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Maps

175 maps found.

1903, Hood Manor Ref. RNC739877
1903, Manor Park Ref. RNC773966
1900, Trerice Manor Ref. RNC852782
1900, Reen Manor Ref. RNC815176
1902, Wightwick Manor Ref. RNC870114
1920, Manor House Ref. POP773894
1923, Manor Park Ref. POP773966
1919, Manor Park Ref. POP773969
1920, Manor Park Ref. POP773971
1946, Manor House Ref. NPO773894
1946, Manor Park Ref. NPO773969
1896, Sutton Manor Ref. RNE843241
1895, Weston Manor Ref. RNE866347
1946, Reen Manor Ref. NPO815176
1898, Manor Park Ref. RNE773963
1896, Manor Park Ref. RNE773966
1895, Manor Park Ref. RNE773973
1895, Manor, The Ref. RNE773997
1896, Hood Manor Ref. RNE739877
1895, Landguard Manor Ref. RNE751969

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Memories

726 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Happy Childhood

I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by Geoff Taylor

Fair Oak As It Was

My first day of school was September 1965 at Fair Oak Infants. It wasn't too bad the first day as my Mum was allowed to stay at the back of the classroom, but after that I was left on my own. I became very ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1965 by Gary Houghton

Combe Florey Primary School

The village school in Combe Florey closed in about 1958 I believe, it exists as a private house now, but I can still remember the mile long walk to and from it, through the lanes every morning and afternoon. Mum ...Read more

A memory of Combe Florey in 1958 by Kathy Farmer C/O Terry Roberts Roberts Flooring Contractors Ltd

My Memory Of Going To School In The Manor House

Chew Magna, High School - this was in fact the High School for Sacred Heart High School & Preparatory School, which I attended for 3 years. I was in my first year senior's when the high school ...Read more

A memory of Chew Magna in 1983 by Helen May

The Rec

Living in Old Barn Way (#14) I attended Southwick Primary School in Manor Hall Road. A memorable day was in 1956 when a Valiant bomber crashed into the "rec" spewing its body parts (and sadly three of its crew) into the surrounding area ...Read more

A memory of Southwick in 1956 by Brian Langworthy

Saturday Morning Pictures Etc

I lived on the border of Belvedere and Erith, just off Parsonage Manor Way and used to travel to Erith by bus.  I remember as a child of about 8-10 taking the 122a into Erith to go to the Odeon, Saturday Morning ...Read more

A memory of Erith by Alan Roberton

My Early Years In Rothwell

I was born in Rothwell in 1949 and have lived there all my life and remember when it was a picturesque village where everyone knew each other.    What changes have taken place over the years.   I remember going to ...Read more

A memory of Rothwell in 1955 by June Holstead

Frognal Hampstead London Nw3 6yd

Frognal was mentioned in the early 15th century as a customary tenement and in 1740 Frognal field was the eastern abutment of Northfield, part of the demesne. By the 17th century there were several cottages and ...Read more

A memory of Hampstead by Jon Miller

Foundation Scholar.

I was a pupil at the school from 1943 to 1948 from the age of 10. I used to travel there from Norbury on the tram, having won a Scholarship from Norbury Manor School. I came from a typically working class background and to be ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1943 by Alan Scott

Halsway Manor

I discovered this amazing place in 2006 and only wish I had known of it 50 years ago as it is an oasis of rural bliss where folk musicians and dancers meet like-minded people to practise and learn from one another. I first went ...Read more

A memory of Crowcombe in 2006 by John Howard Norfolk

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Captions

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Caption For Staverton, Manor Road C1955

We are looking west over the village pond into Manor Road; the house on the left is The Beeches.

Caption For Mells, The Manor And Church C1965

Mells Manor, largely Elizabethan, was built on the site of a medieval monastic manor.

Caption For Chigwell, Manor Hall C1955

Manor Hall was built shortly after 1935 as a dance hall at a time when a number of residential estates were being built south of Manor Road.

Caption For Temple Sowerby, C1955

Temple Sowerby commemorates the Knights Templar who afforded protection to pilgrims journeying to Jerusalem and held the manor here for over a century and a half.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Chambercombe Valley 1911

Chambercombe is an ancient manor, named after the de Cambernon family, one of whom fought alongside William the Conqueror at Hastings.

Caption For Felixstowe Ferry, Distant View Of Bawdsey Manor 1894

Looking across the River Deben , with a distant Bawdsey Manor on the far shore.

Caption For Braintree, Market Place 1903

We are looking eastwards along Manor Street. The three-storey building to the left is the Nag's Head Inn, and buildings with the finial on top are the Manor Street School.

Caption For Havering Atte Bower, Havering Hall 1908

The Havering manor was a crown manor from the time of Harold, of Hastings fame, until 1828.

Caption For Cornwell, The Village C1965

Nestled in a fold of the Cotswolds, the neat village of Cornwell is one of a piece with the beautiful stone manor house just to the west, providing a unified design rare in Oxfordshire.

Caption For Drayton Bassett, The Canal And Swing Bridge C1965

The canal at Drayton Manor, with its unique Gothic-style footbridge, complete with battlements.

Caption For Melcombe Bingham, The Manor C1955

Melcombe Bingham's manor house dates back to the time of the Plantagenet kings, though much of the present building is Tudor.

Caption For Maidstone, Zoo Park C1955

The grounds of Cobtree Manor, at Sandling, close to Maidstone, now house the Museum of Kent Life, Cobtree Manor Golf Course and a 250 acre park.

Caption For Rothwell, Squires Hill C1960

The boundary wall of Manor Park lies to the right, with the manor house and vicarage, out of view behind the trees, on the opposite side of the road.

Caption For Wool, Bridge And Manor C1960

Thomas Hardy used the Manor at Wool as the setting for the disastrous honeymoon of Tess and Angel Clare in his novel 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'.

Caption For Ditcheat, The Village C1955

The Manor House (left), formerly Ditcheat House, was built for Robert Hopton early in the 17th century.

Caption For Drayton Bassett, The Canal And Swing Bridge C1965

The canal at Drayton Manor, with its unique Gothic-style footbridge, complete with battlements. Immediately beyond is a swing bridge.

Caption For Bramley, The Vyne C1960

The Manor House C1960 The 16th-century half-timbered Manor House in Vyne Road fronts directly onto the road, so that its striking architecture, including carved bargeboards on the gables, can

Caption For Fenstanton, Chequer Street C1955

The Manor House, built in the late 17th century, was the home of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, the great landscape gardener. He was lord of the manor of Fenstanton, and his monument is in the church.

Caption For Oakham, Northgate C1950

Opposite is Manor House, perhaps the Manor House of the former Deanshold. We can see the barrier for the school exit on the right.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, The Bell, High Street 2005

Further royal charters were also granted to Hemel Hempstead, but these mainly related to matters concerning the manor.

Caption For Cossington, The Church C1960

Cottages are grouped around the church and the manor (right), an early 19th-century building with bargeboards carved like lace.

Caption For Buckland, St Mary's Church And Manor House C1965

Buckland Manor, seen beyond the church, has also been called Duke's Manor, as the Dukes of Suffolk once owned it.

Caption For Whitwell, The Old Hall C1965

The Old Hall, or Manor House, at Whitwell bears the mullioned and transomed windows and steep gables typical of its Tudor ancestry.

Caption For Hillam, The Dower House C1960

The quiet village of Hillam lies just to the south of Monk Fryston, with its old Manor House, now a popular hotel and restaurant.