Sherston Timeline

Large Roman villa built

Saxons arrive in Sherston

First mention of Sherston, then known as Scorranstone, by Eathlered, Earldorman of Merica

Battle of Sherston

Church of the Holy Cross held by the Abbey of St. Wandrille

Baron Robert de Harcourt is Lord of the Manor

A new Church is built

Borough planted by a landowner

Sherston moves from being a small village to a new borough

The Church is expanded with the addition of the tower and north ailse transept

Tuesday weekly market granted to Matthew Bezill

Bezill granted a yearly fair on the eve, day and morrow of St. Cyrus

Bezill permitted a fair on St. Matthew's Day

Edward de Bohun is Lord of the Manor

Hugh de Despencer is Lord of the Manor

Records of 221 tax poll payers in Sherston Magna, 20 in Sherston Parva

Balcony House built

Henry Crichele appointed the Rector of Sherston (later Archbishop of Canterbury 1414-1443)

Widespread fire destroyed much of Sherston, consequently the Friday market stops

Court House built

The Swan Inn and The Angel Inn established

Rebuilding of Balcony House after the fire, Church lych-gate installed

The Carpenter's Arms, The Rattlebone and The Bell established

First game of Stoolball (game resembling cricket) played in Sherston

Sherston Magna and Sherston Parva abolished and combined to create Sherston

William Waller attacked Royalist horsemen in Sherston; killing 15 and taking 25 prisoner

The Angel Hotel owned by Mrs Winifred Goodcheap

Charter officially naming Sherston a borough is created

Housing built in the south-east of Sherston

Queen Anne stays at Balcony House on her way to Bath

The Foresters' Arms opens

Elizabeth Hodge leaves a bequest for a school in Sherston

Thomas Sumison rebuilds the church tower

Thomas Eastcourt Cresswell, owner of Pinkney Park, is exposed for committing triple bigamy

Church House let out as a poor house by church wardens

Crosses marking Sherston boundaries are removed

A Sunday School is established in Northend, Back Lane

Congregational Church created from a barn in Back Street (now Cliff Road) by a Farmer Cook

Sherston returns to village status

Baptist Chapel erected in Back Lane (now Grove Road)

Mixed primary school built

The house of John Bressingham is licensed for Primitive Methodist worship

British Schoolrooms opened in Back Street

Barn behind The Rattlebone Inn demolished to give land to the school

A mixed school is built in replacement of the barn behind The Rattlebone Inn

Zachariah and Susan Satteley start a watch and clock making business in Back Street

The Styles and Miles Grocery Shop opens at the bottom of Easton Town

The Primitive Methodist Church opens

Henry Pugh becomes the Minister for the Baptist Church

East end of the church house built

Bakery behind the Tolsey ran by the Hill family

The school is separated to form girls' and boys' schools

A second bakery is opened on the top of Brook Hill by Mr J Elsip

Silk Mill built and run by Joseph Davenport & Sons on Brook Hill; Sherston Temperance Movement meeting

Reverand Morgan begins the Methodist Church Sunday School at the chapel

Clement Palser makes the court house a general warehouse

George Dear becomes Master of the school

Ralph Goulding becomes the owner of the Angel Hotel; Thomas Andrews begins the Station Horse Bus from Sherston to Badminton

Silk mill passes from Davenport & Sons to Daniel Darling & Co.

Church House ran as a blacksmith's by Edmund Merchant; British Schoolrooms transfer to the C of E School

C of E School closes for 5 weeks due to a measles epidemic

Jubilee Tree erected to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, both planted and donated by Sir George Holford

C of E school closes for 4 weeks due to a diptheria epidemic

Village noticeboard displayed on The Carpenter's Arms door; Baptist Church closed

Alfred Parkinson and Alfred Lister run the silk mill

Sherston suppplied with piped water, Court House name changes to Court House Store

The Bell House closes until the 1930s, owned by Alfred Rice; Maurice Powell is the licensee for the Foresters' Arms

Sherston Brass and Reed Band begin playing at local events

J Elsip's bakery on Brook Hill closes; Mrs A Cooper is the landlady of the Carpenter's Arms

Sherston branch of the Workers' Union begins

New Inn opens for M Wilcox's beer retailing business; first movies shown in Sherston at the Angel Hotel

Sherston Mens' Club starts in the British Schoolrooms

Bert Compton, registered fishmonger and carrier, begins business

Silk Mill closes

Organ purchased for the Congregational Church

School visited by the County Domestic Cookery and Laundry Class

Rifle Range is left to the village by Sir George Holford for recreational use (now the Village Hall)

Bakery behind the Tolsey run by the Vinings family

Scout and Cub movement introduced to Sherston

Jack Amos becomes landlord of the Angel Hotel; cricket pitch built in Pinkney Park

Arthur Goulding becomes landlord of the Foresters' Arms

The Primitive Methodist Chapel becomes the Methodist Church due to the union with the Wesleyan Methodists

Swan Hotel is closed to the public; Pennymead is bought by Mrs Bert Compton to be the recreation ground

Recreation ground opens

Pennymead's walls rebuilt by volunteers; Billy Thompson sets up 'The Lourds' greengrocers in the High Street

Upkeeping of Pennymead passed from the Recreation Ground Committee to the Parish Council

Parochial Church Council of the Holy Cross, Sherston, writes to the Bishop of Bristol asking for electric lights in the Church

Sherston Mens' Club moves to the High Street; British Schoolrooms needed for National Service; Balcony House ran as a guest house

Local defence volunteers are called in to being by Anthony Eden

Dinner held at Rifle Range to celebrate the end of the war, and as a symbolic farewell for the Home Guard

New silk factory established by the Plant Engineering Co. of Birmingham; Mr and Mrs Cooper become the owners of the Foresters' Arms

Beaufort Hunt Race Day Fair and sideshow on the High Street

Corn Mill closes

Foresters' Arms closes

Trinity Fair moves to the recreation ground; sewerage system built and completed

Parades in the High Street to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's coronaton

C of E School converts from an elementary school to a junior school

Lourds greengrocer moves to Back Lane; Doctors moves to Swan Barton; British Schoolroom used as the primary school's dining room; Court House Store closes

Housing estates built in Sherston

Houses of Noble Street unexpectedly collapse

Opening ceremony for the Scouts and Guides headquarters takes place on Sandpits Lane

Tubb's Elastic Factory is established and occupies the former silk mill

Eccentric socialite Lady Edith Foxwell resides in Sherston

Sherston Wine Company is established

Sherston Software Company is set up by teachers Bill and Lou Bonham

Wltshire Tracklements is established and set up in Sherston

First of Sherston's annual boules tournament begins

Roman villa (350AD) discovered near Vancelettes Farm; Tolsey Surgery founded in the High Street

Sherston Software becomes a limited company

Sherston Software moves to the Angel House

Sherston school is ranked in the top 250 schools in England

Sherston school achieves the DfES School Achievement Award

Sherston School is placed 14th in the national table of schools

Sherston Software is sold and Sherston Publishing Group is formed

New primary school built and opened

Post Office is refitted

Wiltshire Tracklements outgrows its premises and moves from Sherston

Sherston School is granted international school status; Post Office named 'Best Wiltshire Store'

BLi Education Ltd. relocates its headquarters to Sherston

Prince Charles becomes the Patron of the campaign to restore the Church roof