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Gillingham then and now
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Antiques, which displayed large stone elephants outside. The business was replaced in 2017 by Moto Corsa, a motorcycle dealership for Moto Guzzi, MV Augusta and Royal Enfield and now providing motorcycles as the new landmark. It also has a delightful café at the rear of the building called Café Corsa.

On entering Gillingham on the B3081 from the Wincanton direction, you will find the stylish and imposing stone structure at the top of Wyke Hill which was the former Wyke Brewery of Matthews and Co. The brewery, dating from at least the early 1800s, was rebuilt around 1860. The brewery supplied all the public houses in Gillingham (including the nearby Buffalo Inn) and when it was sold in 1963 it had…

 

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