Places
36 places found.
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- Barnard Castle, Durham
- Bishop's Castle, Shropshire
- Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway
- Castle Combe, Wiltshire
- Castle Cary, Somerset
- Corfe Castle, Dorset
- Castle Bolton, Yorkshire
- Burgh Castle, Norfolk (near Great Yarmouth)
- Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
- Castle Hedingham, Essex
- Rowlands Castle, Hampshire
- Castle Acre, Norfolk
- Balmoral Castle, Grampian
- Castle Rising, Norfolk
- Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire
- Castle Bromwich, West Midlands
- Castle Eden, Durham
- Redmire, Yorkshire (near Castle Bolton)
- Castle Donington, Leicestershire
- Gwrych Castle, Clwyd
- Urquhart Castle, Highlands
- Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
- Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire
- Wardour Castle, Wiltshire
- Dunstaffnage Castle, Strathclyde
- Raby Castle, Durham
- Crichton Castle, Lothian
- Lumley Castle, Durham
- Dunnottar Castle, Grampian
- Elcho Castle, Tayside
- Elmley Castle, Hereford & Worcester
- Barcaldine Castle, Strathclyde
- Midmar Castle, Grampian
- Hanley Castle, Hereford & Worcester
- Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire
- Kincardine Castle, Grampian
Photos
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Maps
432 maps found.
Books
4 books found. Showing results 481 to 4.
Memories
826 memories found. Showing results 201 to 210.
Part 9
Most of the family would help to do this, it took several weeks to complete. Some looked very good according to the people’s skill. The Children All played together, boys and girls, all age groups and all stayed out until called ...Read more
A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by
Ryde
I was born in Longmead Road, Ryde, and remember frequenting the local band's venues, The 69 club at the Ryde Castle and the Royal York Hotel, also The Seagull at the end of Ryde Pier and the Babaloue? at Ryde airport. Ryde had many famous bands ...Read more
A memory of Ryde in 1961 by
Donaldson Road
Wow, we first moved in to No 20 right on the corner opposite Davy Dun. We came up to stay at our grans in the late 60's. Great times spent helping 'the parky' and sittin around the Maypole with the great clang clang and waiting ...Read more
A memory of Methilhill
There Was No Smith
This is the title of my memoirs that I published in 2010. I was born in Woodside Nursing Home, Woodford Wells on 30.11.30. My father was Dr.David H Smith, a local G.P. and we lived at 22 Primrose Road, S.Woodford until ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Green in 1930 by
Shanghai Flier
Annie Dawsons - all the pillars were covered in mirroflex (tiny bits of mirror tile), Garners second-hand shop, next shop down? Mrs Garner lived in the house attached to the Travellers Rest, till she died (always ...Read more
A memory of Windhill by
A Childhood Holiday
My family spent a very happy holiday as guests of the Barnaby famly who owned the castle. About 6 years old, I recall being transported from the station in a Trojan estate car - a most innovative design at the time with its ...Read more
A memory of Bromyard in 1950 by
I Was Born In Caerphilly In 1938
I left Caerphilly in 1955 to join the Royal Airforce. Prior to this I worked for AJ Marshall Wholesale Confectioners in Castle Street. I went to school at The Twyn Secondary Modern as it was then known. I ...Read more
A memory of Caerphilly in 1955
My Memoirs 1964 1966 Part One
Wayne Carter My father is Frederick Carter born in London, and mother was Loraine Carter nee Chadwick was born Cyfarthfa Street Roath; mum sadly passed away in 1998. I have a younger sister Jane Carter nee ...Read more
A memory of St Mellons in 1964 by
All The Fun Of The Fair
Who remembers the travelling fun fair that came to Blackfield in the 1960s? Did you go to Blackfield Junior school? What about skating on the frozen Gravel pits at Holbury in the winter 1962/3/4 or the Esso Cinema? or the ...Read more
A memory of Holbury in 1960 by
Tooting Holy Family Convent
Oh dear Tooting, I have wonderful memories of that place. We moved there from Stepney in 1956 and used to live in Graveney Road, just off Selkirk Road. I remember the Fountain pub in Fountain Road just round the corner. ...Read more
A memory of Tooting in 1963 by
Captions
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The development of Castle Bromwich really got under way in the 1930s with the Hodgehill Common housing estate.After the second world war, in which Castle Bromwich played a major part with its Spitfire
Hubert de Burgh was granted a licence in 1230 for the construction of the castle. However, it was completely re-built in the time of Edward III.
This view looks down Castle Gate and the road to Leicester and Nottingham. In later years the house on the extreme left of the picture would become the Castle Garage.
A number of English kings stayed at the castle on their frequent visits to Hastings. William Rufus held court here, at the head of his army, awaiting a chance to slip across to Normandy.
The castle was built in 1190 by the famous Bigod family, and was one of the first castles not to include a keep.
The developers have struck in Castle Street.
The first Norman castle at Cardiff is thought to have been built in c1081, possibly on the site of a Welsh stronghold.
In the 16th century St Fagan's Castle was rebuilt as a Tudor mansion.
There are no identifiable remains of the castle built here in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Named for Lulworth Castle, over the hill at East Lulworth, the old hostelry at West Lulworth is an 18th- century thatched building behind a neat wooden fence.
A Norman castle was built on West Cliff by William the Conqueror, which was replaced by a stone one. All is romantic ruin, and it is a much-favoured spot with visitors.
The mid 12th-century Great Hall of Robert le Bossu survives in Castle Yard; up to modern times it has been in use as an Assizes Court and Crown Court.
The castle is framed by an inelegant pipe- carrying bridge, now gone, but it frames the castle well. The weir it by-passes is out of view to the left.
Following its destruction during the rising of 1287, Oystermouth was rebuilt as a courtyard castle. At one end was a three-storey gatehouse whose top floor was occupied by a large chapel.
The ruins of Bungay date from the reign of Edward I, but there was once an earlier castle on the site which had been owned by Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk.
In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having landed at Pevensey to claim the English throne from King Harold, marched here and built a timber castle.
The town of Richmond grew up round the Norman castle, which was begun around the year 1071 by Alan Rufus, a son of the Duke of Brittany, and William the Conqueror's man in these parts.
The first castle on this site is thought to have been built by Robert de Stafford during the 1070s.
When the Duke of Gordon held the castle for James VII during the 'Long Siege' of 1689, there would have been few, if any, buildings between the fortress and the port of Leith.
Following the death of Ambrose Dudley in 1589, Warwick Castle was once again in the hands of the Crown.
At Kyleakin stand the ruins of Castle Moil. It is said that the castle was built by the daughter of one of the Norse kings of the Western Isles.
A Norman castle had been built here by Baron Serlo de Burg, but the ruins date from the 14th century.
A Norman castle had been built here by Baron Serlo de Burg, but the ruins date from the 14th century.
A castle at Dudley is first mentioned following the arrival of 'a great and powerful prince of the Kingdom of Mercia' called Dudd, Dodo or Dudo c700.
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