Places
13 places found.
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- Brownhills, West Midlands
- Brownhill, Shropshire
- Brownhill, Grampian (near Stuartfield)
- Brownhills, Fife
- Brownhills, Shropshire
- Brownhill, Lancashire
- Triangle, Staffordshire (near Brownhills)
- Newtown, Staffordshire (near Brownhills)
- Summerhill, Staffordshire (near Brownhills)
- Springhill, Staffordshire (near Brownhills)
- Mill Green, Staffordshire (near Brownhills)
- High Heath, West Midlands (near Brownhills)
- New Town, West Midlands (near Brownhills)
Photos
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Maps
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Memories
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Early Years Of My Life
I was born in 1936 in Shipley nursing home and we lived at 1 The Green, Micklethwaite until 1944. My father died in 1941 and my mother was left with me and brother John, surname Walker, to bring up on her own. ...Read more
A memory of Micklethwaite in 1930 by
Hilly Fields
Situated at the top of our road, as young children Hilly Fields was something quite magical. During winter time we would trek our home made sledges over to toboggan hill and hurtle down to the brook at the bottom of the hill at ...Read more
A memory of Enfield in 1950 by
Early Days Of Blackhill
My name is Stephen Yallop. I lived in Blackhill from the early 1960s. I used to live in Gallagher Terrace. I went to the Tin Mill infant school, I remember the teachers as Mrs Dunne the headmistress. Mrs Ferguson ...Read more
A memory of Blackhill in 1966 by
Childhood Memories
I lived in Alderley Edge as a child between 1947 and 1955. I remember going for walks on the Edge, and being told about a legend that Merlin and King Arthur and his knights were sleeping inside a cave there, waiting to be ...Read more
A memory of Alderley Edge in 1954 by
Summer Of 1965
I have happy memories of a summer spent with my Nannie and Grandad Gibbs. I remember walking down this street, passing 'Auntie Martha's' to the post office every day with Grandad. He used to buy me chocolate cigarettes every day. I ...Read more
A memory of Moorsholm in 1965 by
Growing Up In A Small Village
My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. ...Read more
A memory of Twycross by
Cherished Memories
Finding this site has brought many wonderful memories back to me. I was born in St Mary's Hospital, Croydon. My maiden name was Chappell. I lived in Purley Road, South Croydon not far from the Red Deer until 1957. Every Saturday ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1953 by
Tales Of College Green
This shows College Green and its grand posh upmarket shops, at a time in the past when parking wasn't a problem. Many famous people lived round the Green over the years including Mary Robinson; actress and mistress of the ...Read more
A memory of Bristol by
Memories Of Covenham As A Child
I was born in Covenham in Zeplin Row in 1950. I remember going to bed with candles as that was the only form of lighting we had. If it was cold in the winter I can remember my mum wraping up the warm oven ...Read more
A memory of Covenham St Mary in 1950 by
Happy Times
Hi, there are so many memories. School friends Ann Warren, Pamela Davies, Desmond Hill, Julian Cook. Browns tobacconists - I can still smell it. I was born in High St. My grandparents, Mr & Mrs T Gwilliam lived in ...Read more
A memory of Six Bells in 1947 by
Captions
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William Wallis (responsible for the Eagle Building in Eastleigh) had the bright idea of creating an 'Inland Bournemouth' on a triangle of land between Hursley Road, Winchester Road and Brownhill Road.
Dominating the countryside around, and particularly impressive from the Bathampton side of the valley, Brown's Folly was built on the summit ridge of Bathford Hill in 1840.
Originally Loakes Manor, a 17th-century manor house in grounds laid out by Capability Brown, the house was remodelled by James Wyatt in 1803 for the then Lord Carrington, acquiring the romantic
The original house, built by Mr Hutchinson Brown, was bought by Charles Birch Crisp who, in 1910, commissioned newly-qualified architect Oliver Hill to enlarge the house and design the gardens.
Perched on the greensand ridge high above its village, the delightful All Saints' parish church is built in the dark brown stone extracted from the hills around it.
Around 1855, Charles Veasey built a steam-powered mill manufacturing linseed oil and cattle cake.
A Saxon hill village, known as Gumeninga Hergae, or the shrine of Guma's people, in 767, it has now become well and truly subsumed into suburbia, and into Betjeman folklore through his poem of the same
The original Crown Hotel stands to the left of St Paul's Church; the clock tower has not yet been built.
The Zennor Quoit is a chambered tomb on a wind-blown hill. Seven stout boulders once supported a colossal slab roof, eighteen feet across. Sadly, it was desecrated by farmers.
We are looking back up Crown Hill, with the sign of the Crown on the left.
This view is taken from the west, near the north-east corner of the Green, at the foot of Angel Hill. The fine west tower of All Saints dominates the scene.
It was undermined and blown up in 1646 after treachery ended its final siege during the English Civil War. Vineyard Cottage, with a haystack beside it, is in the foreground.
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