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Greenhead, Cumbria
Greenhead maps
Historic maps of Greenhead and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Greenhead maps
Historic map of Greenhead
Illustrated Victorian map of Cumbria
Historic Map of any Greenhead postcode
Greenhead books
Displaying 2 of 3 books about Greenhead and the local area. View all Greenhead books
Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Northumberland Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
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It was a warm bright sunny day in May when my husband and I came to look at a house in Thorngrafton. What a lovely quiet atmosphere it had, apart from the mooing of the cows on the farm and the sound of the house martins singing in the background there was silence and peace. We sat on the grass lawn... [more]
Shared on 06 January 2009
Evacuated to Langley on Tyne in 1940 as an 11 year old, my memories relating to this peroid remain undimmed. It was a strange world to me, coming as I did with many other children escaping the war. I was taken into care by a farming family.
I missed having children to play with and found it lonely and was unhappy... [more]
Shared on 25 February 2009
You see the wooden building in the background? This is where we went for our school dinners when I attended Allendale Junior school. We walked in pairs along the road and down the path. Earlier on we might see the cooks leaving the kitchen which was next door to Jo Bells and wheel the dinners down on a trolley. Sadly the... [more]
Shared on 19 November 2008
I lived in Allendale for the first five years of my life, unfortunately due to my parents work situation, we had to leave the village to find work in the town; things were never the same! We still returned to Allendale frequently to visit our relatives the Nixon's & Hutchinson's. I still remember my childhood with fond memories & the very... [more]
Shared on 10 May 2008
Extracts From Greenhead & Cumbria books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Greenhead, inspired by Frith photos.
Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories
The church, dedicated to St Cuthbert, was designed by John Dobson and built between 1826 and 1828. It consisted of an aisleless nave and a narrow west tower with an octagonal spire; the chancel was added in 1900. About one mile to the north-west is the bastle house of Low Old Shield, one of many fortified farmhouses built during the days of the Border... [more]
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