Places
14 places found.
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- Castle Acre, Norfolk
- Acre, Greater Manchester
- Laceby Acres, Humberside
- Acres Nook, Staffordshire
- South Acre, Norfolk
- Thorpe Acre, Leicestershire
- Five Acres, Gloucestershire
- West Acre, Norfolk
- Peas Acre, Yorkshire
- Bleak Acre, Hereford & Worcester
- Birch Acre, Hereford & Worcester
- Ten Acres, West Midlands
- King's Acre, Hereford & Worcester
- Two Hundred Acre, Yorkshire
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Tarrymount Farm South Of Clochan
Tarrymount is/was a farm of about 75 acres, situated in the Braes of Enzie. My grandfather, Robert Urquhart, was Grieve on the farm. In April 1941 a German aircraft dropped a bomb which exploded on the farmland. A ...Read more
A memory of Clochan in 1930 by
Not A Care In The World
If anyone were to ask me when I was most happy, I would have to go back some considerable time to those years spent in Wheatley Hill, more especially the late 1940s all of the 1950s and early 1960s. Truly magical times, ...Read more
A memory of Wheatley Hill in 1954 by
The Blackmore Family
A little more information on the Blackmore family, they moved from Ide to become the licences of the Sturt Arms, I would say around 1880, Albert was born 1886 and his sister Alice in 1874. Miss Lillian Wreford sold Albert ...Read more
A memory of Down St Mary in 1940 by
When I Was A Child
We lived in the hamlet of Saham Waite - about a 2 mile walk for my mother with the pram and 3 older kids every time she needed some shopping. My Granny worked as a cook/housekeeper for a nearby farm and I think we got the ...Read more
A memory of Saham Toney in 1956 by
Haymill School1960's
A message for all previous Haymill pupils, I remember the school with very mixed memories, Mr Thorn (nick-named 'Spike'), I, like Jan, was also in Mr Wilson's class, he was a lovely teacher, he was nicknamed 'Wacker Wilson' due ...Read more
A memory of Cippenham in 1962 by
Memories Of Ottershaw
My family came to live in Ottershaw in 1952 when I was 5 years old. My father, Charles Coulson, had moved us from the North of England owing to lack of work since his de-mob from the RAF. He was employed as a ...Read more
A memory of Ottershaw in 1952 by
A Childhood At Ardfenaig
Well, a little more than a childhood as I emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 24. I consider my upbringing at Ardfenaig to have been be the most fantastic thing that could have been. Sadly whilst it was in progress one ...Read more
A memory of Ardfenaig in 1956 by
Gatehouse
As a child I spent many happy holidays in Denton. My Grandparents lived in the right-hand side of the gatehouse; their names were James and Jane Howell. He was a gardener at the Hall. I remember at the age of about five years old, rushing out ...Read more
A memory of Denton in 1930 by
River Irwell
This is the weir on the River Irwell where it swings round and is bridged by the road up to Peel Brow. The mills on the right are on Kenyon Street. There were cotton weaving mills, towel mills and soap works. The Church spire is St. ...Read more
A memory of Ramsbottom in 1955 by
Childhood Days
We moved to Colindale Avenue in 1942 shortly after the house had been repaired following a bomb hitting the tube station. I remember the acres of allotments stretching from Colindale ave to Colindeep lane past the British museum ...Read more
A memory of Colindale in 1940 by
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With its 13-acre grounds and Avon river frontage, the castle became a popular weekend retreat for Turner Turner's many friends.
The 121 acres of Farthing Down have in recent years seen the introduction of a small herd of cattle to graze the coarser grasses.
It was built on one acre of land allotted to John Chaplin after the enclosure of 1806.
Viewed from the 23-acre Iron Age fort which stands on the steep road leading north-west away from the village, the church of St Giles stands out to the left of the picture.
Jarrow's seven-acre pedestrian shopping precinct opened for business in February 1961; it was all part of a grand scheme to rid the town of its cloth cap image and to drag it into the modern age.
In 1933, 70 acres of chalk downland were acquired by Chatham and Gillingham councils to create this beautiful open countryside nature reserve between the two towns.
What is now called Kingsbury Water Park contains 30 pools like this, set in 600 acres of the Tame Valley.
With it went about 140 acres of land.
The chimney stack in the background formed part of the Bamford Leighton Ironworks, which was established in 1871 and covered 24 acres.
Brewing ceased on the 40-acre site in 1993 and was replaced by the Sainsburys Hypermarket complex.
The Georgian house with its 50 acres of grounds was built between 1714 and 1720 for the Lloyd-Greame family; it was sold to Bridlington Corporation in 1934.
In December 1941 Warrington Borough Council purchased the Hall and 171 surrounding acres from the Greenall family for £19,000.
Situated high up on the eastern edge of the 580-acre Minchinhampton Common, now in the care of the National Trust, this attractive old cloth town is rich in the variety and architectural style of its buildings
The marquees across the water are a small number compared with the acres of tents erected during Regatta Week today.
Until the late 18th century, the village of Raby and the hamlet of Keverstone lay close to the castle, but they were demolished during improvements that created 270 acres of parkland.
On the green, which consisted of nearly two acres of land, there was once a horse pond and a maypole; the horse pond was replaced with a drinking trough for cattle.
Bretby Park, seen here on its hilltop site across the lake in the 600-acre park, was built between 1812-13 by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville in a castellated, mock-Gothic style.
Nearby is Wicken Fen, a major wetland conservation area covering 330 acres owned by the National Trust.
Land for an ornamental park and recreation ground, an area of some 30 acres in North Ormesby, was given to the town by Councillor and Mrs J G Pallister.
Its 360- acres of open green space were called by William Pitt 'the lung of London'.
But at a total of 102 acres, the park was a pretty immense area for a day out.
The course was built to designs by Hawtree & Taylor in 1924 on 99 acres of land, and the first games were being played by April the next year.
Councillor Edward Taylor and Alderman George Leach Ashworth, who was twice mayor of Rochdale, were largely responsible for acquiring the 16 acres that form the park.
When it was built for the Ashton Lever family it replaced an earlier hall built by Sir Darcy Lever and it was surrounded by a 700-acre estate.
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