A man's determination to mark "the North Wessex Way" has unearthed possible new secrets about St Mary's in Purton.

in the Middle Ages the building had a tall central spire... Malmesbury Abbey's founder, Maidulph, died in 675. At this time Aldhelm, a Saxon by birth and related to King Ine of Wessex, took over ...

Wiltshire historian David Mitchell's fascination with the North Wessex Way began when he stumbled across a 400-year-old map in a book ... was modelled on Malmesbury Abbey 12 miles away.

Malmesbury Abbey, which was painted by Turner at the age of 52, has been acquired from a private collector by the Athelstan Museum in Malmesbury. The £380,900 purchase was made possible by ...