St. Michael's Church and The Green, Aldbourne
© Roger Sweet (view gallery)
The nave and aisles of St. Michael's were built around 1200, although some earlier Norman arches and other traces remain. The chancel is Early English. The ashlar tower is Perpendicular Gothic and was added in 1460. It has angled buttresses and transomed three-light bell openings with gargoyles above. Image cannot be loaded
A village street in Aldbourne
© Roger Sweet (view gallery)
Aldbourne is a large and pleasantly attractive village lying in a valley within the south slope of the Marlborough Downs. The tiny River Aldbourne, a winterbourne, flows south-east from the village along the valley towards the River Kennet about four miles away.
Aldbourne is bustling with shops and a couple of popular pubs and with the B4192 Swindon to Hungerford road passing through the centre. Roads lined with attractive little period cottages lead from all directions to the village centre where there is an area known as The Square and the village pond. This dates from the 18th century or earlier and it was given a concrete base late in the 20th century. Image cannot be loaded
A view of the village of Aldbourne
© Roger Sweet (view gallery)
Aldbourne is a large and pleasantly attractive village lying in a valley within the south slope of the Marlborough Downs. The tiny River Aldbourne, a winterbourne, flows south-east from the village along the valley towards the River Kennet about four miles away.
Aldbourne is bustling with shops and a couple of popular pubs and with the B4192 Swindon to Hungerford road passing through the centre. Roads lined with attractive little period cottages lead from all directions to the village centre where there is an area known as The Square and the village pond. This dates from the 18th century or earlier and it was given a concrete base late in the 20th century. Image cannot be loaded
War Memorial, St Michaels Church Aldbourne, WW1
© Barry Lee (view gallery)
Commemorating the many men who fell in the Great War from the parish of Aldbourne, this memorial plaque is inside the church of St Michael in Aldbourne, above the altar. Bombadier Thomas C Westall (Royal Marine Artillery) is my 2xGreat Uncle Image cannot be loaded
Commemorative plaque to 'The Band of Brothers' on The Crown at Aldbourne
© Roger Sweet (view gallery)
A company of the US Army 101st Airborne Division, known as The Band of Brothers, was based at Aldbourne in 1944 in the months before D-Day. The headquarters of The Band of Brothers in Aldbourne was in The Crown Inn and is commemorated by a blue plaque on the wall outside. 
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