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15 Years At Barclay House
I remember coming to live at Barclay House in the September with my sister Rachel and my Mum and Dad. We moved from Sutton Coldfield because Dad no longer wanted to work as a garage mechanic for someone else, and he ...Read more
A memory of St Keverne in 1962 by
An Important Place!
We lived in Sparkford, but 4 of us were born at this hospital (the last one was born at home in 1956). I am not sure how Dad managed to visit Mum as he certainly did not have a car! We visit Somerset annually but this year we ...Read more
A memory of Butleigh by
Ash Burton Estate
Yes I remember going over from the junior school to pick up the lunch money from the golf club. I lived in Coleridge rd and I was 10 years old. Form junior school a also went to the secondary school that was in 1957 and was in Mr ...Read more
A memory of Addiscombe by
Ashburton Club House School
Yes, I remember the Club House - I seem to recall we went there after the Primary school and before the Junior School but I could be wrong! I remember the playground there and going home from school across the old golf ...Read more
A memory of Addiscombe in 1954 by
Baring Road
I was born at Mayday Hospital. My parents still live in Baring Road and my mother has lived there from the age of 13, as my grandmother had the house before they did. I vividly remember playing 'up and down the road.' It is so sad ...Read more
A memory of Addiscombe in 1955 by
Carefree Childhood Days
I remember 'guddling' for trout in the Teal Burn in Auchtertool. Most of the lads in the village tried it at one time or another. When we caught one we would measure it by placing the nose of the trout on our finger tips ...Read more
A memory of Auchtertool in 1946 by
Croydon
I was born in Croydon in 1954 and lived in Addiscombe all my life. I went to Woodside School and also Ashburton Secondary Modern in Shirley Road. Both Addiscombe and Croydon have changed so much. I remember Kennards, C&A and Debenhams and when buses ran through Croydon town centre.
A memory of Croydon by
Croydon
I was born in Croydon in 1954 and lived in Addiscombe all my life. I went to Woodside School and also Ashburton Secondary Modern in Shirley Road. Both Addiscombe and Croydon have changed so much. I remember Kennards, C&A and Debenhams and when buses ran through Croydon town centre.
A memory of Croydon by
Downshall Primary And Secondary Schools
I have fond memories of both upper and lower schools. Mr Nutting was headmaster of the Junior School and Mr Quinn the secondary School, both very different in their character. Mrs Cooke, Miss Anderson, Miss ...Read more
A memory of Seven Kings by
Early 50s
I grew up in Tower View and went to Benson and Selhurst in the 50s to 60s. My friends and I often went to Ashburton Park crossing the old golf course. Most of our memories come from activities at St Georges. We did several plays for the ...Read more
A memory of Croydon by
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Ashburton lies in the valley of the River Ashburn, which joins the Dart at Buckfastleigh.
Ashburton lies on the River Ashburn, and was declared a Stannary Town in 1285 by Edward I.
There are records of bull bait- ing in Ashburton as far back as 1174.
In grander and more prosperous days Ashburton was one of the region's strategic stannary towns.
Originally a religious foundation which was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1545, Ashburton Grammar School was refounded in 1593.
The River Ashburn rises high on Dartmoor and empties into the River Dart near Buckfastleigh, gurgling through Ashburton as it does so.
Brown Candover's spired church was built in 1845 by the first Lord Ashburton, replacing an earlier place of worship demolished the previous year.
In medieval times this area was known as Barton Cross.
The branch railway arrived in Ashburton in 1872, but did little to revive the town's fortunes.
Leaving Winchester Street and looking back at Morris's building behind the policeman, this was designed as Barton's Hotel by the architect for A B Scott's shop.
Some of the kerbstones which line Ashburton's narrow streets are made from fine pink marble, quarried locally.
In grander and more prosperous days Ashburton was one of the region's strategic stannary towns.
Off West Street, behind Sparnham House, was the site of one of Ashburton's two umber mines - the only ones in the country.
Travelling here in 1871 would not have been a venture to take lightly: it was nearly fifteen miles' distance on unmade roads from Ashburton.
Bull baiting is recorded in Ashburton as far back as 1174 and, you would imagine, posed a serious threat to life and limb in such a confined space.
Ashburton was the terminus of the nine-mile branch of the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon line, which was completed in 1872.
