Maps

167 maps found.

1940, Warren Corner Ref. NPO860892
1946, Warren Heath Ref. NPO860991
1899, Newborough Warren Ref. RNE790654
1947, Upton Warren Ref. NPO858159
1895, The Warren Ref. RNE846562
1945, Shirley Warren Ref. NPO830425
1940, The Warren Ref. NPO846561
1895, Warren Row Ref. RNE861072
1898, The Warren Ref. RNE846561
1947, Old Warren Ref. NPO797251
1898, Manton Warren Ref. RNE774133
1920, Crowborough Warren Ref. POP684849
1919, Upton Warren Ref. POP858159
1921, Walton Warren Ref. POP860254
1919, Warren Corner Ref. POP860892
1921, Warren Street Ref. POP861073
1919, The Warren Ref. POP846561
1923, Manton Warren Ref. POP774133
1922, Newborough Warren Ref. POP790654
1940, Sullington Warren Ref. NPO842580

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Memories

198 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

The Rock.

I was a resident of St Boniface Home, Sampford Peverell, from 1943 to 1946. Our Scout and Cubscout group used 'the Rock' (although we had a different name for it) for many of our scouting activities. The large mound to the west ...Read more

A memory of Sampford Peverell in 1945 by James Barrell

Greenford 1969

My grandparents from both sides all lived in Ravenor Park Road from the 1940s onwards, Ernest and Phyllis Warren, my mum's parents lived about 5 doors away from Aubrey and Muriel Thurston, my dad's parent's, and that's how my ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1969 by Lisa Thurston

Walk About

Now living in Australia - Arriving back to visit relatives, a previous life time of my walk about ways seems so dream-like. Living at The Greig Farm above the Wier Farm (The Wier which had been in my family forever) was the best ...Read more

A memory of Ewyas Harold in 1965 by Sally Bell

94 Years Living In Tilty

Me and my family moved into 1 Pumpkin Hall, Grange Green, Tilty in July 1993 and live there until November 2002 in a rented cottage owned by Mick Waring. We all had 9.4 years of happy and a peaceful life, living in a ...Read more

A memory of Tilty in 1993 by Ricky Layzell

Grandfathers Memories

My grandfather was born in Cobham on Painshill. My memory is that it was on a slight hill with a slight bend, the Greenline bus used to stop near the old home, it was a cottage with a porch and had a very thick door with big ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1946 by Alan Rosher

Ww2 Fearnana Refuge In The Storm

A hush lies over Fearnan now except for the songbirds.  No cockerels greet the morning. The once abundant fields are barren; many of the cottages are used only for vacations and are shuttered in winter.   The 100 ...Read more

A memory of Fearnan by Alastair Barnett

Crescent Way 1963 To 1968

My family lived at 3 Downsway just off Southlands Avenue.  I had two older brothers when we arrived and by 1966 I had two more and a sister. My older brothers and I attended Warren Road Primary and I remember many of my ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood in 1963 by Peter Browning

Crescent Way Orpington Kent 1960 1968

My family lived at 3 Downsway just off Southlands Avenue.  I had two older brothers when we arrived and by 1966 I had two more and a sister. My older brothers and I attended Warren Road Primary and I remember ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1965 by Peter Browning

Very Early Memories!

I was born in Chelsfield in March 1945 at The Bunglaow, Crown Rd/Warren Rd. I was born on the day that the last doodle bug bomb was sent over by the Germans and it dropped not far from where I was born. I have been told ...Read more

A memory of Chelsfield by Janet Newton

My Mother My Birth Place

I know very little about the start of my life at the warren i was born in the summer of 1965 at chatsworth house in prestatyn and my mother was resident there in a converted bus belonging to my aunt she had 6 a lot of ...Read more

A memory of Gronant by Tracy Thomas

Captions

63 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Alderley Edge, Holy Well 1896

The well had the reputation of curing barrenness in women, and offerings of bent pins were sometimes left there.

Caption For Barrow Upon Soar, High Street C1965

The rather barren appearance of the High Street exemplified in this photograph sets the tenor of this large mainly red-brick village.

Caption For Portland, Fortuneswell 1894

On this barren rock, surrounded by salt water, such wells were hard to come by and exploited to the full when they were.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pavilion C1955

As we look at this busy Bournemouth scene from the 1950s, it is hard to imagine that all this was a wild and barren heathland, deserted except for fishermen and smugglers, only 150 years before.

Caption For Portland, Rufus Castle 1890

On this barren rock, surrounded by salt water, such wells were hard to come by and exploited to the full when they were.

Caption For Tiptree, Messing Maypole Mill C1955

Tiptree Heath was 'a miserable barren piece of land' haunted by tinkers, squatters, and horse-racing fans.

Caption For Treherbert, View From The New Road C1955

Below the barren and glaciated escarpment lie the dying collieries of the Glenrhondda district of Treherbert.

Caption For Clee Hill, C1960

This remote barren countryside would seem to be very uninviting.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King Stone C1960

It was considered a magical stone where barren women would press their breast against the stone in hope of a child!

Caption For Aylesford, The Countless Stones C1960

Now known as Little Kit's Coty House, the stones were believed to help barren women to conceive.

Caption For Aylesford, The Countless Stones C1960

Now known as Little Kit's Coty House, the stones were believed to help barren women to conceive.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King Stone C1960

It was considered a magical stone where barren women would press their breast against the stone in hope of a child!

Caption For St Annes, St Annes Road 1906

At this time, 'Round the Coast' reported that 'amidst wild sandhills a beautiful town has taken the place of a bleak, barren waste'.

Caption For Morcombelake, Old Cottages 1904

This discreet little settlement in the parish of Stanton St Gabriel occupies a web of small lanes on the south-facing slopes of Hardown Hill and derives its name from three Old English words: 'mor' (barren

Caption For Accrington, Broadway Gardens C1955

Derelict land on both sides of Broadway was screened by wooden hoardings and there were many complaints about this barren and unsightly part of town.