Archives
(You may also find the Historical Background pages and the Living History Project pages of interest)
On this page you will find a series of Archives that contain documents, photos, images and artifacts concerning Ashbury and its environs. Additional contributions are always welcomed. Please note that all of the items included here have been kindly donated by local residents for your interest; under no circumstance may they be reproduced without permission or used for commercial purposes.
Anyone willing to contribute additional historical text or photographs to these archives should please contact: djmhighbury11@aol.com
Click on a heading in the table below to be taken to your topic of interest:
Archive 1: Documents, Newspaper Snippets & Maps
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Images of Ashbury Churches may be viewed here. |
Archive 3: Ashbury School & Village Hall
Click here to view a selection of images across the years. Do you recognise any of your relatives?
Archive 4: Ashbury Manor House
Archive 1 contains a selection of photographs that track the history of Ashbury Manor House; click here to view images of this historic building.
Images of people who have lived and worked in Ashbury are recorded here.
Click here for street views in and around Ashbury.
Images showing dwellings in Ashbury, Kingstone Winslow and Idstone may be viewed here.
Archive 8: Post Office, Shop & Pub
Click here to see how these key amenities have changed over the years.
Recorded here are pictures of events, celebrations and outings. 
Click on one of the headings below to see the images in a new page.
| Ashbury Royal Wedding Celebration Street Party 2011 |
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Ashbury Flower Festival (click) & Display of Wedding Dresses across the Decades (click) 2010, and some related historical photos (click) |
| Ashbury PCC All Age Parties - 2010 & 2011 |
| Bishopstone and District Gardening Society visit to Eastleach House - 2009 |
| Rememberance Day in Ashbury 1964 new |
Archive 10: Ashbury May Fayre 2008
Images from the 2008 May Fayre may be viewed here. 
Click here to view some of the coins, jewelery, buckles, badges and pistol shot found by metal detectorists in local fields.
Click here to see photos of the 1963 restoration of Waylands Smithy
Archive 13: Machinery & Equipment
On this page you can view images of old and new machinery, equipment and other kit made or used in Ashbury.
Copyright: Most of the images on this page and its linked pages, are used with the express permission of the copyright holders. For other images we have endeavoured to find the copyright holders without success. If such persons come forward they will either be duly credited, or if preferred, we will remove the images in question from the web site.