Maps

247 maps found.

1946, New Town Ref. NPO790391
1898, New Town Ref. RNE790391
1898, Highridge Ref. RNE734665
1946, Tyning Ref. NPO855833
1946, Highridge Ref. NPO734665
1919, Highridge Ref. POP734666
1899, Lansdown Ref. RNC752878
1883 - 1902, Lansdown Ref. HOSM50777
1919, Lansdown Ref. POP752877
1919, Lansdown Ref. POP752878
1946, Bloomfield Ref. NPO644362
1899, Tyning Ref. RNC855833
1899, Highridge Ref. RNC734666
1899, Lansdown Ref. RNC752877
1899-1900, Blackmoor Ref. RNC642753
1898, Bloomfield Ref. RNE644362
1898, Highridge Ref. RNE734666
1898, Lansdown Ref. RNE752877
1919, Blackmoor Ref. POP642753
1919, Bloomfield Ref. POP644362

Books

10 books found. Showing results 97 to 10.

Memories

89 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

Pentrebach 1960s

I became familiar with the village and people of Pentrebach and around that area from about 1967, when I began to go out with the daughter of the local Publican / School Bus driver / Sawmill worker, Eddie Williams. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Pentre-bach in 1967 by Tom Ball

Royal Airforce Gaydon

I was posted to RAF Gaydon in the summer of 1963 after serving 3 years in Cyrpus at RAF Nicosia. I underwent training on the Victor BMK 1 and then to 232 OCU where I found life a lot tougher than I was used to, tiring shift ...Read more

A memory of Gaydon in 1963 by James Maurice Blackford

Loughton

Loughton was the village I grew up in. A loveley village surrounded by countryside and farm land. I grew up in Railway Cottages, somtimes known as Fog Cottages. Me and my friend Marlene used to sit on the fence train ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1955 by Jose Mabbutt

Mmemories Of A Better Cannock

The pictures in Francis Frith nostalgic photos, bring to mind the Cannock I remember. Even the pictures from 1955, the year of my birth, show places I recall. I would go with my grandad and John Brogan, in the old open ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1960 by Robert Leighton

Childhood Memories

I was born in the house that was opposite Allens the chemist. I remember going into the butchers to get a bone for my dog every Saturday. Outside the bike shop was some bubble gum machines, which I used a lot along with my 2 ...Read more

A memory of Oadby in 1964 by Sally Allen

Isreal Davis And Emma Parsons , And Frederick And Anne Maria Coldicot

Hi, I'm looking for the descendants of Isreal Davis and Emma Parsons or any information about them. Isreal and Emma Davis or Davies lived in Little Alne in 1911. I don't have ...Read more

A memory of Little Alne by jmdroots

Parsons Family Of Aston Cantlow

Hi, I'm looking for the descendants of Isreal Davis and Emma Parsons or any information about them. Isreal and Emma Davis or Davies lived in Little Alne in 1911. I don't have the address. Their daughter Anne ...Read more

A memory of Aston Cantlow by jmdroots

The Plough Inn, Kibblesworth

This is for Margaret Elliot, I am from Kent but my adopted Grandad, Fred (Frederick Joseph) Johnson was the landlord of the Plough Inn during and after the Second World War and my mother and I were evacuated there and ...Read more

A memory of Kibblesworth by elstonevans

Thomas Pearce Bevan

I have been searching my family tree and find that I had a great great great grandfather named Thomas Pearce Bevan who was born in Bradford on Avon born in 1805. He became a surgeon living in Rochester. He was married to ...Read more

A memory of Bradford-On-Avon by ken

Barwick House, Hell On Earth

Bloody awful wicked place that needs more investigation. My brother like many of the others suffered greatly at the hands of MOD run schools, that were experimental failures. My brothers life has been ruined by his unfortunate ...Read more

A memory of Barwick by sslade36

Captions

172 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Christchurch, The River Stour 1918

The ancient town of Christchurch stands on the two rivers Stour and Avon, getting its old name Twyneham from the Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'the town between two rivers'.

Caption For Salisbury, Church House And Crane Bridge 1906

Crane Bridge carries the road over the River Avon.

Caption For Christchurch, Blackwater Ferry 1900

Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon, and gets its old name of Twyneham from the Anglo Saxon, meaning 'the town between the rivers'.

Caption For Cropthorne, Mill 1910

Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.

Caption For Devizes, The Caen Hill Flight 1898

Few canal sights in Britain match the splendour of the Caen Hill flight of 29 locks which raises the Kennet and Avon canal 230 feet over a two mile stretch.

Caption For Malmesbury, The Abbey 1924

The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the river Avon 60 feet below.

Caption For Cropthorne, Mill 1910

Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.

Caption For Cropthorne, Mill 1910

Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.

Caption For Great Comberton, The Village C1960

The old parish of Great Comberton runs from the river Avon to the summit of Bredon Hill.

Caption For Malmesbury, The View From Daniel's Well C1955

Beyond the trees is the River Avon, and the houses in the distance are in Bristol Street and part of Burnivale.

Caption For Warwick, Bridge End 1922

Bridge End is on the south bank of the Avon, where all the roads from the south previously met to cross into Warwick.

Caption For Bristol, The Entrance To The Floating Harbour C1935

The project cost about £600,000, and involved diverting the Avon to the south from Totterdown and round the city to link up with its old course.

Caption For Great Somerford, The Church Of St Peter And St Paul C1955

This village's name means 'a ford only available in summer'; the church stands above the Bristol Avon.

Caption For Bristol, The Docks C1950

For the mid 13th century, it represented a major feat of civil engineering that involved diverting the course of the River Frome from its ancient junction with the Avon.

Caption For Bath, Roman Baths 1901

The Roman town of Aquae Sulis, now Bath, grew up at the point where the Fosse Way crossed the river Avon.

Caption For Salisbury, Fisherton Street 1906

The spire is of the Congregational (now United Reformed) church, with the Victorian clock tower opposite on the bridge over the Avon.

Caption For Salisbury, Fisherton Mill From Longbridge C1955

Castle Road (part of the A360 to Amesbury) is on the right, and the Avon Valley is just out of the picture to the left.

Caption For Limpley Stoke, The Village C1955

This Wiltshire village grew up on three roughly parallel terraces on the steep and well-wooded Avon valley side, with the parish church at the south end.

Caption For Ringwood, The Millstream 1900

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch

Caption For Braunston, The Green C1955

From here you can travel to London, Birmingham, Leicester, Oxford and Stratford upon Avon by canal.

Caption For Salisbury, The Cathedral From The River 1887

The tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the cathedral and its incomparably magnificent 404-foot spire, the tallest in England.

Caption For Tewkesbury, Mythe Bridge 1891

This is Thomas Telford's iron bridge, crossing the River Severn at its junction with the River Avon.

Caption For Bath, Old Bridge 1887

Beyond Southgate, on Broad Quays, the 1966 Churchill Bridge over the River Avon replaced the Old Bridge we see in this view.

Caption For Bathampton, The Weir And Mill 1907

This view looks from the north bank of the Avon, near the toll bridge.