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Monkton Farleigh maps
Historic maps of Monkton Farleigh and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Monkton Farleigh maps
Monkton Farleigh photos
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Memories of Monkton Farleigh
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Kingsdown Golf Course
I lived in the house the other side of the trees on the right hand side of the picture. 1963-1981. My father (Bill) worked on the farm which was adjacent to the golf course. We often had golf balls through our kitchen window and over the high wall which enclosed our garden. A bit worrying when you think there is a road between the course and our house . Eventually the course layout was altered slightly so it didn't happen quite so often, but we still had the odd rogue ball right up until the 1980's. I often wonder if it still happens. Or maybe the quality of the golf played there is better these days. The club house now is unrecognisable from that in the picture - the trees are the only thing that is still there.
Totney House
The is a picture of Totney House on lower Kingsdown Road. I was captivated by this house as a small child walking past it, with its white-washed walls and thatched roof. I eventually got to go inside when a school friend's family moved into it in the 1970s, the views from the terrace at the back of the house were incredible, and the house itself was as lovely as I hoped it would be.
Totney House
I saw this house, inside and out in the mid 1980s and it was truly idyllic.
At the time it was owned by a Cdr Anderton RN and his wife. We wanted to buy it and as we had two young children it would have been perfect. Our house took too long to sell however, so Totney House was sold to some other lucky person.
I remember the tiled bathroom in particular but the whole house was lovely.
My Family Connections With Kingsdown
My grandmother was born in Vine Cottage Kingsdown and all my great aunts and uncles lived there. We spent many a happy holiday either staying in Vine Cottage in the attic as there was only one proper bedroom in the cottage or at No. 66 Kingsdown, a cottage which has since been demolished and a house built on the site. We would walk over the golf course to Monkton Farleigh with the dog and my father would help Uncle Ted scythe the grass on the bank leading down to No. 66. We frequented the Swan Inn which has many associations with various branches of our family, my great grandfather having been its landlord until 1908 and my 3 x great grandfather being painted in the wall of the fireplace. Both were called George Betteridge. We loved walking the lanes down to Box where another great aunt resided first in Brunel Way and then in Church Square.
Cainey Family
My grandparents, lived in Lower South Wraxall all their married life. They were married in St James Church and are buried in the churchyard, along with their son Harald. Their daughter Emily (Sis) as she was known, sang in the choir. She was married to Wally Harper and they also are buried there, also auntie Olive with her daughter Janet Webb. There is a memorial to her husband Albert who went down on HMS Hood. St James Church has an unusual saddle roof to the tower, this design is I am told, quite rare. I spent many happy school holidays with family in South Wraxall and have many happy memories. My grandparents Bert and Elizabeth had seven children, of which my father was the eldest son. Going further back, also buried in the churchyard are the graves of my great grandparents, Abel and Rosanna and their son John. I expect there are many more Caineys there too, but sadly in the over grown part of the churchyard. I last visited... Read more
Family Connections.
This is a picture of myself with my sister and brother and my sister's friend. I was 13 years old. My sister Theo is the girl with the handbag, she was 9 years old and my brother John was 3 years old. We had been to the local store Bences and are standing outside the smallest pub in the county, The Chequers Inn. Our family home was at the top of Glovers Lane. The garden with dad's apple and cherry trees can be seen in the photograph running the full length of the lane.
Boy in Photo
I think the boy in the picture is my cousin Michael (Jake). He moved into 39 Bargates with his parents my aunt and uncle in 1955 one of the first residents. My aunt and uncle still live there.
