In 2013 Graham Carter, Mark Sutton and I launched Swindon Heritage with the strapline ‘the quarterly magazine for lovers of local history,’ which it was.
We bought together local historians and writers from across the Swindon district. Early contributors included Clive Carter, Historic Surveys Draughtsman at the Wiltshire Buildings Record; Mark Child, author of numerous books about Swindon including The Swindon Book and The Swindon Book Companion available from Hobnob Press and Noel Ponting, co author with Graham Carter of the Life, Times and Works of George Ewart Hobbs and A Swindon Radical: Life between the Wars with George Ewart Hobbs, also available from Hobnob Press.
Stalwart members of the Swindon Heritage team, Andy Binks and Noel Beauchamp are today behind the Swindon Heritage Blue Plaques project. Visit the website to see where these are situated.
After 5 years and 21 editions Swindon Heritage went out on a high note with a long anticipated interview with Andy Partridge of XTC fame.
Back editions of Swindon Heritage magazine are available on our guided cemetery walks. Our next walk is on Sunday April 28, 2024. We meet at the chapel at 1.45 pm for a 2 pm start.
Radnor Street Cemetery 