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Cholderton House Employee
My grandmother was in service at Cholderton House for several years from about 1929 to 1931, but left when she was 20 to get married. Her name was Ida Gladys Lever and she was from the village of Chilmark . According to my ...Read more
A memory of Cholderton by
Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978
I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were all ...Read more
A memory of Lancing by
My Childhood In Coldharbour
In July 1959, I was born at home, to Eric and Ann Shields in Coldharbour village. My father was the village policeman; we lived in what was then the police house, which was situated next to the village shop opposite ...Read more
A memory of Coldharbour in 1959 by
Phil Munton
Hi, I've recently discovered this while doing research on a book I am writing and was interested to hear how many people from Selsdon remember their childhood and, in most cases, enjoyed the village as I knew it as a good place to grow up. I ...Read more
A memory of Selsdon by
A Real English Village
My parents moved to Wickham Bishops in 1948 to help friends run the village Post Office Stores which sold everything - stamps, paraffin (you brought your own can and it was filled from a barrel at the back), vinegar (as ...Read more
A memory of Wickham Bishops in 1948 by
Downside School & Abbey
I spent two mostly happy years as a boarder at Downside School, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, in the early 1980s. What a beautiful place. And with the magnificent minor basilica Downside Abbey. I last returned(from London) ...Read more
A memory of Stratton-on-the-Fosse by
My Youth In Farnham Common By Peter Harrison
I spent my youth in Farnham Common and have nothing but happy memories. We lived in an old house called Glenwood in Templewood Lane. In those days (The 1950's and 1960's) there were very few houses. As ...Read more
A memory of Farnham Common by
Summer Holidays At Ye Old Tuck Shop
My mother was the daughter of Mrs Price and along with my father and my sister we would go for our summer holidays for 2 weeks and stay with my Grandfather and Grandmother in the little cottage. The Tuck shop was mainly ...Read more
A memory of Lucton by
An Arreton Childhood
I lived in Arreton from birth until my marriage. My family consisted of Dad and Mum, my sister Gill, my paternal grandparents and a retired infant teacher Miss Muskett. She taught me at home before I began school at the village ...Read more
A memory of Arreton in 1940 by
Progress And Change
Being raised in Buckhurst Hill was a childhood experience I feel very lucky to have enjoyed. I was raised in the small cottage at 58 Epping New Road aptly named "Ivy Cottage". Located on the edge of the yard owned by W&C ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by
Captions
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Originally a Tudor house, to the north of the village, the building was remodelled in 1806 by Jeffry Wyatville and given its classical frontage in a manner which was strongly influenced by the work of
A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Windermere.
Just north of the village is Brewery House, home of Sir William Hooker and his son Joseph.
Cattle graze on Emery Down's green in the early years of the last century, a more familiar sight then than now.
Ancient woods, common land and rural lanes around unspoilt Cranham make the village a favourite with walkers.
Ancient woods, common land and rural lanes around unspoilt Cranham make the village a favourite with walkers.
Acle Bridge, a mile from the village, crosses the Bure. Two years after this photograph was taken the fine stone bridge, built in about 1830, was replaced by a steel one.
The village of Little Ann merges with Abbotts Ann so that the two virtually form one community. The fencing on the right has been replaced by a hedgerow, and the third cottage in the row is now tiled.
This tranquil scene shows the village pond with the reflection of the houses on its surface.
By the turn of the century the village was growing very quickly, although it was still far from urban sprawl.
School Lane joins The Street on the left; beyond the lorry is the Good Intent pub.
Paul is the mother village for Mousehole, which lies down on the coast below.
The village's favourable microclimate encourages the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs typical of Cotswold villages.
The post office that gave this picture its name was based in the building on the left, which was also a village shop. Today there is no village shop, nor a post office.
Shop and inn make up the heart of this village, built round the edge of an enormous village green. There was a market here from at least 1280.
Towards the edge of the village are former Rural District Council houses, now with lusher gardens, and opposite is a former Nonconformist chapel dated 1898.
The George, built in 1598, was situated at the junction between the High Street, Market Street, and Fore Street, and was the main focal point of the village.
The village school in Old Newton, just north of Stowmarket. This was an era when every village had its school - now of course, much consolidation has taken place.
Two draught horses are watered at the tree-fringed roadside pond.
King's Norton is less than two miles from Bournville, and though urban sprawl between the wars linked it to Birmingham, the old village still retains much of its rural character.
This is a typical Edwardian scene, with a group of villagers looking coyly at the camera. Today, with increased housing development, North Warnborough has almost joined up with Odiham.
The Village Sign c1955 Mayfield's well-known village sign showing a young girl and children in a meadow won second prize (£500) in a national newspaper competition in 1920.
Many of the present buildings in Burley are Victorian and 20th-century, but the village itself is an ancient Forest settlement.
The two parts of the village are Inner Hope and Outer Hope. There had once been a small fishing fleet here that worked the huge pilchard shoals that congregated in Bigbury Bay.
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