Structural features of gardens, such as buildings and walls, can be permanent and outlive plant life. A detailed history of these gardens is prese
Although the medieval village of Parham was cleared and its inhabitants moved to nearby Rackham as recently as 1778-9; no record exists of where th
This industrial building known as The Woolstore stands in the ancient parish of Codford St Peter on the south side of the High Street, where the ro
Overton House, rebuilt in brick for the local surgeon in the early 19th century.
The Poplars was built in the early 19th century with a fashionably Greek Doric porch.
In 1840, the plain classical Wool House had an L-plan, but by the time it was put up for sale in 1869 there was not only a northern extension, but
Codford had no country seat until the early 19th century when Ashton Gifford House, set in a small ornamental park, took that role.
The Bishopp family bought Parham from the Palmers in 1601 and stayed there until the last of the line died in 1828.
Image: Culham Lock in 1888, a modern-style poundlock with gates at each end.
Image: The waterfront south of New Street around 1813, the former Anchor pub in the foreground.
