Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Manor Farm

I plan to create my own memories of Long Sutton one day, but in the meantime does any one have any knowledge of the Harris family who originally came from Manor Farm (1800's) most of whom moved to Winchester in the 1900's? ...Read more

A memory of Long Sutton by Rena Lee

Early Times In Colindale

I was born after the war and lived in Sheaveshill Avenue until I was married in 1971. I lived in a house that which had the dubious distinction of being directly opposite to the Titanine paint factory on the other side of ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1956 by Ken Hunter

Growing Up In East Ham

My family moved to East Ham from Mile End. We lived on White Horse Road, and I attend Brampton Manor. My brother and sister attended other schools. We used to to the reck centre in Central Park, on Saturdays, it was so ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1975

Moving To Shevington

My first memories of Shevington were moving to the council estate on a very wet day and trudging through deep brown clay which served as the road.  At that time there was only one grocery store opposite the entrance to Randall ...Read more

A memory of Shevington in 1952

Hilden Manor

In 1971 I was a lad of 15 and had made friends with some people living behind the Hilden Manor. The owner wanted needed help to dig out a large pond in his back garden, so I volunteered with his two sons to hand dig this pond in the ...Read more

A memory of Hildenborough in 1971 by Stuart Nolan

An Under Housemaid At Williamscot House

When my Great Aunt Phyllis Ivy Jarrett left school at the age of 13 (about 1918), she joined the domestic staff at Williamscot House, where she was an 'under-housemaid'. Phyllis used to send photos home to ...Read more

A memory of Williamscot in 1920

East Barsham Manor

The manor house was occupied by the army during the Second World War and not released until about 1946. My friends and I often cycled from Walsingham and we found the manor deserted. The entrance hall is well remembered with a ...Read more

A memory of East Barsham by Michael Jarvis

Auld Millfield

I was another Auld Millfielder, times were hard and nobody was well off but it was a happy place to grow up. I remember as a kid everyone under 18 playing cricket on the 'square' at the top of Millfield Crescent and using dustbin lids ...Read more

A memory of Newburn by Norman Dunbar

Pea Shooter And Buses

It was about 1953 when we discovered pluffers and ca caws. The pluffer was a device we used for a pea-shooter. This was a straight stem from a weed and it was about an inch or so in diameter, hollow through the centre and ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows

Sun Brush Works

I remember the brush works in Manor Street very well. My grandmother's brother worked there, his name was Arthur Rayner. I had a hand brush from Sun Brush Works and used it for many years.

A memory of Braintree by Delia Norfolk

Captions

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Caption For Upwey, Horse Drawn Carriage C1950

Summertime flash floods are a fact of life at Upwey, where the River Wey flows southwards beside Church Street to Westbrook Farm and the Manor House.

Caption For Ascott Under Wychwood, The Green C1950

But their attempt to burgle Tangley Manor between Stow and Burford went less well.

Caption For Clifford, Village 1897

Originally sited on a ford over Firgreen Beck, Clifford was at one time the manor that included all of nearby Boston Spa.

Caption For Findon, Post Office Corner C1960

Findon Place is a manor house built in the 13th century and extended around the year 1740, with extensive stables added in 1800.

Caption For Swanage, The Pier 1894

This view is from the Royal Victoria Hotel, formerly Swanage Manor, which was named for the overnight visit of Princess Victoria on 7-8 August 1833.

Caption For Boston Spa, Thorp Arch Hall 1895

The lord of the manor, William Gossip, purchased land here with the view to owning a substantial but convenient house in this rural part of the West and North Yorkshire border.

Caption For Sherborne, The Post Office C1960

Inside is a memorial to John Dutton, lord of the manor, who died in 1656; it reads 'Master of a large fortune and owner of a mind equal to it.'

Caption For Clifford, Village 1897

Originally sited on a ford over Firgreen Beck, Clifford was at one time the manor that included all of nearby Boston Spa.

Caption For Westdean, 1921

Not far away is Charleston Manor, the remains of a late 12th-century hall house.

Caption For Belsay, Old Castle C1955

The attached manor house was erected in 1614.

Caption For Amersham, General View C1955

Looking west past the Memorial Gardens, the white building on the far hill, just to the left of the church tower, is Shardeloes, the Georgian mansion of the lords of the manor.

Caption For Oakley, The Parish Church 1952

Behind is the Manor House, mostly rebuilt by George Devey in the 1870s, and now a school.

Caption For Holme, St Giles' Church 1909

It is distinctive in that its porch, with its upper room and flanking round tower, would look more at home on a fortified manor house.

Caption For Singleton, Post Office C1960

He succeeded Alderman Thomas Miller as lord of the manor in 1865, and lived at Singleton Park.

Caption For Andover, High Street C1965

Cars fill a single line of parking on the waste of the manor.

Caption For Tonbridge, Barden Park, The Avenue 1890

The manor of Barden lay to the south-west of Tonbridge.

Caption For Byfleet, High Road 1951

At its east end, down by the River Wey, is a superb brick manor house of the 1680s, which has been much altered subsequently and is now divided into apartments.

Caption For Ealing, Grammar School, The Green C1955

There are several 18th-century houses along the edges of the green, which tapers south from Pitshanger Manor.

Caption For Bray, Village 1911

A former royal manor, Bray is well known for the song 'The Vicar of Bray', celebrating the vicar who changed sides several times during the Civil War and after to keep his living.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, The Castle 1892

Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, began as a manor house built in about 1183 by Bishop Pudsey, but it was later converted into a castle by Bishop Anthony Bek in the 14th century

Caption For Cheam, St Dunstan's Church And Lychgate 1925

The wall on the extreme right of the photograph once marked the boundary of West Cheam Manor.

Caption For Fenstanton, Church Of St Peter And St Paul 1898

He bought the manor of Fenstanton in 1768 for £13,000.

Caption For Sutton Courtenay, Church Street C1955

To its left, also out of shot, is the self-explanatory Norman Hall, a small stone manor house built around 1190: a rare survival indeed.