Maps

35 maps found.

1923, Biggin Ref. POP639874
1920, Biggin Ref. POP639876
1897, Biggin Ref. RNE639874
1920, Biggin Hill Ref. POP639885
1925, Low Biggins Ref. POP767812
1897-1898, Biggin Ref. RNC639876
1921, Biggin Ref. POP639875
1898, Biggin Ref. RNE639873
1896, Biggin Ref. RNE639876
1947, Biggin Ref. NPO639873
1897, Biggin Ref. RNE639875
1880, Biggin Ref. HOSM37696
1947, Biggin Ref. NPO639874
1946, Biggin Ref. NPO639875
1946, Biggin Ref. NPO639876
1924, Biggin Ref. POP639873
1903, Biggin Ref. RNC639873
1902, Biggin Ref. RNC639875
1946, Biggin Hill Ref. NPO639885
1902-1903, Biggin Ref. RNC639874

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Memories

28 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Mitcham

I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Norbury

Southall Memories

My parents, who came to England from India in 1955, when I was 3 months old, moved to Southall in 1959, from Whitton, when I was 4. I remember Southall Broadway at that time-there was actually a saddlery business there! C. Quinion, ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Sandya Narayanswami

Hillingdon In The 1940s And 1950s

My family lived in Hillingdon from the beginning of ww2 until 1953 when we moved from Biggin Hill. Our first home was a top floor flat in Pinewood Ave which was not ideal for a family with 4 children and then ...Read more

A memory of Hillingdon by Mary Gower

Tilly Biggins

The previous writer mentionedTilly Biggins who was my uncles stepmother. I stayed with her many times when I was very young. She was born in Victorian times and still dressed in lace up boots, long skirts and big hats. No running water in ...Read more

A memory of Gristhorpe by terrybroadhead003

Garnetts

I am interested in Woodend Farm at Low Biggins, my husband's Garnett ancesters farmed there. They came from Wray, and there are still many descendents in the area. Any information or memory relating to the farm or the family would be useful. Many thanks, Chris

A memory of Lowerhouse by Chris Goodlad

My Child Hood Memory Malcolm Biggins

I was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, April 13 1951. At home , 7 Owl St, just off Parson St, in a one up, one down, back to back house with a small yard to the front. Keighley, in those days, was heavily into Engineering, ...Read more

A memory of Kingwood Common by Malcolm Biggins

Unanswered Questions

I used to drink in The Woodman on occasion as I lived on the Clock House Farm Estate between 1957 and 1962 when I was married just across the road in St Peters.Question,what happened to the board with the pilots names on it ...Read more

A memory of Woodmansterne by Tony Arkell

Guy Fawkes

As it's Guy Fawkes time again it reminds me of when I lived in Milton Road in the late 30s to early 50s. As a youngster the whole street came together each year to build a huge bonfire by the Welsh Harp reservoir with everyone collecting ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon by Ann Midson

Happy Days

Born 1943. I briefly attended Lonesome with Roger Watts. He lived in Eldertree Way and I lived in Eldertree Place. Then to Bordergate and Bond Road School in 1948. Met David Grayson, Dale Foster, Robin Theobold etc.. On Bordergate I played ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Frank Snowdon

Our Closet Shave Of The War

My father was a sailor in the Royal Navy and was overseas from 1938 till 1944, so my mum and I lived with her parents, Mr and Mrs Walter Davey at 76 Woodhurst Avenue, Petts Wood, three doors from Chesham Avenue. Our ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by gpogson

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Captions

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Caption For Hitchin, The Inner Courtyard, The Biggin 1903

At about this date, 18 needy women occupied the Biggin, receiving about 10s each.

Caption For Hitchin, The Biggin 1903

The Biggin was originally built in 1361 by Sir Edward de Kendale as a Gilbertine priory.

Caption For Hitchin, The Inner Courtyard, The Biggin 1903

At about this date, 18 needy women occupied the Biggin, receiving about 10s each.

Caption For Hitchin, The Biggin 1903

This photograph of the Biggin was taken from the south in 1903.

Caption For Brasted, High Street C1955

During the Second World War the White Hart pub was popular with RAF fighter pilots stationed at nearby Biggin Hill.

Caption For Hitchin, The River 1931

The cottages in the background face onto Biggin Lane; they have all been demolished.

Caption For Brasted, High Street C1955

During the Second World War, the fighter pilots based at Biggin Hill used to congregate at the Victorian White Hart pub further down the street.