Swindon Heritage Preservation

  • Annual General Meeting 2024: Swindon Heritage Preservation

    Cultural Heritage Institute Station Industrial Estate, Shed 11, London St,, Swindon, United Kingdom

    You are warmly invited to our 2024 AGM, with additional speakers, tours and exhibitions. Following a very positive meeting in 2023, this year's AGM is set to cover even more […]

    Free
  • ‘Swindon Connections’ by Graham Carter

    Goddard Park School Welcombe Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

    This event is hosted by The Swindon Society. From its very beginnings the Society has attempted to record the social history of the area as shown by the camera since […]

  • ‘Posted in the Past’ by Helen Baggott

    Online

    This event is hosted online via Zoom by Wiltshire Family History Society. A soldier killed in the First World War, the man who helped keep the doors to Great Ormond […]

  • Albany Ward; cinema pioneer of the South West by Ruth Butler

    Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United Kingdom

    This event is hosted by Wiltshire Family History Society at The Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, SN1 5BG. The fascinating story of a man who recognised that the new world of film could be big business and by 1914 he ran the largest cinema circuit in the country. Thinking of researching your family history – […]

  • The Great Wall of Swindon – by Jack Hayward

    Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United Kingdom

    Where is the Great Wall of Swindon and why was it built? Have you ever wondered why this wall exists? The Great Wall of Swindon flows like a river of masonry from west to east. It begins as a trickle from Rodbourne Road with a low wall of pennant stone. It reaches its full height […]

    Free – £3.00
  • Choosing History II

    Central Library Central Library, Regent Circus, Swindon, United Kingdom

    This FREE drop-in event is hosted by Local Studies (Swindon Libraries) at Swindon Central Library. Are you aged 14-18 and interested in history and heritage? Are you looking into GCSE options, A-Levels, degrees, placements, jobs or volunteering with an interest in history? Come and learn what roles, options and pathways are available! Speak to professionals […]

  • ‘Harold Fleming – A Man For All Sports’ by Dick Mattick

    Goddard Park School Welcombe Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

    This event is hosted by The Swindon Society. From its very beginnings the Society has attempted to record the social history of the area as shown by the camera since the 1850's. The collection contains photographic material on many subjects including the GWR Swindon, Swindon Tramway system, Wilts & Berks Canal, Swindon in both World […]

  • ‘The Development of the Police’ by Graham Sutherland

    Online

    This event is hosted online via Zoom by Wiltshire Family History Society. Thinking of researching your family history – or need some help, then you are welcome to join our meetings (free) or contact us on swindon@wiltshirefhs.co.uk or 01793 822310.

  • ‘Role of the Online Parish Clerk’ by Nigel Chalk

    Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United Kingdom

    This event is hosted by Wiltshire Family History Society at The Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, SN1 5BG. Thinking of researching your family history – or need some help, then you are welcome to join our meetings (free) or contact us on swindon@wiltshirefhs.co.uk or 01793 822310.

  • ‘Let’s Go Shopping’ by Diane Everett & John Stooke

    Goddard Park School Welcombe Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

    This event is hosted by The Swindon Society. From its very beginnings the Society has attempted to record the social history of the area as shown by the camera since the 1850's. The collection contains photographic material on many subjects including the GWR Swindon, Swindon Tramway system, Wilts & Berks Canal, Swindon in both World […]

  • ‘Stratigraphy and Archaeological Dating Methods’ by Karen Adams

    Online

    This event is hosted online via Zoom by Wiltshire Family History Society. Thinking of researching your family history – or need some help, then you are welcome to join our meetings (free) or contact us on swindon@wiltshirefhs.co.uk or 01793 822310.

  • ‘Having a Robinson Crusoe in the Family’ by Graham Warmington

    Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United Kingdom

    This event is hosted by Wiltshire Family History Society at The Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, SN1 5BG. Thinking of researching your family history – or need some help, then you are welcome to join our meetings (free) or contact us on swindon@wiltshirefhs.co.uk or 01793 822310.