What’s On
Thornbury Picture House (1919 – 1959)
Memories of the time when Thornbury had its own Silver Screen!
Thornbury Treasures
We’ve put on display some of the objects that reflect Thornbury’s varied past. Come and explore! The display is downstairs, in the same room as the Roman Coins.
Thornbury Railway
Thornbury Railway came into being 150 years ago this year. It’s pretty hard to imagine Thornbury with a railway, with trains regularly carrying passengers and freight to a station at the top of the High Street! But maybe you CAN imagine it, and even remember it? If so, come and tell us all about your […]
Thornbury Castle and the ill-fated 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Downstairs, in our Roman Coins room, as well as learning about the coin hoard discovered when a Thornbury man was digging a garden pond, you can also read about the builder and (short-lived) owner of Thornbury Castle. Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, had grand ideas about his place in Tudor society. He set about […]
Thornbury’s Roman Coin Hoard
In 2004, a local Thornbury man was digging a garden pond and came upon a Roman coin hoard. He reported the find and the 11,460 copper alloy Roman coins were in due course declared ‘treasure’. Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery bought the hoard and they hold the majority of it but a selection of […]
The Thornbury Quilt
We’ve brought the story of the discovery of the Thornbury Quilt downstairs to our front room. Created to raise funds for the building of a new vicarage in Thornbury, the quilt lay, for many years, forgotten and discarded. You can find out about the amazing accidental discovery of this beautiful, historically fascinating piece of work, […]
4 Chapel Street,
Thornbury,
Bristol BS35 2BJ
