Places

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

4,612 memories found. Showing results 871 to 880.

West Felton

My great grandmother and father were born in West Felton in the 1880's and married in the Church in 1901. Gt grandad was Cornelius Lewis, he left the village in 1901 and was living in Llangollen with his half sister and ...Read more

A memory of West Felton in 1900 by Carolyn Hutchison

Treated Broken Leg In 1936 'marie Guest Memorial Hospital' (?), Templecombe.

At around the age of three, I was staying with my grandparents Richard (an ex-railwayman) and Kathleen Evett, in Templecombe, for a few days. While walking in a recreational ...Read more

A memory of Templecombe in 1930 by Michael Young

Alice Scott

My grandmother was the cook at the Tea Gardens during the 50's - we used to love going there to see the 'Water Otter' of course it wasn't an Otter at all, it was a kettle but it was all part of the fun. The Miniature Village and the ...Read more

A memory of Wannock by Rosemarrie Battles

Orchards In Arisdale Avenue

Being able to cross the road into orchards and fields that went right up to Ockendon Station was wonderful. We made camps there and stayed out all day. The May trees we climbed were small enough for kids but high ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1953 by Lucille Blackman

Famous Crawley People

PETER BUTTERWORTH; He was married to Janet Brown, the comedianne; They moved later to a large property in Old Ifield village, near to where there was a Doctor Barnados home;

A memory of Crawley by David Randall

Gamblesby Memories

My grandparents moved from Whitley Bay to Ainstable in 1948 when my grandfather retired (Jack and Kate Storey). My parents moved with them, and then took the Red Lion at Gamblesby in 1952 (Jack and Ethel Storey). I had a very ...Read more

A memory of Gamblesby in 1951 by Katherine Walker

Happy Farming Days

I have beautiful childhood memories of Lenwade as I was born there and lived there for 4 years. Lots of my family lived here and my father worked at Banhams farm from age 14. Mum and Dad got married at the lovely church in ...Read more

A memory of Lenwade in 1955

Working At The Pleasaunce

I worked at The Pleasaunce from 1958 - 1961. My memories of wonderful Christmas house parties, and 'tradesmens' parties on New Years Day when all the tradesmen who had any contact with the Pleasaunce over the year, were ...Read more

A memory of Overstrand in 1958

I Was Born In Milford

I was born in Milford in 1945 and lived at Stafford Lodge, Milford until in my early twenties. My maiden name was Susan Evans. The lodge was, and still is, the entrance to Shugborough Hall. My childhood was a very ...Read more

A memory of Milford in 1945 by Susan Jozefowicz

How I Found Abbotsley

My Dad, a countryman born and bred, went to London in the late 1920's for work - since there was a huge depression in his type of country work (farm labourer). He met my Mum, and I was born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, in 1930. ...Read more

A memory of Abbotsley in 1930 by Alan Cross

Captions

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Caption For Brent Eleigh, Street Farm C1960

This is at the end of the village street, cut off by the bypass which nearly runs between the two 'goal posts' (left) - this idyllic view cannot be seen today.

Caption For Llanystumdwy, Lloyd George's Home In His Boyhood Days 1930

Highgate's cottage kitchen with its cast iron range and beamed ceiling was the centre of family life.

Caption For Clapham, Ingleborough Cave 1921

Ingleborough Cave is one of the major show caverns of the Yorkshire Dales. We are in the iron-gated entrance passage, looking out from inside the cave.

Caption For Haworth, General View C1955

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

Caption For Bitteswell, C1960

The camera looks north towards the large green; on its right is the three- storey early 19th- century red brick Royal Oak pub.

Caption For Finedon, Bell Inn (Oldest In England) C1955

The older part of the village is full of houses and cottages built by the Victorian lord of the manor, William Mackworth-Dolben. None are more fanciful than The Bell Inn on Bell Hill.

Caption For Holcombe Rogus, Waterloo Stores C1960

The village store in Holcombe Rogus is consigned to the history books, although a local garage now sells some of the items offered here.

Caption For Brockham, Green And Church 1900

Christ Church, Brockham was built in 1846 and sits proudly in the centre of the village.

Caption For Worplesdon, The Village 1904

For a few years around the turn of the 20th century, Worplesdon's cricket pitch was at the foot of Rickford Hill on the edge of the common.

Caption For Ockley, Red Lion Inn 1906

The A29 that runs in a straight line through the village follows the course of the Roman Stane Street.

Caption For Bebington, The Village 1936

Taken across the road from the Wellington Inn, this view is looking south along the village.

Caption For Mobberley, The Cricket Ground C1955

Victory Hall (shown in picture M238008 on p.53) serves as the village hall, and was built to commemorate the First World War - hence its name.

Caption For Greystoke, The Village C1955

The growth of the urban one- stop convenience store and filling station unexpectedly reflects a return to the situation found here, where F & F Hawell's shop is located next to the village

Caption For Langham, Well Street C1950

At the Melton sign the A606 does a double- bend.

Caption For Newtown Linford, The Village C1965

The village is the gateway to Bradgate Park, a very large medieval deer park, which was donated to the people of Leicester for recreation in 1928.

Caption For Syston, Clock Tower C1965

Apart from the Baker's Arms on Barkby Road corner and an extended bank, the village's main shopping area is now but a memory.

Caption For Bitteswell, C1960

The camera looks north towards the large green; on its right is the three- storey early 19th- century red brick Royal Oak pub.

Caption For Charminster, East Hill C1955

We are looking westwards down East Hill, towards the parish church (centre).

Caption For Emery Down, The Swan Inn C1960

The Swan Inn is south of Lyndhurst. A turning to the A35 is opposite it, and here we find Leominstead Lakes, where trout fishing is available daily.

Caption For Bradwell, From The Bridge C1955

Bradwell is a bustling little former lead mining village on the south side of the Hope Valley in north Derbyshire.

Caption For Westleton, The Village Green And Pump C1965

Off to the left is the village and the pond, famous for its ducks. One of the benches records that 18 lime trees were planted in memory of the men who died in the First World War.

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

Ferring is a residential village near the sea.The Norman church keeps the registers of Kingston, a village long lost due to coastal erosion.

Caption For Inveraray, The Bay 1899

Inverary is set picturesquely on the shores of Loch Fyne, where it meets Loch Shira.

Caption For Geddington, The Cross C1950

This picturesque village is celebrated for the Eleanor Cross, built in 1294 as a memorial to Queen Eleanor, the wife of King Edward I.