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  • Historic Deeds for 25 Long Street

    A set of old property deeds, handwritten in a typically floral style, displayed on a table

    Historic Deeds for 25 Long Street (now Capellis) 

  • Plans for the old Police Station, Long Street

    Meticulously hand-drawn plans for the old Police Station, Long Street

    This is now the Town Council offices and also houses the Tetbury Police Museum in the original historic Victorian Police Station, Gaol and Magistrates Court. This significant building was one of 16 Police Stations and Magistrates Courts built in Gloucestershire between 1858 and 1909.

  • The London Road Broom House

    The old London Road Broom house is where the wheelwright and carpenters lived - a Victorian style 2 storey brick house

    The London Road Broom house is where the wheelwright and carpenters lived and is where John Curtis Broom lived before he drowned in the Gas Works pool

  • Is this Charlton Road?

    Old Photo of a stone building, possibly Charlton Road looking across to the 'Nash' when it was still the school.

    This photograph has recently come into our possession. We do not know where it is, but we suspect it is Charlton Road looking across to the ‘Nash’ when it was still the school.

  • 40th anniversary cake

    A square cake with 1984 - 2024 HoTS 40th Anniversary written on it in icing with the Tetbury Dolphins, top left and the tetbury coat of arms in the centre

    History of Tetbury Society’s 40th anniversary cake from the AGM in March

  • An old document about “The Close”

    old handwritten deed

    There are many documents about the Close. Some date back to 1600’s and are fascinating to see the fantastic writing by the scribes.

  • The “Huguenot Chapel”

    stone building known as Huguenot chapel

    One of Tetbury’s little mysteries is why a small, circular stone building near the junction of Hampton Street and Chavenage Lane should be called the Huguenot Chapel. Eric Hodson, in his History of Tetbury (1976) notes that the Pauls, a well-known Tetbury family, may have been descended from Huguenot immigrants but fails to connect them…

  • Tetbury Signal box returns to its roots

    article on tetbury signal box

    The Tetbury Signal box is going to return to its roots. Stephen Randolph is allowing the move after looking after it very well. I wonder where it will eventually land?

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