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  1. Wilton Windmill

    David Jackson hosts tour for BBC Radio Wiltshire’s Kayleigh Barker.

  2. Who’s 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. What does it take to drive a GWR steam train?

    BBC Radio Wiltshire’s Ben Prater meets Elaine Arthurs from STEAM Museum.

  6. Touring Avebury Manor

    BBC Radio Wiltshire’s Ben Prater finds out about the people who lived and worked there

  7. The Wiltshire road that ‘history has forgotten’

    David Mitchell tells BBC Radio Wiltshire’s Ben Prater about the North Wessex Way.

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

    BBC Radio Wiltshire’s Ben Prater finds out about the tale of Hannah Twynnoy.

  9. The real-life Band of Brothers in Aldbourne

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

  10. The history of the Swindon Railway Works

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

  11. The gliders which went to war

    Nick Jewers tells the story of the Glider Pilot Regiment.

  12. The dinosaurs roaming Swindon

    BBC Radio Wiltshire’s Ben Prater learns about the Swindon Stegosaur.

  13. The “Malmesbury massacre”

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

  14. Old Sarum

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

  15. Minety’s Roman kiln

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

  16. Malmesbury's ‘sitting monk’

    Bill Sykes tells BBC Radio Wiltshire’s Ben Prater about the statue.

  17. Malmesbury monk and dark secret

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

  18. Living on the edge in Ludgershall

    Ben Prater visits the town to find out what life is like living on the border.

  19. Lacock’s 200-year-old school

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

  20. King Alfred in Pewsey

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

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

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

  22. Henry Fawcett’s back!

    Salisbury historian Frogg Moody tells Ben Prater about Henry Fawcett.

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

    Ben Prater finds out how they’re made at the factory in Box near Corsham.

  24. Diana Dors

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

  25. Devizes auctioneers famed for Titanic artefacts!!!

    Uncovering how a landlocked auction house became famous for Titanic memorabilia.

  26. Corsham Court

    Karen Gardner visits a “jewel in our crown” in Wiltshire.

  27. Chippenham’s ghost signs

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

  28. Bowood’s oxygen discovery

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

  29. Behind closed doors tour of Stourhead

    BBC Radio Wiltshire’s Ben Prater looks around one of the county’s grandest properties.

  30. Amesbury’s prehistoric cow

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

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