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Ludgershall, Hampshire
Ludgershall maps
Historic maps of Ludgershall and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ludgershall maps
Historic map of Ludgershall
Illustrated Victorian map of Hampshire
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Ludgershall books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Ludgershall and the local area. View all Ludgershall books
Devizes Town and City Memories
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Chippenham Town and City Memories
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Salisbury Photographic Memories
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3 Ludgershall photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Ludgershall
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My parents were married here in August 1953. My mother was raised in the area; my father was in the RAF and had been brought up in the RAF, so had travelled widely.
Shared on 10 February 2007
We moved to Ludgershall, this street (No 5, third house down) in 1975. My father was with the MOD and worked in the REME workshop in Ordnance Road in Tidworth. By then the road although still a close, was much longer than it shows here with lots more houses. As a boy it was a great place to grow up, as... [more]
Shared on 17 July 2008
Hampshire memories
I remember playing cricket on the green here. The cinema across the road was where we once listened to Norman Wisdom - from the outside, we couldn't get in aged 12!
I visited this road July 2009 for the first time since then, and was horrified that a Tesco now stands where we played. But Furze Hill Road remains exactly as... [more]
Shared on 21 July 2009
I attended this school circa 1965. Remember the woodwork class on far right of building seen here. Football in the foreground field. The bus back to Tidworth, living in Furze Hill Road.
Shared on 20 July 2009
Moved in here with my parents in 1972 and moved out in 1989. They still live there. So many memories of growing up living above a sweet shop!
Shared on 12 March 2009
We moved in 1948 and on return to visit friends my mother and I were told that someone we knew had "won the pools" and had "run off then with the barmaid from this pub". I believe he won only a couple of hundred because next year he had returned and life was as normal.
Joan Battershill ... [more]
Shared on 30 December 2008
Choir Practice in this Churchu
My friends and I were all in the choir here - I think it outnumbered the congregation usually. We had to share a vicar with Ludgershall. Choir practice was on a Friday evening. When the War ended in 1945 they were desperate for bellringers so us kids all got to help. It was not much of a holy peal though.
Shared on 29 August 2008
I lived with my parents in Zouch Avenue nearby but did go to school with a girl who lived in one of these cottages. The River Bourne is/was directlyopposite and every winter it overflowed, ran across the road and flooded the downstairs of these cottages. The pianola lived permanently on a pile of bricks. The way upstairs here was a ladder... [more]
Shared on 29 August 2008
Extracts From Ludgershall & Hampshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ludgershall, inspired by Frith photos.
This was a favourite hunting lodge of Henry III. Royal requirements were that a number of additional domestic buildings were erected, including apartments for the queen, the king's son and heir, and members of the household. King John ordered new kitchens to be built both here and at Marlborough. 'In each kitchen shall be made a hearth for the cooking of... [more]
This is an extract from English Castles.
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Marlborough Photographic Memories
This is a typical lodge house of the Ailesbury Estate variety; it bears Gothic features such as the ornate barge-boards and detailing to the eaves. This lodge has fish-scale tiles that were popular in the later 19th century. Labourers work- ing nearby have obviously been drafted in to add a rustic charm to the picture.
This is an extract from Marlborough Photographic Memories.
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Marlborough Photographic Memories
This fine old 17th- century farmhouse, built in a mixture of materials, stone, brick, tile-hanging and long straw thatch, is typical of the area around Marlborough. It was known as Brown's by 1718. By the middle of the 20th century it was being used as an outhouse, and it was demolished in 1961–2 to make way for more modern farm buildings.
This is an extract from Marlborough Photographic Memories.
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