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Maps

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1920, Buckton Ref. POP654886
1924, Buckton Ref. POP654887
1899, Buckton Ref. RNE654886
1909, Buckton Ref. HOSM39394
1902, Buckton Ref. HOSM39396
1903, Buckton Vale Ref. RNC654896
1924, Buckton Vale Ref. POP654896
1901-1903, Buckton Ref. RNC654886
1903-1904, Buckton Ref. RNC654887
1947, Buckton Vale Ref. NPO654896
1896, Buckton Vale Ref. RNE654896
1947, Buckton Ref. NPO654886
1947, Buckton Ref. NPO654887
1897, Buckton Ref. RNE654887

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Memories

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Living In East Butterwick

January 2010 I came back from spending Xmas and New Year in Portsmouth. It was still snowing. I had to stay indoors most of the time because I couldn't cope well with walking in the snow. When I had to go to the ...Read more

A memory of East Butterwick in 2010

The Tomes Family Of Chipping Campden

I have been interested in tracing my family tree for many years and my computer is full of vast amounts of information regarding my forebears. I have lived in Mexico for many years but back in 2007, after ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Campden in 2007

Whitethorn Morris Dance At The 2007 Chippenham Folk Festival

It rained. It truly rained absolutely all day. Although Whitethorn Morris were booked for three dance spots in the street plus an Arena show there was no chance whatever for either the ...Read more

A memory of Chippenham in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

The Slate Islands Easdale

                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS                                                         By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 2005 by Walter Deas

Unchanged Lerryn

Lerryn is a place that one almost wants to keep secret so that it does not become a popular destination. It has barely changed in a hundred years. A beautiful and unspoilt village in a steep sided valley, Lerryn lies at the tidal head ...Read more

A memory of Lerryn in 2004 by Peter Marks

Hoare Family, Woolstaplers House

While exploring my British Roots in 2003 with my then 80+years-old mother we were blessed with the opportunity offered by the owner of the Woolstapler House, pictured in the lower right foreground of this ...Read more

A memory of Cirencester in 2003

17th Century Murder Replayed At Church Norton.

The more I think back on this incident, the more bizzare and terryfying it seems. In 2001, around Oct/Nov, myself and a friend drove to the car park at Church Norton church at about 11:00pm. We were at ...Read more

A memory of Sidlesham in 2001 by Jon Clatworthy

Elvaston Cottage Marsh Road Fleggburgh/ Burgh St Margaret

I moved to Fleggburgh in about 1996/97? I moved in with my father who had owned Elvaston Cottage for a few years. The house was a very thick walled place with large fire places and tons of ...Read more

A memory of Fleggburgh in 1997 by Daniel Hastings

Stepping Back In Time

It started when my mother was dying, when we asked her about the family history, and she gave us names and dates. Her family came from France in late 1500. They were Hugenots and they were Puritans, and were chased out of ...Read more

A memory of Cinderford in 1995 by Brenda Mccartie

Hanging On A Rope

Many a day I would walk into into York and would find time enough to walk along the Ouse River. I was approaching the railway bridge and saw four lads playing silly on a swing rope which was hanging but a few feet from the Banking ...Read more

A memory of York in 1994 by Roland Mitchell

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Captions

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Caption For Saxtead, The Mill C1955

There are two pairs of stones in the buck and two pairs and a centrifugal dressing machine in the round house.

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square C1955

Between the lions is a statue of Major-General Charles Compton, third Baron Chesham, the commander of the Bucks Militia, who fought in South Africa during the Boer War.

Caption For Wadhurst, Castle 1903

This is not a real castle, of course, but rather a battlemented house of about 1818; it was greatly enlarged by Edward Buckton Lamb, that eccentric Victorian architect, and others by 1870.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King's Men C1960

Just north of Chipping Norton, in the parish of Great Rollright, lie the Rollright Stones, set in a circle about 100 feet in diameter.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King's Men C1960

Just north of Chipping Norton, in the parish of Great Rollright, lie the Rollright Stones, set in a circle about 100 feet in diameter.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, The Coronation Stone C1955

The Coronation Stone was placed upon a stone plinth set within decorative railings right in the heart of Kingston outside the Kingston municipal offices in 1850, but as traffic increased in the 20th

Caption For Shaw, Chamber Road C1950

The stone-fronted houses match the shops with their sturdiness and `built to last` qualities.

Caption For Wainfleet, Market Place C1955

Back in the Market Place, the clock tower is an architecturally undistinguished brick structure with a stone plaque telling us that its foundation stone was laid on 26 January 1899.

Caption For Muker, Village 1896

The village of Muker, set toward the western end of the dale, dates back to 1274.

Caption For Dodington, The Hall 1929

Partly bare stone and partly whitewashed, and with numerous stone-mullioned windows, its cross passage is behind the two-storey porch.

Caption For Muker, Village 1896

The village of Muker, set toward the western end of the dale, dates back to 1274.

Caption For Waddington, Church 1899

Stone from Waddington Fell was used to rebuild the church of St Helen in 1901.

Caption For Billesdon, Back Street C1955

At the southern end of Back Street, mud walls survive opposite the 17th-century Old School building, and the turn-of-the-century Stone House displays the builder's artful use of a cheaper brick shell adorned

Caption For Stonehenge, 1887

Stonehenge is the most well- known stone circle in the world.

Caption For Lincoln, Guildhall 1890

Through Stone Bow we look back across the setts to its rear, with the High Street stretching away into the distance through the archway.

Caption For Horsforth, Mechanics Institute 1901

This building is still standing in Town Street, and was built in the early 1880s in local stone quarried at Golden Bank.

Caption For Horsforth, Mechanics Institute 1901

This building is still standing in Town Street, and was built in the early 1880s in local stone quarried at Golden Bank.

Caption For Lower Swell, The Village C1955

The stone flaming urn of the war memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, holds centre stage at the crossroads in this attractive village built exclusively in the native Cotswold stone.

Caption For East Grinstead, College Lane 1907

Founded in 1609 by Robert Sackville, Earl of Dorset, as almshouses for twenty-one poor men and ten poor women, it was completed in 1619 in the local sandstone and is set back from the High Street.

Caption For Mansfield, Toothill Lane C1950

Going back under the railway viaduct, we ascend Toothill Lane to its junction with Leeming Street, which crosses the foreground.

Caption For Hungerford, The Church And Canal C1955

Records show that St Lawrence stands on the site of a Christian church dating back to at least 1108.

Caption For Caldecott, The Green C1955

Caldecott is situated in the rural Welland Valley; its origins go back to Roman times.

Caption For Walsingham, The Old Pump 1922

This old dome-shaped weather-beaten pump dates back to medieval times, and is situated at an important junction in the middle of this historic town.

Caption For Garstang, High Street C1960

The weekly market which dates back centuries is held every Thursday.