Roger Sweet's Pictures of Aldbourne

St. Michael's Church and The Green, Aldbourne

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.

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Aldbourne, Churches, Village Scenes, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire Churches

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A village street in Aldbourne

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.

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Aldbourne, English Cottages, Village Scenes, Street Scenes

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The village pond, Aldbourne

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Aldbourne, Village Scenes

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A view of the village of Aldbourne

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.

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Aldbourne, Village Scenes, Wiltshire

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Commemorative plaque to 'The Band of Brothers' on The Crown at Aldbourne

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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Aldbourne, Remembrance

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