Places
13 places found.
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- Colne, Lancashire
- Earls Colne, Essex
- White Colne, Essex
- Colne Engaine, Essex
- Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire
- Colne, Cambridgeshire
- Colne Edge, Lancashire
- Colne Bridge, Yorkshire
- Coln Rogers, Gloucestershire
- Wakes Colne, Essex
- Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire
- Wakes Colne Green, Essex
- Hollin Hall, Lancashire (near Colne)
Photos
165 photos found. Showing results 21 to 40.
Maps
119 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 25 to 1.
Memories
127 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
Where I Was Born
My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more
A memory of Sole Street in 1946
Going To Junior School In Radcliff On Trent In 1960
My dad was in the Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed in Langar (born in England though) but my family lived at 16 Douglas Close just outside Radcliffe. I remember walking daily to ...Read more
A memory of Radcliffe on Trent in 1960 by
Cooksons Leadworks Part 2
1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1965 by
Living In The Village
We moved to Compton Bassett in 1957 when I was 11 and lived there until my father died in 1986. My parents were George Edward (Ted) Jones and Lucy. First we lived in Dugdales Farm house with Mr and Mrs Monck, and then ...Read more
A memory of Compton Bassett in 1957 by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
My Holidays
When I was a child my dad and mum took my brother on holidays to my grandparents' house in Cherhill, the house was called Holly Mount. W loved going to stay in the village. From the bedroom window we could see the hill where the white ...Read more
A memory of Cherhill in 1958 by
Surbiton Lagoon In The Fifties
I remember walking to this pool, Surbiton Lagoon, from New Malden. In those days our costume would be rolled in your towel, tucked under our arm and off we would go. No grown ups to escort us. No backpacks or ...Read more
A memory of Surbiton in 1953
My Memories Of Calne As A Small Boy
Please visit www.moonrakers.com/memories.pdf where you can download my humorous account of my rathe mischievous childhood in Calne in the 50's and 60's. A copy of this book is lodged with the town library.
A memory of Calne by
The Steel Houses
Having lived in Brymbo in a very damp two up two down house in 'The Green' my parents were 'over the moon' to be given a new three bedroomed house; 23, Bryn Hedd, Southsea, (which means peaceful hill) became their home for ...Read more
A memory of Southsea in 1950 by
Memories Of The Red Lion
I was born in 1966 and lived in the Red Lion. My dad and mum were married in 1961. My dad lived in the village all his life, moving to the Red Lion on his marriage. My dad was formerly of Temperance Hall, down the road ...Read more
A memory of Wareside in 1966 by
Captions
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Deep in the Colne Valley, Slaithwaite is dominated by the massive Worsted Mills.
The re-used stones feature the de Vere star, and came from Earl's Colne Priory.
The River Coln played an essential role in Bibury's development.
This road takes its name from the bridge over the River Colne, visible in the foreground of the picture.
In the centre of the picture, in Water Street, is Priory Farm, which once belonged to Earls Colne Priory in Essex.
Laura described busy mill days: 'We wove miles of Chatburn checks … it was dobby weaving, which went into turbans out East and tea towels out at Colne!'
This road makes its way down to a bridge over the River Colne, from which this village also takes its name.
The River Coln flows through Fairford on its way to meet the Thames just a few meandering miles on.
At the end is Priory Farm, which once belonged to Earls Colne in Essex.
The left hand lock, behind the footbridge, canalises the River Chess for a short distance from its junction with the River Colne. The central cottage has now gone, but there is a cafe instead.
Batchworth Lake is the easternmost of a chain of four lakes west of the town and sandwiched between the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne.
On the right is Eastwood's musical instruments shop — it appears to be on Briercliffe Road, but it is actually at 119 Colne Road. The sunblinds protected the various instruments from sunlight.
Across the Colne the main road to Pinner reaches Batchworth Heath, just before the old Middlesex county boundary.
In the foreground is the River Coln.
Jonathan 'wearied in well doing', and a troop of Boy Scouts from Colne eventually finished the structure.
The Cotswold rivers of Coln and Leach join the Thames here, and the town is much influenced by them.
The River Colne has always played a crucial role in the history of Colchester.
Fairford is situated on the River Coln a few miles from the Thames in Gloucestershire. It is noted for fishing, and for a fine old mill dating from a long-time dependency on wool.
The Coln runs alongside the village street, where ducks waddle along the tops of low stone walls and spotted trout nose their way through the waving waterweeds.
The Cotswold rivers of Coln and Leach join the Thames here, and the town is much influenced by them.
Here, utilising the course of the River Colne, the canal goes left of the island under the bridge.
Fairford is situated on the River Coln a few miles from the Thames in Gloucestershire. It is noted for fishing, and for a fine old mill dating from a long-time dependency on wool.
The railway arrived in Burnley from Accrington in September 1848, and six months later the line went on to Colne.
During an apparently unsupervised night shift on 14 February 1818 at the local Colne Bridge Mills, a fallen candle caused a devastating fire in which seventeen girls perished - the youngest was aged just
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