Beachley
Beachley maps (2 available)
Map of Gwent
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Beachley books (20 available)
Cheltenham Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Stroud Photographic Memories
Paperback
Gloucestershire Photographic Memories
Paperback
- 6 photos on Beachley appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Beachley
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Beachley memories
Read and share memories of Beachley and Gwent inspired by Frith photos
Severn Queen
The person on the right, on the pier, is myself, Ron Stokes. As I wrote in my memory previous, I worked on Beachley and Aust Piers, weekends, school holidays, until I joined the merchant navy in 1958. If you wish to know the history of Pier House [behind ferry office] and lighthouse keepers, and lighthouse of Beachley see www.gloucesterharbou trustees.org, very interesting, history of Batchford family, my mother's family, and later my father Walter Stokes, wages etc, the Ferry Hotel was owned by A. E. Farr, then by Bishop family. Thank you for letting me share my memories.
Contributed by RONALD STOKES
Gwent memories
Severn Queen
The person on the right, on the pier, is myself, Ron Stokes. As I wrote in my memory previous, I worked on Beachley and Aust Piers, weekends, school holidays, until I joined the merchant navy in 1958. If you wish to know the history of Pier House [behind ferry office] and lighthouse keepers, and lighthouse of Beachley see www.gloucesterharbou trustees.org, very interesting, history of Batchford family, my mother's family, and later my father Walter Stokes, wages etc, the Ferry Hotel was owned by A. E. Farr, then by Bishop family. Thank you for letting me share my memories.
A memory of Beachley contributed by RONALD STOKES
Home Sweet Home
What a wonderful site. These photos bring back so many lovely memories.
From this one I can see the house I grew up in (34 High St) and my Dad's cinema.
This photo was taken the year that I was born. I can also see the hospital that I was born in. I miss Berkeley, it will always be home.
I now live in Western Canada and there are no towns here anywhere near as perfect as this one.
Hi to all who I know, if you still live there..I'm envious.
Georgina Herbert (Nee Mason..Alan and Emmy's youngest daughter).
A memory of Berkeley contributed by georgina herbert
The Cordwainers Shop
My Great Grandfather, Samuel King, ran a boot and shoe business (as a Cordwainer) from this address in the 19th century. His family home is listed in the 1881 census as The Old House, Market Place, Berkeley.
His father John King (Dob 25.5.1765) was also a Cordwainer in Berkeley in the 18th century.
The King family were residents of Berkeley for many years, John King of Ham (Dob 23.9. 1730) is shown in my personal family records hand-written by Samuel King in 1835 as head of the King family. Thomas King is listed as having a Butchers shop in Berkeley in the late 19th century.
A memory of Berkeley contributed by First Name Last Name
Extracts From Beachley & Gwent books
In this tranquil scene
the boy in the boat
would appear not to
have any sea-going
ambition if that really
is his anchor half way
up the rather stony
An extract from from"Grimsby - A History and Celebration".
It is interesting to
see the ferry much
farther down the
pier, indicating the
high tidal rise and
fall of the river. The
hotel to the right in
the background is no
longer there, but its
neighbour to the left,
the Old Ferry Inn, is
still functioning.
An extract from from"Grimsby - A History and Celebration".
The £8 million
suspension bridge was
opened by Queen
Elizabeth II in
September 1966 to
carry the new M4
motorway from
England across the
Severn Estuary to
South Wales. Also at
the ceremony were
Prince Philip, the Duke
of Beaufort, the
Archbishop of Wales,
the Secretary of State
for Wales and the
Bishop of Bristol.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Living Memories".
Prior to the building of
the Severn Bridge, which
now sweeps above the
peninsula of Beachley
Point, this little powered
ferry carried small
vehicles across the Severn
to the outskirts of Aust
on the eastern bank.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Ferries".
Sidney B Park was a
successful businessman;
in Edwardian days he
owned two drapery shops
in Stroud. However, on
26 October 1917 his only
son, Herbert, was killed
in France, and in 1927 the
Park family gave land to
create a public garden in
his memory. Sidney and his
wife, Ellen, are buried in
Stroud Cemetery.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".