Places
36 places found.
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- Bath, Avon
- Bristol, Avon
- Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
- Clevedon, Avon
- Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire
- Weston-super-Mare, Avon
- Chipping Sodbury, Avon
- Nailsea, Avon
- Radstock, Avon
- Thornbury, Avon
- Midsomer Norton, Avon
- Keynsham, Avon
- Yate, Avon
- Kingswood, Avon
- Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
- Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
- Felton, Avon
- Portishead, Avon
- Backwell, Avon
- Clifton, Avon
- Worle, Avon
- Winscombe, Avon
- Bleadon, Avon
- West Harptree, Avon
- Almondsbury, Avon
- Combe Down, Avon
- Frampton Cotterell, Avon
- Wellow, Avon
- Henbury, Avon
- Blagdon, Avon
- Banwell, Avon
- Alveston, Avon
- Frenchay, Avon
- Severn Beach, Avon
- Lower Swainswick, Avon
- Batheaston, Avon
Photos
4,755 photos found. Showing results 81 to 100.
Maps
247 maps found.
Books
10 books found. Showing results 97 to 10.
Memories
89 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.
Part Of My Childhood
I spent many enjoyable school holidays in this town. My Uncle had a store called Staggs the Drapery and clothing store. Back then we used to spend many an hour wandering over to the Quay & the Priory. We also used to ...Read more
A memory of Christchurch in 1953 by
Parsons Family Of Aston Cantlow
Hi, I'm looking for the descendants of Isreal Davis and Emma Parsons or any information about them. Isreal and Emma Davis or Davies lived in Little Alne in 1911. I don't have the address. Their daughter Anne ...Read more
A memory of Aston Cantlow by
My Mum Was Born In Borth Y Gest
My mum was born in Borth y Gest and went to school there too and eventually marry at the church on the harbour front in 1956. My Grandad continued living there with my Grandmother until he died in 1984. Every ...Read more
A memory of Borth-y-Gest in 1957 by
My Fourteenth Birthday Year
Our journey to Mickleton started when we arrived at Chipping Campdon, there was no one to meet us, we, my mother, an aunt and I were taken to the local police station where we stayed the night. Next morning we boarded a ...Read more
A memory of Mickleton in 1944 by
My Aunty At The Post Office Capel
I remember my Aunt and uncle moving to Capel in around 1967 - not sure? He was a lot older than my Aunty Jean - He was Desmond Orr. Family folklore says that he was rather grumpy and customers tended to keep away during ...Read more
A memory of Capel by
Mmemories Of A Better Cannock
The pictures in Francis Frith nostalgic photos, bring to mind the Cannock I remember. Even the pictures from 1955, the year of my birth, show places I recall. I would go with my grandad and John Brogan, in the old open ...Read more
A memory of Cannock in 1960 by
Memory Of Soudley
Steam to Stratford, in the early 20's James Joiner (a contractor from Soudley) assembled his convoy of Traction Engines en Route to Stratford Upon Avon to start the new Sewer Contract which was awarded to Joiners for £57,000. He ...Read more
A memory of Upper Soudley in 1920 by
Memories Of Picktree Village
Aged 7, with my parents, we moved from Hadrian Avenue, Chester le Street to 'Woodside', Picktree Village in 1951, where we kept hens and three pigs. Fred Scott had the nearby farm and delivered the milk each morning. He ...Read more
A memory of Picktree in 1950 by
Memories Of Bitton In Gloucestershire
The Grange at Bitton was the home of the Seymour family, one member of which was Jane, the third wife of King Henry VIII. The village is dominated by its open countryside setting. This relationship arises from ...Read more
A memory of Bitton by
Captions
172 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.
The ancient town of Christchurch stands on the two rivers Stour and Avon, getting its old name Twyneham from the Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'the town between two rivers'.
Crane Bridge carries the road over the River Avon.
Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon, and gets its old name of Twyneham from the Anglo Saxon, meaning 'the town between the rivers'.
Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.
Few canal sights in Britain match the splendour of the Caen Hill flight of 29 locks which raises the Kennet and Avon canal 230 feet over a two mile stretch.
The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the river Avon 60 feet below.
Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.
Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.
The old parish of Great Comberton runs from the river Avon to the summit of Bredon Hill.
Beyond the trees is the River Avon, and the houses in the distance are in Bristol Street and part of Burnivale.
Bridge End is on the south bank of the Avon, where all the roads from the south previously met to cross into Warwick.
The project cost about £600,000, and involved diverting the Avon to the south from Totterdown and round the city to link up with its old course.
This village's name means 'a ford only available in summer'; the church stands above the Bristol Avon.
For the mid 13th century, it represented a major feat of civil engineering that involved diverting the course of the River Frome from its ancient junction with the Avon.
The Roman town of Aquae Sulis, now Bath, grew up at the point where the Fosse Way crossed the river Avon.
The spire is of the Congregational (now United Reformed) church, with the Victorian clock tower opposite on the bridge over the Avon.
Castle Road (part of the A360 to Amesbury) is on the right, and the Avon Valley is just out of the picture to the left.
This Wiltshire village grew up on three roughly parallel terraces on the steep and well-wooded Avon valley side, with the parish church at the south end.
This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch
From here you can travel to London, Birmingham, Leicester, Oxford and Stratford upon Avon by canal.
The tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the cathedral and its incomparably magnificent 404-foot spire, the tallest in England.
This is Thomas Telford's iron bridge, crossing the River Severn at its junction with the River Avon.
Beyond Southgate, on Broad Quays, the 1966 Churchill Bridge over the River Avon replaced the Old Bridge we see in this view.
This view looks from the north bank of the Avon, near the toll bridge.
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