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Cookham Dean, Berkshire
Cookham Dean maps
Historic maps of Cookham Dean and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Cookham Dean maps
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Cookham Dean books
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Thames Valley County Memories
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Berkshire Churches Photographic Memories
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Berkshire Photographic Memories
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Memories of Cookham Dean
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When I worked for Samuel Jones the boys in our office played cricket against a team in Cookham Dean and we girls went along as support. What a great place this is! I remember a lovely village in lovely countryside - must be a nice place to live. I didn't realise at that time the connection with Wind in the Willows... [more]
Shared on 31 May 2007
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I was born in Cookham in 1952. I attended Holy Trinity Primary School and sang in the church choir. One Remembrance Sunday I was given the honour of carrying the cross at the head of the procession from the church to the war memorial. I was extremely lucky to spend my childhood in such idyllic surroundings. My brothers and I, along... [more]
Shared on 20 June 2009
My paternal grandmother, Kate Paine Whitbourn, was born in these cottages in 1896. Her father was the head carpenter at Bisham Abbey. The Paine family had lived in Bisham for several generations. When I was little, Gran and I would visit the kirk and 'water' her grandad. He was a great cricketer. We would stop at the monument, the war memorial,... [more]
Shared on 15 April 2007
I own a four decanter set, enclosed in a 10.5 " high by 8" square box, of Amboyna wood, with brass handles and edging, possibly Georgian. Also, held by a brass clip in the top of box, is a 3.5 " glass with the name "Skindles" above a large "S" with a line drawn diagonally through it. Thanks to... [more]
Shared on 14 March 2008
My mum Lois and I used to catch the blue bus from Dorney Reach and we would go to Maidenhead to visit the doctor or the dentist and then pop into the library where I would always pick a library book about animals.
Shared on 04 June 2007
Watching the boats in the lock
Summer Sunday afternoons were often spent at Boulters Lock when I was a child. We would have a walk along the river and end up at the lock to sit and watch the boats go in and out.
There would be the people who thought they were the bee's knees in their blazers and straw boaters but who usually... [more]
Shared on 10 February 2007
My parents met in Hurley at the church; my father lived at Rosehill which was a large estate nearby where his father was Head Gardener. My mother was nanny to the children of the Rector of Hurley, and had travelled to various places around the country looking after their children. She was very fond of the Rector and... [more]
Shared on 26 July 2009
My friend Jean and I lived at Dorney Reach and we used to go for walks by the river Thames with my dog. On Sunday afternoons we would then cross over the walkway which was on top of the lock gates and buy ice-creams from the
lock-keepers shop. You could hear the roar from the weir. The children from... [more]
Shared on 16 April 2007
Extracts From Cookham Dean & Berkshire books
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Maidenhead Photographic Memories
Winter Hill is a noted beauty spot on the Berkshire side with views along the Thames. The hill rises about 180 feet above the river and gives superb views of the valley below. Much of the best part is now owned by the National Trust, who also own a fair amount of Cookham Dean's open space. Here we see a car toiling up... [more]
This is an extract from Maidenhead Photographic Memories.
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Maidenhead Photographic Memories
Our last view shows Dorney Reach with the Berkshire bank on the left. This tranquil stretch of towing path, now part of the splendid Thames Path long distance footpath, has had its tranquillity rudely shattered. Now, in the middle distance an elegant duck egg blue-painted steel bridge carries the ceaseless roar of the M4 motorway across the River Thames, in effect the latest Maidenhead... [more]
This is an extract from Maidenhead Photographic Memories.
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Maidenhead Photographic Memories
A former royal manor, Bray is well known for the song 'The Vicar of Bray', celebrating the vicar who changed sides several times during the Civil War and after to keep his living. The tranquillity of this delightful village is traffic-blighted, like many in the area. Here we look along the High Street towards the junction with Church Lane. At the end is the Hind's Head Hotel. The Ringers on the right is now... [more]
This is an extract from Maidenhead Photographic Memories.
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