The Silchester Story
by Stephen Bibby, Lynne Jones and Dennis West
This beautiful book about the history of Silchester was published in 2023. It was printed as a limited edition.
The authors have generously donated a copy of the manuscript to the village to hold for posterity.
You can view and read the book below. Just click on the links for each chapter
1.1 The Parish in 2023
1.2 Silchester Common
1.3 Previous Histories of Silchester
1.4 Florence Davidson
PART TWO - SILCHESTER THROUGH THE CENTURIES
2.1 Geological Background
2.2 The Iron Age
2.3 The Roman Era
2.4 The Post Roman Era
2.5 Confusion Over Calleva
2.6 1066 To the 16th Century
2.7 Lords of the Manor
2.8 The 16th to 19th Centuries
2.9 Thomas Dicker, Clockmaker
2.10 The Richard Hyde Charity
2.11 Antiquarians
2.12 The Compton Census
2.13 The 19th Century
2.14 The First Duke of Wellington
2.15 Wellington and Silchester
2.16 Silchester Cricket Club
2.17 Silchester Football Club
2.18 A Trio of Talent
2.19 The 20th Century
2.20 The Whistler Family
2.21 Lt Col Karslake, Amateur Archaeologist
2.21 Norman Evill, Architect
2.22 Michael Knight's Memoir
PART THREE - THE PAST AROUND THE PARISH
3.1 Flex Ditch
3.2 The Impstone
3.3 Silchester Common over the Years
3.4 St Mary the Virgin Church
3.5 Silchester Methodist Church
3.6 The Calleva Arms
3.7 Silchester School
3.8 Silchester War Memorial
3.9 Fallen First World War Servicemen
3.10 Fallen Second World War Servicemen
3.11 Silchester Village Hall
3.12 The Pavilion and Playing Fields
3.13 The Water Tower
3.14 Silchester Sewage Treatment Works
3.15 Culham Mill
PART FOUR - THE PAST IN PRIVATE HOUSES
4.1 Old Meadows
4.2 Silchester House
4.3 New Timber
4.4 The Grange
4.5 Silchester Cottage
4.6 Woodrow
4.7 The Old Manor House
4.8 Holly House and Holly Tree Cottage
4.9 Dial Cottage
4.10 The Old Stores
4.11 Vine Cottage
4.12 Culhams Farmhouse
4.13 The Old House
4.14 Silchester Hall
4.15 Macartneys
4.16 Heathercote House
4.17 The Lovegrove Gardens Area
4.18 Farms in the Parish of Silchester
4.19 Modern Housing Estates