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Maps

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1921, Larklands Ref. POP753107
1910-1911, Darkland Ref. RNC688646
1924, Markland Hill Ref. POP774721
1912, Harkland Ref. RNC727322
1898, Parklands Ref. RNE801533
1946, Larklands Ref. NPO753107
1947, Parklands Ref. NPO801533
1895, Larklands Ref. RNE753107
1896, Markland Hill Ref. RNE774721
1902-1903, Larklands Ref. RNC753107
1903-1904, Parklands Ref. RNC801533
1903, Markland Hill Ref. RNC774721
1947, Markland Hill Ref. NPO774721

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Memories

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Wood House

Early C20 formal gardens and parkland designed and landscaped by Thomas Mawson and implemented by Robert Mawson of the Lakeland Nurseries, Windermere, surrounding a house designed by Dan Gibson with a ground plan by Thomas ...Read more

A memory of Taw Green by Tonnie Keith

So Many People!

I was five years old in 1953 and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the first vivid memory I have of my childhood. We lived at Midway, Cold Ash Hill, the major road through the village. Dressed as a pirate with silver buckles ...Read more

A memory of Cold Ash by grahamfsmith

Sixties Longleat

Many fond memories of Longleat over the last 46 years: the freedom we all enjoyed as villagers to roam across the estate - the sixth Marquess was always very generous in this respect. The remains of the American hospital were still ...Read more

A memory of Longleat in 1966 by Geoff Pridmore

Growing Up In Cold Ash

I spent the early years of my life in Cold Ash and Thatcham. We lived in a detached house on Cold Ash Hill called Midway. I believe it has since been renamed. The house was built by my grand father Alfred Gadd, the carpenter, ...Read more

A memory of Cold Ash by grahamfsmith

Oakbank 1954 55

Strange to read all the memories of Oakbank in the 50s which are so similar to mine! I remember being taken there by my mum and gran in August 1954, excited at the 40-mile bus journey but then downcast at realising I would not be on the ...Read more

A memory of Seal by Philip Johnson

Badger Hall, Thundersley, Essex Circa 1900

My Great Uncle and Aunt, Archibald “Arch” and Clara Meade, owned Badger Hall, Thundersley, around the turn of the 19th to 20th century. It was then described as having 22 acres of parkland and holding ...Read more

A memory of Thundersley by John Sharpe

Evacuation Ww2

I recall being evacuated to Llansaint from London as a child of 7. I lived in a small sweet shop in the the village with a family named Phillips, or Philips. I am now 74 so my memories are not too sharp with regards to names and ...Read more

A memory of Llansaint in 1941 by James Hepting

The Norfolk Family

I am John Howard Norfolk and although I have never lived in Yorkshire I know that my Norfolk family were farmers, millers and tanners in Harewood and nearby Wharfedale villages for many hundreds of years until the late 1800's. ...Read more

A memory of Harewood in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

My Time 1952

I have some lovely nostalgic memories of the J.S.S.C Latimer, where I was stationed in 1952.  Most of the period I was a provost policeman.  There were 3 of us and a provost corporal, cpl Burrows, [I believe came from Wiltshire]. ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1952 by Philip Vigdor

Circa 1952

Lydia Hall There were some lovely buildings that have been lost to demolition , the elegant Georgian Pear Tree House that was the Doctors home...the "Dutch" house on the green....and does anyone remember the Windmill that was left to ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon

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Captions

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Caption For Tring, Pendley Manor C1955

This architecturally busy Tudorbethan house, built after 1871, is now (in 2000) a hotel and conference centre set in tranquil parkland; that parkland came into being through the 1440s destruction of a

Caption For Little Haywood, High Street C1955

Along with Great Haywood, this village was where the inhabitants of Shugborough were relocated, as their own village was gradually absorbed into the parkland surround- ing Shugborough Hall.

Caption For Little Haywood, High Street C1955

Along with Great Haywood, this village was where the inhabitants of Shugborough were relocated, as their own village was gradually absorbed into the parkland surrounding Shugborough Hall.

Caption For Conyers Green, Livermere Road C1960

This leads into the former parkland of Great Barton Hall, sold in 1915 and gradually developed until the present day.

Caption For Dawlish, The Seafront From The Royal Hotel 1890

The resort gets its name from the dark stream, doflisc in Anglo-Saxon, which now runs through the resort's central parkland.

Caption For Cheam, In Nonsuch Park 1925

Some of these magnificent leafy trees lining, and shading, this lane running alongside the parkland would probably have been mere saplings when Henry VIII and his successor Queen Elizabeth I hunted deer

Caption For Holt, Hall From The Lake 1896

A picturesque vista of Holt Hall, with its towering chimneys and many gables, cradled in magnificent parkland with shady trees.

Caption For Dorking, Milton Court 1906

The translator of Euripedes, Jeremiah Markland, died here.

Caption For Darlington, North Lodge Park 1903

Entered from Gladstone Street, North Lodge Park is the remnant of the parkland that once surrounded William Backhouse's villa.

Caption For Luton, Hoo C1955

Much of the Hoo's 1053 acres of parkland were designed and laid out by Capability Brown in the 18th century.

Caption For Romford, Raphael Park 1911

Herbert H Raphael's gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden

Caption For London, The Canal, Regents Park C1965

The park evolved from plans by John Nash, who in 1811 was working for the Prince Regent to create a residential development in a parkland settiing on former farmland.

Caption For Bakewell, Dorothy Vernon's Bridge, Haddon Hall C1955

South of Bakewell, the river runs through elegant parkland that forms the grounds of Haddon Hall.

Caption For Geddington, Boughton House C1955

Situated in its own magnificent parkland, the house has been described as the 'English Versailles'.

Caption For Monzie, The Castle 1899

Set in parkland, the four-storey battlemented central section of the castle is supported at each corner by a three-storey round tower.

Caption For Great Brington, Church 1922

75 years after this photograph was taken, Great Brington and the adjoining parkland became the focus of world attention when Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest in the grounds of Althorp House.

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

After the Exhibition, it was moved to wooded parkland at Sydenham in south-east London.

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

After the Exhibition, it was moved to wooded parkland at Sydenham in south-east London.

Caption For Gillingham, St Mary's Church C1960

For away-from-it-all families, the open parkland extension of the Strand was ideal for a quiet riverside picnic, where the children could don bathing trunks and enjoy the unique delight of Medway mud

Caption For Northampton, Abington Park, The Pigeon Tower C1955

Above the ponds in the parkland is the pigeon tower, which was built for William Thursby in 1678.

Caption For Colchester, Castle Gardens 1934

This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.

Caption For Wargrave, From Near Ferry 1890

The central trees hide Wargrave Manor with its parkland; further along the bank there are now a number of larger Edwardian and later houses.

Caption For Staindrop, The Village C1955

Until the late 18th century, the village of Raby and the hamlet of Keverstone lay close to the castle, but they were demolished during improvements that created 270 acres of parkland.

Caption For Worcester, Gheluvelt Park 1936

It was created on the site of an 18th-century house with 18 acres of private parkland by Barbourne Brook.