We are supported by Chiseldon Parish Council who provide the venue for our museum.
Chiseldon Local History Group
Chiseldon Local History Group was formed to record and preserve objects and information related to the Parish of Chiseldon and where possible to make this
available to the public either through publications or in our museum.
Replica Chiseldon cauldron
Finding the cauldrons
As it might have looked
April Meeting
Our next meeting is on Wednesday, 17 April 2024 in Holy Cross Church Hall, Butts Rd, SN4 0NN
at 7.30pm. Our original speaker, David Head, has had to cancel his talk on 'The History of Fabergé'.
We will instead hear a presentation by Geoff King on
'William Stanier – Swindon’s greatest railway engineer'.
William Stanier was born and grew up in Swindon before joining the GWR railway works in the workshops and then progressing to the drawing office. He was later headhunted by the
London Midland and Scottish Railway to become their Chief Mechanical Engineer.
He designed many successful steam locomotives, including the 'Coronation' 4-6-2 that set a new speed record of 114 mph in 1937, broken the following year by the 'Mallard'. He became only the third locomotive engineer to be knighted when he received his honour in 1943.
The picture shows the Coronation Class engine.