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My Village In Youth

I was born in Wellington in 1936 and grew up there for the first 10 years,living in No 3 Rumwell Cottages in the centre of the village. I remember just before D-Day all of the American troops passing our house on the way to ...Read more

A memory of Rumwell in 1944 by John Naylor

I Was Born Here

Seeing this photo brings back many happy memories, on the left of the photo are two black gates and the first cottage next to them is where I was born back in 1955. Shortly afterwards they were demolished and a service road was put in ...Read more

A memory of Twyford in 1955 by Stephen Bennett

The Day A Lorry Drove Into Nellie Englands Cottage

Do you remember the bridge at the beginning of Hithermoor Road (near the rec). It was really high and every car BUMPED over. One day a lorry lost control and ended up in Nellie England's garden (Southern Cottages) !!

A memory of Stanwell Moor by Jill Sumner

St Michaels On Wyre

My dad had a cousin who was Vicar at St Michaels on Wyre during the 1945 - 55 era. His name, Raymond Bell. As a child visiting his parents in Wray, near Hornby during the Second World War years I only met Raymond ...Read more

A memory of St Michael's on Wyre in 1950 by Dorothy Wood

A Lost Childhood

My beloved late mum grew up and lived in the stunning village of Rode, way back in the late thirties I think. Sadly she's gone now, and I wish I had written down more of her memories of Rode. Her family name was Humphries, and she told ...Read more

A memory of Rode by Rene Rees

Chapel Street

Hi, We moved into a cottage in Chapel Street about 1952. The building was on a sharp bend at the top of the lane that led down to the mere. Many a motorcyclist came to grief on the corner and it would not be unusual to find a ...Read more

A memory of Rockland St Peter by Alan Gardiner

Aunty Mabel And Uncle Harold Hunt And George And Lil Hunt

Mabel and Harold Hunt were my great aunt and uncle. They lived in the row of thatched cottages in the village. I have many memories of visiting their cottage with the black lead grate that ...Read more

A memory of Burmington in 1959 by Lynda Taylor

Eccentric Artist

I remember cycling to Matching Green from Harlow in the early Seventies, as a 16 year old, exploring with friends one summer evening and coming across a cottage garden filled with strange but delightful 'art works' made out of ...Read more

A memory of Matching Green in 1973 by Melvyn Helsey

History Of Netherthong

I am currently researching and writing a history of Netherthong and I have well over 200 photos and other ephemera. I have started numerous chapters relating to such subjects as schools, parish council, churches, sport, ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong in 2010 by Michael Meitiner

Grove Farm

in the late 1960s we moved to 32 Yarnton Road. My dad and grandad worked the land of Grove Farm before the housing development took place. During 1970s an archaeological excavation took place in the area surrounding Moat Cottage. I did ...Read more

A memory of Kidlington by Jane Eldridge

Captions

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Caption For Brassington, C1960

This is a general view showing the limestone cottages of the village.

Caption For Eyam, Composite C1920

The other pictures show (clockwise from the top left) Eyam Hall and the stocks; Mompesson`s Well; the plague cottages and the church; and the parish church from the south east.

Caption For Hovingham, Brookside C1955

Here we see a pleasing mixture of pantile-roofed cottages at Brookside, in the centre of the village.

Caption For Northrepps, The Cottage And Country Club C1965

Northrepps Cottage was built for Bartlett Gurney by Norwich architect William Wilkins in the 1790s.

Caption For Lowick Bridge, Red Lion Inn And Farm C1955

Teas and Hovis are no longer available at the cottage on the right.

Caption For Rockingham, Village C1960

Many picturesque thatched cottages and flintstone houses line the street. The village general stores and post office once housed its own manual telephone exchange.

Caption For Colesbourne, Lower Hilcot C1960

An ancient ford and footbridge, an abandoned cartwheel and the splash of water running over a tiny weir - this delightful photograph of stone cottages and attractive gardens reminds us that

Caption For Polperro, Jew's House 1924

The fishermen are carrying casks of pilchards from the harbour past one of the many quaint old cottages that make Polperro so attractive to visitors.

Caption For Merrivale, The Bridge 1910

The quarry cottages are long gone, but the Dartmoor Inn (centre) is a popular watering-hole still.

Caption For Linton On Ouse, The Lock

It is a quiet day at the lock: the lock keeper's cottage, a neat and tidy 18th-century structure, waits for passing traffic, but the river seems deserted.

Caption For Dulverton, High Street And The Cottage C1965

Across the river on the hillside is The Cottage, a mock-Tudor house with plaster pargetting standing amid rhododendrons.

Caption For Seaview, Salterns Cottages 1918

These cottages probably stand on the site of the original settlement at Seaview.

Caption For Winchcombe, Vineyard Street C1960

A row of Cotswold stone cottages in Vineyard Street, named after the former abbey's vineyard which was once nearby, built in the style so beloved of all who love the towns and villages of the Cotswolds—and

Caption For Kennington, The Mill 1901

Wye College 1903 The half-timbered cottages and the church opposite were originally the site of a priest's seminary founded by Cardinal Kempe.

Caption For Askrigg, Little Askrigg 1911

The confectionery shop and the chemist's (right) are now private cottages.

Caption For Farnworth, The Church And Cottage 1900

The cottage pictured here has now gone, to be replaced by a brick house which was only built in 2001.

Caption For Truro, Calenick Village 1912

Here beside the old lane is one of the few thatched cottages.

Caption For Trumpington, Village 1914

Thatched cottages abound in this view; at this time, Trumpington was a village separate from Cambridge.

Caption For Bellerby, Village 1929

Around it are farm cottages, and in the middle distance stands the Old Hall.

Caption For Cornwell, The Village C1965

Very much an estate village, Cornwell on the north- eastern periphery of the Cotswolds underwent full-scale modernisation of its cottages in the 1930s, when its American owner commissioned Sir Clough

Caption For Castor, Fitzwilliam Arms C1955

The Fitzwilliam Arms, on the main road to Peterborough, was possibly altered from a row of cottages.

Caption For Croft On Tees, View Over The River C1955

A line of mainly 18th- and 19th-century cottages line the banks of the mighty River Tees at Croft-on-Tees, a small settlement to the south of Darlington and very close to the borders of County Durham.

Caption For Polkerris, The Village C1960

Stone cottages, teas for sale and no unsightly road markings are the delights of this village.

Caption For Leigh On Sea, 1891

Leigh is noted for its weatherboard cottages.