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Place names of Calne: Quarrydale Close and The Quarry

Quarrydale CloseBoth Quarrydale Close and The Quarry are built close to the site of an old stone quarry, the quarry seems to have existed from the mid-1800s[1] and were the main sources of stone for building.

Calne stone is a cross-bedded peloidal limestone, embedded with small shell fragments, known as shelly limestone. It was quarried around Lyneham as well as Calne and is part ofthe Corallian Group of the Upper Jurassic[2].

Quarrydale Close (built c. 1988) is a red brick development of semi-detached houses ranging from 1 to 4 bedroom houses, likely built by Wilcon Homes[3].

The Quarry is a cul de sac of large houses of 3 to 5 bedrooms.

References:
[1] Calne: Economic history | British History Online. 2019. Calne: Economic history | British History Online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol17/pp79-94. [Accessed 24 September 2019].
[2] Historic England, 2011. Strategic Stone Study
[3] Planning Application N820077F 

Place Names of Calne: Bryans Close Road

Bryans Close Road is built on land that was known as 'Bryant's Close & Theobald's Piece'. In the 1800s, it was owned by John Dommett Bishop (see Bishop Road), who used it for arable. Taylor Woodrow initially planned to call the road, Henley Road (1935), this was changed to Byran's Close Road by 1936, with Henley Road moved to a side road, now called Bishop Road. Then Henley/Henly family are an old Calne family of farmers and millers, often Guild Stewards and Calne Mayors.

It is likely that the road is named for an unknown Bryant, however in the 1851 census there were Bryant families living in Calne and working as farmer's labourers, so perhaps some of the Bryant's did still work the land.

The 'close' portion of the street name is a term used to denote an enclosed and usually quite small piece of land[1].

As to why the 't' was removed from Bryant, I am unsure. Even on the 1930s maps this choice had been made.

Portions of Bryans Close Road were built before WWII and there is a lovely photo in Calne at War by John Whiles that shows victory celebrations, with residents clustered around a long table in the middle of the road[2].

Of the 1930s housing, Taylor Woodrow built at least 92 of them as part of their c. 1936 'Henley Park Estate', which offered 'Modern - Soundly Constructed - and Beautifully Finished Houses' with the latest in labour-saving device, electric clock, wireless receiver, beautifuly equipped kitchens, gas water and electricity laid on, etc. Sites could be reserved for £2 and the freehold could be bought for as little as £395. Initially there were no terraced houses in the plan, but I think Taylor Woodrow realised that they could easily increase the density of houses per acre, so the 'Acme type' or 'A&B types' houses were added to the Marlborough and Windsor designs.  These houses are still beautiful today
Bryans Close Road, showing the terraces agreed in amended plans.Today the road is home to the Calne squadron of the RAF Air Cadets. Walking down this road makes it clear to see that the road was built in various stages, with bungalows at the corner of North Street, which were built on the site of the Labour Exchange and National Service Office, 1930s houses, and 1960s housing. Some of the very first housing on this street were Reema prefab houses, while some planned sections had foundations laid, but could not be completed until after WWII[4].

See also, Post-war Housing Scheme.

References
[1] Cavill, P., 2018. A New Dictionary of English Field-Names. 1st ed. Great Britain: English Place-Name Society.
[2] Whiles, J., 1995. Calne at War. 1st ed. Chippenham: Antony Rowe.
[3] 'Plans'  Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser, Saturday 19 December 1936  [ONLINE] Available at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c... [Accessed on 25 September 2019]
[4] Many thanks to Andrew Charles Woodcock for this information. 

Place names of Calne: Ebor Gardens, Ebor Paddock, Ebor Cottage

Ebor House. Image from Calne Heritage Centre.Ebor House
Ebor comes from the name of a large house built in 1907 and demolished in 1997[1]. It is said to have been named after the Ebor handicap and built be William Higgs (1880-1958), who won the 1904, 1905, and 1909 race at Ebor, these wins must have been important to Higgs, as he gave his son the middle name of Ebor[2].

When Higgs retired he opened up Blacklands Stud, on land he purchased from the executors of Thomas Harris in 1909. He had only modest success as a trainer and in 1928 sold it on to Frederick Darling, a racehorse trainer who aso had stables at Beckhampton[3].

Higgs put Ebor House up for auction in 1923[4]. Less than a year later he witnessed the tragic death of his son, Arnold, who at only 19 was fatally injured when riding his father's horse at Chester. The horse, William Tell, stumbled and pitched Higgs over his head. After the verdict of Accidental Death, his parents brought their son home, to be buried in Calne on Tuesday, 20 May 1924[5].

Dr. Ede moved to Ebor house which seems to have become known as Strangeways, certainly by 1928 when the name is shown in the Swindon and District Directory. The house was sold again in 1951[6]. In the advert for the sale, we find that the houses contains a hall with cloakroom, 3 reception rooms, 6 bedrooms, a dressing room, and 2 bathrooms, by now all servied by central heating. The land included a cottage, garage, and stabling, over a 7 acre site.

The house was requisitioned for senior RAF officers during WWII and it is believd that Sir Winston Churchill had a secret meeting there before D-Day[7].

In the 1840s the land on which the house was built was called 'Dog Kennell And Nine Acres', owned by Thomas Poynder and occupied by Charles Pinneger.

It was subsequently demolished and replaced by Ebor Paddock.

Ebor Cottage
The Grade II listed cottage was built around a century before Ebor House, so likely gained its name after the house was built. Both buildings were on separate parcels of land and in the 1840s tithes was logged as a turnpike house and gardens (Plot number 1377) with sundry owners and occupiers. A field nearby called 'Near Quemerford Turnpike' was owned by Dr. George Page (see Page Close) and occupied by Joseph Maundrell.

A large porch with windows both sides of the front door can be seen. This arrangement is likely to ensure that travellers couldn't sneak past without paying the fee.

In 1834, the Quemerford Gate turnpike, with the Weighing Engine, and including the tolls was Let by Auction. It was put up at the sum of £1302 per annum, which was the sum gained during the previous let. This turnpike covered Chilvester Hill, the turnpike there was approximately opposite Chilvester House, Chalk Street Lane, and Smellings Hill, near Silver Street[8].

Ebor PaddockEbor Paddock
Ebor Paddock was first built c. 1953. Is a collection of primarily semi-detached 3 bedroom houses. Named for Ebor House.

Ebor Gardens
Ebor Gardens was built c. 2000 on the site of Ebor House. A collection of red and yellow brick mostly detached houses with 4 bedrooms was granted to Try Homes Ltd and designed by BCA Architects[9].


References:
[1] Calne: Calne outside the town | British History Online. 2019. Calne: Calne outside the town | British History Online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol17/pp51-64. [Accessed 24 September 2019].
[2] Higgs, Billy - Jockeypedia 4. 2019. Higgs, Billy - Jockeypedia 4. [ONLINE] Available at: https://sites.google.com/site/jockeysbirthdays/higgs-billy. [Accessed 24 September 2019].
[3] Blackland | British History Online. 2019. Blackland | British History Online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol17/pp17-27. [Accessed 24 September 2019].
[4] 'Calne, Wilts'  Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser, Saturday 09 June 1923 [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c... [Accessed on 24 September 2019]
[5] 'Calne Jockey's Death'  Western Daily Press, Monday 19 May 1924 [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c... [Accessed on 25 September 2019]
[6]'Curtis & Henson'  Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser, Saturday 15 September 1951 [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c... [Accessed on 24 September 2019]
[7] Materials at Calne Heritage Centre
[8] 'Calne Turnpike Roads'  Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, Thursday 30 October 1834 [ONLINE] Available from: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c... [Accessed 24 September 2019]
[9] 98/01743/REM

Honouring Heroes: Calne’s Tribute to D-Day

In Calne, 6 June 2024, the Royal British Legion branch stirred memories with a poignant series of events, marking eight decades since the momentous D-Day landings.

The first was a powerful proclamation delivered by Calne's award-winning town crier, Mark Wylie and the Proclamation steps.

@calnepastandpresent Calne D-Day Proclamation 2024 with thanks to the Calne Town Crier. #dday ♬ original sound - Tim Havenith 📖 Calne History

This was followed by wreath laying at the War Memorial in St. Mary's Churchyard. A prayer was led by Rec Caspar Bush, while both the poem, For the Fallen, written by Laurence Binyon  and The Last Post by Lee Kernaghan on the bugle were performed. Followed by 1 minute of silence.

@calnepastandpresent Calne #dday80thanniversary ♬ original sound - Tim Havenith 📖 Calne History

Finally, Calne Town Hall hosted an exhibition of wartime history provided by Val Proctor and Paul Dew, whose family are remembered in the street name 'Dew Way' as part of .

The video below was compiled by my friend, Peter Stedman, as a fitting tribute to such an important day.

Calne and District Week 1942

Newspaper reports put the week
in March, rather than February.As part of Warship Week in March 1942, Calne and Districtadopted the HMS Dunnet, a British Boom Defence Vessel.

Warship weeks, which took place all around the country,were Nation
al savings campaigns organised by the National War SavingsCommittee.

The Opening Ceremony of the Calne Warship Week wasperformed by Admiral A. V. Campbell. During this week the Calne and ChippenhamRural Council invested £500.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty presented the above plaque in response to the generosity of Calne and District (plaque held at Calne Heritage Centre). 

However, it wasn't until 26 August 1944 that the plaque celebratingthis adoption, was passed over to the ship.

 

Theship's company of HMS DUNNET with Calne's adoption plaque, it is being held bythe Commanding Officer, Skipper C O Knight, RNR.(https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it...)

Dunnet Close also celebrates the adoption of the ship.

Place names of Calne: Stoke Meadow

Stoke Meadow The Stoke Meadow housing estate was built between c. 2018-2020 by DC Fry & Son builders. It is a development of 154 new dwellings, which includes 3 and 4 bedroom properties.

All of the street signs will have a poppy incorporated on them as, apart from the name Stokes, all the names have been taken from the WWI portion of the War Memorial at St. Mary's church, Calne.

The incorporation of the poppy seems to be a nice touch and it's nice to see housing developments in Calne being respectful to the people lost during WWI.


Stoke Meadow is the name of the field, which was part of the Bowood Estate.

Andrews Way
E Andrews
Private Edward Andrews died of wounds in France at the age of 29 on the 24/11/1916.

H Andrews
Currently unknown.

J Andrews
Private Jacob Andrews, was killed in action in France at the age of only 20 on the 29/5/1918. 

Angell Drive is named for the following:


AE Angell
Private Arthur Edward Angell, died of dysentry in Mesopotamia (Iraq) at the age of 30 on the 30/4/1917.

AJ Angell
Private Alfred James Angell, killed in action in France at the age of 20 on the 9/4/1917.

E Angell
Private Ernest John Angell, was wounded while in the trenches of Fauquissart, France and died on 7/12/1914.

F Angell
Private Frederick Albert Angell, killed in action in France, on the 3/8/1917.

FEG Angell
Private Frederick Edward George Angell, killed in action in France at the age of 19 on the 27/08/1916. 

PH Angell
Private Percy Henry Angell, killed in action in Belgium, in the trenches, at the age of 19, likely on the 12/6/1917.

W Angell
Private Walter Angell, killed in action in Mesopotamia, at the age of 32, on the 5/12/1917.

Blackford Drive is named for the following:

E Blackford
Private Ernie George Blackford died from influenza while in Germany as a prisoner of war, at the age of 22, on the 1/8/1918.

L Blackford
Private Lewin Blackford, killed in action in France, at the age of 27 on the 12/2/1916.

S Blackford
Private Sydney Frank Blackford, died from pneumonia after suffering from influenza at the age of 20, on the 20/8/1918.

Cleverley Way is named for:
AJ Cleverley
Private Alfred John Cleverly, killed in action in France, at the age of 27, on the 31/10/1914.

Cooper Way is named for:
AP Cooper,
Private Arthur Percy Cooper, who fought at sea, cause of death is unknown, at the age of 23, on the 11/11/1917.

ER Cooper,
Private Edward R Cooper, killed in action in France, at the age of 25, on the 2/2/1917.

Gingell Way is named for:
FW Gingell, 
Private Francis William Gingell, died of wounds received fighting on Vimy Ridge and died the following day, 10/4/1917.

G Gingell, 
Private George Gingell, killed in action in Mesopotamia, at the age of 24, on the 9/4/1916.
 
JA Gingell 
Sergeant John Alfred Gingell, killed in action in Egypt, at the age of 31, on the 22/11/1917. 


Summers Drive is named for the following:
AR Summers
Rifleman Arthur Robert Summers, killed in action in France, at the age of 25, on the 3/9/1916. 

EH Summers, 
Private Ernest Henry Summers, died at the age of 28.

FH Summers

Private Frederick Herbert Summers, died of wounds received at the battle of Loos, at the age of 18, on the 27/9/1915.


References:
Both of the resources I used to compile the information on this page are by historian and author Richard Broadhead. Both the book and website contain much more information than I have used and are worth time reading. I imagine this was quite an epic task, but very well done.
Broadhead, R., 2009. The Great War: Calne District Soldiers. 1st ed. Hilmarton: O&B Services. 
Wiltshire Soldiers. 2019. The Great War. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.wiltshiresoldiers.co.uk. [Accessed 23 September 2019]. 

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞&

I have just returned from the Cherhill and Yatesbury Parish Council meeting that included a presentation from Andrew Townsend of Andrew Townsend Architects and the National Trust.

My understanding is as follows:Work has already been happening and will continue, including via rope access. This will include taking samples of stone for the stone consultant to understand where the issues are and what has gone wrong.There will be trial work over the summer, which will include using one or more different stone types (likely from the Bath area). These will be left over winter to assess how well this has worked.After trial works have been assessed and costs better understood, the work will go out to tender and to Wiltshire Council for statutory consent.It is expected that the main body works will be completed by rope access and scaffolding. This will include pinning, some replacement, and repointing the whole body of the monument.Work this year will include the upgrade of the lightning conductor, which will include the digging of a trench, for which an archaeologist will be present.No timescale was given for completion, have been given. However, when asked directly, the National Trust representation was definitive in his response that the National Trust will fully fund the complete works to restore the monument.Photos of the presentation slides and one of mine to highlight some of the problem.(While the National Trust were definitive in their response - I'm sure we will all be waiting with bated breath for the first sign of a you turn in their position).

Place names of Calne: Chaveywell and Chaveywell Court

Chavey likely comes from Chivvy and this area has been known by both. Near the location of Chaveywell Court, was a piggery known as Chivvy well farm. Chivvy possibly means to goad or chase animals and may come from "The Ballad of Chevy Chase" which originated in the early 15th century.
Chaveywell Court.Chaveywell Court is primarily social housing of 1 and 2 bedroom homes built c. 1975 located just north of the area of Chaveywell, which is part of Castlefieds Canal and River Park. In 2006, an additional four homes were designed by John Lippitt Chartered Architects for Jephson Homes Housing Association (now Stonewater) as two bed social housing[a].

Chaveywell Bridge
Chaveywell
Chaveywell is an area of land that has been in use since at least 1544 when on parcel of land there was "granted by indenture dated 19th October in 1544 to Edward Smalwell."[1]. 1588 saw the Guild Stewards record: "Thomas Foorde, for keeping the beasts at Chavey Well 12d"[2].

The 1500s and 1600s also saw the area being written as Chavye Well and Chavywell, before seeming to settle as Chaveywell in 1653[3].

The Calne branch of the canal was open in 1801 with the route going up to what is now Marden House and the main wharf, now Wharf Sheltered Housing. On its way, just before the final lock was Chaveywell Wharf and the most picturesque bridge in Calne. The canal finally closed in 1906 as it could no longer compete with the Calne branch railway (see Canal Close). In the 1980s, the canal was cleaned out and the bridge restored and reopened in 1989 by The Earl of Shelburne. Additional rejuvenation work was carried out in 2011, costing £4000, which included raising the wharf with a paved area and a retaining wall - an area well used for kids feeding ducks!


Thr 1840s tithe showed this area to be hovels and a yard owned by the Marquise of Lansdowne, occupied by Charles Pinnegar, who ran the Lansdowne Strand (then the Lansdowne Arms) between c. 1825 and 1855. The hovels were likely used as storage for the Lansdowne at the time.

The well was known for its purity of water during the typhoid epidemics that plagued Calne in the 1880s and 1890s. This is remembered by a plaque at the modern outlet of the well. During the Castle Hill excavations in 2010, a trench was dug at Chaveywell, which found a medieval outlet for the spring 3 metres west of the current outlet. The report also detailed the route of the spring from its source, which begins in the grounds of St. Mary's School. From the school the spring runs under Curzon Street, Quarr Barton, Marden Court, Castle Street, following a sourtherly direction to exit at Chaveywell[4].
Chaveywell Spring
In the 1920s the area of Chaveywell was still used as a farm with chicekns and a neatly-thatched rick, shown in photo 42 of Peter Treloar's Calne Revisited.

These days Chaveywell is part of Castlefields Canal and River Park.


References:
[a] Planning application N/06/02619/FUL
[1] Marsh, A., 1903. A HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH AND TOWN OF CALNE. 1st ed. London: HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LTD.
[2] Jackson, J., 1853. Calne. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, XXIV, 166-219.
[3] Mabbs, A., 1953. Guild Stewards' Book of the Borough of Calne, 1561-1688. 1st ed. Devizes: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.
[4] Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Society Archaeology Field Group, W., 2011. Castle Hill Calne Wiltshire Archaeological Field Evaluation And Post-Excavation Assessment.

Place names of Calne: Ernle Road

Ernle RoadErnle Road is a short street of mainly semi-detached brick houses, clad with hanging tiles on the first floor, built c. 1960s.

It is likely named after Sir John Ernle (c. 1620-97) of the old Calne family of Ernles that came to hold Whetham manor when Michael Ernle married Mary, the daughter of Roger Fynamore in the 1500s.

During the 1600s, we have two Sir John Ernle's, father and son. Sir John Ernle (1647-86), was MP for Calne during 1685 to 1686, but died and was probably not an active member of parliament[2].

So, it is much more likely his father is the inspiration for this street name as not only was a school said to have been founded by Ernle for 5 boys, which lasted until c. 1829[3], but he also laid the foundation in 1695 for a widow's charity in Calne[4].

The charity consisted of several premises in Calne given to benefit the poor widows of Calne. The vicar would receive the yearly rents and profits, then nominate beneficiaries among the poor, who were not already receiving poor relief. This was likely cash in the 18th and 19th century[5]. When Marsh writes of this charity, he states that 'The property now consists of houses and cottages in Calne, a piece of land near Fisher's Brook, and £2042.13 invested in Consols in the names of trustees.'[6]

A 1922 advert for the charity placed by the solicitor, C.O. Gough, states that poor widows hoping to fill the vacancies in the charity must have lived in Calne for at least five years, have not received Poor Law Relief in that period and are unable to maintain themselves due to age, ill-health, accident or infirmity. There may have been an expectation of many applicants as it is also made clear that preference will be given to those with the longest residency in the Parish[7]. Between 1924 and 1978, the Enrle charity was regulated with the almshouses and other charities. In 1978, it was unified with other charities as Calne Relief in Need, which still exists and is managed as Calne Welfare Charities. It's astonishing to think that around 325 years later, Erlne's charitable act is still providing benefits to the people of Calne.



References:
[1] Calne: Manors and other estates | British History Online. 2019. Calne: Manors and other estates | British History Online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol17/pp64-79. [Accessed 20 September 2019].
[2] ERNLE, Sir John (1647-86), of Whetham House, Calne, Wilts. and The Homme, Much Marcle, Herefs. | History of Parliament Online. 2019. ERNLE, Sir John (1647-86), of Whetham House, Calne, Wilts. and The Homme, Much Marcle, Herefs. | History of Parliament Online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/ernle-sir-john-1647-86. [Accessed 20 September 2019]. 
[3] Calne: Education | British History Online. 2019. Calne: Education | British History Online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol17/pp111-114. [Accessed 20 September 2019].
[4] ERNLE, Sir John (c.1620-97), of Bury Blunsdon and Whetham House, Calne, Wilts. | History of Parliament Online. 2019. ERNLE, Sir John (c.1620-97), of Bury Blunsdon and Whetham House, Calne, Wilts. | History of Parliament Online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/ernle-sir-john-1620-97. [Accessed 20 September 2019]. 
[5] Calne: Charities for the poor | British History Online. 2019. Calne: Charities for the poor | British History Online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol17/pp114-116. [Accessed 20 September 2019]. 
[6] Marsh, A., 1903. A HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH AND TOWN OF CALNE. 1st ed. London: HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LTD.
[7] 'Ernle Charity, Calne'  Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser, Saturday 21 January 1922 [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c... [Accessed: 20 September 2019]

Place names of Calne: Guthrie Close

Guthrie CloseGuthrie Close was built c. late-1980s with detatched and semi-detatched 3 bedroom houses.

Guthrie Close named for Rev. Canon John Guthrie and his wife Caroline. It is located in the same area as what used to be Guthrie school, which then amalgamated with St. Dunstan's Primary School in 2002, which was renamed Marden Vale in 2015 when the school became part of the Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust.

John Guthrie (1795-1865) was a first-class English cricketer. His record for Cambridge University as a batsman (2 games) was 32 runs during the 1819-20 season with a high score of 22[1]. Upon graduating Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1817, he became a priest for the Church of England. He was the vicar of Calne from 1835 until his death, from heart disease, in 1865. He, reportedly, died in his sleep at his home in Clifton[2].

The Guthrie's were a generous couple, both with their time and their money. Canon Guthrie paid £2000, which was half the cost for the restoration of St. Mary's Church, Calne in 1864, at this time the church was lighted by standards, which were very effected, and paid from a lady's fund collected by Mrs. Guthrie[3]. Holy Trinity church, Quemerford, was built largely at his own expense in 1852-53 on land donated by Lord Lansdowne[4].

Guthrie and the Marquess of Lansdowne were good friends, a relationship which likely began when Guthrie became chaplain to Lansdowne in 1834 and it was he that recommended Guthrie for the post of Canon of Bristol in 1858. Guthrie's dedication to Lansdowne is recorded in the History of Calne Baptist Church, which describes how Guthrie left his own sick bed to pray with his friend and how on the day of Lansdowne's funeral, Guthrie had the church bells tolled. The Baptist Church schoolroom is  memorial to Guthrie and his "devotion to the work of the Kingdom of God"[5].

Christ Church, Derry Hill, was built 1839-40 after Guthrie called for subscribers in 1838. The  subscribers list is a long one[6] and includes £10 from Mrs. Guthrie and £100 from Canon Guthrie. Guthrie had a wide range of interests and founded the Calne District Friendly Society and the Litererary Institution. He also left money in his will to train girls as domestic servants, in 1898 training 2 Calne girls cost £22.


Along with assisting her husband, Mrs. Guthrie was independently active and known for her strenuous benevolence.

She created a school for the training of female servants, which was built in Wood Street in 1854. This developed into a school for infants and older children and became known at Guthrie juvenile school[7]. It was an instant success, the Inspector in 1858 reported "Every exertion has been made by the managers to render this school really efficient, and all promises well"[13].

This school outlived both Guthrie's, moved to William Street in 1964, and eventually taught 5-7 year olds, with 189 children on its roll in 1999. The school closed when it amalgamated, after a poor Ofsted inspection, with a St. Dunstan's school and created St. Dunstan Primary. The school had survived for 148 years[8].

Another of Mrs. Guthrie's projects was the establishment of a hospital for children, in Calne, which opened in 1858 at 61 The Pippin. To enable her to efficiently superintend the hospital, she attended a hospital in London and over the course of a few months aquianted herself with its management[9]. The hospital, a house belonging to the Marquis of Lansdowne, quickly increased from 4 beds to 12 with accomodation available for 4 more[10]. Unforuntately the school seems to have been closed by 1865, but was still being mentioned positively in lectures in 1864[11]. Perhaps her husband's death in 1865 is more than a coincidence?

After the death of Canon Guthrie, Mrs Guthrie gifted to Clifton College the Chapel, but sadly she had died before it was completed, however she is remembered each year on their commemoration day[12]. One final act of a life of benevolence saw a gift in Mrs. Guthries' will of the income of £1000 to the minister serving Holy Trinity[14].

One final note:
An interesting item of note is an 1843 letter from Canon Guthrie to his friend William Henry Fox Tablot, the inventor of calotype, in which he writes:
"Excuse my importunity in pressing on you the rightness of giving your name to your own invention. It is not too late – “Better late than never”"[15]
If Talbot had listened to his friends and family, the calotype would have been the Talbotype. It seems that Tablot was too humble to go down the same road as Louis Daguerre!


References:
[1] Cricket Archive. 2019. John Guthrie. [ONLINE] Available at: https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36924/36924.html. [Accessed 20 September 2019]. 
[2] 'Death of the Rev. Canon Guthrie' Reading Mercury, Saturday 15 July 1865. Available at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000369/18650715/055/0010 [Accessed on 20 September 2019]
[3] 'Calne' Dorset County Chronicle, Wednesday 30 November 1864. Available at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000408/18641130/019/0008 [Accessed on 20 September 2019]
[4] About us - Calne: Holy Trinity -A Church Near You. 2019. About us - Calne: Holy Trinity -A Church Near You. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/9624/about-us/. [Accessed 20 September 2019]. 
[5] Dixon, G., 1995. The History of Calne Baptist Church. 1st ed. Avon: Calne Baptist Church.
[6] 'District Church'. Salisbury and Winchester Journal. Monday 17 December 1838. Available at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c... [Accessed on 20 September 2019]
[7] Calne: Education | British History Online. 2019. Calne: Education | British History Online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol17/pp111-114. [Accessed 20 September 2019].  
[8] The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. 2019. End of an era as 148-year-old infants' school closes | The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7345224.end-of-an-era-as-148-year-old-infants-school-closes/. [Accessed 20 September 2019]. 
[9] 'The new Canon of Bristol Cathedral'  Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, Thursday 21 January 1858. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c... [Accessed on 20 September 2019]
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