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Secret Wiltshire Episodes

  1.

    Wilton Windmill

    David Jackson hosts tour for 蜜芽传媒 Radio Wiltshire鈥檚 Kayleigh Barker.

  2. Who鈥檚 Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt?

    Local historian Steven Clements explains why he has a statue in Devizes.

  3. Who was William Fox Talbot?

    Ben Prater meets Reverend James Clark-Maxwell, a descendant of Fox Talbot.

  4. Who was Sidney Herbert?

    Ben Prater visits the statue of Lord Herbert of Lea in Salisbury.

  5. Touring Avebury Manor

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Wiltshire鈥檚 Ben Prater finds out about the people who lived and worked there

  6. The Wiltshire road that 鈥榟istory has forgotten鈥�

    David Mitchell tells 蜜芽传媒 Radio Wiltshire鈥檚 Ben Prater about the North Wessex Way.

  7. The tiger that took the life of a Malmesbury woman

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Wiltshire鈥檚 Ben Prater finds out about the tale of Hannah Twynnoy.

  8. The real-life Band of Brothers in Aldbourne

    Sophie Parker tells the story of Easy Company鈥檚 stay in a Wiltshire village.

  9. The history of the Swindon Railway Works

    Former worker and historian Jack Hayward talks about the town鈥檚 heritage.

  10. The gliders which went to war

    Nick Jewers tells the story of the Glider Pilot Regiment.

  11. The dinosaurs roaming Swindon

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Wiltshire鈥檚 Ben Prater learns about the Swindon Stegosaur.

  12. The 鈥淢almesbury massacre鈥�

    Author Tony McAleavy tells the story of how King Henry II brought bloodshed to the Abbey.

  13. Old Sarum

    Karen Gardner meets Simon Ball from English Heritage to learn about its history.

  14. Minety鈥檚 Roman kiln

    Sophie Parker learns about the kiln used in the building of Roman Britain.

  15. Malmesbury's 鈥榮itting monk鈥�

    Bill Sykes tells 蜜芽传媒 Radio Wiltshire鈥檚 Ben Prater about the statue.

  16. Malmesbury monk and dark secret

    Historian Tony McAleavy researches John of Tintern, killer, arsonist, rioter and monk.

  17. Lacock鈥檚 200-year-old school

    Ben Prater visits Lacock Primary School, celebrating its 200th birthday.

  18. King Alfred in Pewsey

    Historian Richard Giles tells Ben Prater about the statue in the centre of the village.

  19. Is there a mass grave of soldiers on Roundway Down?

    Norman Beale鈥檚 theory could show a 17th Century war grave.

  20. Henry Fawcett鈥檚 back!

    Salisbury historian Frogg Moody tells Ben Prater about Henry Fawcett.

  21. Europe's only tennis ball factory is in Wiltshire

    Ben Prater finds out how they鈥檙e made at the factory in Box near Corsham.

  22. Diana Dors

    Roger and Richard remember the day her statue arrived in Swindon.

  23. Corsham Court

    Karen Gardner visits a 鈥渏ewel in our crown鈥� in Wiltshire.

  24. Chippenham鈥檚 ghost signs

    Ben Prater explores the town with Mel Barnett from Chippenham Museum.

  25. Bowood鈥檚 oxygen discovery

    250 years ago Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen at Bowood House near Calne.

  26. Behind closed doors tour of Stourhead

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Wiltshire鈥檚 Ben Prater looks around one of the county鈥檚 grandest properties.

  27. Amesbury鈥檚 prehistoric cow

    Nick Jewers finds out about the animal which used to roam the county.

  28. Amesbury 鈥淲here History Begins鈥�

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Wiltshire鈥檚 Ben Prater meets Mark Verbinnen at Amesbury History Centre.

  29. 200 years of Ushers

    Former employees reminisce about working for the Trowbridge brewery.