Freshford, St Peter's Church c.1935
Photo ref: F48005
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Photo ref: F48005
Photo of Freshford, St Peter's Church c.1935

A Selection of Memories from Freshford

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Freshford

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My grandfather and his family lived at the Inn and he is shown in the census of 1901. In the 1923 directory he is shown as being at the Golden Lion Public House at Sharpstone with his name mis-spelt as 'Reid'. I believe he moved to Holt and died around 1930, which was 11 years before I was born so my knowledge is sketchy. His first wife Emma died and he married Ada Francis who lived at Park Corner. In there was a James ...see more
I moved to Freshford with my family when I was 12 years old and lived at The Inn for 5 years before moving away. We did not have the wall on the end of the building that you see in the foreground. By then a large car park had been built and that was the way through. The tree opposite was still there but the farmhouse next to it was empty. We were flooded some time after moving there when the river overflowed. ...see more