Marnham
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Nottinghamshire Photographic Memories
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Newark Photographic Memories
Paperback
Nottinghamshire Living Memories
Hardback
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The Purewell Japanese Garden
While visiting my sister-in-law Margaret Paine in nearby North Muskham, I discovered this exquisitely beautiful Japanese garden. Known as the Pureland Japanese Garden and Meditation Centre it is in North Clifton.
It appears to have been built by one man (Buddha Maitreya) over many years and is truly staggering in its simple beauty. How can one man have taken a couple of acres of flat land and transofomed it with his bare hands to a landscape of humps, hollows, trees and water. Once seen but never forgotten. A tranquil place that lends itself to higher self-awareness, and meditation.
It is beautiful!
A memory of North Clifton contributed by John Howard Norfolk
My Ancestors
My mother Alice Harpham & family lived here. She was born 1904 at Dunham, along with John Thomas, Rose, Herbert, Edith, Margaret, & Sydney John. When I searched my family tree, I had been told by my cousin Evelyn in 1980 that my grandma Eliza [nee Todd, originally from Ripon] was found dead in the attic with her throat cut. Eventually I found it was in 1927. Thomas Harpham, their grandad, was the shoemaker, trained by John Harpham in the 1800s. The Whate family are also included, they had a shop on the main street. I was fortunate to meet a lady from Retford, via advert I placed in Retford Times, and I went to her home, and she took me ...read more here
A memory of Dunham-On-Trent contributed by marion wilkinson
Family History
My Great Grandparents Albert Wells and Edith Ann Judson married in this church on 24th December 1912. Edith was born Judson and was born at Holme and so may have been Baptised in this church as well.
A memory of Holme contributed by julie morgan
WW11 Leeds evacuees.
I was one of so many 10 year olds that arrived in East Retford Sept 1939. I was so lucky to have been cared for by caring loving families in Retford for five years. The most happiest childhood memories of my life. I have cherished those memories for the the last 69 years. God Bless East Retford.
A memory of Retford contributed by First Name Last Name
Extracts From Marnham & Nottinghamshire books
In the shadow of
Europe’s first million
kilowatt power station,
opened in 1962, lies this
Georgian house. It was
built on the site of an
earlier Hall demolished
in the late 18th century.
The south-facing aspect
is now covered by ivy
but the gap between the
trees still permits this
glimpse of the premises.
An extract from from"Down the Trent Photographic Memories".
This view, from the
end of a path leading
past the Brownlow
Arms to the west bank
of the Trent, looks
across the tidal river
from Nottinghamshire
to South Clifton in
Lincolnshire. The pub
landlord doubled as the
ferryman at this time.
Built-up floodbanks may
be seen on the opposite bank.
An extract from from"Down the Trent Photographic Memories".
The Church 1890
In this picture the ancient village church
looks brand new; it was. The Reverend
Edward Hadley had All Saints completely
rebuilt between 1886 and 1888, and paid
for it himself.
An extract from from"Newark Photographic Memories".
The Church 1890.
In this picture the ancient village church
looks brand new; it was. The Reverend
Edward Hadley had All Saints completely
rebuilt between 1886 and 1888, and paid
for it himself.
An extract from from"Newark Photographic Memories".
King Street is the location of the former market place,
which was built over many years ago. Also along here is
the timber-framed Saracen’s Head. In 1646 it was known
as the King’s Arms; it was here that Charles I spent his
last hours of freedom before surrendering to the Scots.
An extract from from"Newark Photographic Memories".