Amesbury may not impress us with a sense of history in the way that other, much younger towns do. And yet this small Wiltshire town, hidden in the valley of the Avon, can trace a clear record of human activity and settlement going back to before the formation of the British Isles. 

Browse a selection of local history stories.

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1646 - 1730

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Amesbury Curate, Vicar & Inventor

Amesbury's cinema.

Experimental Mesolithic Boat.

Her Amesbury Story highlights the lives of 26 women throughout history with links to Amesbury, including Queen Eleanor of Provence, who lived in Amesbury Abbey and is believed to have been buried there in 1291.

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Since 2005, University of Buckingham archaeologists and volunteers from Amesbury and beyond have been exploring a site about 2km from Stonehenge, which lies beside an ancient spring known as Blick Mead.

The 60's Pop Group 'The Beatles' filmed scenes for their second film 'Help!' on Salisbury Plain in 1965.

Smoking, clay pipes and Amesbury.