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Memories
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My Great Grandparents Miles Born In Ault Hucknall
My great grandfather John Miles was head coachman to the Duke of Devonshire and he lived with his large family in Ault Hucknall with wife Julia Miles (ne Gillmore) they had 11 children (one was my ...Read more
A memory of Ault Hucknall by
A Stream Clean Enough To Eat From
My grandfather's family, the Barbers, who were farmers, lived in Alton House at one end of the village until my grandmother died. My mother remembered the tension on butter-churning days when the milk wouldn't 'turn.' I ...Read more
A memory of Soham by
Wartime Whittington
I was evacuated to this village in the war. I have lots of nice memories.
A memory of Whittington
A Search For Ancestors
I’ve just visited Buttermere to look at the little church where my ancestors (Annetts and Cummins families) would have attended during the Victorian era. A quaint little church set in the valley down a bridle way. ...Read more
A memory of Buttermere by
War Time
During the WW2 war my dad was posted at R A F Finningley and we his family lived in the village at a small holding across the road from the school. I can still see in my mind Wilf the owner who lived there too with his wife. Also the geese ...Read more
A memory of Finningley in 1945 by
Brushing The Cobwebs Off
My mother, Mrs Pat Bishop, was Headmistress of Boddington C of E School from November 1949 until sometime in 1962. In the beginning there were only about 9 children in the school, 5yrs to 11, no mains water or flushing ...Read more
A memory of Upper Boddington by
Thermopylae
I was brought up in Claughton Village (Wirral) and in the holidays as children we regularly walked through Bidston Hill to Thermopylae Pass. We would spend all day on the Hill and at Thermopylae and walk home at the end of the day exhausted ...Read more
A memory of Upton in 1959 by
The Post Office
1971 - 1984: Whilst I lived in village the Post Office was where you got all you needed in an emergency. As a little one, I personally loved the vending machines on the wall. In those days we all used to be sent out for groceries even ...Read more
A memory of Polgooth by
Sunday School And Discos
1980's: This is where we went every Sunday for Sunday School, taken by Mrs Warren. Also where the first village disco was held before moving them to the village institute. Where the photographer is standing was the playing ...Read more
A memory of Polgooth in 1980 by
Crossfield House Children's Home.
I was in Crossfield House Children's Home for 7 years from about 1958 to about 1965. I loved Gerrard's Cross, the primary school & I loved the village itself. It was fun for me as a young boy out of the slums ...Read more
A memory of Gerrards Cross by
Captions
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Syston, a Domesday village situated about four miles north of Leicester, was industrialised by an influx of framework knitters in the 19th century, which generated standardised red brick buildings
A Roman milestone was excavated at Thurmaston, but the name is Anglo- Scandinavian.
This rather posed picture shows the lower part of the village. The two men, one holding the horse and one with his dog, are everything a photographer could want in a village scene.
The White Lion, one of many public houses in the village, was called the Rose and Crown in 1766, when it formed part of a marriage settlement between Mary Field and John Smith of Hitchin.
This picturesque village featured in Anna Lea Merritt's book 'A Hamlet in Old Hampshire', published in 1902, describing 19th-century village life.
A small village to the north of Cuckfield, Whiteman's Green was once on several bus routes - a single-decker bus is just visible at the bottom of the hill. A village sign is on grass verge.
these help it to blend perfectly into the setting of the village. Christ Church was consecrated in 1904.
This cottage stands in an idyllic setting by the River Anton just ouside the village. Tasker's bridge bears the date 1843.
Situated at the head of the valley of the East Allen, Allenheads was an important centre for the lead-mining industry from the late 18th to the mid 19th century; the mines here produced around 14 per
Poltross Burn, which flows through the middle of the village, marks the border between Northumberland and Cumbria.
Located in a remote region north of Petworth, the village was originally formed in a clearing in the woods. The local wealden clay district is remarkable for large oak trees.
Very close to Junction 19 on the M1 motorway, the village is unremarkable.
East of the village, the Shelford Road climbs on to the red sandstone hills, which are undercut by the River Trent to form river cliffs.
Ockley is a very fine village along the course of the Roman road from London to Chichester, which has been known from Anglo-Saxon times as Stane Street.
The name Downham means 'dwelling by the hill'—the hill is obviously Pendle, which can be seen in the background.
On the western edge of the North York Moors, Osmotherly was a centre for milling, weaving and clog making, and it grew considerably in the hundred years from 1750.
The busy A428 Northampton to Bedford Road winds through the village from west to east, curving round the parish churchyard's rubblestone retaining walls.
Moving on north from Dunsfold, we come to Hascombe, a most attractive and tranquil village set in a curving wooded valley in the greensand hills.
The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten. Here we see the main street.
New Rossington, a village lying to the south of Doncaster, was created when the colliery was sunk into the rich South Yorkshire coalfield.
Although the base of the building may be older, the village pound, or lock-up, was certainly in use during Victorian times.
Lying below Ditchling Beacon, this downland village has today become a fashionable commuter village, and once-productive farmland is now used as paddocks for horses.
This extremely attractive village lies in the heart of mountainous Snowdonia on the Glaslyn river, and this fine bridge has been a magnet for visitors, who came in increasing numbers following the war.
The cobbled Main Street, with The Sun Inn at the top of the street, remains very much the same today.
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