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 3,361 to 3,384.
Memories
4,713 memories found. Showing results 1,401 to 1,410.
Childhood Memories
Being born in a house opposite the Angel pub in 1952, and having a family history going back over 300 hundred years in the village, I think we were a local family. Those memories of the school holiday times will last a ...Read more
A memory of Stanton by
St Serfs School
I attended St Serf's School 1956-59. The headmaster was Mr Ward. I loved it, it was at the entrace to the village with the Miners' Institute on the other side of the road. The priest used to come in to our class on Monday mornings to find out who hadn't been to Mass on Sunday.
A memory of High Valleyfield by
Family Memory
My dad was from the area and my brother was brought up in the village by my gran. I remember playing in the shallows of the river by the bridge on a hot sunny summers day. I have lost touch with my brother and would love to find him.
A memory of Swimbridge in 1970 by
Cae Balloon
As a child our family stayed near the village of Blaenplwyf and as we passed Frondeg Farm my father always pointed out a field know as Cae Balloon (Balloon Field). Frondeg Farm had been farmed by his Grandfather and he had been ...Read more
A memory of Blaenplwyf in 1940 by
Bampton Open Day
Each August Bank Holiday Monday Bampton, near Exmoor, is the venue for a huge village open day. This year's event featured a duck race, teddy bear parachuting form the top of St Michael's Church Tower, tombola, white elephant sales ...Read more
A memory of Bampton in 2010 by
Train Rides To Cymmer.
For many years I enjoyed playing in Caerau park. Yet my best memories are of our train rides to Cymmer. When steam trains were the normal means of transport, with our pocket money on a Saturday, sometimes we would buy a return ...Read more
A memory of Caerau in 1963 by
William
My memory of Wingate is of my dad who passed away 10 years ago, he talked about the village when he was a lad. If anyone knows of him or has any history please e-mail me. My dad was William Johnstone, his dad John or Robert Johstone was killed down Wingate pit in 1936. Thanks, David
A memory of Wingate in 1930
The Village
I left the village in 1960. I attended the local junior and infant school. The teachers I recall were Miss Whitehead, Miss Jenkins, Miss James, Granny Chancellor (she was a lovely lady who taught most of our parents also, those that ...Read more
A memory of Waun Lwyd by
Daughter Of The Village Bobby
I was born in the police house at Norton, the 4th child of Nigel and Beryl Evans, in 1958. I loved growing up there next to the farm, now the Hundred House car park. I was always out with Uncle Wood, ...Read more
A memory of Norton in 1958 by
My Home For 22 Years
I was born 21st august 1943 at 60 Bellefield Road, a house that is still standing, only a blue brick terraced house with a cold tap and an outside loo. This was quite posh because some people had to share their toilets with ...Read more
A memory of Winson Green in 1951 by
Captions
5,033 captions found. Showing results 3,361 to 3,384.
The road through the village follows the route of the Guildford to Arundel turnpike, completed in 1809. Medieval glass was also made near here in Sidney Wood.
This is not the best end of the village architecturally, but we can see the tower of the parish church of 1827 in the distance.
This view looks northwards along Middle Street (otherwise known as Chapel Street) in the centre of the village towards a 17th- century thatched cottage on the corner with Grove Road (centre
Here we have a distant view of the village looking east toward the Brecon Beacons. Note that this is still limestone country, with a verdant mass of trees and hedgerows.
Singleton was one of the model villages built up and down the country in the 19th century: Squire Miller provided St Anne's Church, picturesque cottages for the workers, and the much photographed little
Brooke Cottage was the place to visit for parents and children alike if they had a sweet tooth, for it was formerly the village sweet shop and store. Next door there was a shoe shop and cobbler's.
His will provided coal and clothing for the poor of the village. The Mitford family also owned nearby Lennox Manor until 1920.
In this village, just off the Knaresborough to York road, stands the ancient church of St John the Baptist, a thousand years old.
The inn and the post office (and general stores) were at the heart of most villages until very recent times.
At the divide, under the clock tower, the left-hand fork heads for Pinner village, while the right-hand one will cut through the mediaeval deer park at Pinner Park to Hatch End.
Veryan, probably named after a saint with the improbable name of Symphorian, is one of the county's most beautiful villages, noted for its five round houses, built that way so that the devil could not
In 1866 a large outdoor service was held at this church; it can be reached through pleasant fields beyond the village of Ribchester.
This excellent view from the church tower shows the whole village and its rural surroundings.
This view of a corner of the village's rectangular green shows the Fountaine Inn on the left, named after Linton's most famous son, Richard Fountaine, who became an alderman of the City of London in the
Bossington, at the foot of Bossington Hill and on a loop road from the A39, merges with the hamlet of Lynch; it is a pretty village, with whitewashed sandstone rubble houses.
To the west lies the village centre and the partly Norman church of All Saints. The First World War poet Edward Thomas lived at nearby Berryfield Cottage.
This village name has caused some amusement locally: a road sign indicates the distance first to Ham, then underneath to Sandwich. Naturally, at first sight the sign just reads Ham Sandwich!
An estate village of Hollycombe, a Tudor- style house of c1900. Chapel Common has a quaint 16th-century chapel in a wood, with a new church of St Luke built nearby in 1878.
Britford is a tiny village just outside Salisbury to the south east.
The village of Sandbank is on the left, Kilmun is off camera to the right.
Moulton is only a stone's throw from the centre of Northampton; when the town thrived on shoe manufacture, many men and women walked from this village to work in the shoe factories.
The Village 1909 A typical Edwardian scene, with smartly dressed children looking coyly at the camera. A mile to the west lies Fleet Pond, Hampshire's largest freshwater lake.
The view on leaving Hinderwell in the direction of Easington is flanked on the left by the village school and the playground.
Villagers wait for the herring boats to come in with their catches.
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