The Bathford Society

Local Look Articles

"Local Look" is a monthly magazine delivered to houses on the East side of Bath and in the surrounding villages. Local history articles about Bathford appear in Local Look from time to time and copies are on the Bathford Society website.

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Community

Bathford's Allotments - David A Howells

Care for Bathford's Poor in Georgian and Victorian Times - David A Howells May 2022

Bathford - The Diamond Jubilee - David A Howells

Some Bathford Events from the Past - David A Howells

The End of the Great War for Bathford - David A Howells

Bathford Life Two Centuries Ago - David A Howells February 2019

Kingsdown and its Sheep Fair - Fae Hall 2015

Bathford Mill

Oak Apple Day - Joyce Helps and David A Howells 2018

Bathford Papermill: A Photo Essay from 1935 - Stuart Burroughs September 2016

Bathford's Parish Hall - A History - David A Howells November 2017

Early Schools in Bathford - David A Howells April 2016

Bathford's Other Schools - David A Howells November 2016

History of Bathford's Shops in Pictures - David A Howells March 2024

Men of Bathford and the Somme - David A Howells July 2016

The 14th Warleigh Rifle Volunteers - David A Howells June 2019

The Story of the Withy Bed - David A Howells October 2016

People

Foul Deeds at Warleigh - David A Howells May 2019

A Gamekeeper at Warleigh - David A Howells 2021

The Story behind Eric Guillebaud - David A Howells May 2015

Farewell Joyce Helps - David A Howells July 2020

The Morley Family of Shockerwick - David A Howells November 2014

The Real Mr Pickwick - David A Howells 2018

The Story of T.R.Hayes - David A Howells 2016

The End of the Family Line at Warleigh Manor - David A Howells July 2015

Who Lies There? - David A Howells 2015

David Wickham RN - David A Howells November 2023

Roads and Transport

Tales of the Railway: Bathford Halt - Andrew Swift January 2017

Memories of Box Road - Akeman Press September 2018

Bathford's Historic Bridge - David A Howells 2015

Tales of the Railway: Bathford Bridge - Andrew Swift November 2016

GWR & Bathford - David Howells 2015

The Royal and Rocky Road from Bath to Kingsdown - Fae Hall 2015

A Tale of Two Old Maps - David A Howells October 2018

Our Roads Then and Now - David A Howells January 2016

The Sally in the Wood Road - Again! - David A Howells May 2012

Warleigh Ferry - Andrew Swift February 2017

Memories of the Warleigh Ferry Boat - Joyce Helps with David A Howells April 2017

Church and Chapel

Bathford's Baptist Chapel - the End of an Era - David A Howells March 2013

The Bells of St Swithun, Bathford - John Smart, Martin Wright, David A Howells 2014

Church Benefactors Boards - David A Howells 2020

A Link Between Bathford and Bathampton Churches - David A Howells March 2016

Who Was St Swithun? - David A Howells June 2017

Who Lies There? - David A Howells 2015

Buildings

The Story of Browne's Folly - David A Howells July 2023

Eagle House, Bathford

The Grange, Conkwell - David A Howells December 2021

House Ablaze at Bathford! - David A Howells 2014

Bathford Mill

An Inn of Many Names - The New Inn at Bathford - Kirsten Elliott September 2016

Shockerwick House - A History - David A Howells 2023

Titan Barrow House, Bathford - Fae Hall February 2015

Toll Houses, Signs of our Road History - David A Howells

General Interest

Airgraphs - David A Howells February 2017

Snapshots of Bathford in Time - David A Howells

Bathford Society's Records Have Moved - David A Howells August 2022

The Story of a Very Small Book - David A Howells February 2020

A Tale of Two Old Maps - David A Howells October 2018

Bathford's Mystery Stone - David A Howells October 2017

Quarries and Bathford - David A Howells September 2024

Surprises in an old Photo Album - David A Howells 2014

Save Our Stocks - Vicky Drew August 2022


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