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Hanford Lodge
In about 1967 my mother and father moved to this lodge after selling the Corner Store in Child Okeford. It belonged to Hanford School. It was sad to return a few years ago to find it had burned to the ground. Opposite was one of ...Read more
A memory of Child Okeford in 1967 by
Mendleson Wrote His Spring Song In The House.
With Denmark Hill and about level with the Old Henly's garage behind you was a house within the ruins with a metal sign. It stated that during his stay here, Mendleson wrote his 'Spring Song' here. ...Read more
A memory of Camberwell by
Hq 90 Group
I spent most of 1952 at R.A.F. Medmenham and very much enjoyed my stay there. By then discipline had begun to be relaxed and we were able to wear civilian clothes off duty.. I was even able to bring my bicycle from home which opened ...Read more
A memory of Medmenham in 1952 by
Vague Memories Of Waterlooville
I was born at the Bransbury Nursing Home, Jubilee Road, Waterlooville, during the war in December 1943. I lived with my grandmother Eva Hill (nee Redman) and my mother, Joyce Hill (nee Lewis) at 56 Hambledon Road ...Read more
A memory of Waterlooville by
Below Hambledon
I spent my early years playing and later working in the fields in the valley between Hambledon and Shillingstone hills. At one time I worked for Mr Harry Watts and later his daughter Jo. I can remember once Harry Watts and Mr ...Read more
A memory of Child Okeford in 1955 by
Waterlooville
My name at the time was John Hancock and I lived in Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire before Philip Road was built. With fields opposite my home and the Convent Church along the way, it was so idyllic. The horse and cart ...Read more
A memory of Cowplain in 1952 by
Bus Company Hambledon
My Dad Tom Meads was a driver for Southdown Bus Company. Cannot remember The year he started and finished. June Gregory (Meads)
A memory of Hambledon by
Land Army 1946
I went to Childe Okeford 24th June 1946 as a 19 yr old Land Girl ( Connie Rogers) working for Walty Francis - Melways Farm. One of the hardest winters on record 1947 I remember going out to fetch the cows, the snow was so deep ...Read more
A memory of Child Okeford by
Ahhhhhh, Swainby.
I grew up here in the 70's and left the village in 1982. My Mother ran the first shop on the high street for a number of years having taken it over from my Grandfather Alfred Horsman, who was also on the Hambleton District Council if ...Read more
A memory of Swainby in 1973 by
Hambledon Po
I was the last Postmaster to run Hambledon PO. I am very sorry to say that apart from a few very kind people in the village, no one offered any help or support when I needed it. All I mostly received was criticism from the villagers. ...Read more
A memory of Hambledon in 2000
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Ampleforth lies on the southern edge of the Hambledon Hills.
Hambledon Hill, with the earthworks of an Iron Age hill-fort, dominates the skyline.
Here the Hambleton hookings were available until over-culling ended the supply. Hambleton once had a salt industry, and the name Saltcote Bridge is carved into a remnant of the 1688 bridge.
Until recently, Husthwaite, on the western edge of the Hambleton Hills near Easingwold, was known as the Orchard Village because of its abundance of apple, pear and plum orchards.
Here we see the entrance to the charming little village of Wass, which lies in a shallow valley under the wooded southern escarpment of the Hambleton Hills, seen in the background.
Using a flat-bottomed rowing boat, he would ferry the Hambleton villagers over the Wyre for one penny.
In Hambleton churchyard is buried the body of an unknown sailor washed up by the River Wyre.
This was to be a major investment of public money – the council gambled on the successful revival of the resort's fortunes.
There were six fords over the river Wyre: one was at Buck's Lane, Little Thornton, leading to Hambleton and Banks Farm.
Founder members of Hambleton Congregational Church began building at once, carting the materials themselves. Amongst them were Edward Brewer, John Hodson, Thomas Eaves and the Thompson family.
It is Market Day in the busy little town of Thirsk, standing at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, halfway between York and Darlington.
It is Market Day in the busy little town of Thirsk, which stands at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, halfway between York and Darlington.
The Leander Rowing Club had its origins in 1818 further downstream in Putney, where the early 19th-century sporting fraternity gambled on teams of oarsmen.
