Maps

4,931 maps found.

1919, Sherborne Ref. POP829798
1919, Shipton Ref. POP830324
1919, Sling Ref. POP832802
1947, Coates Ref. NPO672652
1946, Bridgend Ref. NPO650105
1947, Brierley Ref. NPO650177
1946, Cambridge Ref. NPO660146
1899-1900, Tredington Ref. RNC851837
1898-1900, Taynton Ref. RNC845565
1899-1900, Teddington Ref. RNC845686
1898-1900, Standish Ref. RNC838155
1898-1900, Staverton Ref. RNC838911
1898-1900, Uplands Ref. RNC856914
1899-1900, Sling Ref. RNC832802
1899-1900, Smallbrook Ref. RNC833108
1919, Naunton Ref. POP788020
1919, Newmarket Ref. POP791317
1919, Norton Ref. POP794574
1919, Cleeve Ref. POP670148
1946, Northington Ref. NPO794367

Books

16 books found. Showing results 25 to 16.

Memories

29 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Childhood

I was born in Normacot in 1953. I am the eldest of 4 children born to an Irish mother and a railway worker father. My great great grandfather came with his son from Bream near Lydney in Gloucestershire. They lived in Upper Spring Road near ...Read more

A memory of Normacot in 1953 by Mary Rowley

Padgate January 1944 Ac2. Wilf Wallace.

At the age of 17 (now aged 90 ) I entered Padgate as a young lad for my basic training. The barrack room was long and cold with only two coal fire stoves in the room. We were a mixed bunch of young lads from various ...Read more

A memory of Padgate by Wilf Wallace

St Johns School

I remember the Sunday March to Tiffield Church from St John's School and return. I remember masters there - Betteridge, Faid, Wooley and the young lads 'lusting' after Headmaster's daughter!! The good teaching received there. My ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield in 1948 by Ivor Heyman Heybyrne

Shadrach Jenkins

My paternal great great grandfather came from Bream, Gloucestershire on July 31st 1831. He was the 10th of 14 children and was born at Oakwood Mill. He started work when he was 9 years of age, minding doors at Brunswick Coal Pit, ...Read more

A memory of Bream in 1860 by Mary Rowley

Highnam Property Gardens And Admiral Martin George Guise Of The Guise Family

I understand that in Highnam there is a large property transformed into beautiful gardens called Highnam Court. This property belonged to the Baronets of Guise until a ...Read more

A memory of Highnam by Miguel De Althaus

My Childhood To Adulthood

I was born at Hesslewood Nursing Home in 1939 and lived in Kingston Avenue. The schools I went to were the infants school in Swinegate, Hessle County Secondary School on Boothferry Road and Tranby High School on Heads Lane ...Read more

A memory of Hessle by Terry Hood

The Co Op Dairy

I have some good memories of Slough High St. My dad worked for co-op as milkman, he had a horse drawn wagon. The horses used to be stabled behind the old Co-op department store on the corner of the Grove. I used to go with my dad to ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1955 by Margaret Thomas

Holly Cottage

My Grandparents and Great Grandparents, lived in High Legh. I seem to have an address of four lane end, but also Holly Cottage. I have been to the village a couple of times but cannot find it. Can anyone help. They left High Legh and ...Read more

A memory of High Legh

Childhood Memories 1950s

We moved to Ickenham in 1950, I was three, we lived in Greenacres Avenue, only partially completed then, a cowfield next to our house to where Breakspear Road South is now, St George's Drive was not built. We could see the GWR ...Read more

A memory of Ickenham by anthonytr7

Last Wedding

I love this old church, St. Michael’s, our scout troop was named after it. I was in the scouts for many years. I enjoyed every minute. Alas we had to attend the new church, St, Gabriel. I was married on May 24th 1975, after special ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea by stratos53

Captions

46 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

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 Lydney, The Docks C1960

At the beginning of the 20th century the combined output of all Gloucestershire pits was about 1.5 million tons.

Caption For Stroud, High Street C1955

Behind the car, with its familiar DG Gloucestershire registration, is one of Stroud's surviving Victorian pillar-boxes.

Caption For Gloucester, Eastgate Street C1960

A Gloucestershire Constabulary police officer directs traffic at the cross.

Caption For Leigh, The Old Post Office C1955

Natural beauty, rich history, elegant towns and picture book villages: by whatever criteria we apply, Gloucestershire is glorious.

Caption For Bishops Cleeve, Station Road C1955

But thanks to the dedication of railway enthusiasts, the former trackbed has been re-laid through Bishops Cleeve, and passenger services are now operated by the Gloucestershire Warwickshire

Caption For Lechlade, The Moorings C1955

Wharves and warehouses were built alongside the river to accommodate the trade in cheeses from all parts of Gloucestershire and North Wiltshire.

Caption For Prestbury, Bouncers Lane And Blacksmith's Lane C1960

Prestbury claims to be the most haunted village in Gloucestershire.

Caption For Hucclecote, View From Birdlip Hill C1960

While staying in Gloucestershire in 1863, Lewis Carroll described the view across the Severn Vale as 'marked out just like a giant chessboard'.

Caption For Cirencester, Church And Town Hall C1950

It is the largest church in Gloucestershire.

Caption For Cirencester, Church And Town Hall C1950

It is the largest church in Gloucestershire.

Caption For Southerndown, Dunraven Castle, Palm Court From Stairs C1955

The design was based on Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, which Wyndham also owned.

Caption For Goodrich, The River C1960

Within a short distance, the river becomes the border between Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.

Caption For Uley, The Tumulus C1960

It is known as Hetty Pegler's Tump, and is in Gloucestershire.

Caption For Uley, The Tumulus C1960

It is known as Hetty Pegler's Tump, and is in Gloucestershire.

Caption For Slad, Trillgate Farm 1910

The village of Slad sits in one of the loveliest valleys in Gloucestershire.

Caption For Northleach, The Green C1960

The Ford Thames van bears a DD Gloucestershire registration; behind it we can just see the back of the latest Thames van which superseded it.

Caption For Fairford, The Square C1945

Fairford is situated on the River Coln a few miles from the Thames in Gloucestershire.

Caption For Gloucester, Westgate Street 1891

Mary was happy to burn men, women and children; among others who suffered in Gloucestershire were Edward Horne of Newent, Thomas Drowry, a blind boy of Gloucester, John Coberley of Cheltenham, and John

Caption For Fairford, The Square C1945

Fairford is situated on the River Coln a few miles from the Thames in Gloucestershire.

Caption For Northleach, The Green C1960

The Ford Thames van bears a DD Gloucestershire registration; behind it we can just see the back of the latest Thames van which superseded it.

Caption For Malmesbury, River Avon And Railway From Abbey Roof C1955

The Wiltshire & Gloucestershire Railway Company put forward a bill to undertake the work, which was finally sanctioned on 21 June 1864.