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Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Manor Road 1946 1975

My mum was born in no 49 Manor Road, Gladys Crone - my aunts also, Jessie Crone and Mary Crone. Aunt Jessie Lived in no 49 till 1975. When I was born I lived in no 13. My mum was Gladys Mills Nee Crone. I am Keith Mills and I ...Read more

A memory of Erith by Keith Mills

Bordeston Secondary Modern School (Hanwell)

Bordeston school was pretty boring for many pupils. Woodwork was ok, and there was a school barge which you could work on instead of detention. There seemed to be a preoccupation with corporal ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1960 by Nick Beard

Prestbury, My Home.

Although I moved from Prestbury to Gloucester in 1966 when I got married, then to Somerset in 1967. Prestbury has always held a special place in my heart, I always call it my home. I lived in a small cottage in ...Read more

A memory of Prestbury by Pat Procter

Pontllanfraith Grammar School

I started school here in 1953 travelling from Argoed everyday. Here I met my future husband, Tony Boulter, his sister Marjorie, her husband Derek Mills and brother Clive. Unfortunately my husband died in 2000. ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith by w.boulter

Northolt Born And Bred

We moved to Haydock Ave in early 50's when mother became a receptionist for Dr Foots surgery. He eventually needed the property back for a resident doctor so we moved into a prefab in Rowdell Rd , after a few years these were ...Read more

A memory of Northolt

West Wickham In 1940's

There was a lot more green fields in the1940's. White gate farm was where the swimming baths are now. there was Smith farm opposite the White Hart which had a pond outside and the cows were driven from a field which is now ...Read more

A memory of West Wickham by nigelterrell

Manor Road And Crescent Road Primary School

Hello Audrey and Yvonne! I'm new to my iPad so was amazed to come across your memories! I lived at 24 Manor road next door to you Yvonne with my mum and dad John and Winnie Ellis and my big brothers John and ...Read more

A memory of Erith by mcaunter2244

First Love Lost

In 1964 I met and fell in love with a man who til me his name was Walter Main Beck, he was 27 and he came from Falkirk. This was in the summer of 1964 and the place was Aldershot Hampshire, the Manor Park Funfair. He worked on one of ...Read more

A memory of Falkirk

Life In Beckton East Ham

I was born in Beckton in the house I spent the first 17 years of my life in. It was a small community between the Royal Albert Docks and the Beckton Gas works. My mum was born there, we went to Winsor school, different ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by d.guyton

A Young Yank At Wadenhoe 1955

In 1955, several Air Force families stationed variously at Alconbury and Molesworth Air Force Bases in England found themselves renting flats (apts) in a Jacobean Manor House in the English Countryside. The landlady, ...Read more

A memory of Wadenhoe in 1955 by Perle Champion

Captions

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Caption For Sutton, Gander Green Lane 1898

At its southern extremity and the junction with Cheam Road was the site of East Cheam Manor and a dozen or so houses.

Caption For Cheam, Baptist Church C1955

Diagonally opposite is Cheam Baptist Church, constructed on land which was formerly the angle of the garden of West Cheam Manor House.

Caption For Moreton In Marsh, High Street C1965

In the 17th century the building that is now The White Hart Royal was a manor house, and Charles I stayed there in July 1644 after the Battle of Marston Moor.

Caption For Kibworth, The Square C1955

The name Beauchamp derives from Walter de Beauchamp, lord of the manor in c1130.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Village C1955

The monks referred to in the village's name are the monks of Canterbury, who were lords of the manor and patrons of the living.

Caption For Fernhurst, Vann Road 1908

Blackdown is a great sandstone hill 918 feet high, and Blackdown House is a Tudor-style manor house of 1640.

Caption For Ashtead, St George's Church 1908

In 1882, the wealthy lord of the manor and the father of the incumbent Rector of Ashtead, Sir Thomas Lucas, donated a small iron church for the expanding population in this part of the parish.

Caption For Tonbridge, Barden Park, The Avenue 1890

The manor of Barden lay to the south-west of Tonbridge. Barden Park House and its estate was in the possession of the Abrey family during the latter part of the 19th century.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, View From The Quarry C1955

This view from Grip Wood shows the rear of the Tithe Barn, which defines the southern edge of Barton Manor Farm.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, The Castle Chapel, The Reredos 1892

Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, began as a manor house built in about 1183 by Bishop Pudsey, but it was later converted into a castle by Bishop Anthony Bek in the 14th century

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cobb 1922

This view looks southwards across Lyme Bay from the main path through Langmoor Gardens, which were given to the town by James Moly of Langmoor Manor, Charmouth.

Caption For Linlithgow, Palace 1897

King David I built the first manor house at Linlithgow, and the church of St Michael next to it.

Caption For West Burton, The Village 1909

The villagers bought the green from the lord of the manor in 1969. The Black Bull dates from the early 18th century; it was a pub until 1924, and is now a house.

Caption For Oakham, Northgate C1950

This view from the church tower shows part of the C E School playground, with Manor House next to it. Note that some of the cottages in this row appear to be thatched only on the street side.

Caption For Cockerham, The Village C1955

The villagers left the burnt-out village and moved on to the main road, around the Manor Inn, seen here in our photograph.

Caption For Harlaxton, 1890

Harlaxton Manor is now owned by the American University of Evansville.

Caption For Puncknowle, The Watercart 1939

Manor Cottage is opposite (left).

Caption For Martock, Cross And Town Hall 1900

Manor Place, to the right, still has its magnolia tree, and the West Somerset Stores behind the Market Hall is now an estate agents.

Caption For Brent Knoll, 1903

Brent Knoll village straggles along the western side of the Knoll, with St Michael's Church, a dedication often associated with hill-tops and hills, to the centre and the Manor House of the 1860s to

Caption For Fernhurst, Vann Road 1908

Blackdown is a great sandstone hill 918 feet high, and Blackdown House is a Tudor-style manor house of 1640.

Caption For Bray, Village 1911

A former royal manor, Bray is well known for the song 'The Vicar of Bray', celebrating the vicar who changed sides several times during the Civil War and after to keep his living.

Caption For Ealing, Grammar School, The Green C1955

There are several 18th-century houses along the edges of the green, which tapers south from Pitshanger Manor.

Caption For Cheam, St Dunstan's Church And Lychgate 1925

The wall on the extreme right of the photograph once marked the boundary of West Cheam Manor.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, The Castle 1892

Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, began as a manor house built in about 1183 by Bishop Pudsey, but it was later converted into a castle by Bishop Anthony Bek in the 14th century