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Ascot, Berkshire
Ascot maps
Historic maps of Ascot and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ascot maps
Historic map of Ascot
Illustrated Victorian map of Berkshire
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Ascot books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Ascot and the local area. View all Ascot books
Thames Valley County Memories
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Berkshire Churches Photographic Memories
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Berkshire Photographic Memories
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2 Ascot photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Ascot
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early memories of an Ascotonian.
My earliest memories of Ascot were of the wonderful people who lived in and around the Fernbank Road area. These people were and still are the true people of Ascot. Although we were all "Working-class" we had the most wonderful childhoods any children have ever had. This was a true community. Everybody had their place and were proud of it. We... [more]
Shared on 12 February 2008
On this very field the F.A cup finals were played. Of course in the imagination of young boys. It served as a picnic venue, blackberrying with Mum and sisters. Today it is a playing field with a small park for the youngsters. Sunday league football is played here now but never with those names Tom Finney, the Stanleys Matthews and Mortenson,... [more]
Shared on 05 August 2006
I was born just outside Ascot in Cheapside in 1954. In 1966 we were living in Buxton, Derbyshire and this picture brings back memories of those days when we used to visit my grandparents in south Ascot for Christmas and holidays. It used to take most of the day with 5 kids and my parents in a Ford Zephyr to travel... [more]
Shared on 16 June 2009
Berkshire memories
My memories of the Three Jays.
I lived in Oriental Road which is the road that runs down the side of the pub since I was born in 1977. I met my husband in the pub in 1998, he lived in a house opposite the Three Jays which I moved into and it became our family home. Unfortunately a fire in c1999 meant that it was demolished... [more]
Shared on 13 July 2006
Dunno if this is the same place, we called it Harmans Water, on the Ascot/Bracknell road. My Uncle Albert had a little demolition firm, my brother was the driver, they were the only regulars, I as a kid worked at weekends and holidays as did other relatives. First job was to pull down the Victorian Post Office for the Bracknell Dev... [more]
Shared on 09 November 2009
Oh, what a joy to find this photograph. Between the Market Inn and the shop was a little unmade lane called Searl Street. I was born at number five, at my grandparents' house, in October 1945.
Over the years I returned to Bracknell on many occasions to visit relatives, the last time I visited was in the 1980s and I was... [more]
Shared on 21 July 2009
I used to go to the school here - St Michaels. Every week we walked up to the church, two by two, past the farm where Wild Ridings is now. I remember when there were cows grazing there and harvest festival service was relevant to the farmers.
Later I worked at Church Hill House on Ward 4 (1973). The Hospital has... [more]
Shared on 02 January 2007
White Cottage (Blacksmith's Cottage)
My family and I lived in the White Cottage (known to us as the Blacksmith's Cottage) from about 1962 to 1964, whereafter we emigrated to Canada. I have fond memories of the cottage and its low ceilings, the Aga in the kitchen, the huge garden which bordered a school (St. Michael's?), and of course the church up the road where we... [more]
Shared on 02 January 2007
Extracts From Ascot & Berkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ascot, inspired by Frith photos.
Berkshire Churches Photographic Memories
Attributed to Pearson and built in the Early English style, this large, red-brick church was built in 1896-7, so it was relatively new in Francis Frith’s photograph. The square crossing tower has an unexpected pyramidal roof, possibly in place of an intended spire. The Baptistry extends and projects to the south at the west end like a porch, and has two rounded angle buttresses with solid... [more]
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Berkshire Photographic Memories
Queen Anne established the famous racecourse in 1711, though the meetings only became popular when the Duke of Cumberland, the first member of the Royal Family elected to the Jockey Club, revived them later in the 18th century. Francis Frith's Berkshire
This is an extract from Berkshire Photographic Memories.
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Berkshire Churches Photographic Memories
This modest building of red brick is attributed to T H Rushforth and was built in about 1864. The windows are 13th century and show a variety of designs in two-bay arcades. The Jesse stained glass window on the east is by Kempe, 1907, and the rose window above is by Hardman. The painting of chancel and aisles is by Heaton, Butler and... [more]
This is an extract from Berkshire Churches Photographic Memories.
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