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Boreham maps
Historic maps of Boreham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Boreham maps
Boreham photos
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West Overton| Lockeridge| Fyfield| Oare| Manton| Avebury| Beckhampton| Wilcot| Preshute| Woodborough| Sharcott| Marlborough| Pewsey| All Cannings| Manningford Abbots| Manningford Bruce| Wootton Rivers| Southcott| Milton Lilbourne| Ogbourne St Andrew| Easton Royal| Mildenhall| Cherhill| Ogbourne St George| Compton Bassett
Boreham area books
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Memories of Boreham
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Where is This Cottage?
Does anyone know whereabouts in West Overton this cottage was and whether it is still standing.
Where is This Cottage
I think this cottage is the one to the right of the bus shelter.
The Cottage in The Photo
The cottage you are on about is on the right going out of Lockeridge, going to Alton Barnes.
My Great-Grandfather And Mother Isaacs
In 1939-40 I was evacuated to Lockeridge to live with my great-aunt Mrs Haynes, who I think lived in one of the thatched cottages in the photo of the Dene. She was, I think, housekeeper at the big house in Lockeridge. We lived in the cottage with my great-grandfather and great-grandmother who died in 1940 and 1949 respectively and are burried in St Michael's and All Angels' churchyard in West Overton.
Lockeridge School
Whilst researching my family history I have found several photographs of classes at Lockeridge School 1915. It could be my mother Dorothy Mortimore with standard 11.
Family Connections to The Limes.
The house in the photograph is The Limes and has a family connection. A great uncle on my mother's side purchased this property. He was Alfred William Reynolds, who was an innkeeper in the White Hart pub opposite the house. He combined publican and greyhound coursing trainer for a period in the early 1900s. He is said to have purchased The Limes after training the winner of the Waterloo Cup in 1908. A photograph taken around this time shows outbuildings to the left and a thatched cottage.
The property is still in existence today and seems little changed. The White Hart is also still a pub and also little changed on the outside. Alfred's son, Alfred Louis Reynolds also trained greyhounds in coursing particularly in Odiham, Hants. After his wife's death Alfred William married again and one of his two sons by this marriage, Leslie Reynolds, trained track greyhounds mostly at Wembley Stadium. His greyhounds won the greyhound St Leger... Read more
Greyhound Racing
I used to work at Wembley Stadium for Leslie Reynolds.
