Places
11 places found.
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- Seaton Burn, Tyne and Wear (near Ponteland)
- Burn's Green, Hertfordshire
- Burn, Yorkshire
- Burn Bridge, Yorkshire
- Luggate Burn, Lothian
- Burn Naze, Lancashire
- Remony Burn, Tayside
- Barrow Burn, Northumberland (near Shillmoor)
- Blaydon Burn, Tyne and Wear
- Denton Burn, Tyne and Wear
- Burn of Cambus, Central Scotland
Photos
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
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Names Of People And Buildings.
Here we are looking down West Street with the village school visible at the end. On the left is Tetts Farm with the milk churns, while next is Manor Farm, farmed by Reg Newick. The thatched building before the ...Read more
A memory of Hinton St George
1965
1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more
A memory of Market Harborough by
High Wycombe In War Time
I was born in High Wycombe in 1938 and lived there till 1945. My school-time memories were of going to Godstowe with my sister, and winning the top spelling prize in the school - an achievement never since emulated! I ...Read more
A memory of High Wycombe by
Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I Part 2
Like everyone else growing up in Newarthill, life wasn’t easy, as times were tough in the 50s and 60s and I suppose in many ways it is today. But back then people really had nothing, but one thing I do remember - ...Read more
A memory of Newarthill by
Charles Peters
Charles Peters was my Great Great Grandfather and he owned the Vale of Health Hotel in the early 1900's. He rented rooms to to the artists, including Henry Lamb and Sir Stanley Spencer. For whatever reason, Charles was so very upset ...Read more
A memory of Vale of Health by
Yesterday's Birch
I REMEMBER BIRCH IN 1960'S. THE VILLAGE SHOP WAS RUN BY A JEWISH MAN CALLED MR WOLFE. WHEN YOU CROSSED THE ROAD ON TO WHITTLE LANE THERE WAS A ROW OF HOUSES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE WHITE HART PUB . AS YOU WALKED UP THE LANE ...Read more
A memory of Birch by
My Holiday In A Manor House
I went to fornethy residential school when I was five and nine years old and I was very happy thare I loved the long walks through the woods and walking down the stoney brae to the burn to paddle our feet ...Read more
A memory of Fornethy Residential School by
Horton Kirby In The 1960's
I was born and brought up in Dartford but my aunt, Nora Hall, was housekeeper to Sir Edward Bligh and they had moved to Horton Kirby in 1961 from Swanley Village. Sir Edward took a ten-year lease upon the house that was ...Read more
A memory of Horton Kirby by
Growing Up
My father came back from war in 1946 I was born in 1948 in Salisbury my father rented a flint cottage in the middle of the woods at Beach’s barn (they were demolished many years ago ) my father was born in Everleigh the family were from ...Read more
A memory of Beach's Barn by
Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I
Every now and then I reminisce and take a trip down memory lane, of my childhood days growing up in Newarthill on Burnside Rd. I remember Tosh McGarry and I going to Father Gillan's jumble sale and buying an old fox fur ...Read more
A memory of Newarthill by
Captions
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Born at Alloway, Ayrshire in 1759, Burns's love of poetry was instilled in him by his teacher, John Murdoch.
Scotland's most celebrated poet Robert Burns was born in this simple cottage on 25 January 1759.
Robert Burns was born here on 25 January 1759.
Famous as the birthplace of John Macadam in 1756 and of Robert Burns in 1759, Ayr was founded under a charter granted by William the Lion.
Robert Burns came to the town in 1791 and lived with his wife and family in a house in Millhole Brae.
It was at a house in Westgate in February 1555 that Bishop John Hooper spent his last night before being burnt at the stake in St Mary's Square.
During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burn- ing hayricks and destroying machinery.
It was burned down by the French in 1377 along with Rottingdean's inhabitants, who had taken shelter inside it.
The mill is just south of the village on the Birkey Burn.
Robert Burns played in this churchyard as a boy, and the popular legends about hauntings and the ghostly atmosphere of the roofless ruin affected him deeply.
Nearby is the Grand Hotel (rooms 4s 6d, dinner 5s), the parish council building, the school board offices and a statue of Robert Burns.
Robert Burns came to the town in 1791 and lived with his wife and family in a house in Millhole Brae.
The 'burn' part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village.
The Burnhams take their name from the river Burn, which runs through this picture.
It burned down in 1928.
It burned down in 1928.
It is seen here in its former glory, for it was burned down in 1934; it has since been rebuilt in brick - a copy of the stone original.
Burns's father is buried in the churchyard.
It was extensively remodelled during the 19th century by the architect William Burn; it had previously been modernised between 1768 and 1788 by John Carr of York.
The theatre burned down in 1926; plays then had to be performed in a local cinema.
The cars rattled and juddered around the circuit, and on hot days there was always the pervading smell of burning oil.
Before the coming of tourism, Torquay was an obscure fishing hamlet, its villagers scratching a living from the sea, smuggling and lime burning.
While many houses burned down in the fire of 1659, the 15th century church of St.
In his 'A Shropshire Lad', the poet A E Housman opens with the words: 'From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain . . .'
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