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Maps

131 maps found.

1902, Cotes Ref. RNC678374
1897, Cotes Ref. RNE678374
1921, Cotes Ref. POP678375
1946, Cote Ref. NPO678319
1895, Cote Ref. RNE678318
1946, Cotes Ref. NPO678374
1898, Cote Ref. RNC678320
1919, Cote Ref. POP678318
1895, Cote Ref. RNE678320
1920, Cote Ref. POP678320
1940, Cote Ref. NPO678320
1946, Cotes Ref. NPO678375
1902-1903, Cotes Ref. RNC678375
1947, Healey Cote Ref. NPO729912
1947, Cotes Park Ref. NPO678380
1897, Cotes Ref. HOSM59315
1919, Cote Ref. POP678319
1925, Cotes Ref. POP678373
1921, Cotes Ref. POP678374
1947, Cote Ref. NPO678318

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Memories

59 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Coles Blacksmiths And Village Hall

Village Hall - I remember Fri night film shows by a travelling projectionist that cost 9d. Sat mornings was a good time to watch Mr Cole shoeing horses next door. The building beyond the blacksmiths was Lands ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell in 1945 by Donald Mason

My First Visit To England

We travelled down with a large group of Scottish NABC members from Edinburgh and the Lothian areas. My particulal journey commenced by coach to Liverpool where we continued by train to Hereford. On our arrival we were ...Read more

A memory of Nash in 1953 by Ian Harding

The Happiest Days Of Your Life

Brambletye school, well set between the beautiful Ashdown Forest and thriving town of East Grinstead on the Sussex/Surrey border was a paradise on Earth for any schoolboy with an aesthetically romantic (!) ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1959 by Giles Daubney

The Blake

The following information relates to the opening of the Blake school in Hednesford. The Blake school was built to replace the Central Secondary school for boys which was in Burns Street Chadsmoor (where Chadsmoor junior school is ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor in 1961 by Wendy Barr

Memories Of War Years 1939 45 Newport

Memories of War years 1939 -1945. By John Beal. Little did I realise that I would be involved in the army when war broke out in 1939. I was attending Hatherleigh Central School in Newport at the time and as ...Read more

A memory of Newport in 1940 by John Beal

View Down Onto Umberleigh Bridge, Showing Village Square

It is with great interest we see your picture of the village square, showing what is now the Post Office and largest post code sorting office in England. It also shows the Regency Gables Tea ...Read more

A memory of Umberleigh by Frank Adey

My Boots In Banks Pond

In 1944 three brothers were evacuees in Haddenham, we lived with an old couple named Mr and Mrs Saw in a house, I think it was named Dolly Cote House next to a farm, this was a long time ago but one thing I know is that ...Read more

A memory of Haddenham in 1944 by Len Friday

Safe Fun In Childhood

I was born in 1962 in my family home, number 36 (now 116) Hammonds Place. It's not so common these days to be born at home. There was a community spirit on the estate, all the kids addressed adults as auntie or uncle or ...Read more

A memory of Gobowen by Andrew Davies

An Idyllic Childhood In New Haw

I wanted to add my own memories of growing up in New Haw from 1965 until moving again in 1973. The family moved from Richmond (then in Middlesex) to 187 New Haw Road, a detached 3-bedroom house with 1/3 acre of ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1966 by Andrew Taylor

Newcomer Road

That must have been just before we moved in to number 57 newcome I was actually born in the prefabs at the bottom of newcomer road . We did move next door to you & I do remember Mr & Mrs cote and I do remember you .My mother was ...Read more

A memory of Shenley by happysalcombe

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Captions

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Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, The Village C1955

St Paul's school to the left, dating from 1835 with its Tudoresque details and gable end bell-cote, has changed dramatically to become a residential property.

Caption For Loughborough, Market Place C1965

The Italianate Town Hall dominates the street scene with its rather odd bell-cote.

Caption For Porthpean, Church 1912

'Jesus came to them walking on the sea' is carved over the twin doorways below the bell cote.

Caption For Ducklington, The Pond C1950

Note the old school bell-cote.

Caption For Poole, From Constitutional Hill 1908

The tram is at the junction of Cotes Avenue. All the large Victorian houses have gone, except for the one on the left. Parkstone's St Peter's Church can be seen behind.

Caption For East Hagbourne, Upper Cross C1955

Perched on the tower parapet of the church is a bell-cote, which houses its Sanctus bell. The timber-framed, part jettied house on the right is one of a row of three.

Caption For Broughton Astley, Main Road C1967

The small school (note the bell in the bell-cote) has been replaced with three other larger establishments, which gives us some idea of the growth the village has experienced.

Caption For Elstow, Village 1897

Beyond the left-hand cottage the Bunyan Memorial Hall was built in Arts and Crafys style in 1910, and at the far left is the bell-cote of Elstow Lower School, built in 1873.

Caption For Malmesbury, Baskerville C1955

This is Culver House, which once housed the servants for the manor house and also a pigeon or dove cote - the pigeons were bred for the lord of the manor's table.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Cotswolds C1960

It is said that the name Cotswold originated because of the cotes (sheep pens) that were found across the wolds (rolling hills).

Caption For Culham, College 1899

To the left the building with the bell- cote is the detached chapel, also designed by Clarke, with 14th- century style window tracery.

Caption For Liverpool, The Exchange 1895

It was Liverpool's first public monument, and was designed by Matthew Cotes Wyatt. The monument has four grilles which provide air vents for what was a tobacco warehouse under it.

Caption For Windsor, Castle, St George's Chapel, Princess Charlotte Memorial 1895

They include the Princess Charlotte Memorial, 1817, by Matthew Cotes Wyatt, which combines the sensational with the chaste. This snow- white scene is acted by life-size figures.

Caption For Cheltenham, The Promenade 1931

Cheltenham's dress code has relaxed considerably in recent decades.

Caption For Oxford, Divinity School 1907

The Oxford Martyrs were cited to appear for examination here. It was later used as a corn store before being renovated by Wren.

Caption For Langdon Hills, The High Road C1950

The hilliness of these parishes was often cited as the cause of the 'Pure Air and Good Health' lauded in the property advertisements.

Caption For Bletchley, Bletchley Park C1960

Architecturally something of a dog's dinner with bits added to the 1860 house piecemeal, Bletchley Park is famous for the cracking of the Nazi 'Enigma' code during the last war, admittedly in huts around

Caption For Newton Abbot, Courtenay Park Bowling Green 1907

The genteel sport of bowls was a favourite Edwardian pastime, although the all-white dress code seen on the greens today had yet to be introduced.

Caption For Folkestone, The Leas And Bandstand 1897

These strollers adhered to the proper dress code asked of all Victorians who wished to stretch their legs here.

Caption For Chester, St Werburgh Street 1929

Built of red sandstone, Chester cathedral was founded in 1092 as a Benedictine abbey on the site of an earlier Saxon church dedi- cated to St Werburgh.