Maps

115 maps found.

1940, Marden Beech Ref. NPO774489
1947, Hampton Beech Ref. NPO726226
1919, The Beeches Ref. POP846296
1903, Beech Hill Ref. RNC636386
1896, Carshalton Beeches Ref. RNE663245
1896, Beech Hill Ref. RNE636386
1901, Hampton Beech Ref. HOSM47518
1901, Hampton Beech Ref. HOSM63359
1920, Best Beech Hill Ref. POP639302
1895, Best Beech Hill Ref. RNE639302
1940, Best Beech Hill Ref. NPO639302
1901, Hampton Beech Ref. HOSM47499
1909 - 1910, Beech Hill Ref. HOSM37366
1898, Best Beech Hill Ref. RNC639302
1897-1900, Beech Hill Ref. RNC636391
1897-1909, Carshalton Beeches Ref. RNC663245
1886, Burnham Beeches Fm Ref. HOSM39544
1882 - 1883, Beech Tree Ref. HOSM49515
1907, Horseshoe Green Ref. HOSM53161
1895, High Beach Ref. HOSM48393

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Memories

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Summer Holidays

My dad worked at the middle docks just about 1956 and in them days the shipyards would have their fortnight summer holidays all at once. My dad would wake me up at 6am to get ready, have my toast and jam,then it was off to the ...Read more

A memory of South Shields in 1956 by George Hale

Summer Holiday

My memory of Marske is that of a summer holiday from Oaklands Home (mentioned on a previous page), I think it was on an army camp? on the clifftop. The sea was blinking freezing but the beach was lovely. We would walk along ...Read more

A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1959 by Anthony Kaufman

Stambridge Mill And Rochford Beach

When I was a kid about of about 10 we used to swim from the sluice at the mill. It was great for swimming as the current was strong at the gates. Also the beach was more popular, we used these sites till we had ...Read more

A memory of Rochford by Mark Wilson

South Stifford And Grays

After my grandparents passed away the house was left to my father bill mercer.we lived at 64 Charlton street south stifford.I remember the cement works very well as I along with my friends peter Baldwin and Dave whitehead we ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1964 by Richard Mercer

Sitting On The Beach

I remember on family holidays we use to come and sit on the beach and make a hollow out of the pebbles and shelter from the wind. Also the shellfish stall - of getting cockles for me and oysters for my mum. Its exactly how I remember it.

A memory of Abergele by Lynette Foster

Shrimps

I remember my mother asking me to go Manner's Lane to the big house by the shore to buy a pint of shrimps - not many left by the time I got back! The smell of the mound of shrimp shells on the beach waiting for the tide to take them away.

A memory of Heswall in 1962 by Vivien Brearey

Riding School

I remember the ponies coming along the beach and back to the stables along the high street, past what was then the cinema, now a village hall.

A memory of Rhosneigr

Remembering Friends

I was born in Haselmere and lived in Grayshott. I remember the great times we had as children. Going to the seaside in Brighton with the Cherry family on the motorcycle and side car. Spending time with Nanny Doran from Glen ...Read more

A memory of Headley Down in 1949 by Ena Campbell

Port Regis Delicate School For Girls

i to went to this place,i was not abused myself, however the treatment was harsh, and i remember the girl standing under the fireplace being violently sick, as she had to eat the food that she had not eaten the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by Sandra Popple

Our Parents Owned Quality Stores Next To The Old Cinema

I am Delphine Chapple's sister and I lived in Rhosneigr for all my years at Holyhead Grammar School.  The walk or bike ride to the station was indeed more than any young person would ...Read more

A memory of Rhosneigr in 1967 by Velvor Jones

Captions

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Caption For Netherbury, And Lewesdon 1902

Lewesdon Hill, topped by beech trees, was given to the National Trust in 1943.

Caption For Poole, High Street, Beech Hurst 1904

Beech Hurst was built in 1798 for ship's master Samuel Rolles, who was involved in Poole's trade with Newfoundland.

Caption For Holybourne, The London Road C1960

The house on the corner, known as The Beeches, was advertised for auction in 1920.

Caption For Goring, Village 1899

Goring is a riverside village lying between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.

Caption For Water End, The Village C1955

At Water End, the River Gade runs under the fine three-arched bridge and through water meadows shaded by beech, willow and oak trees.

Caption For Edgehill, Walk In Beech Woods 1922

These lovely beeches were planted in the 18th century, possibly by the architect Sanderson Miller.

Caption For Edgehill, The Obelisk 1922

These lovely beeches were planted in the 18th century, possibly by the architect Sanderson Miller.

Caption For Boston, Witham Bank And Boston Stump C1955

The bridge, built in 1848, carried the Great Northern Railway main line from Grimsby to London King's Cross (via Peterborough), but since the Beeching cuts it now only carries the Skegness to Nottingham

Caption For Clydach, The Wells 1893

Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.

Caption For Wembdon, Church 1906

Much of this feeling remains today: the churchyard wall with its railings and gates is unchanged, although the copper beech behind the left gate pier has grown very large.

Caption For Washington, The Post Office C1960

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up

Caption For Farley Green, The Village C1955

The 1920s Elm Tree Cottage on the left is now partly hidden by a large beech tree, while the 19th-century cottages behind the pillar box (which is still there today) have an extra bay to the

Caption For Little Missenden, The White Cottage C1955

In the distance is Breaches Wood, a typical Chiltern beech hanger.

Caption For Selborne, The Village Centre 1928

Behind the house is the famous Selborne Hanger, a beautiful beech-clad hill beloved of the 18th-century naturalist Gilbert White, who also lived at The Wakes.

Caption For Guildford, Park Street 1911

The line was closed in Dr Beeching's drastic remodelling of Britain's railway network in 1965.

Caption For Willaston, The Green C1950

The posts have now gone, but there is still a bench; and the copper beech tree, just visible on the left, is now a fine, mature specimen that shades much of the Green.

Caption For Whitchurch, High Street C1955

Behind it is Beech Tree Court, houses formed out of old farmbuildings.

Caption For Nannerch, Celtic Crafts C1965

Beeching closed the railway line, and the village has been bypassed by the A541; the modern village website proclaims that 'there are no shops in Nannerch'.

Caption For Redbourn, The Memorial And Village C1955

The trees ... are very fine: oak, ashes and beeches; some of the finest of each sort.

Caption For Ruswarp, The Bridge C1881

Ruswarp station is the first stop on the Whitby to Middlesbrough railway line – mercifully ignored by Beeching, much to the benefit of the many isolated villages lying in the Esk valley

Caption For Camberley, Staff College 1907

Prince Albert planted the beech tree, to be seen to the right of the picture, in 1860.

Caption For Washington, The Post Office C1960

There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up on the top of the Downs.

Caption For Louth, Eastgate C1955

As the railways since Lord Beeching's cuts do not visit Louth, the sign (left) pointing to the station has also gone.

Caption For Hanbury, Dodderhill Common C1965

It is also unusual (in this region) in being composed mainly of beech trees, though there are other species too, notably oak and sweet chestnut.