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Great Bentley, Essex
Great Bentley maps
Historic maps of Great Bentley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Great Bentley maps
Historic map of Great Bentley
Illustrated Victorian map of Essex
Historic Map of any Great Bentley postcode
Great Bentley books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Great Bentley and the local area. View all Great Bentley books
Harlow Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13
Saffron Walden Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13
Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13
3 Great Bentley photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Great Bentley
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I spent most of my childhood in Brightlingsea. My father owned several businesses in the town, Relf's Fruiterers in New Street and Victoria Place and the Happy Shopper shop for a time. I have wonderful memories of sitting on potato sacks in the 'back room' whilst the beetroot cooker steamed away and running up and down Hall Cut on a barrow... [more]
Shared on 10 September 2009
I was born at 10 North Rd in 1936 My grandparents house[Harry & Maude Hammond. My mother Mabel Williams[nee Hammond] worked in James Shipyard during war then Telephone Exchange.remarried George Genever[who was buyer at Aldous Shipyard] in 1947.We lived at 15 Eastern rd then 2 Ladysmith Avenue.Brightlingsea was a great place to spend your childhood,either by the water or in the... [more]
Shared on 21 January 2008
I was brought up at 110 High Street then at the top of Backwaterside Lane. My Grandparents were William and Louisa Barrenger. My Mum Mabel Barrenger (later Mabel Dutton) was born at 9 Hurst Green. Many of my family were all born there including my sister and two brothers. One of the things I can remember about the High Street is... [more]
Shared on 15 February 2007
Martins Gate, a quaint cottage on the old Colchester road, is where my mum was born. There was no water, electricity, no inside toilet. I spent many happy hours there with my grandparents, playing in the fields at the back of the house. I was bathed in a tin bath in front of a roaring fire, the water was from a... [more]
Shared on 27 June 2009
Extracts From Great Bentley & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Great Bentley, inspired by Frith photos.
At 42 acres, Great Bentley's village green is the largest in England. In its time, it has held tea parties, dancing, football, cricket, flower shows, horse-races and prize-fights. There were once several ponds on the green: this is now the only one. Indeed, the house out of sight on the left – The Laurels – is now called Pond House. In... [more]
This is an extract from East Anglia.
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Essex - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
There were once several ponds on the green: this is now the only one. The house on the left - The Laurels - is now, indeed, called Pond House. In 1943 the green was ploughed in a 'dig for victory' experiment to grow potatoes, flax and peas; but the soil proved too poor, and the scheme was abandoned.
This is an extract from Essex - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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An evocative view of the inn, the Red Lion, in this little village between Colchester and Clacton. Known for its huge village green, the largest in England, which covers some 42 acres (17 hectares), it is still a place of quiet charms, little changed today.
This is an extract from Essex Pocket Album.
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