Maps

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Books

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Memories

725 memories found. Showing results 171 to 180.

Walton Colliery

My name is Roland Mitchell. I worked at Walton colliery as a haulage hand. I worked alongside Percy Heckles, Alan Jennings, Phillip Casgoin and Phillip Redmond and a young lad by the name of George Bernard Shaw. ...Read more

A memory of Walton in 1971 by Roland Mitchell

Early Years

I was born in 1967 in Tipton. I lived close to Victoria Park and have fond memories of sitting on the witch's hat swing which when looking back was sooo dangerous but fun. The metalic slide, made slippy from greased bread wrapping ...Read more

A memory of Tipton in 1967

The Cat And Bagpipes Inn

My parents Pat and Eric Metcalfe ran the Cat and Bagpipes for about five years from 1960, I was about 10 years old when we moved there and I went to Harlesy Village School. I remember Philip Robinson and his sister ...Read more

A memory of East Harlsey in 1960 by Angela Bass

Memories

My mother Gwen Clayden worked at the Ritz cinema during the war years, and spent many evenings on the roof doing fire watch. As a teenager in the mid sixties I remember many shops along Darkes Lane including Woolworths opening (in the ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar

Those Were The Days My Friend

My Mum and Dad owned the Orange Cafe on the Staines Road West but when I came along, they moved to Green Lane. My brother and I had many happy days down on the Island in Lower Sunbury, both using the pool or swimming ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1956 by John Rogers

My Life In 1955 In The Manor House Coln St Aldwyns

In 1955, my mother was hired as a housekeeper for Mrs Pam Spanogh, a polio victim in a wheelchair. It was for me, a five year old, the most idyllic time of my life and my memories of this ...Read more

A memory of Coln St Aldwyns in 1955 by Caroline Newton

My Time In Peterlee Starting In 1955

My family and I moved to Peterlee in the Autumn of 1955. We lived in Thorntree Gill. Petelee was quite new then. We could see the North Sea from my parent's bedroom window. At that time there were no ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 1955 by Margaret Sewell

Wonderful Childhood

I spent a wonderful childhood in Norton Fitzwarren when it was a village from 1950 to 1958. I have priceless memories of roaming the fields, woodlands and surrounding countryside freely. Of sitting on top of Moses ...Read more

A memory of Norton Fitzwarren in 1950 by Gerald Bull

Clarks Of Droxford

I can only say my late father was the grocer in the village - Rodney Clark. I was born in Manor Cottage. Dad died when I was only four years of age. My memories are of the shop in Park Lane, I would go with my mother's uncle, ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1959 by Michael Clark

Norton Manor

I joined the army at the age of 15 and was posted to Norton Manor Camp on the outskirts of Taunton. At first we were not permitted to go out of the camp but when we did it was always Taunton that we visited. I have fond memories of ...Read more

A memory of Rumwell in 1961 by Roy Vince

Captions

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Caption For Sutton, St Barnabas Church 1904

It served the Sutton New Town development to the east of Manor Park up to the Carshalton parish boundary.

Caption For East Barsham, Sheep On The Fakenham Road 1929

East Barsham's manor house was built by Sir William Fermor during the reign of Henry VII.

Caption For Keymer, Keymer Road C1965

Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

Caption For Naseby, The Monument C1960

The monument was erected in 1823 by the local lord of the manor.

Caption For Amberley, The Gatehouse 1898

The Castle Courtyard 1896 Within the medieval walls of the castle (or fortified manor house cum bishop’s palace) are the living apartments of the bishop: these are complex and varied ranges, with

Caption For Keymer, Keymer Road C1965

Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

Caption For Frodsham, High Street C1955

This particular inn is said to have been so called because bear baiting used to take place nearby, although the sign was also that of the crest of the Savage family, who were lords of the manor of Frodsham

Caption For Coverham, Abbey Church 1926

A 17th-century manor house completes the idyllic

Caption For Wendover, Aylesbury Road C1955

The building on the far right, Manor Farm House, has a rendered front concealing a jettied timber-framed house of about 1600.

Caption For Hunmanby, The Church 1895

The Mitford family also owned nearby Lennox Manor until 1920.

Caption For Overstone, The Solarium Hotel C1955

At the eastern edge, Overstone Manor, an elegant classical style 1930s building, is now a pub, restaurant and hotel.

Caption For Littleham, The Parish Church Of St Margaret And St Andrew 1890

In 1042 Edward the Confessor granted the manor of Littleham to his thane Ordgar.

Caption For Hipswell, The Hall 1913

Hipswell Hall is a 15th-century fortified manor house built for the Fulthorpe family, whose coat of arms is carved on the bay window to the right.

Caption For Walberswick, The Green C1965

The taller building straight ahead was Manor House Dairy, supplying butter, cheese and eggs.

Caption For Barnsley, Town Hall C1948

Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.

Caption For Alton, High Street C1955

This now allows access to the car park behind the manor house, some doors along.

Caption For Walberswick, Village 1919

Many years before Wargrave grew in popularity as a riverside village, Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor, held the manor, and at that time it was known as 'Weregrave'.

Caption For Chatham, Town Hall C1955

The architect who designed it, G E Bond, also built the Grade II listed Chatham Theatre Royal in Manor Road in 1899.

Caption For Belsay, Old Castle C1955

The attached manor house was erected in 1614.

Caption For Collingham, The River Café C1933

Collingham village has a fascinating mixture of houses - down past the parish church of St Oswald are the Old Rectory, the Manor House, the Dower House and some well preserved artisans' cottages.

Caption For Seaton, Main Street C1960

Three miles inland from Hornsea, Seaton was an estate village surrounding the old manor house.

Caption For Rowsley, The Peacock Inn C1864

The inn dates from the mid 17th century; it was originally a manor house for the agent to the Manners family at nearby Haddon Hall as we can see from their peacock crest over the porch.

Caption For Runswick, Bay 1929

In the cliff that housed the mine there was a cave, Hob Holes: legend had it that a hob man, or goblin, lived there, who could cure whooping cough.