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Historic maps of Cookham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Cookham maps
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Cookham books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Cookham and the local area. View all Cookham books
Thames Valley County Memories
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Berkshire Churches Photographic Memories
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Berkshire Photographic Memories
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6 Cookham photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Cookham
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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
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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
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 & Berkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Cookham, inspired by Frith photos.
Down the Thames Photographic Memories
As we look back towards Cookham from near the viewpoint of photograph No 77588 towards the bridge onto Odney, since rebuilt, the Thames is beyond the trees with its two channels. The northern one meanders past Hedsor Wharf, cut off by the Lock Cut of 1830. The Lulle Brook in the view is the third and southernmost channel.
This is an extract from Down the Thames Photographic Memories.
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Maidenhead Photographic Memories
The celebrated village of Cookham, a mile or so south of Bourne End, is seen here from the boatyard on the Buckinghamshire bank, although curiously until 1992 a strip of about 30 feet along this side was within Berkshire. The bridge dates from 1867. The church's west tower is 15th- century. This churchyard was the setting for Sir Stanley Spencer's famous painting of the Resurrection, and the artist is buried here.
This is an extract from Maidenhead Photographic Memories.
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Cookham will forever be associated with the artist Stanley Spencer, who died in 1959. The former Methodist chapel is now a gallery devoted to his work. The village, which stands opposite Cliveden Woods, is also famous for a sarsen boulder known as the Tarry Stone, which has occupied different positions in the High Street over the years.
This is an extract from English Villages.
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