Places
19 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Ashford, Kent
- Ashford, Surrey
- Ashford, Republic of Ireland
- Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire
- Eastwell Park, Kent (near Ashford)
- Ashford, Devon (near Barnstaple)
- Ashford, Devon (near Kingsbridge)
- Ashford, Hampshire
- Ashford Carbonell, Shropshire
- Ashford Hill, Hampshire
- West Ashford, Devon
- Ashford Bowdler, Shropshire
- Ashford Common, Surrey
- South Ashford, Kent
- Kingsnorth, Kent (near Ashford)
- Dunn Street, Kent (near Ashford)
- Broad Oak, Kent (near Ashford)
- Stone Cross, Kent (near Ashford)
- Troy Town, Kent (near Ashford)
Photos
320 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
90 maps found.
Memories
76 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
A Polzeath Lad
I grew up in Polzeath and my two best mates also lived in the area, sadly, both dead now. I remember in the summers the CSSM coming down and staying in New Polzeath, arranging lots of beach games in the afternoons but building a ...Read more
A memory of Polzeath by
Pappa India
Yes, I remember the time the Trident crashed near the "Crooked Billet" pub. I was driving a 116 bus and was on the bus stand in Staines. The journey to Staines from Hounslow was uneventful. I had about 20 minutes before ...Read more
A memory of Heathrow Airport London in 1972 by
East Front Road In The Sixties
My Grandparents, George and Ella Ashford, had retired to Pagham in 1958. They lived at number 12 East Front Road. Their bungalow was very comfortable with a great view out over the channel. The original railway ...Read more
A memory of Pagham by
Ashford Fish Shop
In about 1949 my family brought the fried fish shop at number 3 Station Approach, Ashford, Middlesex. I was about three years old at the time and my earliest memory is of driving my pedal car between the tables ...Read more
A memory of Ashford in 1949 by
Ashford's Tank
Ashford's tank is a Mark IV World War One Tank. It was built in 1916, but it is believed it never saw active service
A memory of Ashford by
The Winter Of 1947
We had to leave our prefab because of the deep snow and ice, and walked to stay with my aunt and uncle in Village Way, Ashford until the snow thawed.
A memory of Stanwell in 1947
Feltham Hill School
I started at Feltham Hill School in 1950 at the age of five. I was the youngest of four children Jackie, Betty and Bobby - Mr Shattock was the Headmaster. We moved from Feltham to Ashford, Middlesex and I attended Echelford ...Read more
A memory of Feltham in 1950 by
Ashford Grammar School, 1954
My last year at the Grammar School, joining the Royal Navy, in January 1955, as an Artificer Apprentice along with three other friends all from 5BF, George Evenden, Dave Alabaster and Neil Hiscock. I ...Read more
A memory of Ashford in 1954 by
The Warren.
I remember when I was nursing at Ashford, Hothfield and Willesborough hospitals. We use to have to go to the Warren for some lessons. I can still remember my shock at seeing rows of `Iron Lungs` that were no longer in use. Also seeing ...Read more
A memory of Ashford in 1968
Life Above Corals Coal Shop
my parents moved to an empty flat above the coral coal shop in bank street.my Father worked for corals coal as a delivery driver.The flat was an extra bonus i was born in Dover 1954 and when we left there we moved to a ...Read more
A memory of Ashford
Captions
44 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.
A once familiar scene, sheep are being driven to Ashford Market.
Ashford is a bustling modern town that developed with the railway, but it is also mentioned in Domesday.
Although described in this 1950s photograph as 'The Mill', this sturdy 18th-century cottage at picturesque Ashford in the Water, near Bakewell, looks more like a farmhouse, with its barn and stables on
The pump at Ashford, on the left, is the site of one of the village's six well-dressings, held annually in early June.
The Mill 1901 Now absorbed into the expanding suburbs of Ashford to the south, this small village once boasted its own imposing windmill on the banks of the Great Stour.
East of Ashford, and now subsumed by it, the little village of Willesborough possesses two landmark structures.
The Mill 1901 Now absorbed into the expanding suburbs of Ashford to the south, this small village once boasted its own imposing windmill on the banks of the Great Stour.
A farm horse is led to the river Wye in Ashford for light refreshment after a day's work in the fields.
East of Ashford, and now subsumed by it, the little village of Willesborough possesses two landmark structures.
The school was built in the 1880s, and is now the Ashford North Stone.
On a steep hillside commanding views of the Weald, north-west of Ashford, this charming village was near the seat of the Dering family at the now-vanished Surrenden Dering a mile away.
Ashford, situated in the south-west corner of the county, takes its name from an ancient river crossing, the Exeford of the Domesday Book.
A bustling agricultural town and a centre of communications, Ashford was already undergoing a process of extensive and rapid change by the 1950s.
Standing on a steep hillside north-west of Ashford, and with commanding views of the Weald, this charming village was near the seat of the Dering family.
Around Ashford & Folkestone
However, the white smock windmill, built in 1869 by the Ashford millwright J Hill, still rises over the village roofs, and is of course now preserved.
Next door, behind the clock, are the Ashford Co-op Society stores, with the Westminster Bank beyond.
Beyond the houses, across the fields, the roofs of Ashford can be seen.
In the distance is Ashford House, the former King's Head Inn.
The broad expanse of what had been Ashford's original market place and a rendezvous for Kent's sheep and cattle farmers had, by the mid 1950s, been bisected by a central traffic reservation and new road
Today, the village and its Tudor buildings is one of Kent's largest and busiest on the A20 road to Maidstone and Ashford.
Around Ashford & Folkestone
This shows how comparatively small Ashford was a century ago.
Brook is still a beautiful village, despite being something of a dormitory for the expanding town of Ashford nearby.
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