Maps

247 maps found.

1898-1899, West End Ref. RNC864057
1919, Bloomfield Ref. POP644361
1946, Blackmoor Ref. NPO642754
1946, North End Ref. NPO793227
1898, West Hill Ref. RNE864385
1946, West End Ref. NPO864057
1899, East End Ref. RNC697164
1898-1899, White Hill Ref. RNC867874
1899-1900, West Hill Ref. RNC864385
1899, Blackmoor Ref. RNC642754
1899, North End Ref. RNC793227
1919, Clay Hill Ref. POP669807
1919, East End Ref. POP697164
1919, Windmill Hill Ref. POP871109
1946, White Hill Ref. NPO867874
1946, West Hill Ref. NPO864385
1898, Bloomfield Ref. RNE644361
1897, West End Ref. RNE864057
1881 - 1902, Clay Hill Ref. HOSM41086
1902, Windmill Hill Ref. HOSM57260

Books

10 books found. Showing results 145 to 10.

Memories

89 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

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 Denise Hope Nee Morgan

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 John Harold Siddall

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 Peter Ball

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 Susan Harpham

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 Andrew (Andy) Jones

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 First Name Last Name

A Jones Tobbaconists

My mother worked in this shop part time on the sweet counter. My father drove the wholesale delivery van during holiday relief

A memory of Alton in 1960 by Andrew Stedman

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 Robert Leighton

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 Alan Loxton

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 John Hanson

Captions

172 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Fordingbridge, The Village C1960

The nearby River Avon attracts anglers.

Caption For Old Sarum, From The South 1913

Castle Road (part of the A345 to Amesbury) is on the right, and the Avon Valley is just out of the picture to the left.

Caption For Chippenham, High Street C1950

In the 1940s the shop was the main Avon wool suppliers.

Caption For Bridport, Happy Island 1918

(Stratford-on-Avon and Midland Junction), 'L.Y.'

Caption For Odiham, Canal Wharf 1906

It was never a financial success because of its rural course, and the success of the Kennet & Avon Canal put paid to the owners' hopes.

Caption For Newbury, The Wharf C1960

The historic Wharf, in regular use in the days when the Kennet & Avon Canal was a vital waterway, was home to Newbury's buses when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Clifton, The Bridge 1887

The last paddle-tug on the Avon was withdrawn in 1907.

Caption For Newbury, The Lock C1955

The Kennet & Avon Canal fell into decline after the Second World War.

Caption For Malmesbury, Baskerville C1955

Here the River Avon flows under Goose Bridge.

Caption For Salisbury, From Harnham 1906

This view is from Harnham Hill, looking north eastwards across the Avon and an area of farmland which is just beginning to become built-up as the suburb of Harnham.

Caption For Tewkesbury, Mill Bank C1960

Facing us is Abbey Mill, whose origins date back eight centuries to the time when monks from the Benedictine monastery diverted the River Avon to power the mill to grind the corn that made their daily

Caption For Bristol, The Entrance To The Floating Harbour C1935

In 1801-02 engineer William Jessop came up with his own designs for a tide-free city dock area that would enclose the Avon from Rownham ot St Philip's.

Caption For Staverton, Daventry Road C1955

Leaving Daventry on the west-bound turnpike to Warwick and Stratford upon Avon we arrive at Staverton village.

Caption For Bristol, The Harbour C1935

In the days of sail, vessels making their way up the Avon to Bristol had to contend with several problems: the current, the wind through the Gorge, and the serpentine course of the river itself.

Caption For Chippenham, The Weir C1960

Running across the middle of the picture is the weir, which maintained the head of water; it has now been removed during the re-management of the Avon.

Caption For Winchcombe, North Street C1950

Unusually, this river flows north to join the River Avon at Evesham; most Cotswold rivers flow south-east to join the Thames.

Caption For Blaengwynfi, Western Colliery 1938

Since 1977 the Afan Burrough has undertaken reclamation works at the sites of the Avon and Scatton colliery and of the disused railway.

Caption For Malmesbury, The Abbey 1924

The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the River Avon 60 feet below.

Caption For Christchurch, The Priory 1900

The Church, seen across the combined waters of the Avon and Stour on their way to the sea, is a commanding feature of the scenery.

Caption For Malmesbury, View From Daniel's Well C1955

Beyond the stream, the River Avon flows towards the Mill Brewery, also called the Maltings; it was originally owned by C R Luce, and later became the Linolite Limited factory between

Caption For Tewkesbury, King John's Bridge C1960

King John's bridge has straddled the Avon at Tewkesbury for some 800 years.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Old Tithe Barn 1900

Restoration has now been completed by Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust.

Caption For Winchcombe, North Street C1950

Unusually, this river flows north to join the River Avon at Evesham; most Cotswold rivers flow south-east to join the Thames.

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

We are overlooking the Old Bell gardens and looking towards the river Avon and the Malmesbury Branch Railway.