Description

Summary: collection of material relating to the history of Devizes, including lecture notes by Robert Kemp, a copy of the Courier for 1800, am article on Devizes turnpike gates, an advertisement for Humby and Robbins brewery, various versions of the Moonraker story, notes on the borough of Devizes insignia and plate, and Devizes Literary and Scientific Institute, facsimiles of Andrews and Dury's map of Wiltshire, the Trafalgar edition of the Times, and the Devizes Paving and Lighting Act, copy of the Coronation issue of the Sun 1838, notes on Brownston House, a copy of the Devizes Rifle Corps accounts 1861, an 1877 letter relating to the fountain, a copy of the poem "Roundway Hill" by T.Needham Rees, notes on the flax industry and Savages factory in Devizes and material relating to Devizes Savings Bank