This video was recorded 22nd December 2021.
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Hello and thank you for joining our early morning walk. Today we are in Corsham within the county of Wiltshire. Corsham is in the south-west of England, on the edge of the Cotswolds. Today we start our walk at 7:40am, the sun is rising. It is winter in England and there is a chill in the air and a frost on the ground. We started our walk over looking Corsham Cricket Club and the local school in the distance. We are now on South Place. In front of us we can see the distinct Corsham Almshouse and Schoolroom, a Grade 1 listed building dating back to the seventeenth century. It provided accommodation for poor people and education for children. There is also an exhibit room, warden's house and stables. The Almshouse was founded by Lady Margaret Hungerford, who lived with her husband Sir Edward Hungerford in Corsham Court. We will soon walk through the tree lined path of Corsham Park leading to Corsham Court. During the Saxon period Corsham was a royal manor. During the reign of Elizabeth I the estate was passed out of the royal family. In 1745 Sir Paul Methuen bought the estate for his cousin from Sir Hungerford, it has remained in the Methuen family ever since. The current house (court) was built in 1582 by Thomas Smythe. In 1761-64 Capability Brown was commissioned to redesign and enlarge the house and landscape the park, though he died before it was completed. In 1795 Humphry Repton was commissioned to complete the landscape. John Nash was commissioned in 1796 to further embellish Brown’s work. In 1960 Corsham Court was declared a Grade I listed building. The park was recorded as Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens in 1987. Corsham Court is a privately owned stately home with a significant art collection, though it is open to the public at certain times, I will include a link in the description. Corsham Court has been used as a filming location on several occasions, including: Kubrick's Barry Lyndon 1975. Tess of the D'Urbervilles 2008. The Remains of the Day 1993. The town’s streets were used for BBC’s popular 2015 Poldark adaptation. If you plan on visiting, Corsham is about 100 miles / 160km car drive from London. Sadly Corsham train station closed in the 1960s. The nearest train station is in the neighbouring town of Chippenham. There is a National Express bus service from London. In the 2011 census Corsham was recorded as having a population of 13,000. With the average house prices around £359,000 in 2021. In medieval times Corsham prospered from the wool trade. It maintained prosperity by the quarrying of Bath stone, via underground mining. During WWII and the Cold War it became an administrative and manufacturing hub for the Ministry of Defence both above and below ground, utilising the disused stone mining tunnels. Some of the disused networks are fascinating, I will add a link. In recent times Corsham has become a significant national digital hub, in-part due to the MOD. A £2.5 million project provides incubation space for digital entrepreneurs, start-ups and growing SMEs. The town also prides itself on its local produce, independent shops and restaurants. There is also an established creative community within the town, a creative Market is held on the 1st Saturday of every month. I’ll let you enjoy the rest of the walk. If you haven’t please like the video and subscribe. Do leave a comment, it is lovely to hear from people all over the world. You can also follow me on Instagram. Support the channel by buying me a virtual coffee, there is a link in the description. It gives me great pleasure to share my walks and make places like this more accessible. I hope you enjoy the rest of the walk and we’ll be going out for another wander soon x
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Tunnel quarry: historicenglan...