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Maps

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Memories

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The Station The Cinemas

I was born in Manor Park in 1937 but spent a lot of time in East Ham as my mother was a keen cinema-goer.  The Granada in Barking Road used to have a four hour programme with two films and an hour long stage show.  I recall ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by David Bolton

From 1944

Memories from that long ago tend to stick in the back of the mind until an association brings them out. Being a small child, the village green at Bearsted seemed gigantic and the village pond was just a pond. We used to paddle in the ...Read more

A memory of Bearsted by Beverley Simmons

Manor Park

I was born in Cedar Road maternity annexe in Sutton in 1956 and lived in Eaton Road for my first 10 years of life. One of my biggest joys was visiting the library that was situated in Manor Park in a house that I think may still be there, ...Read more

A memory of Sutton by Ann Price

Mountain Ash Comprehensive School Grammer School

I remember what a facinating old house Duffryn House was.  As a teenage girl I remember having lessons in very ornate rooms decorated with wooden panelling and beautiful ceilings. The fireplaces ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash in 1980 by Sharon Hawkins

Yealand A Beautiful Village

I lived in Yealand from 1947-52 when I came here to New Zealand with friends at the age of 17. Having little educaton and the war years I decided to come to New Zealand to farm. I attended the Yealand school ...Read more

A memory of Yealand Redmayne in 1952 by Alan Taylor

Evacuee

I was evacuated to Daglingworth in 1941 from London and was billeted at Warrens Gorse Cottages just outside the village with my younger brother and sister. We attended the village school which was run by Miss Bacon (a bit of a tartar) ...Read more

A memory of Daglingworth in 1940 by William Bowling

The Tithe Barn

This picture is of the Tithe Barn at Harrow Museum and Heritage Centre. It is one of four listed buildings at the site and is part of the former medieval Headstone Manor estate. Harrow Museum can be contacted on 020 8861 2626

A memory of North Harrow by L C

Mossknowe House Teackle Mansion In The Us

I live in the State of Maryland in the US and have never been to Scotland, although our family geneology has been traced there. My reason for writing is this house. In my town of Princess ...Read more

A memory of Kirkpatrick-Fleming by First Name Last Name

Walsh Manor

I was a pupil at Walsh Manor school about 1964 and was wondering if anyone has any pictures of the school or the history of the manor house. I loved being at the school as there was a farm attached where we used to go. The school ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough in 1964 by Victoria Manning

Servants In The Manor 1861

In 1861 my great grandmother's (Jane Chapman, nee Loveland) parents were living at the Manor House as servants. John Loveland, 65 was a gardener and his wife Charlotte 58 a domestic servant. Also living in the ...Read more

A memory of Limpsfield in 1860 by Val Aldridge

Captions

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Caption For Drayton, Gravel Lane C1955

These farm buildings belonged to Manor Farm, but are now being converted into houses (November 2004); the brick range at the left has an additional loft entry dormer.

Caption For Ellington, Village 1906

At Domesday, the manor was held by the Abbot of St Benedict`s, Ramsey, and the parish had a population of about 150.

Caption For Symondsbury, 1899

This beautiful view, seen from the path up the hill towards Miles Cross, looks north to the Manor House (top left) and its thatched 17th-century barn (right of centre).

Caption For Chelmsford, Tindal Square 1906

Elizabeth gave one Chelmsfordian another cause to smile: in 1563, she sold the manor of Chelmsford to Thomas Mildmay. Three years later he was dead.

Caption For Keymer, Keymer Road C1965

Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote. Oldland post windmill is being slowly restored to a good state of repair.

Caption For Hunmanby, The Church 1895

The Mitford family also owned nearby Lennox Manor until 1920.

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 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 Keymer, Keymer Road C1965

Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote. Oldland post windmill is being slowly restored to a good state of repair.

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 Chieveley, The Manor And Church C1965

This timeless picture shows the quintessential English church and adjoining manor.

Caption For Chideock, 1927

The latter commemorated the marriage of Miss Elinor Mary Triphine de Poher to the local landowner Frederick Joseph Weld of Chideock Manor. The row of council houses is at Broadmead (left foreground).

Caption For Little Missenden, The River Misbourne C1955

Here we look east from the bridge over the Misbourne along the backs of Manor Farmyard, now houses, the Red Lion pub and cottages beyond, a view now somewhat obscured by stables to one of the converted

Caption For Tenterden, High Street 1900

It is dedicated to the former abbess of Minster, and in the earliest records Tenterden was part of the manor of Minster-in-Thanet.

Caption For Caldy, The Village C1955

In 1906, the Caldy Manor Estate was split up into housing development plots for the wealthy.

Caption For Compton Chamberlayne, St Michael's Church C1955

The tiny church stands in the grounds of the huge manor house and park, and dates back to the late 13th century.

Caption For Nether Alderley, The Cross 1896

At the crossroads is the stump of a cross, a reminder that in the 13th century, the then lord of the manor, Sir Walklyn Arderne, attempted but failed to found a market town here.

Caption For Bishops Hull, The Church Of St Peter And St Paul 1906

Now in effect a suburb of Taunton, the village is still distinctly a village architecturally, with its 1586 Elizabethan manor house, recently freshly yellow ochre colourwashed.

Caption For Ford, Ford Castle C1950

Ford was built as a manor house by William Heron in 1338, but it was quickly raised in status to a castle. By 1367 Ford had been integrated into English defence planning for the North.

Caption For Cloughton, Main Street C1955

Little has changed in this picture over the years – the farm cottage on the left and the Manor House, far right, remain, but the grocer's shop succumbed to supermarket competition and is now a private

Caption For Parham, The House 1894

Examples from west to east include Burton Park, Parham itself, Wiston Park, Firle Place and Folkington Manor. Some, including Parham, can be seen from the South Downs Way.

Caption For Bosham, Church 1901

Bosham was a royal manor owned by Earl Harold, later the last Anglo-Danish king of England, who is shown praying here before sailing for Normandy in 1064.