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Lucky to live in Wiltshire’s prettiest town. Art, books, avgeek,family
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His father’s son
November 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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#dailyScreensaver

The Murray Mouth
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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I’ll start, @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social
sallyrose.bsky.social Sally Rose @sallyrose.bsky.social · Oct 29
We need a list!
mollymckew.bsky.social Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · Oct 24
Oh in case I haven’t said it lately — there are a lot of museums on BlueSky and you should follow them all! They are interesting and have fun banter with each other! The exact opposite of hostile disinformation!
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Event coming up soon-

Lace Making Workshop

23rd October -
2 sessions - 10.30 to 12.30 & 1.30 to 3.30
Rausing Building, Malmesbury.

Tickets not required (£5 donation requested)

ages 5-95
(under 16s to be accompanied by an adult)
#crafts #workshop #localhistory
Lace making cushion and bobbins.
October 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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.. was reburied in about 1130. That is somewhere in the grounds of the 12thC monastery precinct, an area that extends across most of the top third of the present town.
So we don’t know where he is precisely. We just know he is here somewhere!
October 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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In 15 years #Æthelstan united the English for the first time. Yet many of the facts about the Anglo-Saxon king remain elusive.

⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free

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Giving Life To Æthelstan
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September 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury…
#thomashobbes
thomhobbessociety.bsky.social Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Society @thomhobbessociety.bsky.social · Sep 10
Nice mention in @historytoday.com this month, that Thomas Hobbes was the first to properly translate The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides into English.
#polymath
Bust of Thucydides.
September 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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@athelstanmuseum.bsky.social this would look good on our walls @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social exhibition of Turner and his contemporaries
September 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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First blackberry and apple crumble of the season
August 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Swanage seaside, Blue Pool, Compton Acres gardens, who needs ‘abroad’?
July 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Go ‘Little Women’ !
nickhide.bsky.social Nick Hide @nickhide.bsky.social · Jun 25
here’s Master and Commander and nine other movies
THE 100 BEST MOVIES OF THE 21st CENTURY Reader's Choice: My Ballot The Favourite 2018 Lincoln 2012 THE TRUTH BE AGNESTED Michael Clayton 2007 Little Women 2019 The Dark Knight 2008 A Complete Unknown 2024 MAD MAX Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 Phantom Thread 2017 There Will Be Blood 2007 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003
June 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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On This Day, 25th June 1016, a few miles west of Malmesbury, the Battle of Sherston began (lasting into 26th June). Edmund Ironside defeated a combined force of Danish and Saxon supporters of Cnut.
#OTD #11thC #saxons #danes
Image of Edmund Ironside from a medieval Royal Genealogical manuscript.
June 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Coming soon from the Athelstan Museum, a chance for the children to come along and learn about one of our most famous Malmesbury celebrities.
#Eilmer #FlyingMonk #childrensclub #workshop #Wiltshire
Athelstan Museum Malmesbury. Children's History Club presents Elmer the Flying Monk. How far did Elmer fly? Well, that depends on you! Come and make your own Elmer the Flying Monk and see how far he will fly down our zip wire. Saturday 28th June 10.30 - 12.30. Rausing Building. 6 - 10 year olds. (All children must be accompanied by an adult).
June 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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We have an extensive collection of images from Malmesbury available to view in the Athelstan Museum. Some of them can be found on our website, like this one of Malmesbury Abbey porch from an 1806 print.
#history #19thC #architecture

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Print from 1806 of Malmesbury Abbey porch. The porch consists of an elaborate romanesque arch with concentric layers of carved stonework displaying biblical scenes. A figure is shown sitting on the bench inside the porch.
June 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Word of the day, from Pennsylvanian Dutch, is ‘ferhoodled’, meaning ‘tangled’ or ‘all mixed up’. Can be used of anything from a sock drawer to life.
June 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Copies of the 17th century Ogilby map of the route from Oxford to Bristol are now on sale in the Museum Shop.
#MuseumShops #17thC #KingCharlesII

To learn more about the significance of this map to Malmesbury have a look at the Roads page of our website.
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Copy of the Ogilby map on display in the Athelstan Museum shop. It is an example of a strip route map where the complete route from Oxford to Bristol is shown as a series of 6 strips, where Oxford is at the bottom of the first strip and Bristol is at the top of the 6th strip. In 1675, John Ogilby was instructed by King Charles II to map the main strategic routes in the country. The Oxford to Bristol route was number 79 of these maps. However, today, the ancient route of the North Wessex Way is mostly forgotten as it passes through North Wiltshire and still exists as minor country lanes. Echoes of the old route can be seen in the wide verges all along the way.
May 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Come and see the Malmesbury Coin Hoard at the Athelstan Museum.

Find out more about the discovery here.
#Coins #Roman #4thC #History

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Coin Collection at Athelstan Museum
We have in our collection examples of coins from many periods. In 2007 an initial stash of 24 Roman coins were found in Milbourne, just outside of Malmesbury and a further 21 were discovered at the sa...
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May 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Coming up on Wednesday 30th April at the Rausing Building in Malmesbury...
#author #books #history #legends

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Barn Owl Books presents Amy Jeffs in conversation with Tony McAleavy. We are delighted to welcome Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Amy Jeffs to celebrate the release of her latest book, Saints: A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans and Magic. Time and Date: 7.30pm - Weds 30th April Location Rausing Building, Oxford St, SN16 9AX Tickets may be purchased from our website or in store. https://www.barnowlbooks.co.uk/events/p/amy-jeffs-in-conversation-with-tony-mcaleavy £15 - Event plus a copy of Saints (paperback) £10 - Event only.
April 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Is there anywhere more beautiful than an English bluebell wood?
April 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Tomorrow I'm giving a talk on Hobbes and 'The Hunger Games', in Malmesbury, Hobbes's hometown. And today I find that the local bookshop in Malmesbury has done this! A whole window! That's me with Amanda, owner of the fabulous Barn Owl Books.
April 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The Old Bell Hotel has played an important role in the history of Malmesbury and its people.

Read all about its fascinating past on a new page on our website...
#History #Skystorians #Wiltshire

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The Old Bell Hotel - Athelstan Museum
One of the most historic buildings in Malmesbury is the Old Bell Hotel situated right next to the west end of Malmesbury Abbey. It has not always been known as the Old Bell. Until 1798 the hostelry wa...
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April 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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#Malmesbury #17thC #CivilWar
1642author.bsky.social Mark Turnbull Author @1642author.bsky.social · Mar 26
📅#OTD 1643, #Wilshire.
Prince Rupert retakes Malmesbury, which had been in parliamentarian hands just 5 days.
During peace negotiations at #Oxford, the King expresses 'much Dislike' over the fact that the parliamentarians had broken the terms of surrender when they took it.
March 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Not long now until the Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Festival 2025 weekend.

4th-6th April in Malmesbury, Wiltshire.

Visit
www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events
for event details and ticketing.
#philsky #philosophy
Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Festival 2025 poster. Gives details of the Illustrated Talks on 4th and 5th April, the Hobbes Dig on the 5th and 6th April and Guided Walks on the 5th and 6th April.
March 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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On This Day, 20th March 1921, the Malmesbury War Memorial was unveiled and dedicated at the Triangle, Malmesbury, attended by Lt Col LE Morrice and the Revd Dr Forrest Browne.
#20thC #History
Photograph of the Malmesbury War Memorial at the Triangle in Malmesbury. The war memorial is a cross surmounted on a square tapering plinth. The Celtic wheel cross is based on the cross of St Martin on the island of Iona. It has elaborate carved Celtic designs across the cross and shaft. The plinth has moulded relief panels inscribed on the N and S faces 1914 1919 TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. The E and W faces are inscribed with names of the fallen. The picture is taken from behind the memorial with view back up Abbey Row in the background.
March 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM