Maps

3,664 maps found.

Map Of Wiltshire, Wiltshire Ref. F41
1899, Stockton Ref. HOSM60523
1899 - 1900, Tytherington Ref. HOSM62798
1899, Marston Ref. HOSM53239
1898-1899, Foxley Ref. RNC708963
1897-1899, Fifield Ref. RNC705546
1897-1899, Greenwich Ref. RNC721966
1897-1900, Ham Ref. RNC725888
1898-1899, Eastcott Ref. RNC698110
1897-1899, Elston Ref. RNC701063
1898-1899, Highway Ref. RNC734724
1897-1900, Buttermere Ref. RNC657762
1898-1899, Broomfield Ref. RNC652380
1897-1899, Boreham Ref. RNC646129
1898-1899, Bourton Ref. RNC646944
1898-1899, Chalford Ref. RNC666107
1897-1899, Aughton Ref. RNC628957
1897-1899, Alton Ref. RNC624645
1897-1899, Mildenhall Ref. RNC779818
1898-1899, Hook Ref. RNC739905

Books

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Memories

113 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Peterlee Then And Noe

I don't remember any of my childhood until I moved to Peterlee in 1971. I was 5 years old at the time and was started at Eden Hall infants. When I moved to the big school aged 7 I was placed in Mrs Hoy's class, she was a ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 2014 by Stuart Wright

Researching Ancestors

On Sunday 21st Feb 2010 my mother, family and I visited Hinton Charterhouse to look for information on the Wiltshire family who lived in the High Street. We found the bow window house that was a butchers shop and ...Read more

A memory of Hinton Charterhouse in 2010 by Nic Hall

Reunion

Last weekend saw our Village Reunion and true to form "the People of Kingskerswell" never failed to amaze me. Families gathered from all around and they came from Kent, Nottingham, Dorset, Wiltshire, Bristol, London, Wales as well local ...Read more

A memory of Kingskerswell in 2010 by Jan Vian

Derry Hill Wiltshire

I did not live in Derry Hill, but rented a cottage there, Primrose Cottage, in 1990. I was introduced to Wiltshire in the 1980s by my husband's mother who had been based near Pewsey in the Land Army during the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Derry Hill in 1990

My Grandfather

This is approximately the year when researching my family history that I became aware that there is a plaque in the church for my grandfather, George Reginald Mundy of the Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 23/7/1916 ...Read more

A memory of Great Durnford in 1975 by Kath Jones

I Lived At Beechbarrow

I think the date at 1974 is correct but I would have been 6 then!! We owned all of what is Beechbarrow now and as a young man I had the run of the place! I hope the beech walk is still there, I built my first tree house in ...Read more

A memory of Wells in 1974 by Chris Styles

This And That Concerning My Short Stay In Compton Bassett

My memory of Compton Bassett is not extensive - to say the least - as I spent roughly a year in married quarters before my husband was posted to Bordon in Hampshire. He was in the REME ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1974 by Trish Bailey

Milton And Plant A Tree For 73

A memory of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. Interesting reference to Plant -a-tree-for-73 as I was the person who set this up. I also attended Milton School from about 1946 to 1950 when I passed a scholarship to go ...Read more

A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1973 by Raymond Pearson

The Pig Farm

Just outside Windsor is a place called St, Leonard's Hill where beyond there was a massive pig farm. Wall's Pork Sausages bought all the pigs. It was owned and run by a man called Lovejoy. I worked there when I was twenty years old, ...Read more

A memory of Old Windsor in 1969 by Roland Mitchell

Once Upon A Time

I lived in Gate Cottage for 2 years after my parents moved there from Surrey. They moved to return to dad's home county and to be close to my uncle and aunt who lived in Holt Street, Nonington. At one time there were 10 Packers ...Read more

A memory of Frogham in 1967 by Laurie Packer

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Captions

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Caption For Stonehenge, From The Altar Stone 1887

WILTSHIRE is a greatly underestimated county.

Caption For Bromham, St Nicholas's Church 1899

This church has the most impressive chantry in a Wiltshire village church, according to Derek Parker and John Chandler in Wiltshire Churches, an Illustrated History.

Caption For Salisbury, The Cathedral From The River 1887

81Southern England WILTSHIRE SALISBURY, The Cathedral from

Caption For Poole, Parkstone, Bank Corner 1904

This impressive building was the Parkstone branch of the Wiltshire and Dorset Bank.

Caption For Devizes, St James' Church, Interior 1898

The colours and memorials of the Wiltshire Regiment are displayed in the army corner, right in picture.

Caption For Wilton, Kingsbury Square 1919

Wilton, once the capital of Wessex, was the most important town in early medieval Wiltshire.

Caption For Lechlade, High Street C1960

Situated near where Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire meet is the pretty village of Lechlade, with its fine array of Georgian houses.

Caption For Wilton, Kingsbury Square 1919

Wilton, once the capital of Wessex, was the most important town in early medieval Wiltshire.

Caption For Gillingham, High Street C1965

Gillingham is Dorset's northernmost town - both Wiltshire and Somerset are within an easy walk.

Caption For Bason Bridge, The Station And River Brue C1955

The line served the Wiltshire United Dairies factory that opened in 1909 - it was later taken over by Unigate.

Caption For Westbury, The White Horse And Bratton Camp 1900

The present horse on this site dates from 1778 and was the first of several figures cut in the chalk downs of Wiltshire during the next half-century.

Caption For Westbury, The White Horse And Bratton Camp 1900

The present horse on this site dates from 1778 and was the first of several figures cut in the chalk downs of Wiltshire during the next half-century.

Caption For Shrivenham, The Memorial Hall C1960

The village lies in the far west of the county, close to the Wiltshire border.

Caption For Potterne, Old Houses And Church 1898

Although this is Wiltshire, the design of these houses is very much Cheshire in style.

Caption For Potterne, Old Houses And Church 1898

Although this is Wiltshire, the design is very much Cheshire in style.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, St Laurence's Saxon Church

John Chandler and Derek Parker describe the effect of the church on the visitor in 'Wiltshire Churches, an Illustrated History': 'There is an aura of intense mystery, and to submit to its darkness

Caption For Wilton, Kingsbury Square 1919

Wilton, once the capital of Wessex, was the most important town in early medieval Wiltshire.

Caption For Tetbury, Church Street C1949

Tetbury lies near the boundary of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire on the long stretch of high road between Stroud and Malmesbury.

Caption For Trowbridge, Fore Street C1950

Further along on the right is the Gaumont Cinema next to Bowyers (Wiltshire Bacon Co).

Caption For Beckhampton, Beckhampton Stables C1955

IN 1908, in his Round About Wiltshire, A G Bradley wrote an idyllic description of the five mile 'run' between Beckhampton and Calne: 'One is on the wide open down, traversing the north-western

Caption For Tetbury, Church Street C1949

Close to the Wiltshire border, this little market and wool town has retained many of its 17th- and 18th- century buildings, such as the Eight Bells Inn, seen here on the right.

Caption For Shaftesbury, High Street C1950

It has achieved popularity with visitors who wish to explore the far north of Dorset and the neighbouring county of Wiltshire.

Caption For Malmesbury, St Paul's Church Tower C1955

Malmesbury is one of Wiltshire's larger towns.