Places
36 places found.
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- Leitrim Village, Republic of Ireland
- Swanley Village, Kent
- Ewden Village, Yorkshire
- Glentrool Village, Dumfries and Galloway
- Aycliffe Village, Durham
- Clewer Village, Berkshire
- Crookham Village, Hampshire
- Church Village, Mid Glamorgan
- Carn Brea Village, Cornwall
- Elan Village, Powys
- Luccombe Village, Isle of Wight
- North Hinksey Village, Oxfordshire
- Cumeragh Village, Lancashire
- Hulland Village, Derbyshire
- Park Village, Northumberland
- Model Village, Warwickshire
- Outlet Village, Cheshire
- Hansel Village, Strathclyde
- Portlethen Village, Grampian
- Stockbridge Village, Merseyside
- Talbot Village, Dorset
- Abbey Village, Lancashire
- Aber Village, Powys
- Chelmer Village, Essex
- Dog Village, Devon
- Glenprosen Village, Tayside
- Hutton Village, Cleveland
- Heathfield Village, Oxfordshire
- Grange Village, Gloucestershire
- Perkin's Village, Devon
- Mawsley Village, Northamptonshire
- Wynyard Village, Cleveland
- Albert Village, Leicestershire
- Brockhall Village, Lancashire
- Cardrona Village, Borders
- Dutch Village, Essex
Photos
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Maps
517 maps found.
Books
26 books found. Showing results 3,337 to 3,360.
Memories
4,713 memories found. Showing results 1,391 to 1,400.
The New Family
My family moved to no 2 Erme Park in 1967 when I was 3. These were of course the new houses. I remember Mr Burrows (father of Cedric/Zedrick) asking me in about 1973 if I was from the new houses. I of course said no as we'd been ...Read more
A memory of Ermington in 1967 by
An Evacuee In 1940
I remember my first home in Westbury Leigh was with a family called Rowe, they seemed fairly old people to me (then a ten year old boy) but now I am eighty I don't suppose they were. One of the brothers, a Charles Rowe, ...Read more
A memory of Westbury Leigh by
Early And Later
"Come on children, all in the shelter." The air raid siren was the initiator of this quiet but determined order. It meant an enjoyable singing session with (I believe it was) Miss Smith on the old upright. Collecting empty aircraft ...Read more
A memory of Four Elms in 1940 by
Ash By Sandwich 1789 1848
Ash is three miles west from Sandwich, a village lying 2 and a half miles south-westfrom Richborough Castle. The Church of St Nicholas has an interesting interior with monuments and effigies. Zachariah Pettman ...Read more
A memory of Ash
My Dads Childhood Memories
I grew up in Davenham and so did my dad, Terence Littlemore. He's now in his late eighties and loves telling us stories about when he was a small boy and how hard life was then...but very enjoyable. Before he went to ...Read more
A memory of Davenham in 1930 by
North Road And The Treacle Hole.
I was at the local junior school, the headmaster of which was Mr Ronald Pearson,when this photo was taken.He lived just beyond and to the right of the area of the photo,in Hallas Road.My uncle Jim Wroe was at one ...Read more
A memory of Kirkburton in 1950 by
Schooldays
I was born in Broken Cross and went to the old infant school when Mrs. Richards, Miss Lomax and Mrs. Frith were the teachers there. I seem to remember school concerts being held round the corner in a building just ...Read more
A memory of Broken Cross in 1940
A Sharp Reminder Of My Schooldays
Saturday, 20 February 2010 A sharp reminder of my schooldays. I attended Bradley Street, Church of England Primary and Junior school, Uttoxeter. Some teachers, remain in your memory, others disappear. I ...Read more
A memory of Uttoxeter by
Brought Up In Tongue End
I, like my brothers, sisters and father went to the primary school in Tongue End, at the time I started Mrs Vantol was Headmistess but was later replaced by Mr and Mrs Gore, the school had around 30 children. Meals were ...Read more
A memory of Tongue End by
Westwell Cottage
I lived here 1950ish, my dad worked on a farm which I think was called Coles Farm. I can remember the village school with a curtain in the middle. My dad's name was Mr Norman Charles Manley, my mum was Winafred Anne Manley.
A memory of Westwell in 1950 by
Captions
5,033 captions found. Showing results 3,337 to 3,360.
Chiddingstone is often claimed to be the most attractive village in Kent. Wild boar once roamed the surrounding countryside, and are commemorated here in the names of Boar?Place and Boreshill.
Corris, which gave its name to the Welsh narrow-gauge railway line, is a slate-quarrying village in the valley of the Afon Dulas.
A Celtic cross was chosen by the village for their war memorial.
The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant on agriculture.
Some of the older buildings of the village present a pretty and tranquil picture below the wooded hillsides, although in 1955 the road through the middle of Staveley still carried all the traffic to and
Only a couple of miles from Kettering, the village of Barton Seagrave retains plenty of charm and character.
It is a small village with a few modern closes. The White Hart pub is little changed. Opposite is the gable of a 19th-century extension to Stone House, a fine 17th-century house.
A little north of the attractive village of Naseby, on the Market Harborough road, this 40 ft high stone obelisk commemorates the Battle of Naseby at which the New Model Army routed the Royalists in 1645
Ludford is a now a single-street village on the Louth to Gainsborough road at the head of the River Bain, which flows south through the Wolds to join the River Witham.
The advent of the internal combustion engine saw the demise of the village blacksmith, although the art is making something of a comeback with the demand for decorative railings and gates.
We are south-west of the village centre, and the photograph exudes a strange feeling of well- cared-for neglect.
This is a particularly uninspiring view, but again it is a view so typical of peripheral village estates.
The attractively crowded buildings in the centre of Hawkshead village are well displayed by this early photograph, with the former Market Hall on the left.
The Blacksmith's Arms is made out of extended and altered buildings, with a house at the core.The village store has been added to the front and side of what was once a large house.
Brookhouse is an ancient village north-east of Lancaster just above Caton. It is at a junction on the old Caton to Claughton road, which we can see going off to the left.
But this spot has not always been peaceful - the village green not only served as common ground for local people to graze their animals, but has been long ago scene of bear baiting in the past.
This view was taken in the middle of the village, and is looking down Updown Hill.
The foreground in this view is now occupied by a roundabout and Village Way, which leads off to the right and the Cranleigh Leisure Centre.
The tapering village green leads up to St Peter's Church. The 15th-century tower with flushwork battlements and pinnacles had a short spire until 1845.
It was for many years the village post office.
Also in the village near the waterfall is Holy Trinity church, restored in 1878. A 17th-century manor house completes the idyllic
This delightful village of whitewashed cottages focused on a stream has changed little; the tall pine tree has gone, but its stone-walled surround remains.
Like the nearby village of Alvecote, Polesworth was once a mining area.
The Cross in Geddington's village centre was built in 1294 to commemorate Queen Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I.
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