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Caption For New Forest, Queens Bower 1908

Nobody knows for sure why this delightful corner of the Forest is called Queen's Bower.

Caption For Pitsea, London Road C1955

Pitsea lies to the north of Bowers Marshes.

Caption For Boxford, Church Street C1955

Walter Bowers is driving the carrier's cart.

Caption For Linlithgow, Palace, Queen Margaret's Bower 1897

Queen Margaret's Bower is where her majesty kept vigil while James IV fought at Flodden.

Caption For Cuckfield, Cuckfield Park C1960

Cuckfield Park was built by Henry Bower, a wealthy ironmaster, who died in 1588 and was buried in Holy Trinity church.

Caption For Baslow, Thatch End C1955

Chatsworth is then reached by way of Queen Mary's Bower.

Caption For Pitsea, Gun Hill C1955

Gun Hill takes its name from the Gun Inn, further up London Road at Bowers Gifford.

Caption For Havering Atte Bower, The Stocks And Whipping Post 1908

There is still a stocks and whipping post at Havering-atte-Bower, and there has been since at least the 17th century, when they were destroyed by a mob.

Caption For Boxford, Church Street C1955

Walter Bowers is driving the carrier's cart.

Caption For Havering Atte Bower, Ford Marketing Institute

When this photograph was taken, Bower House was the home of the Ford Marketing Institute.

Caption For Alderley Edge, The Hough 1896

The barns of Finlow Bower farm, so called after Richard Finlow, a tenant in the 18th century, can be seen on the right.

Caption For Basildon, Development Corporation C1960

'I must admit I have often cast lustful eyes on Bowers Gifford's acres which I can see from my office window', said General Manager Charles Boniface.

Caption For Haughmond Hill, 1891

This castle, since demolished, sits on Queen Eleanor's Bower.

Caption For Pitsea, Gun Hill C1955

Gun Hill takes its name from the Gun Inn, further up London Road at Bowers Gifford.

Caption For Havering Atte Bower, The Orange Tree 1908

This pub on the road to Havering-atte-Bower has retained much of its shape, although it is now brightly painted.

Caption For Lindfield, Bower House And Church 1957

The Bower House is a timber-framed hall house with a kingpost roof.The Tiger public house was once Church House—behind the brick façade it has a king post roof and a 15th-century hall.

Caption For Lindfield, Bower House And Church 1957

The Bower House on the left is quintessentially a Sussex- style house with its attractive tile-hung upper elevation and small dormer windows in the roof space.

Caption For Basildon, Development Corporation C1960

'I must admit I have often cast lustful eyes on Bowers Gifford's acres which I can see from my office window', said General Manager Charles Boniface.

Caption For Lindfield, Bower House And Church 1957

The Bower House is a timber-framed hall house with a kingpost roof.

Caption For Basildon, Development Corporation C1960

Gifford House, used as its offices by the BDC, was built in 1924 for the rector of Bowers Gifford, who used it as a college for coaching students for the universities.