Places
36 places found.
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- Bath, Avon
- Bristol, Avon
- Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
- Clevedon, Avon
- Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire
- Weston-super-Mare, Avon
- Chipping Sodbury, Avon
- Nailsea, Avon
- Radstock, Avon
- Thornbury, Avon
- Midsomer Norton, Avon
- Keynsham, Avon
- Yate, Avon
- Kingswood, Avon
- Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
- Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
- Felton, Avon
- Portishead, Avon
- Backwell, Avon
- Clifton, Avon
- Worle, Avon
- Winscombe, Avon
- Bleadon, Avon
- West Harptree, Avon
- Almondsbury, Avon
- Combe Down, Avon
- Frampton Cotterell, Avon
- Wellow, Avon
- Henbury, Avon
- Blagdon, Avon
- Banwell, Avon
- Alveston, Avon
- Frenchay, Avon
- Severn Beach, Avon
- Lower Swainswick, Avon
- Batheaston, Avon
Photos
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Memories
89 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.
Mmemories Of A Better Cannock
The pictures in Francis Frith nostalgic photos, bring to mind the Cannock I remember. Even the pictures from 1955, the year of my birth, show places I recall. I would go with my grandad and John Brogan, in the old open ...Read more
A memory of Cannock in 1960 by
Hutton Poplars Residential Home
I was at Hutton poplars home from 1960-1965, started in Fal house Miss Creffield,was house mother, then 1962 moved into Dart house with the same housemother Miss Creffield until 1964, I spent last year in Thames ...Read more
A memory of Shenfield in 1960 by
Looking For Information
Hi, I'm currently researching the strange circles found in the farmer's field at Evenlode during June 1960 which were investigated by Stratford-upon-Avon man John Dennis Llewellyn and his wife Ruby. A Mr Coles from the ...Read more
A memory of Evenlode in 1960 by
Bathampton Tea Gardens
This is a view of the Bathampton Tea Gardens which occupied the old buildings of Bathampton Mill, and the picture is taken from Bathampton Bridge. On the O.S. Somerset sheet XIV Revision of 1930 with additions in 1938. The ...Read more
A memory of Bathampton in 1959 by
Alton High Street Tobaconist A Jones
I was born at Southbrook, Lenten Street in 1949. Father ran a shop called A Jones Tobacconist on High Street, which had earlier been my grandfather's (Arthur Jones - known as Jack). I went to school at Mayfield, ...Read more
A memory of Alton in 1958 by
The River
The River Avon dominated most of the kids' lives in the village! I remember swimming 'down the mill' and at Gunville where my Great Grandmother (Sarah Marks) lived. We used to scrounge used inner tyre tubes from Mr Stansfield (who ...Read more
A memory of Figheldean in 1957 by
Townfoot Farm
I was born 1949 and lived at Townfoot Farm till 1957. I knew of the Tinniswoods, I am not sure which generation. My dad was a friend of Loise Judson and I remember the son John. I had a friend in Andrew Kidd and were good friends of the ...Read more
A memory of Lazenby in 1957 by
Fishing
We used to do our fishing further down the Avon, behind the old Oxo factory where the workers used to throw lumps of Oxo across the river to us to eat.
A memory of Chippenham in 1957 by
My Mum Was Born In Borth Y Gest
My mum was born in Borth y Gest and went to school there too and eventually marry at the church on the harbour front in 1956. My Grandad continued living there with my Grandmother until he died in 1984. Every ...Read more
A memory of Borth-y-Gest in 1957 by
Loughton
Loughton was the village I grew up in. A loveley village surrounded by countryside and farm land. I grew up in Railway Cottages, somtimes known as Fog Cottages. Me and my friend Marlene used to sit on the fence train ...Read more
A memory of Loughton in 1955 by
Captions
171 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.
The bridge over the River Avon at Ibsley, with its white water weir, wildfowl and waterside scenery, is a good place to halt if you are following that lovely river up from the sea.
It is situated on the Avon in an extensive and complex area of water meadows and carriers which control the flow of the river downstream.The parish church is extremely old and surprisingly large
Following the nationalisation of the railways in 1948, the Kennet and Avon Canal was closed to navigation in 1951, about four years before this photograph was taken.
The mill is actially on the Bathampton or south bank of the Avon, beyond the toll bridge.
Maybe the unmetalled roads in all villages looked like this after a heavy storm in 1906, but this scene is also a reminder of Britford's close proximity to the Avon.
Maybe the unmetalled roads in all villages looked like this after a heavy storm in 1906, but this scene is also a reminder of Britford's close proximity to the Avon.
It was close by that the Roman invaders landed, founding a town close to the mouths of the Stour and the Avon.
Yelvertoft stands near the Grand Union Canal, on a stream which flows into the Avon.
Behind is the splendid medieval-style railway line of the 1840s raised above the flood plain of the Avon with castellated turrets and battlemented parapets.
Pershore is an old market town of considerable charm on the right bank of the River Avon.
Situated on the mouth of the Avon, it is a popular seaside resort, and boasts a harbour with the deepest berthing facilities in the British Isles.
Nearly seven hundred years later, the bridge was still carrying all south- bound traffic around the city and across the Avon, but a new bridge was built just downstream in 1931.
not at all apparent why it should be named Cleeve or 'cliff'; but in fact the village sits just a short distance away from a steep 200ft cliff overlooking the flood plain of the River Avon
The bridge over the Avon is in the distance.
It is quite probable that ancient dwellers crossed the Avon at a nearby ford and cultivated crops on the river's fertile flood plains.
Attractive bridges over the Avon are part of Bath.
The Kennet & Avon was a working canal when this picture was taken.
It is situated on the Avon in an extensive and complex area of water meadows and carriers which control the flow of the river downstream.
The Roman town of Aquae Sulis, now Bath, grew up at the point where the Fosse Way crossed the river Avon.
Bigbury-on-Sea stands on a promontory above the River Avon, which rises high on southern Dartmoor.
Bradford-on-Avon has changed little in the last century.
The River Avon flows serenely through Ringwood, and not far away is Fridays Cross.
The bridge over the Avon was built in 1893.
Avon Castle, on the opposite bank of the river from Ringwood, is an area that has become increasingly built-up and urbanised since this photograph of a country gentleman's home was taken in the last full
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