Places

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Maps

24 maps found.

1898, Blackdown Ref. RNE642409
1895, Blackdown Ref. RNE642411
1919, Blackdown Ref. POP642409
1886, Blackdown Ref. HOSM37932
1945, Blackdown Ref. NPO642411
1919, Blackdown Ref. POP642410
1919, Blackdown Ref. POP642411
1946, Blackdown Ref. NPO642409
1945, Blackdown Ref. NPO642410
1898, Blackdown Ref. RNE642410
1919, West Blackdown Ref. POP863729
1896, West Blackdown Ref. RNE863729
1946, West Blackdown Ref. NPO863729
1901-1902, Blackdown Ref. RNC642409
1898-1899, Blackdown Ref. RNC642410
1897-1900, Blackdown Ref. RNC642411
1887 - 1901, Blackdown Ref. HOSM38012
1899-1900, West Blackdown Ref. RNC863729
1883, West Blackdown Ref. HOSM63755
1910, Hatch Farm Hill Ref. HOSM69997

Books

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Memories

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Childhood Memories

Knutsford holds a special place in my heart as I was born there in 1956 and spent nearly eight years of my childhood growing up in this then safe and close community. I have very strong memories of family, home, school and friends ...Read more

A memory of Knutsford in 1962 by Julie Nunn

Village School

To the left of where the photographer was standing was the junior's playground of the old village school (St Mary and St Margaret's.) In 1963-4 we would have vacated the old buildings and moved into a new building in Southfield ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1965 by Helen Kerr

My Early Years

On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Yealand Conyers in 1952 by Sue Tomlinson

Worthing Front Or Silverstone

In about 1935, when I was 5 years old, my Grandfather used to take us all on gentle rides into the South Downs from his home at 11 Gaisford Road in his circa 1930 Hillman Minx. The beloved Minx was not turbo-charged and ...Read more

A memory of Worthing in 1930 by Cedric Marie

Grosvenor Road And Urmston, Always A Place In My Heart.

I lived on Grosvenor Road, Urmston - the allotment end - from 1965 to late 1969 age 3 to nearly 8 years of age with my 2 brothers and parents (we then moved to Blackburn). My daughter has recently ...Read more

A memory of Urmston by magwat13

Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).

Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by John Franks

Memories Of A Young Girl.

Was born in Waterhouses 76 years ago at North Terrace, enjoyed the freedom of playing out in the street and fields . my father worked down the mine like all the other men and boys, my mother stayed home and cooked and ...Read more

A memory of Waterhouses by donnagreaves5

1939 Onwards I Remember

I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which I ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1940 by whisky1974

1965

1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more

A memory of Market Harborough by Keith Luckman

More Memories From A Boy Growing Up In Burghfield

Back in Burghfield around 1962, I clearly remember one day during the School Summer Holiday seeing a Huge Red and Green Steamroller coming towards me with a whole host of Road Tar making ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common by Andrew Cooper

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Captions

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Caption For Blackdown Camp, 2nd Brigade Office 1906

Blackdown Camp - now Blackdown Barracks - is at Deepcut on the high heathland north of the Basingstoke Canal.

Caption For Fernhurst, Vann Road 1908

Blackdown is a great sandstone hill 918 feet high, and Blackdown House is a Tudor-style manor house of 1640.

Caption For Fernhurst, Vann Road 1908

Blackdown is a great sandstone hill 918 feet high, and Blackdown House is a Tudor-style manor house of 1640.

Caption For Wellington, The Square 1912

Wellington, about ten miles south-west of Taunton at the foot of the Blackdown Hills, is an attractive market town with its focus where South, Fore and High Streets meet.

Caption For Frimley Green, Old Windmill 1906

This old tower windmill is on Old Windmill Hill between Blackdown Barracks and Elizabeth Barracks in Deepcut and Pirbright Camps.

Caption For Blackdown Camp, Sergeants Mess 1906

One of the huts of Blackdown Camp, with a group of soldiers and a bowler-hatted civilian.

Caption For Fernhurst, Blackdown 1913

The summit of Blackdown is several hundred feet above sea level, but it has strong connections with our maritime history.

Caption For Shottermill, Three Counties Bridge 1907

Tucked away under the hills of Hindhead and Blackdown, and close to the edge of the county, this little village was the home of the novelist George Eliot, who wrote much of Middlemarch here in 1871.

Caption For Axmouth, The Village 1898

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

Caption For Shottermill, Three Counties Bridge 1907

Tucked away in the hills of Hindhead and Blackdown, and close to the edge of the county, this little village was the home of the novelist George Eliot, who wrote much of 'Middlemarch' here in 1871

Caption For Yarcombe, The Church And Vicarage C1960

Yarcombe is situated in a beautiful fold of the Blackdown Hills, one of the least spoiled parts of East Devon.

Caption For Axmouth, The Village 1898

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

Caption For Blackdown Camp, Gymnasium 'first Point' 1906

This unusual picture shows the interior of one of the army buildings at Blackdown Camp.

Caption For Buckland St Mary, C1960

As a break from a succession of market towns, the route heads north-west to Buckland St Mary, situated just north of the A303 and at the east end of the well-wooded Blackdown Hills.

Caption For Buckland St Mary, The Post Office And Church C1960

In the mid 19th century the wealthy Rev John Lance built himself a large vicarage and replaced the small 15th-century church with one so large that it was nicknamed the 'Cathedral of the Blackdown Hills

Caption For Ruthin, Clwyd Street C1955

The hillside town of Ruthin retains its medieval origins, although the aggressively black and white mock-Tudor half-timbering of the bank and outfitters' buildings on the left is perhaps a little over

Caption For Rottingdean, The Windmill C1965

This black weatherboarded smock windmill stands in a striking position on the South Downs, overlooking the coastline.

Caption For Lancaster, The Castle C1950

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle.

Caption For Southwold, Mill On The Common 1893

It is the Great Mill, or Black Mill, which is the interesting element of this photograph.

Caption For Lancaster, From Castle Hill C1950

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle.

Caption For High Bentham, Mount Pleasant From The Cross C1955

There are two Benthams, High and Lower, and this view looks down Mount Pleasant from the village cross in High Bentham.

Caption For Penrith, Ennerdale From Green Gable 1889

This view looks north-west down Ennerdale from Great Gable's sister peak, Green Gable.

Caption For Keyhaven, The Harbour C1955

An artist (left) settles down to capture some of this marvellous scenery on canvas.

Caption For Cleeve Hill, C1960

The summit at 1083 feet is at the head of West Down at the southern point of Cleeve Common.