JANUARY QUIZ QUESTIONS

Submitted by Romy Wyeth

1.      What was built on the site of the Codford Bodyworks?

2.      Who is the current chairman of the Woolstore Theatre?

3.      Which royal is connected with Upton Lovell?

4.      In which village will you find Teapot Street?

5.      Which church is dedicated to St Cosmas & St Damian?

6.      The gate into Codford playing field commemorates which event?

7.      Who was Parish Council chairman when Codford Bypass opened?

8.      Where was the site of the WWI hospital?

9.      In which church is Codford’s oldest bell (7cw tenor)?

10.  What was The Dove in Corton’s previous name?

11.  Name the famous owner of Heytesbury House.

12.  Starveall was the location of which Oliver Reed film in the 1970’s?

13.  Where would you find the Codford Chalice?

14.  Name the breed of pig found in Boyton.

15.  Which village post office was raided   in Sept 1997?

16.  Codford Lodge was the Gate house to  which Estate?

17.  How many of the men on the Codford  War memorial are buried there?

18.  Pollution of which watercourse was likened to ‘a medieval sewer in 1990’s?

19.  In March 2006  which member of the royal family visited Codford?

20.  Doughty’s Lane is also called…?

21.  What town was named the UFO a Capital of Britain in the 1970’s?

22.  In WW2 where were The American Armoured Division  Combat Command & 45th Medical Battalion  based?

23.  Which of Codford’s Farms was named after a prize pig?

24.  The Angel  in Heytesbury  was associated briefly with which celebrity chef?

25.  Which area of the village is named after a demolished bungalow?

26.  Malmpit Hill  was the source of …..?

27.  Who wrote ‘Wylye Valley  from Sarum to Heytesbury ‘ in the book ‘Rural Rides’?

28.  Where is the largest Commonwealth War Grave cemetery for Australian soldiers?

29.  How many bells are in the two Codford churches?

30. Who followed MPs Dennis Walters David Faber? 

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