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1932 1973
I feel a bit of a gatecrasher here, as I've been living in Suffolk since 1973! Basically though, even though I'm a wrinkly/pensioner, I'm a South Suburban Surrey Boy, through and through! Born 1932 in 144 Garendon Road, our postal address ...Read more
A memory of Morden by
25 Years In Beaconsfield.
Born in Wembley, I arrived in the New Town of Beaconsfield in 1957 aged 5. With my younger sister and my parents. I left home at 17 but returned occasionally until 1981 when my parents moved to Scotland. I lived in ...Read more
A memory of Beaconsfield by
Brendon
Around this time I lived on Falconer Crescent on New Parks, the last house before the farm, next to Barnados. It seems a recurring memory for all - the walled garden and orchard, I used to work there weekends. I swept the long drive of ...Read more
A memory of Glenfield in 1962 by
British Legion Miners Welfare Club
I have many fond memories of the Legion in Grendon Road Polesworth. It was demolished sometime in the 1980s, does anyone have any pictures of it or its members and committee, Many thanks, Neville
A memory of Polesworth in 1970 by
Childhood Memories
My sister Margaret and I would walk from our "Yarford Cottage "through the US army camp at Tetton Park on our way to school which was then next to the church. Charlie Barrett was the game keeper, Captain and Mrs Pawson ...Read more
A memory of Kingston St Mary in 1943 by
Debbie
About 1980, in High Wycombe I met a girl, I think her name was Debbie. I met her in the road the town hall is in on a Saturday afternoon, I think she shared a house near the Rye with others. I arranged to go for a coffee the next day, ...Read more
A memory of High Wycombe in 1980
Early Childhood In Grendon Underwood
I have vivid memories & photos of my time in Grendon 1931-1934. I went to the local school .... I can remember much about those times if anyone is interested .... just contact me if this is of ...Read more
A memory of Grendon Underwood in 1930 by
Frith Postcard
Hi i have a colour postcard of "The Valley, Brendon" it is the same as this photo, it's a used franked card dated 15th June 1945. it has a sender address of Lana Doome Farm, Malmamead, Brendon written in pencil.
A memory of Brendon by
Long Crendon 1939 1940
Just before the Second World War was declared we moved to my grandmother's house at Long Crendon, as she felt it safer from us. (Some hope, as Brize Norton wasn't far away, nor was Oxford). Her house was called Lower ...Read more
A memory of Long Crendon in 1930 by
Police Constable John Baker
My great grandfather lived at 49 Chapel Hill, Highweek, Newton Abbot. He was 39 then and he had a wife called Susan and 6 children. He was a policeman in Highweek and I am trying to find out more about him and his ...Read more
A memory of Newton Abbot in 1860 by
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Grendon Underwood is a long, straggling village, with the gaps filled steadily from the 1950s onwards.
Long Crendon has over 20 cruck houses, an unusual concentration, but many of the villages round about have a few - Haddenham has four and Grendon Underwood two, for example.
Long Crendon has over 20 cruck houses, an unusual concentration, but many of the villages round about have a few - Haddenham has four and Grendon Underwood two, for example.
Brendon nestles in the valley of the East Lyn River, and to the south is the wild expanse of Brendon Common, part of the plateau of Exmoor.
One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.
Watchet was one of medieval Somerset's most important towns, and its harbour remained important into the 20th century, exporting iron ore from the Brendon Hills to the south.
Standing at a crossroads on the ridge between Exmoor and the Brendon Hills, the long haul up the turnpike from Bampton or Minehead gave both the hill and this inn its well-earned name.
To the east of the village are the earthworks of a moated grange to Garendon Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in 1377.
To the east of the village are the earthworks of a moated grange to Garendon Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in 1377.
In the 19th century, a railway brought Brendon Hills iron ore here for shipment to Wales.
The other two buildings went when Crendon Street was rebuilt and widened in the 1930s.
One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.
To the north of the town, Crendon Lane was gated near where the station now is, and a track wended its way towards Amersham over Wycombe Heath, an area infested by highwaymen.
However, the most dramatic changes in the town centre were in Queen Victoria Road and Crendon Street.
Christ Church in Crendon Street, also by Arthur Vernon and built in 1889-97, was replaced in the 1950s by offices.