Maps

3,664 maps found.

1919, Middlehill Ref. POP779364
1919, Lea Ref. POP753768
1940, Boyton Ref. NPO647549
1940, Bulkington Ref. NPO655110
1946, Chalford Ref. NPO666107
1898, Rockley Ref. RNE819166
1895, Ridge Ref. RNE816498
1898, Westbrook Ref. RNE865282
1895, Tuckingmill Ref. RNE854052
1898, Wolverton Ref. RNE872320
1898, Whitley Ref. RNE869357
1898, Temple Ref. RNE845835
1898, Thornhill Ref. RNE847185
1898, Tytherington Ref. RNE856235
1919, Thornhill Ref. POP847185
1919, Ridge Ref. POP816498
1946, Alcombe Ref. NPO621137
1946, Ashley Ref. NPO627749
1940, Axford Ref. NPO629293
1919, Worton Ref. POP874751

Books

16 books found. Showing results 49 to 16.

Memories

113 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Milton And Plant A Tree For 73

A memory of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. Interesting reference to Plant -a-tree-for-73 as I was the person who set this up. I also attended Milton School from about 1946 to 1950 when I passed a scholarship to go ...Read more

A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1973 by Raymond Pearson

Kingsbury Swimming Pool

I remember queuing outside the pool for what felt like hours on a hot summer's day. The price to get in went as low as 1d -  or am I mistaken? We used to climb up a drainpipe at the back of the pool to get in, not to save ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1953 by Allan Gilbert

Once Upon A Time

I lived in Gate Cottage for 2 years after my parents moved there from Surrey. They moved to return to dad's home county and to be close to my uncle and aunt who lived in Holt Street, Nonington. At one time there were 10 Packers ...Read more

A memory of Frogham in 1967 by Laurie Packer

My Time 1952

I have some lovely nostalgic memories of the J.S.S.C Latimer, where I was stationed in 1952.  Most of the period I was a provost policeman.  There were 3 of us and a provost corporal, cpl Burrows, [I believe came from Wiltshire].  There ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1952 by Philip Vigdor

Beck Worth House Lindfield

I have a personal interest in Lindfield as my great grandparents lived in Beckworth Lodge on the Beckworth estate my great grandfather was the head game keeper and my Mother lived in Beckworth Lodge for the first six ...Read more

A memory of Cuckfield in 1910 by Andrew Avenell

My Days At Ongar Secondary School And After

I attended Ongar Secondary School from 1945 to 1949. Some of the students I remember were Keith Mills (we were longtime friends, he passed away 2005), Len Shuttleworth, Hugh Brace, Brian Buttle, Jim ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Ongar in 1949 by David Lawlor

Feltham Hill School

I started at Feltham Hill School in 1950 at the age of five. I was the youngest of four children Jackie, Betty and Bobby - Mr Shattock was the Headmaster. We moved from Feltham to Ashford, Middlesex and I attended Echelford ...Read more

A memory of Feltham in 1950 by Marjorie Clifford

Elaine Clark

During the course of converting Warnham Court in 2002/3, the original floorboards were lifted in what is now the library but was the dining room in the days when it was a school. When the floorboards were lifted an ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School by Robin Tavener

Mc Kenzie Family

Hi I am trying to trace the Family of Brian R Mckenzie . He had 2 sisters Jean, Shirley and 2 brothers William (Billy) and George. As far as we know Jean was the eldest. Brian told us that he was from Aberlour area ...Read more

A memory of Charlestown of Aberlour by verityjeffery2

Growing Up In West Lavington

My name is Mark McCabe I grew up in west Leamington , best years of my life ,moved a couple times eastfields, white street , sandfieds, I also moved to market Lavington for a while, the best was highlands farm outside ...Read more

A memory of Ledbury by razzel23.mm

Captions

77 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For St Annes, Orchard Road And The Hydro 1901

Besides having good window displays, the shop would place blackboards outside: 'Danish prize dairy butter, Lancashire and Cheddar cheese, noted teas and coffees and unequalled Wiltshire and Danish bacon

Caption For Salisbury, Kings House Training College 1928

Formerly a teacher training college for school mistresses, since 1980 Kings House has been the Salisbury and Wiltshire museum.

Caption For Hever, The Village 1906

Hever is intimately associated with Anne Boleyn, who spent her childhood here in the company of her father Sir Thomas Bullen, the Earl of Wiltshire, whose tomb is at the little church of St Peter.

Caption For London, The Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane C1875

In the 1700s coaches left here for Chester, Highworth in Wiltshire and Wendover in Buckinghamshire.

Caption For Salisbury, Kings House Training College 1928

Formerly a theological training college, since 1980 Kings House has been the Salisbury and Wiltshire museum.

Caption For Trowbridge, County Cricket Ground Pavilion 1907

In June 2001, The Wiltshire Times described it as 'one of the town's hidden treasures'.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, Castle Gateway 1898

; the style had become fashionable thanks to Horace Walpole, who had used it to great effect at his own house, Strawberry Hill, and the amateur architect Sanderson Miller had used it at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire

Caption For Rustington, The Church And Lychgate C1960

It originally belonged to Great Bedwyn church in Wiltshire before the churchwardens consigned it to a scrap heap.

Caption For Avebury, The Stones C1955

The Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

Caption For Maiden Newton, The Village 1906

It was paralleled 79 years later with the opening of the Wiltshire, Somerset & Weymouth railway line, and its branch line from here to Bridport and West Bay.

Caption For Buckingham, Palladian Bridge, Stowe School C1955

Copied by James Gibbs from the one at Wilton House in Wiltshire, this bridge from 1738 crosses the end of the Octagon Lake in the grounds of Stowe.

Caption For Avebury, The Stones C1955

The Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

Caption For Calne, Newcroft Road C1960

According to the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office, about 50 private houses were built in Bryans Close Road in the angle of North Street and Oxford Road in 1930.

Caption For Kemsing, The Village C1955

The daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful and Lady Wulfrith, Edith was born in the village in 961, but lived most of her short life at Wilton Abbey in Wiltshire.

Caption For Fyfield, The Devil's Den 1901

Devil's Den, near Marlborough in Wiltshire, is an example of how the ravages of the plough is nothing more than intentional vandalism.

Caption For Easton Royal, Holy Trinity Church C1955

Stephen of Tisbury, archdeacon of Wiltshire, founded a Trinitarian friary here in 1245 to serve as a hostel for poor travellers.

Caption For Calne, Bentley Grammar School C1965

A new grammar school was built on the site at Wessington in 1957, the first in the county of Wiltshire, with 360 places for boys and girls.

Caption For Fyfield, The Devil's Den 1901

Devil's Den, near Marlborough in Wiltshire, is an example of how the ravages of the plough is nothing more than intentional vandalism.

Caption For Calne, Woodlands Club House C1955

An example of the activities there was reported in The Wiltshire Gazette of 3 August 1950: 'For the less energetic a whist drive was held on Friday when 14 tables were occupied … Mr Drew was

Caption For Devizes, The View From St John's Church 1898

This view across to St Mary's Church clearly shows a variety of architectural styles, including the unusual curved rear of the Town Hall on the left, the ornate gabled roof the Wiltshire Friendly Society

Caption For Swindon, Christ Church 1948

Swindon - 'swine down' or 'pig hill' - is Wiltshire's largest settlement; it grew from the two villages of Old and New Swindon of about 2,000 inhabitants in 1900 to its present size of about

Caption For Melksham, Canon Square And War Memorial C1955

FOR MANY YEARS, after the decline of the weaving industry, the manufacture of rubber linked the two West Wiltshire towns of Bradford on Avon and Melksham.

Caption For Cherhill, White Horse And Monument C1955

Situated on the edge of the Cherhill Downs, just below the earthworks known as Oldbury Castle, this is the second oldest of the Wiltshire white horses.

Caption For Warminster, Cley Hill C1950

IN HIS 'Round About Wiltshire' (1901), A G Bradley wrote about Warminster: 'its situation is the most striking feature, for that is beautiful, though there is nothing in the aspect of the town unworthy