Evesham
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Evesham books (17 available)
Herefordshire Living Memories
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Worcestershire Photographic Memories
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Worcestershire Living Memories
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- 14 photos on Evesham appear in 5 Frith books - View photos of Evesham
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Evesham memories
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Hampton Ferry, Memories
First placed here by the monks of Evesham Abbey in the thirteenth century to enable them to tend the vineyard that they planted on Clarkes Hill, the original use of the cottage was a wine store. Their system of pulling the ferry rope between two stauntions to get across the river is still used to this very day, in spite of mechanical devices being experimented with, nothing is as easy or secure as the monks original method. The Huxley family moved into the Ferry house in 1929 and their descendants still run the Ferry.
Contributed by diana raphael
Worcestershire memories
Hampton Ferry, Memories
First placed here by the monks of Evesham Abbey in the thirteenth century to enable them to tend the vineyard that they planted on Clarkes Hill, the original use of the cottage was a wine store. Their system of pulling the ferry rope between two stauntions to get across the river is still used to this very day, in spite of mechanical devices being experimented with, nothing is as easy or secure as the monks original method. The Huxley family moved into the Ferry house in 1929 and their descendants still run the Ferry.
A memory of Evesham contributed by diana raphael
Hamgreen
From 1933 to 1939 I lived at Hamgreen Farm, then we moved to Lighthorne, Warwickshire two days before war was declared. In 1948 April the first I sailed for Canada, 60 years ago. If you have a book or info on the Wormington family I would be very interested in purchasing, we are a very old family, we have traced to the 13th century, you could possibly have some info.
A memory of Wormington contributed by roy wormington
Workman family
My grandmother was born in Bishampton 1891, Maggie Elizabeth Workman, daughter to Honeybourn and Emma Spires. Her aunt Sarah Spires donated a large sum of money to the church, there is a plaque to say.
Honeybourn's father was George Workman, he married Margaret Standley. Does anyone have information? I would appreciate any information, photos etc.
annieseed@hotmail.co.uk
A memory of Bishampton contributed by ANN SEEDHOUSE
Extracts From Evesham & Worcestershire books
At the centre of a broad vale, rich in
market gardens and fruit orchards, and
to which it gives its name, lies Evesham.
Abbot Lichfield’s Bell Tower, built in
1539, dominates the water meadows of
the River Avon. Notice the Romany
caravans at rest on the far bank.
An extract from from"Worcestershire Photographic Memories".
Three children play against the superb backdrop of some of the best ecclesiastical architecture in Worcestershire.
Evesham’s two churches share the same churchyard. Abbot Lichfield, who built the Bell Tower, did not enjoy his
creation for very long. Evesham Abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539 - the same year that the tower
was completed.
An extract from from"Worcestershire Photographic Memories".
It is remarkable that more than a century after this photograph was taken, Hampton Ferry, to the west of Evesham, still exists, and it still operates in the same way: a cable is strung across the river and the ferryman pulls his boat across. Because of the volume of boating traffic, the cable now tends to be under water except when it is needed.
An extract from from"Canals and Waterways".
Evesham is a good place to begin an
exploration of the Vale around, the
River Avon and the not too distant
Cotswolds. As befits an important
agricultural area, a number of mills
prospered on the banks of the River
Avon - an inspiration to every passing
artist and photographer.
An extract from from"Worcestershire Photographic Memories".
The countryside around Evesham has
not always been so peaceful. On 4
August 1265, during a thunderstorm as
fierce as the battle on the ground
beneath, Henry III defeated the rebel
barons commanded by Simon de
Montfort. It is said that over 4000 men,
including de Montfort and his son,
perished in the slaughter.
An extract from from"Worcestershire Photographic Memories".