail Post Bus at Denford Mill. This is one of the four Post Bus services started on1 Jul 1974, and carried mail and passengers to and from Kintbury. — 19740701 postbus
The Royal Mail Post Bus at Denford Mill. This is one of the four Post Bus services started on1 Jul 1974, and carried mail and passengers to and from Kintbury.

The Royal Mail Post Bus at Denford Mill. This is one of the four Post Bus services started on1 Jul 1974, and carried mail and passengers to and from Kintbury.

The four Royal Mail Post Bus services started on1 Jul 1974, to carry mail and passengers to and from local villages. — 19781002 postbuses
The four Royal Mail Post Bus services started on1 Jul 1974, to carry mail and passengers to and from local villages.

The four Royal Mail Post Bus services started on1 Jul 1974, to carry mail and passengers to and from local villages.

Fred Macklin outside 89 High Street ?c1910. Attached to the picture frame is a postcard saying "F Macklin, Job &amp; Post Master, High Street". (Kindly sent by Andrew Macey) — 19100000ca 89hs post master
Fred Macklin outside 89 High Street ?c1910. Attached to the picture frame is a postcard saying "F Macklin, Job & Post Master, High Street". (Kindly sent by Andrew Macey)

Fred Macklin outside 89 High Street ?c1910. Attached to the picture frame is a postcard saying "F Macklin, Job & Post Master, High Street". (Kindly sent by Andrew Macey)

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