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
Photos
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Memories
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From Kendal To The New World.
My roots in Kendal go very deep indeed, my Great Grandfather was James Dawson Garnett who was born there in 1851 on Lake Road and married Elizabeth Sherrin a local girl in 1871. Their son James Langhorn Garnett was my ...Read more
A memory of Kendal by
Steep Marsh
My Parents worked for Mr Bertie Allam who farmed at Downgate Farm and we moved into Nine Acres when they were new in 1953. I had a Saturday job at Bowyers when the Stables were owned by the Gammon Family cleaning the Tack and ...Read more
A memory of Steep Marsh in 1953 by
Old Crouch Endians
I believe everyone who lived in Crouch End (also Muswell Hill) during the period 1941-71 were very lucky as the area offered virtually everything one would ever wish for. In fact, although I now live in Norfolk I retain very ...Read more
A memory of Crouch End in 1941 by
Born And Bread
47 years of living in Gods little acre, I think I know my home village a bit. From Maisie and Jimmy cornes from the shop. The old bakery and of course the best little watering hole in the world. Past and present the Terrace Inn ticks all the right boxes.
A memory of Pontrhydyrun in 1965 by
Childhood
My Grandparents owned Pinwherry House and Pinwherry farm with around 550 acres during the 50/60's. Part of the Farm also extended to a large field and cottage on the other side of the Stinchar which was allowed access by a swing bridge ...Read more
A memory of Pinwherry in 1960
Visiting Before My Father Purchased It From Colonel Watney
I remember visiting the house with my mother (Phyllis) and father (Thomas) before we moved in in 1948 when I was 6 years old. There was myself, my twin sisters, another sister who had ...Read more
A memory of Ivy Hatch in 1947 by
'swabies' Itchel Lane Crondall
There was a huge house with 5 acres of land, about 1/4 mile up Itchel Lane, on the left hand side as one walked up. The house had a 'wendy house' that looked down the road and was just visible through the hedge up the ...Read more
A memory of Crondall in 1957 by
Down St Mary School
Down St Mary School was built in 1878 on the site of the Bell Inn by the Rev. W T A Radford. In the 1930s I was a pupil in the infants' class which was divided from the upper class by a green curtain on a pole. There were ...Read more
A memory of Down St Mary in 1930 by
Childhood
I lived in Hamilton Road from 1940 until approx 1958. (my name then was Mortlock) I went to Ealing Road School and then Brentford Secondary Modern. I remember the air raid shelter at the top of Hamilton Road and hearing the sirens and ...Read more
A memory of Brentford in 1940 by
Beke Hall Rawreth
Please see my Rayleigh message. I am looking for any and all history on the above building situated at the bottom of the London Road Rayleigh but it came under Rawreth until fairly recent history. It once had 180 acres and was ...Read more
A memory of Rawreth
Captions
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Amid scenery loved by the author Jane Austen, who was a frequent visitor here when her brother Edward Knight owned the adjoining 560-acre Godmersham Park, the River Stour flows quietly past
The Parish of Bolton-le- Sands is 5,895 acres in size.
100 acres was considered enough for a park, and the rest was made available for what was to become Park Road with North and South Parades.
Near the entrance to Worksop College, on Sparrow Hill (the old road into Worksop), are the lion gates and one of the many lodges and gateways into the vast 3,000 acre grounds of Welbeck Abbey, built
To the left is Winter Lane with the 17th-century Castle Acre on the corner, built in stone with stone roof slates.
As Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick looked out over his land, he would have seen acres of the Yorkshire countryside full of villages (little changed today).
Alderman T Miller presented the land for the park (11 acres) in 1864.
On the east side of the 5-acre village green, now used for cricket matches, is the Hall, built in 1732.
'I must admit I have often cast lustful eyes on Bowers Gifford's acres which I can see from my office window', said General Manager Charles Boniface.
The grammar school moved out of its old buildings (now the Town Hall) to a new twenty-acre site set in fields north of St Peter's church in 1891.
It opened in 1875, covering 16 acres of land; it was the central depot for the East Surrey Regiment, later renamed the Queen's Royal Surreys.
About the time this picture was taken, plans by Sheppard Fidler had been accepted for a 461-acre development to include sixteen-storey tower blocks, two shopping centres, schools, community buildings
The common covers 200 acres, and was a popular stopping place for drovers on their way to market - here the cattle could be watered by the four ponds.
The Marine Lake covered what had been fifty acres of wet sand, which was one of the favourite haunts of sand yacht enthusiasts.
Now over a century old, the camp is set in about 15 acres of woodland on the edge of Barnston village; as a registered charity its aim is to provide accommodation and outdoor activities for individuals
Covering 350 acres, Penshurst Park has many fine oaks; a chancel screen in St John the Baptistís church is made of Penshurst oak.
The estate is over 2,000 acres, much of which is farmed.The church of St Peter can be seen to the right of the picture.The college has a library that contains mementoes of many famous people, including
Enclosing six acres, the fort was capable of accommodating 1000 troops.
His son Sir John carries on the tradition, and the stunning 85 acres of woodland attract an increasing number of visitors each year.
A sizeable crowd are fully engrossed in the action of a cricket match on the playing fields of the school, against the backdrop of the buildings, all of which are contained on an 85-acre site.
Since then it has become a full blooded tourist attraction, set in its 500 acre park.
Rivacre Valley Swimming Pool was one of the main attractions within the 45-acre site that comprised Rivacre Valley.
East Street used to lead from the Common Acre past a number of big houses.
Brampton Park covers about 100 acres and in 1898 it was the property of the Duke of Manchester.
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