Book Review: Wiltshire Through Time by Steve Wallis

The idea of this 'Through Time' series of books is to have an old photo that is the compared to a new photo of the same subject. Often the time between photos is at least 100 years.

The author has tried to take an identical photo as the historical image, but of course, this isn't always possible - but he's done a great job.

The book first looks at Wiltshire's only city, Salisbury, before heading North through towns and then back down South visiting the villages. These chapters are followed by photographs displaying Life in Wiltshire and finally Countryside and Historic Features. In between each set of photos there is a brief description of where in the county the place is, as well as anything of historical interest.

I really enjoyed this book, but it made me realise three things, firstly the format of the book is too small - meaning descriptions and photograph size are limited. Secondly, there are some places in Wiltshire that have barely changed in over a hundred years (which I find amazing). Thirdly, I want more! With the book being 93 pages, there may only be 1 historic photo of each place, although sometimes 2-3 for major settlements. So, the next in the series I'll be reading is Devizes. I hope it's just as good as this one.