Photos
2 photos found. Showing results 21 to 2.
Maps
61 maps found.
Books
Sorry, no books were found that related to your search.
Memories
76 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
My Time In Little Eaton
I was born in Derby but lived in Little Eaton from 1959 to 1974 when we moved to Morley. My mother is Mrs Ruth Howe, nee Humphries, my father was Mr Ronald Humphries, now sadly passed away in 1965 and he is buried in the ...Read more
A memory of Little Eaton by
Children Of The War
MY BROTHER AND I WERE EVACUATED TO LAMPETER IN JULY OF 1944 COMING FROM LONDON AS OUR HOUSE WAS BOMBED. WE WERE TAKEN IN BY MARY AND JOHN POWELL IN "BARLEY MOW". EVEN THOUGH THESE WERE TRYING TIMES FOR OUR PARENTS, IT WAS THE HAPPIEST TIME OF MY CHILDHOOD. AUDREY [LATTER] VOELKER
A memory of Lampeter in 1944 by
Madeley As It Was
I was born in 1949 in Victoria Road, Madeley and have many memories of life as it was in the 1950's onwards. I remember Jones' buses, Pooles the cobblers, Carters, Stodd's the Drapers, Shums the chemist, and most ...Read more
A memory of Madeley in 1949 by
Just Down The Road From Us
Our family lived in the village of West Horsley all of my life, I was born in 51, my sister in 49 and my youngest sister 56. We used to bike down to Ripley and Ockham. I went to school at Sir Walter Raleigh, and Howard of ...Read more
A memory of Ripley in 1960 by
My Childhood In Wolverhampton 1946 1955
I played in the standing corn stooks behind our house, had my first pony/horse ride at Dixon's farm where my horse went berserk in a potato field, so I was put onto and stayed on a horse lead. I flew my ...Read more
A memory of Wolverhampton by
Birley St School
Alan Clapworthy, Harold Strictland, Mike Walsh, Peter Keogh, Peter Brown, David Barnes, all good mates. Markam St, St Ancoats Club, the red wreck. Hung out outside Co op on St Silas St, lass called Jacqeline - the many freezing nights we spent there.
A memory of Ardwick by
Battersea Girl
I lived in Birley street with my parents and brother Colin. I have very happy memories of shaftesbury park school and later on Clapham county grammar school. Many days were spent on Clapham Common and at battersea park, where the funfair ...Read more
A memory of Battersea
Belgians In Birtley.
Few people are aware of the part Birtley, Tyne Wear, (part of County Durham in those days ) played in the Great War of 1914 - 1918. Belgium in 1914 was occupied by the German Army, and thousands of refugees fled to Britain where ...Read more
A memory of Birtley by
Growing Up In Wonderland
In the mid and late forties I attended Kingsmuir Boarding School in what is known today as Alderford Grange. It was owned and mastered by Ms Francis. We were told that the building had once been the Inn attached to ...Read more
A memory of Sible Hedingham in 1945 by
Thinking Of Home.
I lived in Pelaw Place, South Pelaw from 1949 until 1972 when I left to live abroad. Growing up and living in South Pelaw was really fantastic. My mates and I played hide and seek, kicky the tin Block, and loads of other outdoor ...Read more
A memory of South Pelaw by
Captions
44 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.
This was originally constructed in stone in 1853 as a 250-yard-long working quayside for vessels trading in barley, linseed cake, corn, timber, salt, malt and manure, rather than for holidaymakers
The village church is seen here from the Gothic, six-arched river bridge of 1864, which links Clifton Hampden with the Barley Mow inn.
Samuel Lewis, compiling A Topographical Dictionary of England in 1831, described the Barley Mow as 400 years old even then.
The maltings were part of the development that followed; the surviving kiln of the maltings would originally have included the malting floors, where the barley was allowed to germinate before being heated
It exported copper, iron, slate, barley, bobbins, gunpowder and leather all over the Empire.
The Barley Corn pub survives, albeit now (in 2000) archly renamed the Farmyard and Firkin; the shop with the crested fascia, a pork butchers in the 1970s, is now (in 2000) The Bacon Shop, but the Old Harrow
Then, it was a bustling port with barges moored two or three deep unloading timber and barley.
This is one of the pubs along the A322 at the south end of Bisley's village green.
Just past the Village Green, the Boot (left), one of the oldest pubs in the village, and the Barley Mow beyond, are both still trading, although the General Stores between them has been demolished to make
The Barley Mow is one of the most famous and historic inns on the Thames.
The Barley Arms (right) is an 18th-century inn with stone quoins and stone window surrounds.
It exported copper, iron, slate, barley, bobbins, gunpowder and leather all over the Empire.
Standing at the foot of Pendle Hill, which is 1835ft high and just short of being a mountain, the stone-built Pendle Inn is in the centre of Barley, the heart of Pendle Witch country.
On the corner was the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co (centre), and next was the Barley Mow tavern run by William Ellis.
Behind the Barley Mow pub in the centre of the picture, the northern and southern branches of the River Wey unite.
On the corner was the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co (centre), and next was the Barley Mow tavern run by William Ellis.
Villagers grew barley, fruit and vegetables, whilst the village shop supplied everything from treacle to paraffin oil.
Most of the land around Pitsea, Dunton and Langdon Hills had originally been farmland; the crops were mainly barley, oats, wheat, peas, beans, and clover.
In 1865, George Wander, a Swiss chemist, devised a new malted barley nutritional drink called Ovaltine.
In the 14th century there are accounts of crops of oats, wheat, and barley being grown locally, and local livestock included cows and sheep.
Places (3)
Photos (2)
Memories (76)
Books (0)
Maps (61)
