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Pageant Gardens Sherborne
my grandfather used to play in the gardens when he was a child. His father was the police superintendent so he lived next door to the gardens between 1910 and 1920. The gardener was called Mr Judd , who lived in ludbourne ...Read more
A memory of Sherborne by
My School And Shop,Where I Spent My Pocket Money
my names norbert, I lived at the abbey in the early 1960 s. so Ionly had a 5 minuets walk to the school. my teacher was mr. vale. if i remember right the headmaster was a mr curd. i used ...Read more
A memory of Sutton Courtenay by
Boats
I had a cruiser ('Hely'n) at Pyrford marina in the 1990s, and remember some great barbeques moored in sight of Newark Abbey. Moved to Thames, to Penton Hook in the 2000s.
A memory of Pyrford in 1993 by
The Mansells
1952 is apporoximate. I know I wasn't very old as I went to the village school (now converted to private dwellings) next to the little church. My mother was housekeeper to the ex Bishop of Malmesbury for about nine months and we ...Read more
A memory of Upper Minety in 1952 by
The Bike Shop The Sweet Shop Leighton Court And The Last Neston Family To Catch Shrimps
On The High Street, Neston as you look towards Liverpool Road with The Cross just behind you you may still be able to see two alleyways. One used to end in a ...Read more
A memory of Neston in 1975 by
The Abbey Moor Park The Ghost Of Jonathan Swift
I went to Farnham art school in 1968-1971, and at that time, Moor Park was used as a conference centre, available for hire, and inclusive of staff and an elderly chaplain called Dr Bird. As ...Read more
A memory of Waverley Abbey Ho in 1969 by
The Army Call Up.
The Army My call up papers came with a railway warrant for Gloucester, where I and another group of lucky lads, were picked up by army lorry and taken to the barracks of the Gloucester Regiment for our six weeks basic training. Unloaded ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1947 by
Reflections Upon The Changing Face Of Stafford Since 1964
It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more
A memory of Stafford by
Queen Anne's Place, Bush Hill Park
Queen Anne's Place was actually quite posh, and my mum, brother and I used to catch the train from here to go shopping in Enfield Town in the 1960's and early 1970's. The other entrance to the station was in ...Read more
A memory of Bush Hill Park by
My Days In Rosedale Abbey
My Life in Rosedale Abbey - Raymond Beharrell During the last war my brother and I lived in York very near to the main railway yards. The area was always on the target for the German bombers, being railway sidings. ...Read more
A memory of Rosedale Abbey by
Captions
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One was Castle House, whose owner, Joseph Moore, was licensee of The Old Bell and mayor of Malmesbury in 1894 and in 1909.
This was the water tower for St Mary's Abbey.
This fine view of the Howden Dam, with the forbidding moorland of Bleaklow beyond, is taken from Abbey Bank, on the edge of the Howden Moors.
Nestling just under the hills surrounding the North York Moors is the old settlement of Ampleforth, built around the early abbey of St Lawrence.
Bruce's heart was carried on a crusade against the Moors of Granada by Sir James Douglas.
The small hamlet of Rosedale Abbey sits in the heart of Rosedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, seen in the background.
Monks from nearby Jervaulx Abbey began the tradition of horse breeding in this dale.
The chapel is prominent on the right in this view of the small hamlet of Rosedale Abbey, which sits in the heart of Rosedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, seen filling the background.
East of the town and the Abbey, Glastonbury Tor rises abruptly to 525 feet above sea level from the 'island' above the Moors on which Glastonbury is built.
Much of the village was built from the stone of the old abbey.
William I founded Battle Abbey on Senlac Moor, the site of the Battle of Hastings.
This was the water tower for St Mary's Abbey.
Down in the harbour, the tall ship is moored just in front of the Angel Vaults, still here as a waterside inn.
Down in the harbour, the tall ship is moored just in front of the Angel Vaults, still here as a waterside inn.
The abbey was founded in AD670 as a nunnery by Sexburga, widow of Ercombert, King of Kent; the original building was burnt by the Danes.
The monument stands in the centre of an area known as the Sanctuary by the west door of the abbey and on the site of the abbey gateway.
West Dorset's medieval seamark on a conical hill above the Chesil Beach was retained after the closure of Abbotsbury Abbey in 1539, and repaired in 1742.
The Working Men's Club is now at The Lodge, Welton Road, just out of sight to the left down Abbey Street.
