Ledbury
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Map of Herefordshire
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Ledbury books (18 available)
Herefordshire Living Memories
Paperback
Worcestershire Photographic Memories
Paperback
Worcestershire Living Memories
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Ledbury memories
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Herefordshire memories
Mom lived in Baynards...1930-40's
Mom went to the country to live during the war. She lived in a big field - the house and land were let by the Fulton Brick Works, I believe that was the name. I have about 5 pictures of her home with my Auntie Connie.
A memory of Barnards Green contributed by Susie Somerville-Franz
Simmonds Hanley Castle
I am researching the Simmonds family who lived in Quay Lane in Hanley Castle about 1900. My father recalls the floods of the early 1900s when Quay Lane flooded and he was trapped up stairs with his mother, Alice Simmonds.
Does any one out there have any information on the Simmonds family as I have a lot of there history to share.
Len Simmonds smmndssev@aol.com
POST OFFICE
I was born in Hereford in 1952 to Roland S G Hodges and Doreen his wife. I have fond memories of Kings Caple and Fawley. My grandmother ran the village post office for nearly 40 years right up to decimalization. She ran her Post Office from an old wooden greenhouse in the garden at Bridge House, Fawley and used to trundle up and down the garden path from the house a good fifty feet away and unlock door to serve whoever, during the day stamps, postal orders etc plus fags used to be left in this greenhouse all day and never was she robbed. At night everything was marched into the house. In the early 1960s she and my grandfather moved ...read more here
A memory of Kings Caple contributed by ANDREW HODGES
44 The Village
My wife and I moved to Powick in the 1980s. Dating back to the late 1500s the whole row of (now four) houses were used by Cromwell as a hospital during the Civil war. It had no central heating and during our stay there we added that, changed the old drafty windows, put in a damp course including new flooring in the kitchen and lounge, had the roof re-tiled replaced some of the rotten roof beams and timbers and the loft was insulated with a firewall put in place between No44 and No43.
Over its many years, the row had been two, three and finally four houses and sometime in the 1700s the end house No45 (Now the Red Lion) ...read more here
A memory of Powick contributed by Fred Dager-Brown
Extracts From Ledbury & Herefordshire books
John Abel built a number of
market houses around the
county of Herefordshire,
only a few of which survive.
This is said to be one of his
although there is no
documentation to prove it.
Completed in 1645, it was
used mainly as a corn
market. Originally it had
three storeys but the floor
between the top two has
been removed.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
John Abel built a number of
market houses around the
county of Herefordshire,
only a few of which survive.
This is said to be one of his
although there is no
documentation to prove it.
Completed in 1645, it was
used mainly as a corn
market. Originally it had
three storeys but the floor
between the top two has
been removed.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
Here we see the front of the Feathers Hotel on the right. The building was
erected in 1565, although the top storey was added later. Bradleys, on the right of
the street, is an interesting premises. It now houses a branch of Boots, the
chemists, and all the plaster on the front façade has been recently removed
revealing a beautiful jettied timber building.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
Here we see the front of the Feathers Hotel on the right. The building was
erected in 1565, although the top storey was added later. Bradleys, on the right of
the street, is an interesting premises. It now houses a branch of Boots, the
chemists, and all the plaster on the front façade has been recently removed
revealing a beautiful jettied timber building.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
Notice how the street
widens out as it nears the
old market hall. There
used to be additional
buildings - used as
butchers’ shops - in the
central area, but these
were demolished in the
early 19th century. The
large, open, market area
has now been taken over
by vehicles, as opposed
to animals, coming to
market.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".