21 - 27 June 2027 - Broad Chalke, Salisbury

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🎧 JOHN AUBREY

William Poole

12/03/2019

Audio from Chalke Valley History Festival 2018.
John Aubrey was one of the best-connected scholars and antiquaries in the great decades of the British scientific revolution. A Broad Chalke resident, he was renowned as one of the fathers of English archaeology for his work at Stonehenge and Avebury. Dr William Poole, co-editor of Aubrey’s complete correspondences, provides an expert guide to his many diverse achievements as an all-round virtuoso.

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