Holyport
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Holyport books (12 available)
Maidenhead Town Walk Guide
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Berkshire Pocket Album
Paperback
Newbury Living Memories
Paperback
- 3 photos on Holyport appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Holyport
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Special Treats
My friend Jean and I lived at Dorney Reach and we used to go for walks by the river Thames with my dog. On Sunday afternoons we would then cross over the walkway which was on top of the lock gates and buy ice-creams from the
lock-keepers shop. You could hear the roar from the weir. The children from Dorney Reach would love to help open and shut the lock gates which was done manually.
A memory of Bray contributed by Monica Peck
Decanter Set
I own a four decanter set, enclosed in a 10.5 " high by 8" square box, of Amboyna wood, with brass handles and edging, possibly Georgian. Also, held by a brass clip in the top of box, is a 3.5 " glass with the name "Skindles" above a large "S" with a line drawn diagonally through it. Thanks to the internet, and your web-site, I now know, at least, where the glass came from.
I have bought many of your photos over the years, thank you for the pleasure they have given me, and my friends.
A memory of Maidenhead contributed by Albert Mills
Happy Memories
My mum Lois and I used to catch the blue bus from Dorney Reach and we would go to Maidenhead to visit the doctor or the dentist and then pop into the library where I would always pick a library book about animals.
A memory of Maidenhead contributed by Monica Peck
Watching the boats in the lock
Summer Sunday afternoons were often spent at Boulters Lock when I was a child. We would have a walk along the river and end up at the lock to sit and watch the boats go in and out.
There would be the people who thought they were the bee's knees in their blazers and straw boaters but who usually managed to make a mess of getting in and out of the lock. And the dogs that would jump off the boats into the lock causing pandemonium, fortunately they all seemed to get rescued OK either by their owners or by someone from the crowd that was always there sitting on the side of the lock.
A memory of Maidenhead contributed by Linda Ellis
Extracts From Holyport & Berkshire books
Several years after this
photograph was taken, the
East Berkshire village of
Holyport became the setting
for a First World War PoW
camp and German soldiers
were regularly seen
marching through the village
on daily exercise.
Windsor, Eton and the Surrounding Villages
An extract from from"Berkshire Photographic Memories".
Holyport, two miles south of Maidenhead was originally ‘Horipod’ or dirty market town. By the 18th century it
had civilised itself to ‘Hollyport’ and by the early 19th century had assumed an odour of sanctity with ‘Holyport’.
The cottage Fiddlers Folly on the left is now largely rebuilt. All else survives except the shop-in-a-shed. This is the
frantically busy A330 and the wall on the right, to Holyport Lodge, has been moved back for road widening.
An extract from from"Maidenhead Photographic Memories".
Farther down the A330
is Stud Green, a hamlet
of Holyport. Its character
is now largely suburban,
following much rebuilding.
This view looks west. The
Bricklayers Arms is now a
house, Old Brick House,
its brickwork painted. The
farm building on the left in
yellow London stock brick
has been converted into a
house, Walnut Barn. The
farmhouse, (out of shot to
the left), Walnut Cottage,
and some frontage walling
also survives.
An extract from from"Maidenhead Photographic Memories".
Our last view shows Dorney Reach with the Berkshire bank on the left. This tranquil stretch of towing path, now
part of the splendid Thames Path long distance footpath, has had its tranquillity rudely shattered. Now, in the
middle distance an elegant duck egg blue-painted steel bridge carries the ceaseless roar of the M4 motorway
across the River Thames, in effect the latest Maidenhead by-pass.
An extract from from"Maidenhead Photographic Memories".
A former royal manor, Bray is
well known for the song ‘The
Vicar of Bray’, celebrating the
vicar who changed sides several
times during the Civil War and
after to keep his living. The
tranquillity of this delightful
village is traffic-blighted, like
many in the area. Here we look
along the High Street towards
the junction with Church Lane.
At the end is the Hind’s Head
Hotel. The Ringers on the right
is now the Fat Duck Restaurant.
The timber-framed cottages have
long gone.
An extract from from"Maidenhead Photographic Memories".