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Historic maps of Burton Joyce and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Burton Joyce maps
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Burton Joyce books
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Nottingham Photographic Memories
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Nottinghamshire memories
On my grandmother's side, the Hornbuckle family dates back to this Church and this town from the early 1500's. So if you see any headstone's in the local cemetary saying HORNBUCKLE, "GAULTER OR WALTER", they are related to me.
He actually left his money to the Church for needed repairs and for something called MILN Brig....if anyone knows... [more]
Shared on 28 March 2008
My Dad, Sid Brooks was the rural village police constable (P.c.200) for Cropwell Butler, Cropwell Bishop and Tythby We, Mum (Dorothy) and my younger brother Mick lived in the Police House on Radcliffe Road, There was an old fashioned stem type phone connected to the manual exchange. Dad’s means of transport for work was a sit up and... [more]
Shared on 18 January 2008
The Police House was located on Radcliffe Road, Cropwell Butler. (now called 'The Old Police House'). On the front wall it bore a sign bearing the words 'County Police'. From 1939 to 1945 it was occupied by the Village Constable, P.c.200 Sidney Brooks, his wife Dorothy and sons Peter, born 1936 (the writer, now living in OZ) and Michael, born 1939 ... [more]
Shared on 18 January 2008
More on the Williamson of Tythby
I was born in Tythby in 1948. Rose Cottage on the Cross Roads of Tythby. Church on one corner, Miss Cox's house on another and Bagleys's farm on the other. The youngest of the eight Williamsons. Ours was a full household but I have happy memories of it. Listen with Mother came on the radio at 1.45pm. Mum said I used... [more]
Shared on 23 August 2008
Extracts From Burton Joyce & Nottinghamshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Burton Joyce, inspired by Frith photos.
Nottinghamshire Living Memories
Along Padleys Lane, which curves north out of the village amid 1950s and later estate houses, we pass Burton Joyce Primary School. This was built around 1960 using a system known as CLASP (Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programmes). It consists of a light steel frame on a fixed module that was clad in solid panels or glass as required. The school has recently been... [more]
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Nottinghamshire Living Memories
Main Street crosses Church Street, the A612, to become Station Road as far as the railway line, which runs between the village and the river. Beyond the still- functioning railway station, the lane reverts to its pre-railway name of Stoke Lane, and heads for the Trent between an avenue of fine Lombardy poplars. The hedge on the right has been replaced by a fence, but the poplars remain intact.
This is an extract from Nottinghamshire Living Memories.
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Nottinghamshire Living Memories
Along Padleys Lane, which curves north out of the village amid 1950s and later estate houses, we pass Burton Joyce Primary School. This was built around 1960 using a system known as CLASP (Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programmes). It consists of a light steel frame on a fixed module that was clad in solid panels or glass as required. The school has recently been... [more]
This is an extract from Nottinghamshire Living Memories.
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