Britford
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Britford books (17 available)
- 4 photos on Britford appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Britford
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Britford and Wiltshire
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The Old School
My place of work. I have done a lot of work on collecting archive photos and making electronic copies of some of the many fascinating letters and articles written by the old girls 1880's to present.
A memory of Salisbury contributed by Richard Clarke
Street Where I Live
Nice to see that not a lot has chnaged since this photo was taken to what it is like to day.
More cars and people now of course.
A memory of Salisbury contributed by Richard Clarke
the Town Path
Have seen this view many times in my younger days back in the late 1920s and early 30s, just after crossing the footbridge over the river, when on my way to see my dear old gran at Harnham. I can still remember the smell of the old mill.
A memory of Salisbury contributed by Mr E Drewitt
My Family
My father's family lived in Charlton from the late 1880s to the mid 1900s. My grandfather was a shepherd & after farm foreman for a Mr Charles Reid whose brother Bertie also had a large farm in the Charlton area. The village had a school which I attended in my early years & a village shop & bakery also selling haberdashery, my cousin Dorothy Dorothy West worked there. The baker was a Mr Duffy, the owner of the shop was a Mr Hodges. I was in the church choir. The vicar was a Mr Winterton & by the vicarage you could cut through to the Trafalgar Estate across beautiful meadows, in the meadow there was a lovely walnut tree where you ...read more here
A memory of Charlton All Saints contributed by Roy Goodridge
Extracts From Britford & Wiltshire books
Maybe the unmetalled roads in all
villages looked like this after a
heavy storm in 1906, but this scene
is also a reminder of Britford’s close
proximity to the Avon.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".
The Moat, or Moat House, is a splendid large manor house
begun in Georgian times and surrounded, as the name suggests,
by water.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".
Britford is a tiny village just outside Salisbury to
the south east. It is situated on the Avon in an
extensive and complex area of water meadows
and carriers which control the flow of the river
downstream.The parish church is extremely old
and surprisingly large, with parts dating from
Norman and even Saxon times.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".
The importance of Salisbury to the military establishment
after the war can be seen in this picture of Fish Row, just
behind the Guildhall. A Pickfords lorry is fighting its way
along the narrow street, possibly heading for the Military
Tailors in the left foreground, or to the Servicemen’s Hostel
next door.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".
The Cathedral viewed from the south has been a favourite subject for
artists—including, of course, Constable. This particular view is from the
Old Mill at Harnham, and shows the Mill itself, the river and the water
meadows as well as the Cathedral. Harnham Mill is a very old building,
dating from around 1500. Like the first photograph in this book, the
timeless beauty of this scene has remained unchanged for more than half
a millennium.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".