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This area of the village has more modern housing with a K6 type telephone box.
©Trish Steel
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Built in the mid 19th century the Greyhound Inn is Grade II listed.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>The weather vane is to be found on the Greyhound Inn.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>The heraldic reference of this name is to the Dukes of Newcastle, owners of land and property in many parts of the country. Usually the greyhound itself is shown. It has also been know as a gazehound, because it relies more on sight than smell. The greyhound was formerly used in the chase, but is now mainly associated with greyhound racing, or 'greycing'. The 'grey' of greyhound has nothing to do with the colour, but is a different word of uncertain origin.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>A lively village website at: http://www.bromham.org.uk/category/News.aspx a little short on village history perhaps, but here is a snippet from: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=37 "There is little evidence of Saxon settlement here, although finds such as a stirrup mount and a strap end have been made. Saxon building and utensils were of wood and this has disappeared but we know that there was a later Saxon settlement as it is recorded in the Domesday Book. The fact that there was also a priest, and therefore a church, would indicate that this was a community of some standing. It is most likely that there was continuous occupation from Romano British times. In 1086 the Domesday Book gives us some idea of the size of the village. It was held by the king and had sufficient land for 10 plough teams. Modern interpretation of the numbers recorded would give a population of between 220 and 260. There were also 2 mills, meadowland, pasture and a small wood. Around 1087 Bromham was given to Battle Abbey, founded by William I to give thanks for his victory, and it retained it until the dissolution in 1538. There is much evidence of medieval settlement here, the church, house sites, earth-works, a deer park and more iron working. A medieval village also developed at Chittoe with its own mill and chapel of ease. By the early 14th century the chief animal husbandry was sheep and pigs, with much land (about 336 acres) used for growing cereals. Weaving was most likely to have been well established by this time. The late 15th century saw the building of Porch House, originally the Chantry, for the chantry priest of the Tocates chapel (1492)."
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>The Church of St Nicholas
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Dist:0.4km<br/>A plaque next to the structure says that this "is the parish lock up, known locally as the 'Blind House'. It cost £16 when erected in 1809". The building is built into the wall around the parish church of St Nicholas part of the 15th century tower and steeple can be seen in the background of the image.
©Doug Lee
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©Frank Lane
Dist:0.5km<br/>On a minor road coming in from the west. "Much of the parish lies on the only extensive area of Lower Greensand in the county and this geology has greatly influenced the economic development of the area. In the west is Oxford clay with Corallian Limestone at Westbrook and Spye Park, while to the east the terrain rises on the chalklands." The above was copied from: http://www.bromham.org.uk/page/History.aspx
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Chantry, or Porch House. The core of this house was the 15th century home of the chantry priest of the Tocates chapel in the church of St Nicholas.
©Frank Lane
Dist:0.5km<br/>At the start of a footpath between the A3102 and Bromham. Traffic on the A342 can be seen. The range of hills in the distance, on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, reading from right to left are Roundway, then Oliver's Castle [[SU0064]] with a few trees on top, and Beacon Hill. Between the last two there an unusual bit of corrugated hillside, an explanation for which can be found in [[[870366]]] [[[1115212]]] gives a similar view of these hills from a different direction.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>To the west, at the bottom of Church Hill.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>A modern development east of Bromham in a triangle formed by Highfield, The Pound and the A342.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>Taken at the foot of the hill as the road enters Bromham from the west.
©Maurice Pullin

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