Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Aber/Blaengwynfi Silver Prize Band Thankyou For The Music!

I grew up in Blaengwynfi in the 1950s/60s. My father was Don Davies, and he was band-master during most of those years. He'd joined the band in the 30s when he'd been forced to leave ...Read more

A memory of Blaengwynfi by Dorothy Chambers

Great Haseley

I was five when I moved to Great Haseley from Newington, near Stadhampton, with my mother, father and brother. The year was 1957 and Horse Close Cottages was a new housing estate - we were thrilled to have a bathroom and an ...Read more

A memory of Great Haseley by Linda Twibill (Nee Ring)

Firwood

Firwood 1958 our family came from the US to settle our Aunt Ethel & Uncle Edmund Smyth's estate Firwood. Edmund had been the 1st Bishop of Lebombo, Africa & Ethel had been a missionary & painter. Firwood had a dairy on the ...Read more

A memory of Brownshill in 1958 by Terri Smyth

My Childhood

I believe that my maternal grandmother once lived in the pub called The Rising Sun. Her maiden name was Mary Alice Bellis - and my parents, sister and I visited the village during the 1930s. . We stayed with family who lived in ...Read more

A memory of Rhydymwyn in 1930 by Evelyn Evans

Spurstow

I was born in Spurstow and lived by the crossroads on the A49 and went to the girls' school till I was seven, Miss Bratt was the teacher and lived in Tarporley and came to school on a scooter. Miss Rodgers was the head teacher and she ...Read more

A memory of Spurstow in 1950 by David Stockton

46 Bridge Road, Cove

46 Bridge Road at Cove is very significant to me because I was born in Bridge Road, no 46, on 29th June 1943, in the photo of Bridge Road it is the second house on the left, opposite Cove Supply Stores, so I'm sure my mother would ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1943 by Graham Davis

Walks

Going on long walks and picnics up the woods with my mum and 4 sisters, it started out with just us but by the time we had walked through the village we had half the village kids with us! Great times, sandwiches and weak warm juice.

A memory of Cheddington in 1964 by Susan Wesley

Halton Gorse Cottages And Castle Road

I too spent my school holidays in Halton village, my grandparents were Lillian and Benjamin Atkinson, they lived in Gorse Cottages, you had to go up the steps from the underpass to get to it, or down the steps ...Read more

A memory of Halton in 1955 by Beryl Gordon

Living In The Village

We moved to Compton Bassett in 1957 when I was 11 and lived there until my father died in 1986. My parents were George Edward (Ted) Jones and Lucy. First we lived in Dugdales Farm house with Mr and Mrs Monck, and then ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1957 by Jennifer Mera

Fynn From The Black Dog

I'm also related to Mr William Fynn ( of sorts!) who ran the Black Dog. He passed away in 1912 after an unsuccessful operation. His wife Rosanna born in Lancashire was of Scottish heritage. Grace was her niece ...Read more

A memory of Horndon on the Hill by Denize Selby

Captions

5,033 captions found. Showing results 961 to 984.

Caption For Yardley Gobion, Village Green C1965

Now quieter, thanks to a bypass, it once had a wharf on the Grand Junction Canal which passed a quarter of a mile north of the village.

Caption For Crichel House, House And Park 1904

He at once embarked on a programme of rebuilding and extension, doubling the size of the house, and moved the entire village of More Crichel except for St Mary`s Church, a mile away to the south in

Caption For Blunham, The Hill And Square 1968

Firmly back in Bedfordshire and heading south, our route passes through Blunham, a most attractive village, where the poet John Donne was rector from 1622 until his death in 1632, although he was also

Caption For Hamble, The Village C1955

Pevsner likened Hamble to a West Country fishing village, and he was right to make the comparison.

Caption For Quorn, High Street C1965

The village has acquired international fame as the home of the Quorn Hunt; its founder Hugo Meynell took residence in 1753 at Quorn Hall (now an educational centre).

Caption For Newnham, The Village C1955

The photographer has now moved up to the parish church to catch this lovely village scene.

Caption For Freshfield, Post Office, Old Town Lane C1965

Old Town Lane is the route between the new village centre and the original village.

Caption For Appletreewick, Monks' Hall 1906

Around here there were many lead mines, and the village had two pubs to cater for the miners two hundred years ago. Further up the village is High Hall, built by the Craven family.

Caption For Crakehall, The Village 1900

Crakehall, 1 mile north of Bedale, is two villages in one - this is Little Crakehall, with its race (left) for three corn and flax mills.

Caption For Irchester, High Street C1955

The village expanded with the boot and shoe works in the later 19th century, but the original stone village survives.

Caption For Llwynhendy, 1936

As we look across toward the village, we can see that the land is rough scrubland, nothing like the fertile valleys which the visitor will come to know.

Caption For Chigwell Row, Two Brewers C1955

This is the second public house of the village, and a lot less famous than the Maypole. It was originally a beer house, which was established as the village grew.

Caption For Denmead, The Green C1960

Since the Second World War this village has grown.

Caption For Emery Down, The Swan Inn C1960

The village of Emery Down is reached by turning right at Swan Green after leaving Lyndhurst on the A35 Bournemouth road.

Caption For Brockweir, The Village C1955

We are looking back across the Wye to the village. A quay has been constructed in front of Quay House on the left, where there appears to be a good fire burning in the grate.

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 Ottershaw, The Otter Hotel C1955

Similar to other heathland villages nearby, it grew in the 19th century as nurserymen came and improved the soil and in turn provided employment for the villagers.

Caption For Downham, The Village 1921

The steep slope of the village street leads to a second group of cottages clustered round the village green. To the right, up three steps, is the entry to St Leonard's churchyard.

Caption For Eppleby, The Green C1955

A huge green on either side of the road gives breathing space to the village. High House Farm, far right, was the home of the dominant agricultural owner in the 17th century.

Caption For Healaugh, The Road To Shore Gill C1955

The original village used to be up this gated lane higher on the moors.

Caption For Seaton, Main Street C1960

Three miles inland from Hornsea, Seaton was an estate village surrounding the old manor house. It has two village greens and a pond.

Caption For Litton Cheney, 1906

The village children crossed these fields each day to go to the Elementary School, which was built in 1878.

Caption For Inveraray, The Bay 1899

Though now a substantial settlement, it was built on the site of a modest fishing village in the 1700s by the 3rd Duke of Argyll.

Caption For Geddington, The Cross C1950

This picturesque village is celebrated for the Eleanor Cross, built in 1294 as a memorial to Queen Eleanor, the wife of King Edward I.