Timeline events for date 1947

Comunity Date Events
Broughton Gifford 1947 AD A garden is added to The Bell and the house is modernised.
Calne 1947 AD A temporary Roman Catholic church is established in an converted garage in Oxford Road
Corsham 1947 AD Garden of Remembrance built in Stokes Road. HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (at that time just Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten) unveils the memorial wall
Minety 1947 AD Electricity arrived at Braydon Hall; it was the first building connected in the parish
Westbury 1947 AD Electric street lighting installed in the town replacing gas lighting