Places

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Maps

10 maps found.

1946, Boundary Ref. NPO646819
1895, Boundary Ref. RNE646819
1921, Boundary Ref. POP646818
1921, Boundary Ref. POP646819
1897, Boundary Ref. RNE646818
1902, Boundary Ref. RNC646818
1946, Boundary Ref. NPO646818
1902-1903, Boundary Ref. RNC646819
1900 - 1901, Boundary Ref. HOSM38424
1879 - 1880, Boundary Ref. HOSM39139

Books

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Memories

102 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Nostalgia

The garage, owned if memory serves by the Harrison family, was always a magnet for a small boy, because in addition to selling petrol and repairing cars it also sold Meccano and Dinky toys. I also remember my grandmother buying me the Sunny ...Read more

A memory of Langwith in 1948 by Alan Fuller

Happy Hours Of Reading But Also Destruction.

So many hours of reading here in this library. The children's section was in the main door and to the right served by the 2 windows shown on the ground floor. I recall taking out every Arthur Ransome title ...Read more

A memory of Wallington by Chris Scott

Hornchurch, Wingletye Lane Circa 1950

For the first part of my life from 1947 I lived in Glanville Drive which ran parallel to Wingletye Lane about 100 yards to the West of where the photograph was taken. The railings to the right of the photograph ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by John Fricker

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

Memories Of Childhood

I was born 1943 in Purley Cottage Hospital, lived at 2 The Mount, christened at St Peters and taught at Woodmansterne Primary for a while. Walked to school via Hatch Lane and Rectory Lane and where they joined is, I think, ...Read more

A memory of Woodmansterne by Laurie Packer

Grand Living At Moresdale Hall, Lambrigg

We came to a deserted Moresdale Hall in the 1980s and spent several years refurbishing it. Because it had 2 front doors and 2 staircases we were able to divide it and share it with my brother's family. It ...Read more

A memory of Moresdale Hall

Plashet Grove

Before & during the Second World War my uncle was an electrical engineer & had a shop in Plashet Grove opposite Washington Road. Unfortunately I wasn't born until 1946 & so I have no knowledge of the shop except some photos ...Read more

A memory of Upton Park by Alan Guy

Harworth 'old' Village

The large Horse Chestnut tree to the right was very popular when conkers were in season with boys searching the ground and throwing whatever came to hand at the tree to try and dislodge the nuts that were temptingly out of ...Read more

A memory of Harworth in 1964 by Steven Farminer

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

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Captions

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Caption For Burford, The Gardens, The Lake And The Café C1965

Burford sits right on the county boundary with Herefordshire - the boundary is defined by the River Teme at this point.

Caption For Bilsborrow, The Roebuck Hotel C1960

Parish boundaries cross and re-cross with those of Myerscough and Barton - one boundary cuts through the bowling green of the Roebuck Inn, as it was known in earlier days.

Caption For Overstone, The Swimming Pool C1955

Along the Sywell Road, from the 1950s on, closes of expensive houses were built within the park boundary, retaining many of the specimen trees.

Caption For Welford On Avon, The Bridge And River Avon C1960

The parish boundary runs along the river, and was formerly the county boundary too, for Welford was in Gloucestershire until 1931.

Caption For Sutton, St Barnabas Church 1904

It served the Sutton New Town development to the east of Manor Park up to the Carshalton parish boundary.

Caption For Cawsand, And Kingsands 1904

At one time the county boundary, now defined by the River Tamar two miles to the north, ran between the two villages, and the old boundary stone can still be seen beside the road.

Caption For Linslade, The Grand Union Canal C1960

Local government boundary changes brought Leighton Buzzard and Linslade together into the town of Leighton- Linslade and placed them both in Bedfordshire.

Caption For Bilsborrow, Roebuck Hotel C1960

The parish boundaries meet here with those of Myerscough and Barton; indeed, one boundary cuts through the Roebuck's bowling green.

Caption For Petersfield, The Spain C1955

The line of the paling on the left marked the boundary of the old Borough of Petersfield.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Hocombe Road C1955

Hocombe Road is the northern boundary of Hiltingbury, and indeed of the borough.

Caption For Swindon, Penhill Drive C1960

In 1951 the Borough of Swindon purchased Penhill Farm, which lay in the parish of Stratton St Margaret, just outside the borough boundary north of the town, for housing.

Caption For Norwich, Bishopgate And Bishops Bridge 1919

The medieval bridge, built about 1340, crosses the Wensum into Bishopgate, which continues around the Cathedral boundary until it becomes Palace Street.

Caption For Norwich, Bishopgate And Bishops Bridge 1919

The medieval bridge, built about 1340, crosses the Wensum into Bishopgate, which continues around the Cathedral boundary until it becomes Palace Street.

Caption For Bakewell, Recreation Ground C1955

With rose beds, trees and the river Wye on its boundary, it is small wonder that this is such a popular place.

Caption For Everton, View From The Church Tower C1955

At one time straddling the county boundary with Huntingdonshire, Everton was listed as Euretone in the Domesday Book.

Caption For Roydon, The High Street C1955

Close to the county boundary, Roydon retains a timeless air.

Caption For Peterborough, River Nene 1952

Over the Town Bridge, which forms the old county boundary, the power station has been replaced with a shopping centre.

Caption For Tetbury, Church Street C1949

Tetbury lies near the boundary of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire on the long stretch of high road between Stroud and Malmesbury.

Caption For Christchurch, The River Stour 1918

Not far beyond the town the journey through Dorset ends as the boundary of Hampshire is reached.

Caption For Buriton, The Street 2004

As to the rest of the photograph, the cottages are now one dwelling but even the boundary walls have changed little in over a century.

Caption For Chesterfield, Holy Trinity Church 1914

When Holy Trinity became an ecclesiastical parish in its own right in 1841 it included the West Park area, though this was taken away when the boundaries were adjusted in 1908.

Caption For Upwell, Village 1923

The county boundary between Cambridgeshire and Norfolk actually runs along the middle of the river at this point, so the church is in Norfolk, while the pub is in Cambridgeshire!

Caption For Hampstead, White Stone Pond 1898

Only a fragment of the original boundary wall remains in Judges Walk.

Caption For Beccles, The River C1960

The Waveney forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, where the boys are fishing.