Woodend bandstand was erected as a memorial to J.C. Keating. Such was the esteem in which he was held that a public subscription raised £700.
The pub on the bend
The Commercial Hotel was the first brick building in Trentham. It stands on the left of High St, on the brow of the hill, as you enter the village.
Sorting out the post
The building now occupied by Merchants of Malmsbury was the home of the Malmsbury post office for almost 100 years.
Grog and groceries
We’re accustomed to having supermarkets with bottleshops attached. But in 1862, when Newham’s first general store opened, it was the other way around.
What’s in a name?
Trentham first appears in government records in 1857 when Assistant Surveyor John Wrigglesworth surveyed a new parish to the south of Tylden.
In God’s country
Nobody knows the exact location of Malmsbury’s original cemetery but the current site is a picturesque place.