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Daccombe Cottage

Does any one know who owned or lived in Daccombe cottage from about 1919 onwards. My granddad Alexander Murray lived there with his wife Ethel and her 4 children from a previous marriage. Alexander was discharged from the army just ...Read more

A memory of Daccombe in 1920

Mill Lane

Hi Everyone i also grew up mostly on mill lane estate (woodlands ave ) and went to St Marks School (head Master Mr Thorpe) you all have jogged my memory to fantastic times around woodley. i also remember snuches ha ha played ...Read more

A memory of Woodley by Anthony Bentley

Walking Up Lane To See Gran And Grandad Foot

I walked Trampers Lane so many times as a child to see my Grandparents George and Jane Foot who lived in Oak View Cottage, also my dear Great Aunts, the Misses Mabel, Hilda and Hazel Foot, who lived ...Read more

A memory of North Boarhunt by Margaret Watts

Corner Cottage. 1950 To Now

My parents moved to Blebo from Dura Den in 1950 when I was six. A windmill for electricity with 12 volt light bulbs. Paraffin lamps and a cesspool. It was several years before the pumping station at Clatto was built to ...Read more

A memory of Blebocraigs in 1950 by Fergus Nicolson

Greywell House, Callow Hill

My family lived in Greywell House from 1955 when I was 9 until about 1965/66. I attended Runnemede House School in Rusham Park Avenue in Egham for a few years then moved on to St Brigidine's Convent in Windsor. I ...Read more

A memory of Virginia Water in 1955 by Wendy Graham

North Road

I have recently moved to North Road in Three Bridges into one of the original railway cottages, I can see that the house was there in a map of Three Bridges dated 1874 1:2500 scale. I am really interested in the history and would ...Read more

A memory of Three Bridges in 1870 by Paul Tobin

The Grange

My Grand Parents Mr and Mrs Burbidge lived in Ambleside cottage and worked in the Grange. Its owners then were Mr and Mrs collier and Miss Hewitt. As young school boy 60 years ago I used to go and help Mr Franklin the gardener which gave ...Read more

A memory of Hellidon by Terence Wilcox

Childhood Memories

As children we stayed at North Side Head in Middlesmoor .. the farmer was called Tom Whitfield, his wife was Mirriam. We stayed in the cottage next door to the farm. As children we fed orphan lambs and collected eggs and had a wonderful freedom ... Happy days

A memory of Middlesmoor in 1966 by Jan Mcculloch

Pitts Cottage

I should have said it was "Over the Way" that was the boarding house opposite Pitts Cottage that belonged to the same people. "The Old Way" was a tea house at the Croydon Road end of the High Street - there was a "co-op" grocery store opposite.

A memory of Westerham in 1963 by Marion Del Favero

Front Street Bells Close

I was born in Corbridge in Dilston Hall when it was a maternity home. My parents lived at No 1 Front Street Bells Close and I have some fantastic memories of my life there. I remember all of the neighbours and our ...Read more

A memory of Denton Burn in 1860 by Jacqueline Irving

Captions

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Caption For Bossington, The Village 1931

Lying near the coast below Bossington Hill, these cottages over- look a stream that once powered a corn mill. Close by is Lynch Chapel, a medieval chapel-of-ease to the church at Selworthy.

Caption For Alton, Normandy Street C1955

Some of the houses on the left are boarded up and empty in this photograph, but when they were for sale in August 1920 they were described as 'a Block of Four Capital Cottages'.

Caption For Burnham On Sea, Promenade 1907

Beverley Cottage of the 1850s has a battlemented parapet, and beyond are two crescents, each flanking the junction of the promenade with Sea View Road.

Caption For Malmesbury, C1955

Behind the wall, near the cottage being painted white, is a path leading to Daniel`s Well.

Caption For Sandsend, East Row 1925

In the 12th century, Sandsend was recorded as having 53 tenants' cottages belonging to the lord of the manor. The area is known as Dunsley Bay, and Sandsend is really two villages.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, 1927

One of the reasons why Robin Hood's Bay proved to be a popular haunt for artists is the picturesque cluster of red-roofed cottages perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs.

Caption For Ayot St Lawrence, The Village C1955

The sleepy centre of this village, with its picturesque half-timbered cottages and winding lane, was captured from a point near the ruins of the old 14th-century church, which was partly demolished by

Caption For Wass, The Village C1960

The view from Keeper's Cottage, left, leads us down the lane towards the Wombwell Arms, named after local landowner, Sir George Wombwell.

Caption For Tideswell, Market Square C1955

Roses twine around the doorway of the cottage on the right in this 50s photograph of Tideswell's Market Square, with the Belle Vue Hotel (now gone) in the centre background.

Caption For Cadnam, Twin Oaks 1932

at all in over 30 years.The old war-time nissen hut, at one time such a familiar sight in the British countryside, has gone, replaced by a car park and children's playground, and the thatched cottages

Caption For Newton Ferrers, Bridge End 1931

Both are delightful, with old Devon cob cottages and attractive gardens in an area of fine scenery. It is hard to imagine the crowded streets of Plymouth only a few miles away.

Caption For Cressing, The Street 1909

The cottage opposite was at one time the village post office.

Caption For Clavering, Church End 1959

It later became almshouses, and is now a cottage.

Caption For Horbury, Cluntergate C1955

If we walk along Cluntergate towards the town centre past John Carr's birthplace in the tidy cottage built by his father in 1739, we see the Cricketers Arms pub (1898) on the left.

Caption For Petersfield, Station Road 1898

The cottage on the left still exists, although now substantially altered.

Caption For West Overton, The Village Centre C1955

This quaint old pair of 18th-century cottages are built out of the local sarsen stone. Beyond is the Old Manor, dating from the early 16th century.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1965

We are looking eastwards along Bridge Street to the Guildhall (centre) and Guildhall Cottage (centre left).

Caption For Thorney, The Rose And Crown Hotel C1955

The Rose and Crown Hotel, and the Victorian estate cottages behind, are typical of houses elsewhere in the village - many of them have dated plaques.

Caption For Letcombe Bassett, Watercress Beds C1960

Arabella's Cottage, where Jude first met Arabella, still exists, but the watercress beds have suffered neglect and are no longer productive, sad to say.

Caption For Litton Cheney, Post Office Corner C1955

Litton Cheney has a charming collection of Stuart and Georgian cottages strung out along its winding lanes.

Caption For Horsted Keynes, White Gates C1960

Horsted Keynes, situated on the western edge of the Ashdown Forest, has a green and an assortment of period houses and cottages.

Caption For Blackburn, Almshouses 1895

This row of quite modern-looking cottages at Bank Top, lying behind a neatly cultivated garden plot was, in fact, built in 1833.

Caption For Snodland, Mulberry Cottage C1965

In the 1920s, the cottage was stripped to its skeleton and rebuilt, using original materials wherever possible.

Caption For Chartham, The Green 1903

village in the valley of the River Stour has, in fact, two greens: a large open space before the church, and behind it, a small triangular green forming the heart of this rural community round which the cottages