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Crowthorne photos

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Crowthorne maps

Historic maps of Crowthorne and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Crowthorne maps

Crowthorne map

Historic map of Crowthorne

Berkshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Berkshire

Crowthorne map

Historic Map of any Crowthorne postcode

Crowthorne maps
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Crowthorne 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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Crowthorne books
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Memories of Crowthorne

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Berkshire memories

People in Picture

Hoping you can help me identify two of the people in this photo. I have an old postcard with the same photo.

Here is what I know:

Standing (left to right) Princess Victoria, The Duchess of Connaught, Queen Alexandra, Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein, UNKNOWN?, Princess Patricia of Connaught, UNKNOWN?

Sitting: (left to right) The Duke of Connaught,... [more]

Shared on 15 August 2009

Cricketing memories at Broadmoor.

A fine cricket ground was included within the walls where Bracknell CC played each year. There was a concert party formed from among the inmates that used to give performances in the villages around Crowthorne: the party travelled with a strong force of warders. Just after WWII there was an occasion when a notorious murderer managed to escape and... [more]

Shared on 06 April 2006 by Mr Fa Thompson.

Running

My best memory of Little Sandhurst was being able to run freely through Wellington College woods as I was an avid fan of athletics and still am.  I lived in Edgbarrow Rise and can remember people like Peter Searle, John Irwin (now deceased), Peter Barber (now deceased), Derek and David Wood and many more.  My mum used to work in the... [more]

Shared on 24 June 2007 by Barry Bailey.

Living at the Post Office

When I was a teenager I lived at the Post Office that is now a hardware shop, at the eastern end of the village. I was in the church choir and in the bell-ringers. Used to ride my bike down to the cricket field to watch the games. My father, Harry Gardner, was the Postmaster and ran the associated grocery store.... [more]

Shared on 03 January 2009

grounds of the Royal Military Academy

While I was growing up in Sandhurst, the grounds of the College was open to the public and we could walk from the village of Sandhurst through to Camberley. This building with parade ground in front is famous for the white horse which always entered the building up the steps when the passing out parades had finished. In front of this... [more]

Shared on 20 October 2006 by Mary Back.

wedding day

St Michael's Church, where I was christened in 1940, I was married there in June 1960. A beautiful church set in the countryside just out of the village.

Shared on 12 October 2006 by Mary Back.

childhood memories

This is the street where I was born in 1940, our house is just out of sight, but when I left school in 1955 I worked for a short while in the shop adjoining the post office. Sadly my father, who was in the Army, was posted to Colchester, Essex and so we left Sandhurst in June 1955. But it was... [more]

Shared on 12 October 2006 by Mary Back.

Finchampstead Post Office

By the time I lived in Finchampstead in 1975 this was a private house but otherwise the street looked much the same.  The Adnams family owned the garage a little further down this street on the left, opposite the playing fields.

Shared on 17 May 2006 by John Buck.

Extracts From Crowthorne & Berkshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Crowthorne, inspired by Frith photos.

Berkshire Photographic Memories

Crowthorne has expanded in every direction since this photograph was taken. However, the influence of the Roman Occupation is still much in evidence. The Devil's Highway, a Roman road, passes through the village, and two Roman milestones can still be seen locally.

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Berkshire Photographic Memories

The village of Crowthorne takes its name from a group of thorn trees at nearby Brookers Corner. At one time the name 'Albertonville' was suggested in honour of the Prince Consort.

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Berkshire Pocket Album

This part of east Berkshire consists almost entirely of 19th-century development; here and there are a few large Victorian houses with huge plate-glass windows and free Renaissance decorations.

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