Places

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Memories

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Memories Of Bitton In Gloucestershire

The Grange at Bitton was the home of the Seymour family, one member of which was Jane, the third wife of King Henry VIII. The village is dominated by its open countryside setting. This relationship arises from ...Read more

A memory of Bitton by Paul Townsend

The Port Of Bristol

Bristol's great heritage started from humble beginnings. An Anglo-Saxon settlement by the name of Brigstowe steadily grew into a thriving port. After the Norman invasion of 1066, a castle was built in what is now known as Castle ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Mill In Flames

As a small boy around 1945/1947 walking home from Wetherby Church School I remember one day watching from the bridge as the mill was engulfed in flames and burning down. I wonder if anyone can provide the exact date or has a similar ...Read more

A memory of Wetherby in 1945 by John Dunn

Memories Of Bristol Zoo, Clifton

Clifton Zoo was founded in 1835 by a group of eminent local citizens and opened to the public in 1836. It is the fifth oldest in the world, and the oldest one that is not in a capital city. There were 220 shareholders ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Paul Townsend

Racing The Flood

This story was related to me over 60 years ago. I have never had it verified, so how true it is I don't know. One day a family was haytiming up river from Sedbergh when they saw a wall of water coming down the river. Realising that ...Read more

A memory of Sedbergh by Ron Howard

Happy Days

Not exact on the dates but went to Lowestoft from Norwich on the steam train for our annual day out by the seaside. We saw the Punch & Judy, watched the men fish off the quay and went to the Kensington gardens (?) for a ride on the ...Read more

A memory of Lowestoft in 1954 by Gerald Wase

Loudon Grove Liverpool 8

I was brought up in no 3 Loudon Grove. However, on a recent visit I noticed that Nos 1, 3, 5, and 7 along with others have been demolished and only No 7 on that side of the road has been replaced with a new house. The ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1956 by Ann Richards

Grand Hotel

I have just obtained a print of Sheringham promenade with a building on the left on top of a hill. I searched through these photos and came across the Grand Hotel - and that is the building in my picture. The date is 1890s. Does anyone ...Read more

A memory of Sheringham by Valerie Bradey

Happy Memories Of Maritime House

Maritime House used to house the National Union of Seamen but I believe it is now occupied by the Railway Union. My grandfather Sir Thomas Yates was the General Secretary of the Seamen's Union until he retired ...Read more

A memory of Clapham by Lilian Mc Millan

First Term At School A Wartime Puzzler

We lived in Ulleswater Road, which was the first road in N14 Southgate, but was really much closer to Palmers Green N13. At age 5 and a few weeks I started at Hazlewood Lane Infants School in September ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green by Martin Beckett

Captions

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Caption For Culham, The Green C1955

The pair of cottages at the far left are dated 1870.

Caption For Ampthill, St Andrew's Church C1965

A number of sources quote Ampthill's parish church as being 10th century, without offering a precise dating.

Caption For Whitby, The Harbour 1885

In AD644 the date of Easter was fixed here in a meeting between the Celtic and Roman churches - the meeting was known as the Synod of Whitby.

Caption For Biddenden, The Village C1950

The church itself was restored in 1857, and has features dating from the Early?

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village 1902

The 1879-dated Reading Room is down the street from Rock House (right of centre), with the gable-end of the Three Horseshoes in the foreground (far right).

Caption For Douglas, Victoria Pier 1907

By this date the number of annual visitors had broken the 100,000 barrier and was still climbing.

Caption For East Witton, Village 1918

The original water supply to the village came from Diana's well, and the large stone (dated 1859) at the end of the green (centre left) still retains a tap.

Caption For Coxwold, The Village C1955

In the foreground are Spring House (1871, left) and the Prison House (1868, right).The forge is to the far right, and the single-storey house, centre, dates from 1662.

Caption For Masham, Market Place 1908

The church of St Mary dates from the 12th century, and outside is an even earlier carved Saxon cross.

Caption For Fairford, The Square C1945

It is noted for fishing, and for a fine old mill dating from a long-time dependency on wool.

Caption For Wells, Cathedral Lightfoots Clock 1892

The clock shows two sets of twelve hours, the minutes, the sun's position, the moon's phases and the date of the lunar month.

Caption For Wrecclesham, Village 1907

Three years prior to the date of this photograph, an Australian visitor claimed that for its six hundred inhabitants there were five licensed premises along two hundred yards of Wrecclesham's main street

Caption For Worcester, Old House In The Corn Market C1890

But it does bear the same date - 1577 - so perhaps both were part of the same building.

Caption For Castle Donington, High Street C1955

To the right is the only visible building earlier than the 19th century, with its large timber- framed panels of the late 16th century.

Caption For Thorpe Arnold, St Mary's Church, The Nave C1955

Also of importance are the corbels in the nave, which may also be of early date.

Caption For Batley, Commercial Street C1955

Others stores date from the thirties, including Woolworth's (1931) and Burton's (1937).

Caption For Berwick Upon Tweed, The Tweed Bridge C1960

The old bridge dates from the 17th century.

Caption For Castle Donington, High Street C1955

To the right is the only visible building earlier than the 19th century, with its large timber- framed panels of the late 16th century.

Caption For Kilburn, The Village Centre C1965

The church of St Mary, off to the right, dates from 1120, with a tower of 1667.

Caption For Farnham, Castle Keep 1935

The ruins date from the late 12th to the late 15th century; two principal builders were William of Wykenham, who was Bishop from 1367-1404, and Bishop Waynflete, who was responsible for the building of

Caption For Watford, The Pond On The High Street C1955

This motor historian's delight contains many cars and vans typical of its date.

Caption For Salisbury, De Vaux Place 1928

Harnham Mill is a very old building, dating from around 1500, which has had a number of different uses (it is currently a restaurant and guest house).

Caption For Saltfleet, Manor House C1955

It is said that Oliver Cromwell slept here after a Civil War skirmish at Winceby, so it would have to date from before the 1640s.

Caption For Standon, High Street And Church C1965

Although the building dates from the 14th century, the foundations are Saxon.