What’s On
Severn Salmon Fishing
We are reviving this popular exhibition, originally curated 12 years ago by the late Nick Large. It’s based on his interviews with Severn salmon fishermen from the mid-1960s onwards and features his wonderful black and white photos and information gleaned from the last of the traditional fishers of the Severn.
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 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
