Maps

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Books

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Memories

499 memories found. Showing results 271 to 280.

Schoolboy Memories

I was a boarder at St Michael's from late 1947 to 1953. The church was bordered by the Golden Valley on one side and woodlands on the other. I remember sketching Tawstock Church and getting a commendation for my efforts. We used ...Read more

A memory of Tawstock in 1947 by Chris Perkins

The Norfolk Family Move To Tiverton

Tiverton is an attractive market town in mid-Devon but I have to confess I had never heard of it until the first of the family moved here in 2005! Elizabeth and I were spending a weekend in Exeter with our son ...Read more

A memory of Tiverton in 2005 by John Howard Norfolk

Sandy Lane North

I moved to no. 6 from Thornton Heath, aged 3, with my parents, Sylvia and George. My maiden name was Ruthven. My brother Keith was born in 1958. I initially went to Bandon Hill school, but my brother got pneumonia just after ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1957 by Teresa Brett

My Early Days Around Llanwrtyd Wells.

I arrived in Llanwrtyd Wells around 1947. I was 9 years old. My father Douglas Gimson had come on before us in 1946 to work in the Cambrian Factory as he was a disabled ex-Prisoner of War. I arrived with ...Read more

A memory of Llanwrtyd Wells in 1947 by Ifor Gimson

Pat Johnson

My memories of Pigdon are of the woods, family and fun.  My parents, my brother and myself camped there with aunties, uncles and cousins.  We always took great care to clear up after ourselves.  We had the best times playing there. ...Read more

A memory of Pigdon in 1960 by First Name Last Name

Remembering My Best Friend, Andy Gardiner

While studying at Westminster Technical College, Hotel School just off Victoria Street in London I became good friends with Andy Gardiner whose parents ran a small hotel, probably one of these pictured ...Read more

A memory of Skegness in 1963 by Dylan Rivis

Croft Farm

My memory is a life time!  I first came to Croft Farm, just above Lumbutts when I was 18 months old.  My dear, dear Aunty Kath and Uncle Geoff lived there then.  She was my mother's, sister's, sister-in law - so absolutely no blood ...Read more

A memory of Lumbutts in 1965 by Catherine Cowperthwaite

Special Times

Once the time had come for blackberry picking and whimberry picking, my lovely Uncle Fred took us down the valley roads, to get picking, ready for those lovely pies my grandmother would make. We would climb up beside these waterfalls, ...Read more

A memory of Brynmawr in 1953 by Jackie Haynes

Coincidence... Meeting Up With A Sunnyhill Road Lady Here In New Zealand!

Imagine my surprise the other week, whilst visiting Feilding in Manawatu, here in Kiwiland, I asked the lady in the museum where she was from, surprise surprise: Streatham.I said ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by Adele Pentony Graham

Old Pubs

any information on pub named The Western Valleys Inn

A memory of Risca in 1900 by David Hookings

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 649 to 672.

Caption For Abingdon, East St Helen Street From Town Hall Roof 1900

At the end is St Helen's, the parish church of Abingdon, with its 13th-century spire; the flat meadows of the Thames valley lie behind.

Caption For Hadlow, The King's Head C1950

Hadlow lies in the Medway valley close to Tonbridge. The eccentric Hadlow tower is seen here looming over the roofs in the background.

Caption For Ilkley, Cow And Calf Rocks 1886

The whole area on the western side of Ilkley is the wild Rombalds Moor, which stretches right over to Shipley Glen and the Aire Valley.

Caption For Borrowdale, The Hotel C1870

tourist invasion really took hold.The traffic-free minor road meanders south between drystone walls through the dale, towards Grange and Rosthwaite.The Borrowdale Hotel is in one of the wildest valleys

Caption For Tintagel, 1895

Here we are looking from the 'island' back to the outer ward of the castle, with the access lane down the valley on the left. The building is now a café.

Caption For Morwenstow, The Church 2003

This remote church sits hidden amongst trees at the head of a valley leading to the sea. The eccentric Reverend Hawker was vicar here from 1834 to 1875.

Caption For Ewell, High Street C1955

East from Claygate and across the Hogsmill river valley, the route reaches Ewell, now by-passed by the A24 London to Worthing road.

Caption For Rievaulx, C1867

Lying in the tranquil Rye valley two miles west of Hemsley, this is the first Cistercian monastery in the North of England.

Caption For Keswick, Bridge And Greta Hall 1889

The pencil works of A Banks on the right is an example of one of Keswick's major industries, founded on supplies of plumbago, or black lead, from the Seathwaite valley in Borrowdale.

Caption For Swimbridge, 1900

Looking north, the road runs close to the church whilst a back lane to Yarnacott - in the distance - climbs out of the valley.

Caption For Kildwick, View From Church C1965

From the elevated position of St Andrew's Church we look down the Aire Valley, where now a dual carriageway leads into Keighley.

Caption For Mardale, Castle Crag 1893

All the buildings in this view, including the farm at Flake How seen here to the left, were demolished before the flooding of the valley. Gone too is Measand Beck Hall which was close by.

Caption For London, St Paul's Cathedral From Fleet Street C1950

Here Fleet Street runs gently downhill towards Ludgate Circus in the River Fleet valley. Ludgate Hill starts under the railway bridge.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 2003

This ancient town crowns the steep hill above the valley of the River Kensey. Here we see the broad market place, with its pleasing facades of 17th- and 18th-century slate-roofed buildings.

Caption For Hallow, The Green C1955

An adjacent footpath leads to a viewpoint over the Severn Valley and then down past Hallow Park, where Elizabeth I hunted in 1575, to the river itself.

Caption For Bridgend, Dunraven Place 1910

There is a plaque in Bridgend library to honour Dr Richard Price of Tynton Farm in the Garw valley. He

Caption For Empingham, Crocket Lane C1960

The large very attractive Saxon village on the road from Oakham to Stamford now overlooks the modern dam on the north-east angle of Rutland Water formed in the valley of the River Gwash,

Caption For Morcombelake, Old Cottages 1904

the parish of Stanton St Gabriel occupies a web of small lanes on the south-facing slopes of Hardown Hill and derives its name from three Old English words: 'mor' (barren, swampy ground), 'cumb' (valley

Caption For Balcombe, The Village C1955

This village is noted for its beautiful woods, a railway tunnel under the Balcombe Forest and a brick viaduct over the Ouse valley. The church of St Mary was built in 1847.

Caption For Great Easton, The Village C1960

Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.

Caption For Eynsford, 1905

This attractive village stands in the beautiful valley of the River?Darent north of Sevenoaks. Here we see an empty street scene before motor traffic was commonplace.

Caption For Gisburn, The Bridge 1921

A travelling mole catcher, Dick Cooper, lived in Gisburn; he covered the Ribble Valley and the Fylde, and walked the turnpike road between Blacko and Gisburn.

Caption For Aynho, Park House C1955

This view is of the north front, which faces the village, while the south overlooks the River Cherwell valley, across a somewhat mutilated Capability Brown parkland of the 1760s.

Caption For Radcliffe On Trent, The Weir C1955

The Trent Valley Way long-distance footpath runs through the cliff-top woods for over a mile.