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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.

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

Captain Astley

Warlincourt Halte cemetery 1920 - the burial place for Captain Astley - before the original wooden crosses were replaced by Commonwealth War Grave headstones.

Captain Astley pictured in the garden of Bridge House, Hungerford before going to the front

Captain Astley's CWGC headstone in Warlincourt Halte cemetery.

Regimental Badge of the Royal Berkshires

Capt Edward Astley's headstone, 2019 (thanks to Mel Nichols)

Capt Edward Astley's compass and map, 2019 (thanks to Mel Nichols)

Capt Edward Astley's wreath, 2019 (thanks to Mel Nichols)

Front cover of Octane magazine, Dec 2019 - which included Mel Nichols' article.

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The Canal Wharf, Apr 2011 The Canal Wharf, 2011

Hungerford, England, is a market town of about 5,900 people at the Berkshire / Wiltshire border.
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