Places

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

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The Year I Left The Village I Was Born In

I was born in North Seaton Colliery and have very happy memories of my childhood and all the people who were part of my life. I left at 16 to work in Newcastle, the beach was perfect, never have I had such happy times, picking winkles and fishing for dabs.  Brenda Hudson as was.

A memory of North Seaton in 1956 by Brenda Cummings

Going To School

This path was a lifeline to me when I was going to school on my bike. As you look at this picture there was houses to the left and Halton Brow and corn fields to the right. I came down this path on my bike and up Boston Avenue to ...Read more

A memory of Halton by Clive Bisby

Dads Panic

Dad was village copper for several years (our old Police House is now "Peelers" in Thorneydown Road) and had a number of people he got on well with.  He tended not to panic too often but one day a message came through that ...Read more

A memory of Winterbourne Gunner by Graham Francis

Mothers Memory

My mother is now 86 years old and her short term memory is failing fast. She can remember things from her childhood more easily. She was born in Silver Street, Milverton in 1921, the daughter of Percy Frank Moore and Hilda Winter. ...Read more

A memory of Milverton in 1920 by Carole Chiverton

Memories

I was born in East Harlsey in 1946 and was educated in the village school which of course is now a private house, or is it two.  I remember there being two classrooms and, if my memory is correct, the teacher was a Mrs Lyle??   I seem ...Read more

A memory of East Harlsey in 1946 by Peter Clark

Too Short A Stay!

I lived in Kirby Hill for one year from 1965 to 66, I was a 13 year old boy. I absolutely  loved my time there and have many happy memories. My Mother and Father bought the Shoulder of Mutton in 1965 taking ...Read more

A memory of Kirby Hill in 1965 by John Wood

Question Actually

Did Ledsham actually have a station? I've seen photos of what is titled Ledsham Station, but I've also seen a photo titled, 'Little Sutton, c. 1906' with a lovely sign above the building in the photo saying '1909', which has ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Leigh Kirkham

The Swan

I became landlady of The White Swan as it was then, with my husband Gordon, who has since died. It had previously been run as an up market restaurant, but had not been successful. We concentrated on the village life, bringing the ...Read more

A memory of Old Weston in 1979 by Angela Cain

Mid 1960s Mid 1980s

My parents David & Valerie, and younger brother Roger Angus lived at 'Rosevine' opposite the Rectory. The then vicar, Christopher Leach lived in the Rectory with his wife and children Godfrey and Hilary. Additionally, they ...Read more

A memory of Combpyne by Simon Angus

Wartime Years In Llanarmon Yn Ial

Shortly after the outbreak of war, my Father who had a pet shop in Wallasey, evacuated the family to Llanarmon.  We consisted of Dad, Mum, my brother Ray and myself. We moved into Rose Cottage in the ...Read more

A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1940 by Don Thurlow

Captions

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Caption For Skeeby, Village 1913

Further down the main road through the village we see the stream, which is still here, and in the distance St Agatha's chapel of 1849. The house on the left is now demolished.

Caption For Chiddingfold, Old Thorn Tree 1933

In total, 107 buildings in the village are listed as having special historical and architectural interest.

Caption For Nether Wallop, The Stores And Post Office C1965

Here once was Nether Wallop Village Store and Post Office. Now it is a house and a tiny plate above the shop window reads 'The Old Post Office'.

Caption For Upton, Ford Road C1960

We are looking west towards the cross-roads in the part of Upton known as The Village.

Caption For Polegate, The Road To Jevington C1955

Polegate, with its typical flint walls and buildings, lies just below the extreme eastern end of the South Downs.

Caption For Great Chart, Village 1908

Although only just outside Ashford, Great Chart, along with its neighbour Little Chart, retains its traditional village character.

Caption For Kingsdown, 1906

Kingsdown was a fishing village, with a strong tradition of commitment to the sea from generations of the same families. Some properties remain on the sites once lived in by their Viking forebears.

Caption For Garrigill, The Green C1955

Garrigill is a typical North Pennine village, clustered defensively around its central green in which stock would be gathered in time of attack.

Caption For East Runton, The Village Green C1955

A short distance from the coast road, modern village developments and camp sites many be found near East Runton Green or Lower Common.

Caption For Tealby, The Village C1960

This chapter gives a snapshot of north Lincolnshire in the 1950s, as all the views were taken then: our tour takes us next to Tealby, a pretty village at the western foot of The Wolds.

Caption For Bovingdon, High Street C1965

As early as 1943, the parish council discussed the issue of whether Bovingdon would continue as a village or develop into a commercial or industrial area.

Caption For Milton Abbas, The Village C1965

When the first Earl of Dorchester purchased Milton Abbey in 1752, he had the entire village dismantled and rebuilt, moving it further away from his new home.

Caption For Upper Slaughter, The Village C1960

Upper Slaughter was the home of F E Witts, the 19th-century parson, who portrayed the village in his 'Diary of a Cotswold Parson'.

Caption For Trusthorpe, Trustville C1955

We have entered the age of the motor car! The village of Trusthorpe is located between Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea, and Trusville was developed after the war.

Caption For Winster, West Bank C1955

West Bank winds up the hill towards the significantly-named Miners' Standard public house on the hill above the village.

Caption For Buxted, The Village 1904

Buxted 'new' village - on the main A272 road - was built in the Victorian era close to the railway by Lord Liverpool, who moved the tenants from the old village in Buxted park.

Caption For Edensor, The Village C1960

For years, the village of Edensor used to be within sight of Chatsworth Houe, until the 6th Duke decided it spoilt his view. Thus, it was demolished and rebuilt here, one mile away, in 1839.

Caption For Langham, Old Cottage And Chapel C1950

The village's mid-Victorian Baptist chapel stands close to the 13th-century church of St Peter and St Paul.

Caption For Brant Broughton, High Street C1955

This is locally known as the back road to Lincoln, and it looks a well surfaced village road.

Caption For Brompton On Swale, The Village 1913

This village was once on the Darlington to Richmond railway line before its closure in 1969. The once thriving mill closed in 1947, and the Manor House, later used as a brewery, went in 1956.

Caption For Kibworth, High Street C1955

Beauchamp was added to the original name of Kibworth through Walter de Beauchamp around 1130.

Caption For Keld, Swaledale From West Keld C1935

The circuitous narrow road which leads up from the Swaledale village of Keld is being negotiated by an early motorcar.

Caption For Abbotts Ann, St Mary's Church 1899

Most village churches near Andover are older, altered or rebuilt Victorian. St Mary's, rebuilt in 1714, is a larger Georgian exception, seating 170 in box pews and gallery.

Caption For Waddesdon, The Five Arrows Hotel 1901

Ferdinand de Rothschild who built Waddesdon Manor also reworked the village, this time choosing a picturesque Olde English style with lots of half-timbering and ornate chimney stacks.