Newent
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Cheltenham Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Stroud Photographic Memories
Paperback
Gloucestershire Photographic Memories
Paperback
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G, g, g, grandfather lived in Corse
I'm trying to trace my family tree and found that my g,g,g,grandfather Henry Travill, born 1829, lived in Corse up to 1886. Going back to my g,g,g,g, grandmother Ann Fisher, known as Nancy, was born 1786 and g,g,g,g, grandfather Benjamin Travel born 1781.
If anyone recognises any information I have given please could you contact me at joannekeddie@hotmail.com. Thankyou.
A memory of Corse contributed by joanne keddie
Lion House Youth Hostel 1957
I stayed one night at this hostel in early April 1957. A friend and I had set out from our home town of Reading on a 5 night circular cycle trip - our first such trip. Mitcheldean was our second night's stop, the first being at the then Inglesham hostel north of Swindon. We then went on to hostels at Clifton-on-Teme near Worcester, Broome, Warwickshire and Charlbury, Oxfordshire before returning to Reading. We were only 14 at the time. I can remember little of the hostel at Mitcheldean but the pictures on this site strike a chord. I remember the yard and in the part of the building where we slept the two-tier bunk beds and the ...read more here
A memory of Mitcheldean contributed by Steve Elder
School holidays
This picture reminds me of wonderful school trips to the west of England from a school based in Oldham called Fittonhill Secondary. This hotel was our base for the weeks holiday and we went out daily on organised trips to Chepstow, Symonds Yat, Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust, Tintern Abbey among other glorious places. Living in a built-up area like Oldham this seemed heaven even as a 13-14 year old. I came on the trip three years running so it must have been magic. I found this site looking for the actual hotel thinking it would be nice to re-visit my youth and book a stay there but I can only assume that it no longer exists. The picture is just as I ...read more here
A memory of Littledean contributed by Lynn Robinson
Stepping back in time
It started when my mother was dying, when we asked her about the family history, and she gave us names and dates. Her family came from France in late 1500. They were Hugenots and they were Puritans, and were chased out of France because of their beliefs. They went to live in Gloucester, where they helped to rebuild the church in Taynton St Lawrence. We went to visit the church and it was the most exciting thing to experience. All our early ancestors are buried down the aisle of the church. One could not be found - the last one - so when we went and spoke to a man who was writing about our ancestors (she had written a book), ...read more here
A memory of Cinderford contributed by brenda mccartie
Extracts From Newent & Gloucestershire books
The town is fortunate to have
retained so many old and
attractive buildings, such as
this range of half-timbered
cottages that greets those who
arrive from the direction of
Gloucester to this day. It looks
as though the cottages had
recently been re-roofed when
this picture was taken,
although the animated little
girl appears to be telling her
seated friend about something
far more interesting.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Living Memories".
The main shopping areas of Broad Street and Church Street have not changed too much in character since the camera
clicked on this scene. Now as then, most of the shops in town are run by independent traders, so the worst excesses of
corporate retail fascias have been avoided. Newent has been a market town since Henry III granted it a charter in the 13th
century, and it is appropriate that the Market House, which stands on stilts and is some four centuries old, is located at the
heart of the town.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Living Memories".
One of Newent’s
present day tourist
attractions is the
Shambles, a museum of
Victorian life that has its
entrance in Church
Street, a little way up on
the left in this picture.
Further up on the same
side is St Mary’s church,
built in the 13th
century; it was then
largely rebuilt four
centuries later because
the nave collapsed. Just
three years after this
photograph was taken,
the octagonal spire was
found to be dangerous
and was lowered.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Living Memories".
Newent is best enjoyed on
foot. With such an
assortment of architectural
styles in the town centre,
there is always a building or
detail to please the eye.
This photograph looks
towards Church Street. On
the right is the elegant
Georgian frontage of
Lloyd’s Bank, complete with
a fanlight over the door
and a decorated gable at
the roofline. This is pre-
dated by the white building
with jetties directly ahead
on the corner - beneath the
render it is almost certainly
half-timbered. And just two
doors away is the
International Stores in
premises that when this
picture was taken were
newly built.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Living Memories".
On the right, the imposing 18th-century brick frontage of Lloyd’s Bank, with its stone pediment and columned
entrance, faces the small shops across the road. Near the dogleg bend in the road is the local branch of the
International Stores grocery chain, and also the Red Lion pub with its hanging sign.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Photographic Memories".