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St.Augustines Abbey School/College,Grange Road
My elder brother and I, attended the school between 1961-1969 as day-boys. I cannot find out why the school left Ramsgate to take premises in Westgate-on-Sea, and why the buildings in Ramsgate were ...Read more
A memory of Ramsgate in 1973 by
Bradgate Cottages Abbey Gate
My parents lived at 3 Bradgate cottages, my brother would have gone to Slater street school mid to late 50's. My mum worked at the factory on the corner which is derelict. The garden backed on to the river.
A memory of Leicester by
My Childhood
I was born in this year, but do not have much to remember from then. About 1974 and I remember playing with a few children in the village. The Lister children really I rember. The Twiggs lived in the Abbey. I spent endless happy days ...Read more
A memory of Hampole in 1976 by
Raf Camp Pershore
I lived in Pershore in the 1950s as my dad was based at the RAF camp there. I went to Pershore Infants then the Junior School. Headmaster was Mr. Goodyear. The school was near the Abbey - I remember it well!
A memory of Pershore in 1952
Grandparents In Service At Kirkham Hall
Both my grandparents were in service at Kirkham Hall in the 1920s and 30s. My Grandma, Annie Morris, originally from Newcastle, joined her Aunt Annie (who was cook) there when she was in her teens and ...Read more
A memory of Kirkham in 1930
Childhood In Minster
My two brothers, my sister and I were all born in Minster in what is now called Turner Cottage but was then "The Swifts". My granddad was a village postman and my best friend's granddad was also a postman and we ...Read more
A memory of Minster in 1968
When England Was England.
From a book my sister left me I chose Rosedale Abbey as my destination on my first journey through England. I was alone and took the train to York in 1971. From there I went to Whitby and then the moorland train to ...Read more
A memory of Rosedale Abbey by
Bramley (Lincroft Crescent) In The Years 1951 To 1967
Bramley In The Years 1951 To 1967 A conversation with Lynden Flint From: john.holliday11@btopenworld.com To: Lynden Flint Hi Lynden. I do hope you are well and still ...Read more
A memory of Bramley by
My Playground White Horse Close
At the age of 11 we moved here & a group of us could always be found (gambling our pocket money at cards) on the steps in the photo. It always amazed us the number of tourists who would enter the close asking ...Read more
A memory of Edinburgh in 1957 by
1960's And 1970's Childhood Bush Hill Park
Memories are funny, they come and go and during this time of lockdown I've thought quite a lot about my childhood. We lived in Amberley Road, very close to the Raglan School entrance in Raglan Road. ...Read more
A memory of Bush Hill Park by
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St Peter's Church is all that remains of the older Winchcombe Abbey, and dates from the 15th century.
The church of St Peter, with its unusual saddleback-roofed tower, dates from Norman times.
Some of the stone came from Waverley Abbey, a victim of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
The priory was founded by William Marshall, the Earl of Pembroke, and it was never to be promoted to the status of abbey.
The original church dates back to about 1480; it is thought to have been built by the monks of Abingdon Abbey.
In medieval times it was a market town owned by Combermere Abbey, a Cistercian abbey on the Cheshire border.
Rievaulx Abbey also farmed some 43 acres of land near the village.
Part of the church was built from stone taken from Jervaulx Abbey after the Dissolution.
Founded in poverty in 1132 by a group of monks from St Mary's Abbey, York, Fountains eventually became very wealthy.
In Saxon times, Winchcombe was the capital of the Mercian kingdom; the famous King Offa founded an abbey here.
The parade of shops on the left are currently occupied by Thomas Cook, Abbey, a hairstylist and a photographic shop, whilst Boots is in the adjacent block.
Built of red sandstone, Chester cathedral was founded in 1092 as a Benedictine abbey.
Rievaulx Abbey also farmed some 43 acres of land near the village.
This building is dated 1790, and is a little distance from the church.
The Priory (centre middle), a cell of Lire abbey in Normandy, dates from the early 12th century, with present buildings from the early 16th century.
The 19th-century Abbey Mill contrasts with the 15th-century church tower, which possibly replaced a smaller Norman one.
The castle stands opposite Netley Abbey; most of the surrounding area has now been filled with housing.
Built of red sandstone, Chester Cathedral was founded in 1092 as a Benedictine abbey.
The origins of St Nicholas' Church date back to the 12th century.
The ancient abbey church of St Hilda stands proudly in the Headland area.
Close to the Abbey is the National Motor Museum, a splendid collection of cars founded by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.
Ripon Cathedral stands on the site of the Saxon abbey church of St Wilfrid, of which this crypt still remains.
It was a Roman town and the seat of an Anglo-Saxon bishopric, and is now dominated by its great late 11th-century Abbey church.
Within the vestry of the abbey at the south-west end are stained glass windows dating from 1928.
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