Places
11 places found.
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- Taunton, Somerset
- Blagdon Hill, Somerset (near Taunton)
- Taunton, Greater Manchester
- Charlton, Somerset (near Taunton)
- Haydon, Somerset (near Taunton)
- Ash, Somerset (near Taunton)
- Heale, Somerset (near Taunton)
- Coombe, Somerset (near Taunton)
- Ham, Somerset (near Taunton)
- Upcott, Somerset (near Taunton)
- Meare Green, Somerset (near Taunton)
Photos
287 photos found. Showing results 21 to 40.
Maps
55 maps found.
Books
2 books found. Showing results 25 to 2.
Memories
61 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
The Two Bob Gun
At the top of Queens Road in Buckhurst Hill is a small newsagents shop. It was owned by the Mr & Mrs. Silk. The shop sold papers magazines cigarettes, sweets and a few toys. Situated right across the road from where Princes ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill by
Wonderful Childhood
I spent a wonderful childhood in Norton Fitzwarren when it was a village from 1950 to 1958. I have priceless memories of roaming the fields, woodlands and surrounding countryside freely. Of sitting on top of Moses Park ...Read more
A memory of Norton Fitzwarren in 1950 by
Norton Manor
I joined the army at the age of 15 and was posted to Norton Manor Camp on the outskirts of Taunton. At first we were not permitted to go out of the camp but when we did it was always Taunton that we visited. I have fond memories of ...Read more
A memory of Rumwell in 1961 by
Silverton Stud. Sutton Dowells
He hon janet kidd daughter of Lord Easterbrook owned and ran the stud farm here, breeding hangovers horses. She was the prime thinker and moved got start the Taunton jumping festival. My mother and father living ...Read more
A memory of Auton Dolwells by
My Memory's Of Bampton & Going To School There Ect.
My mum & dad & three brother's lived in and around Bampton in the 1950 & 1960, I & my brothers went to the primary & secondary modern schools, My mum & dad went back to live ...Read more
A memory of Bampton in 1950 by
All The Fun Of The Fair
Who remembers the travelling fun fair that came to Blackfield in the 1960s? Did you go to Blackfield Junior school? What about skating on the frozen Gravel pits at Holbury in the winter 1962/3/4 or the Esso Cinema? or the ...Read more
A memory of Holbury in 1960 by
Mri International Weekend Away
Since the early 1960s my parents began taking the family to stay at the home of John and Sheila Penna, and they eventually created the Pennasville holiday homes. When at Taunton School in circa 1965 I stayed at the ...Read more
A memory of Holywell Bay by
Childhood
I lived in Old Coulsdon for many years, I used to do a paperound for Mr Cook who ran the paper shop on the Brighton road in Old Coulsdon. I spent many my summer holidays exploring Happy Valley and Devils Dyke and I used to be albe to ...Read more
A memory of Old Coulsdon by
The House I Lived In
I lived in the white bungalow on the right of the picture with my parents from 1953 until 1959. My father was Secretary of the Saunton Golf Club and the house was owned by the Christie Estates at that time. I have many happy memories of holidays at Saunton during that time.
A memory of Saunton in 1953 by
Childhood In Buckhurst Hill
I lived at 4 Fairlands Avenue, Buckhurst Hill. My parents moved there just before the Second World War, and I was born in April 1939. I well remember W.C.French Ltd's yard next to Fairlands Avenue fronting the ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by
Captions
46 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.
Where better to begin an exploration of Taunton town than in Fore Street, very much the centre of this ancient Borough.
Taunton is a town surrounded by water, with the Tone passing through its heart and the marshes not far away.
Bathpool is now very much a suburb of Taunton, with the spread of the Somerset town on one side and the M5 motorway on the other.
This was once an important stopping place on the main road from Taunton to the north Devon area; now, a new road further south has removed much of the traffic from this place.
The Tone is one of several rivers draining these lowlands, and the one that gave Taunton its name.
Moving north, deeper into the Vale of Taunton Deane, we reach the cob or earth wall country, where whitewashed rendered cottages with thatched roofs become common.
Travellers from Taunton to the Quantock Hills usually go by way of Kingston - and a very picturesque route it is.
Taunton is a town surrounded by water, with the Tone passing through its heart and the marshes not far away.
Wellington, about ten miles south-west of Taunton at the foot of the Blackdown Hills, is an attractive market town with its focus where South, Fore and High Streets meet.
The main A361 Taunton road loops through the village, with the church in the back lane.
Taunton's Market House, now mainly offices, stands on the site of the former covered market.
Bathpool is now very much a suburb of Taunton, with the spread of the Somerset town on one side and the M5 motorway on the other.
Taunton was also proud of its early electric street lights installed in 1886.
Bridgwater was an important port, with railway docks and the terminus of the Taunton and Bridgwater Canal.
Now in effect a suburb of Taunton, the village is still distinctly a village architecturally, with its 1586 Elizabethan manor house, recently freshly yellow ochre colourwashed.
Climbing westwards, the Taunton to Barnstaple road crosses the well-treed and young River Tone Valley at Waterrow.
The branch railway from Taunton spurred the resort's growth; the station is now the terminus of the West Somerset Railway, closed in 1971 but reopened in 1976 as a preserved line.
Two miles south-west of Othery, the Taunton Road skirts the Mump, a natural tor rising steeply from the surrounding Moors.
The Village 1940 Beyond Williton, our route follows the western edge of the Quantock Hills back towards Taunton.
The white building right of centre is the Saunton Sands Hotel.
This view is taken from Saunton Down over the popular holiday beach at Croyde.
This 'Happy Days' wagonette or country-style horse bus, harking back to transport in earlier days, is taking a party on a jaunt on a sunny day.
