Category: Fonthill Gifford: Gleanings

Old Fonthill Abbey Grounds Open To The Public

Old Fonthill Abbey Grounds,
Fonthill Gifford, SP3 6QR,
open to the public on
Sunday 30th April 2017
10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
and
Sunday 14th May 2017
10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. 

Enter by Stonegate Lodge, 
on the Hindon – Newtown Lane, SP3 6SP.

Explore marked paths through bluebell woods.
(Some paths are rugged and steep).
Rhododendrons around the lake.

Beckford books to browse.
Barbecued sausages. Soup. Cakes.

Dogs welcome on leads.

Donations (suggested £5 plus) at the gate please.
Proceeds to Parkinsons UK and local charities
– Hindon Church & School and
Fonthill Gifford Church & Hut.

Patton’s Thunderbolts Were Encamped At Fonthill Gifford

Adjacent the War Memorial at Tisbury is a plaque which reads:

In memory of the men of the
55th Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division,
Third United States Army
(“Patton’s Thunderbolts”)
who were encamped at Fonthill Gifford in Tisbury
and who trained on the Salisbury Plain
from October 10 until December 14, 1944
before embarking to the Continent
to fight in the Battle of the Bulge
during World War II.

September 10, 2004

“This is undoubtedly the greatest battle of the War and will,
I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American victory.”
Sir Winston Churchill.

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