Finchampstead, St James' Church 1906
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Photo ref:
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The parish church of St James, Finchampstead was first recorded in the early 12th century. One of its later additions was the brick tower in 1720. The church site may have been used at an earlier date and lies only a short distance from the line of The Devils Highway, a former Roman road.
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A Selection of Memories from Finchampstead
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Finchampstead
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As a child in the late 1960s and early 70s I frequented the Ridges regularly.
I was taken there for a walk one day by my parents and with my elderly neighbour Alex who was interested in wartime history.
In Fishers Copse he took us to the top of the hill with the big beech trees where people used to graffiti their names and told us about "The Potties". He told us ...see more
I started Finchampstead school in 1953.There were 3 class rooms each with a cloak room,a girls toilet block ,be it only 3 toilet cubicles for us children and one for the teachers and boys block but I never entered that and so know nothing of it . They addjoined the play shed at the top of the small play ground . Girls played in one half ,boys in the other.
At lunch time we walked to the parish hall where our school ...see more
By the time I lived in Finchampstead in 1975 this was a private house but otherwise the street looked much the same. The Adnams family owned the garage a little further down this street on the left, opposite the playing fields.
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