Places
29 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Hook Head, Republic of Ireland
- Hook, Hampshire (near Fleet)
- Hook, Greater London
- Penton Hook, Surrey
- Hook Green, Kent (near Royal Tunbridge Wells)
- Hook Green, Kent (near Northfleet)
- Hooke, Dorset
- Hook, Wiltshire
- Hook, Dyfed (near Haverfordwest)
- Hook, Yorkshire
- Hook, Hampshire (near Fareham)
- Hook, Cambridgeshire
- Hook's Cross, Hertfordshire
- Hook, Devon (near Chard)
- Hook Norton, Oxfordshire
- Hook Street, Wiltshire
- Hook Park, Hampshire
- Hook Street, Gloucestershire
- Hook Heath, Surrey
- Welsh Hook, Dyfed
- Hook End, Oxfordshire
- Hill Hook, West Midlands
- Lower Hook, Hereford & Worcester
- Hook End, Essex
- The Hook, Hereford & Worcester
- Hook Bank, Hereford & Worcester
- Hook End, West Midlands
- Hook-a-gate, Shropshire
- Hook Green, Kent (near Gravesend)
Photos
99 photos found. Showing results 201 to 99.
Maps
167 maps found.
Books
707 books found. Showing results 241 to 264.
Memories
1,522 memories found. Showing results 101 to 110.
Hop Picking
Paddock Wood, in particular Beltring, the home of the famous Whitebread Oasts, was the centre of the Hop Gardens of Kent. The Gardens were set out with rows of elevated wire tressles which were supported at intervals by poles. In the ...Read more
A memory of Paddock Wood in 1940 by
Perfect Place
My name was Sandra Goodfellow when I was born at home in Erbistock in 1954. I lived on Twining hill. I had a very happy childhood there with my three siblings, Mum and Dad. I started Erbistock school in 1957. It was a cosy, two ...Read more
A memory of Erbistock by
An Evacuee 1940 1945 David Bush
I am now 89 but I was only 7 when I was collected from the pavement at the end of Yeo Vale Rd in 1940. I was given shelter at number 41 Carrington Terrace the home of Mr. & Mrs. Gear and their daughter Mary. They ...Read more
A memory of Barnstaple by
My Mothers Wartime Memories
Or it could be late 1930s. My mother Ivy Eaglestone, at the age of about 11, was evacuated from London with her brother Leslie to stay at The Black Horse with Mr and Mrs Hughes, Elizabeth and Joe. They had 4 children: ...Read more
A memory of Trowbridge in 1940 by
Weekends At Chapel Row
I didn't live in Bucklebury but was born in Cold Ash where I lived prior to moving to Thatcham. Unfortunately my father died as the result of a motor cycle accident when I was eight years old, and social care being what it was ...Read more
A memory of Bucklebury by
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
My Grandma & Aunt
Some years ago I gave my mother a book of Old Weybridge photos for Mothering Sunday as this is where she was brought up. Imagine her surprise, on seeing this picture of Queens Road in Weybridge, to realise that the two people on the ...Read more
A memory of Weybridge by
Phil Munton
Hi, I've recently discovered this while doing research on a book I am writing and was interested to hear how many people from Selsdon remember their childhood and, in most cases, enjoyed the village as I knew it as a good place to grow up. I ...Read more
A memory of Selsdon by
Camberley...Where Do I Start ?!
Our family lived at Lightwater (1 High View Road) ; I passed 11 plus and was sent to Frimley And Camberley County Grammar School, starting in Sept. 1959. One of the first things we had to do was to get the uniform. We went ...Read more
A memory of Camberley by
More Memories Of Oakhanger…
The Village Flower Show - we all contributed our entries to the village flower show in the hope of a First, Second or Third Place win - even a highly commended. The marquee was closed off for judging and during this ...Read more
A memory of Oakhanger
Captions
434 captions found. Showing results 241 to 264.
In the Domesday Book Uttoxeter appears as Wotocheshede; by 1175 it was being called Uttokishedere, by 1242 Uittokesather, and by 1251 Huttokesather.Within a few more years it had been changed again
The hamlets of Stopper Lane, Martin Top, Newby and Howgill comprise this small, scattered community recorded in Domesday Book.
This much-photographed picture-book village rises above a green and a pond, which is fed by a stream - a tributary of the River Pant.
A church was recorded as being on this site in the Domesday Book, when a 'ford' was built over the River Cray.
Corfe Mullen's mill received a mention in the Domesday Book.
St Bridget's is also the modern site for two war memorials; the first a simple cross in the churchyard, complemented by the second, a beautifully carved book in the nave of the church carrying
Many civic treasures are held within, including the Red Book of Lynn, in which are recorded the municipal records from 1204 to 1392.
Members of ships' crews arriving in the docks in order to receive either their pay or an advance, had to sign on and off and have their books stamped here.
The display board to the right of the main shop window shows guide books and postcards of Cartmel Priory - the tree to the right is by the church.
It used to have a famous library of 8,000 books, including the copy of the Messiah used by Handel himself at the first performance; these treasures are now housed in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.
In 1871 W Harrison, secretary of the Birmingham Gas Co, certainly did his stuff; he cooked the books and made off with £18,000.When the company was dissolved, £100 was left in the kitty for
He had an extensive (and now extremely valuable) chained library of books, which he left to the villagers.
In 1871 W Harrison, secretary of the Birmingham Gas Co, certainly did his stuff; he cooked the books and made off with £18,000.When the company was dissolved, £100 was left in the kitty for Harrison's
Drummond's library was one of the finest of its day, containing about 1,400 books in English, French, Latin, Greek, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew.
As the hills are owned by Birmingham, it is reasonable to include the area in this book.
In the Domesday Book Uttoxeter appears as Wotocheshede; by 1175 it was being called Uttokishedere, by 1242 Uittokesather, and by 1251 Huttokesather.
A contemporary guide book extolled Bournemouth's climate: 'it is perhaps most beneficial to invalids during the fall of the year and the early spring, when it will compare favourably with many of the Mediterranean
The Domesday Book reveals that there was a mill here in William the Conqueror's time.
The millennium project book, 'Westbury & Westbury Leigh, A Celebration of the Town & its People' details the development.
His former office, now in the care of the National Trust, is opened as a gallery, displaying illustrations from her children's books.
In the Domesday Book Uttoxeter appears as Wotocheshede; by 1175 it was being called Uttokishedere, by 1242 Uittokesather, and by 1251 Huttokesather.Within a few more years it had been changed again
Dr Thomas Arnold became famous thanks to two books which proved influential in educational circles.
Later to become a herbalist and surgeon in London, he is famous for a book of herbal remedies in which he was the first to refer to plants by their English rather than Latin names.
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