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Maps

433 maps found.

1946, The Marsh Ref. NPO846454
1947, Upper Marsh Ref. NPO857629
1946, Walpole Marsh Ref. NPO860074
1899, Little Marsh Ref. RNE757689
1898, Lower Marsh Ref. RNE769544
1899, Maesbury Marsh Ref. RNE771669
1898, Margaret Marsh Ref. RNE774556
1895, Marsh Baldon Ref. RNE774961
1895, Marsh Gate Ref. RNE775050
1897, Marsh Green Ref. RNE775057
1895, Marsh Green Ref. RNE775060
1898, Marsh Street Ref. RNE775098
1945, Lower Marsh Ref. NPO769544
1945, Farway Marsh Ref. NPO703635
1945, Netley Marsh Ref. NPO789138
1945, Marsh Gate Ref. NPO775050
1946, Marsh Gibbon Ref. NPO775051
1947, Marsh Green Ref. NPO775057
1946, Marsh Green Ref. NPO775059
1946, Marsh Mills Ref. NPO775093

Books

1 books found. Showing results 145 to 1.

Memories

262 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

Cooling Castle Farm

To the right of the photograph is a driveway into the interior of the original castle that was the entrance to Castle Farm operated by F.Elms & Sons and in particular my uncle Harry Elms. He bought the Farm in about 1930 ...Read more

A memory of Cooling in 1955 by Jerry Furley

Tillingham When I Was A Lad

I remember helping my father Alan to herd the sheep from Marsh House Farm to West Hyde Farm. When we got to Tillingham Square we rested them and  the villagers used to come out to see us. I used to sing in the church ...Read more

A memory of Tillingham in 1954 by Thomas Lungley

A Holiday In South Street, Seahouses March 2004

A friend let me stay in her wee fisherman's cottage in Seahouses for an early holiday in March 2004. My wife Elizabeth and I drove up from our home in Watford through the unseasonal snow and we were ...Read more

A memory of Seahouses in 2004 by John Howard Norfolk

When I Was A Lad....

Ahh.. What a rush of memories return to my mind as I ponder the view of the vale of Almondsbury laid out before me. I grew up in the lower village (then known as marshwell crescent). My father's family hailed from the deepest ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1955 by Alan Jarman

Born And Bred Allhallows On Sea

I was born and bred in Allhallows-on-sea , as a child it was a very safe haven and full of wonderful adventures. Tree camps and corn fields.....the Beach and the marshes , that seemed to stretch on forever. ...Read more

A memory of Allhallows by Karen Belsey

School House

I have been to visit the old school house in Maltby le Marsh which was a charity school, run by Cornelius Binks. He was my Great great great grandfather. I know somewhere out there there is a photograph of him with his wife ...Read more

A memory of Maltby le Marsh in 1860 by Lynne C

Circus At The Village Hall C 1955

We lived in the village pub The Lifeboat Inn.  I remember being flooded and all the beer barrels floating in the cellar, mum cooking mussels given in lieu of beer, which were left in the bath and climbed up the ...Read more

A memory of Brancaster in 1955 by Carolynn Langley

Mersea Island Primary School 1950s

Born on Mersea island- what a haven we school children had to live and grow in. Endless poppy fields and bluebell woods, golden beaches and primrose banks flanked the leafy lanes. Greedy land grabbers have ...Read more

A memory of West Mersea in 1956 by Kay Quigley

Hawkinge, My Birthplace

I was born at Corner House, at the bottom of Aerodrome Rd, Hawkinge on 31st August 1936. My parents were the local newsagents in Canterbury Rd, backing onto the famous airfield.  I have vivid childhood memories of the war ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1940 by David Pepin

Memory

I worked as Head Waiter here during Harold Wilsons time as P.M. Richard Marsh and other ministers used to escape here. We had the walker cup here. Our team led by Joe Carr and including a young Peter Oosterhouse. My girfriend was a ...Read more

A memory of Sandwich by Alan Wood

Captions

159 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Boston, Anderson's Feather Factory, Trinity Street 2005

During 2005 Lincolnshire Development, part of Lincolnshire County Council, prepared a bid for European funding under Objective 2 for the Boston Southern Enterprise Zone in the Marsh Lane area south

Caption For Minehead, Beach Hotel And Avenue 1923

Warren House, an ancient cruck-framed building, situated adjacent to the Warren marshes behind the promenade, was the home of the warrener, who was a gamekeeper for the Luttrell family.

Ref. B438002
Caption For Basildon, C1955

If we scratch beneath the surface, we will find tales of old manor houses, smuggling, the deadly marsh fever, ghosts, education, transport, and a new form of religion, retail therapy!

Caption For Lyndhurst, Shrubs Hill Cottage 1906

There are many charming cottages in the vicinity of Lyndhurst, some of them probably dating back to the 13th century when the harsh forest laws were relaxed somewhat during the reign of Henry III.

Caption For Dartmoor, River Dart, Dartmeet 1890

The life of a moorland farmer is tough today; in 1890, with no Landrovers, electricity or modern waterproofs, it must have been unimaginably harsh and very isolated.

Caption For Hampstead, White Stone Pond 1898

A large building continues to form a backdrop to the scene, but it is regrettable that it is now a rather harsh block of flats known as Summit Lodge.

Caption For Portland, Underhill 1898

It is a harsh and unforgiving landscape, but a place of considerable charm to those who seek out its quiet corners and hidden delights.

Caption For Paglesham, The River Roach C1955

The 20th century, however, saw the oysters blighted by disease, floods and harsh winters, and the industry finally petered out in the 1970s.

Caption For Cadgwith, Main Street 1899

This is an idyllic scene, which belies the harshness of life in Cornish fishing villages in past times.

Caption For Hurst Green, The Bayley Arms And The Village C1955

The weather is not so harsh here, as the area is protected by Longridge Fell. The Shireburn family were also protectors.

Caption For Eastham, Docks 1894

However, only 15,870 of the navvies were able to clock off at the end of their final shift; 130 lost their lives, and countless others lost fingers, hands, toes, feet and whole limbs in the harsh and dangerous

Caption For Old Sarum, C1955

The site was windy, cold and harsh, and the monks were continually falling out with their Norman masters.

Caption For Bridport, The Convent 1903

They also recalled a harsh regime in which casual correction was six strokes of a bamboo cane across the palm of the hand from the age of five onwards.

Caption For Bridport, The Convent 1903

They also recalled a harsh regime in which casual correction was six strokes of a bamboo cane across the palm of the hand from the age of five onwards.

Caption For Carlisle, Cannon Outside The Citadel 2005

Carlisle was besieged twice in this conflict, most dramatically in 1643-44, when the Royalist city was captured and occupied by a Scottish army allied to Parliament after a harsh nine-month siege