Places

3 places found.

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Maps

57 maps found.

1898, Hanbury Ref. RNE726314
1947, Hanbury Ref. NPO726314
1946, Hanbury Ref. NPO726313
1902, Hanbury Woodend Ref. RNC726319
1946, Hanbury Woodend Ref. NPO726319
1921, Hanbury Ref. POP726313
1919, Hanbury Ref. POP726314
1902, Hanbury Ref. RNC726313
1897, Hanbury Ref. RNE726313
1883 - 1903, Hanbury Ref. HOSM70532
1897, Hanbury Woodend Ref. RNE726319
1883 - 1903, Hanbury Ref. HOSM47535
1883, Hanbury Ref. HOSM47538
1921, Hanbury Woodend Ref. POP726319
1899-1902, Hanbury Ref. RNC726314
1882 - 1900, Hanbury Ref. HOSM47536
1919, Banbury Ref. POP632099
1946, Banbury Ref. NPO632099
1896, Banbury Ref. RNE632099
1898-1901, Banbury Ref. RNC632099

Books

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Memories

59 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Brushing The Cobwebs Off

My mother, Mrs Pat Bishop, was Headmistress of Boddington C of E School from November 1949 until sometime in 1962. In the beginning there were only about 9 children in the school, 5yrs to 11, no mains water or ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington by Peter Bishop

My Dad's Memories Of The Boys Garden City (Bgc)

My Dad, Thomas Brisland lived at the BGC for 9 years from around 1924. He was housed in Natal Cottage with 34 other boys and they were cared for by a matron and a house mother. The matron was Mrs. ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge by Rod Brisland

My Banbury Grans Village

My grandmother's name was Amelia Gough and she lived in the second cottage on the right at the bottom of the green on the road to Mollington. Water was collected by bucket over the road from a tap in the vicarage wall. ...Read more

A memory of Warmington in 1940 by Michael Bennett

Charles Arthur Samphier Born12 5 1937 Wyatts Green

My parents bought Wyatts Stores in about 1936 and moved from West Ham, E.London., with my two sisters. Dad kept about 300 chickens in the back field. I was born on Coronation Day at Wyatts ...Read more

A memory of Doddinghurst in 1930 by Charles Samphier

Growing Up In Greenford In The 1960s And 1970s

Here are some random memories: Lists Bakeries on Greenford Broadway.  Lovely aroma, tasty bread. The paper bags all used to have the slogan 'Good Flavour Always Finds Favour'. The covered market ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Danny Robinson

The Flying Horse

I worked at the pub on Parson Street. Banbury is a great town, to remember crazy memories, like when you did not have any money then there would be no electric or TV. I remember St Mary's church bell practice was on Wednesday ...Read more

A memory of Banbury in 1977 by Carol Jeacock

My Childhood Walks

Me and my Uncle Antony always went nut picking in early September and would be gone for hours, that for me is a good childhood memory. Also my late Uncle Jack used to walk me most Saterdays down to the old Hanbury pub where we ...Read more

A memory of Trinant in 1990 by Gemma Parfitt

Life At Avon Carrow For A Yank Abroad

I moved into Avon Carrow in the Spring of 1970. I was stationed at RAF Croughton but moved my family to this small village in Warwickshire because that life was what we were used to, coming from the ...Read more

A memory of Avon Dassett by Don Colley

18 Happy Years

We moved into Avon Carrow in November 1991, just after the M40 motorway had been extended to Warwick, and started the most rewarding living experience of our mature lives. The Carrow has an interesting history for such a ...Read more

A memory of Avon Dassett in 2009 by Ian Hiley

6th Northwood Scouts Go Hostelling

I remember staying at the youth hostel in Greens Norton with the patrol leaders of the 6th Northwood Scout Group. I was an ASL (Assistant Scout Leader) with the troop for several years and as I had always ...Read more

A memory of Greens Norton in 1980 by John Howard Norfolk

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Captions

33 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.

Caption For Hanbury, Main Road C1965

MAIN ROAD c1965 A monastery stood at Hanbury in Anglo- Saxon times, when the land came into the possession of the Church at Worcester.

Caption For Hanbury, Post Office C1965

Hanbury sprawls along the B4091, which runs north from the Saltway to Bromsgrove.

Caption For Hanbury, Post Office C1965

Hanbury sprawls along the B4091, which runs north from the Saltway to Bromsgrove.

Caption For Ware, The Allen & Hanbury Works C1965

It is possible that one of them lay on the site of Ware Mill, later part of the factory of Allen & Hanbury.

Caption For Hanbury, Hanbury Wharf C1965

The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.

Caption For Hanbury, Hanbury Wharf C1965

The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.

Caption For Hanbury, Thatched Cottage C1965

This thatched cottage at Hanbury probably started its existence as a humble home for a farm labourer, and was added to as the years went by.

Caption For Hanbury, The Gate Hangs Well C1965

The Gate, as locals call it, is at Woodgate, by a crossroads in a pleasant rural location between Hanbury and Bromsgrove. The origin of its unusual name is obscure.

Caption For Stoneleigh, The Stoneleigh Hotel C1955

By 1934, more than two thousand houses had been built within half a mile of Stoneleigh Station, and in March of that year Hanbury & Buxton successfully applied for a provisional licence to build and operate

Caption For Hanbury, The Gate Hangs Well C1965

The Gate, as locals call it, is at Woodgate, by a crossroads in a pleasant rural location between Hanbury and Bromsgrove. The origin of its unusual name is obscure.

Caption For Edgware, Railway Hotel 1948

wonderful neo-Tudor pub of 1936 by A E Sewell; he also designed the Crown and Anchor in High Street, Chipping Barnet, and the Goat near Forty Hill, Enfield, in the same style for the brewers Truman, Hanbury

Caption For Pontypool, The Grotto C1955

Around 1830 Molly Hanbury, the wife of one of the most successful ironmasters in the country, commissioned the decoration of the grotto with shells, crystals and bones.

Caption For Banbury, Market Place 1921

Banbury once boasted a castle which enabled the town to grow in the shadow of its protective walls.

Caption For Banbury, Town Hall C1965

Banbury's splendid Town Hall with its noble entrance and tower, built in the 15th-century Gothic style, opened in 1854. The clock was a later addition.

Caption For Danbury, Eve's Corner C1965

Danbury is built on high ground, and the spire of St John the Baptist's church can be seen from a considerable distance.

Caption For Cropredy, The Lock C1960

The Oxford Canal was first opened as far as Banbury in 1778 and to Oxford in 1790.

Caption For Banbury, Town Hall 1921

The second largest town in Oxfordshire, Banbury has long been famous as the main meeting point of routes from the Midlands to London and Oxford.

Caption For Adderbury, High Street C1955

Adderbury, south of Banbury, evolved as a result of the wool trade. Lord Montagu, William of Orange's minister, lived here at one time.

Caption For Banbury, Parson's Street 1921

The splendid 17th-century panelling from this room was rescued from a London warehouse and returned to Banbury in the 1970s.

Caption For Byfield, High Street C1955

This photograph of the village of Byfield, on the old turnpike road midway between Daventry and Banbury, shows plenty of pedestrians, but no traffic.

Caption For Cropredy, The Lock C1960

The Oxford Canal was first opened as far as Banbury in 1778 and to Oxford in 1790.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, Canbury Gardens 1891

The bandstand at Canbury Gardens was a gift to the people of Kingston from a former mayor, C E Nuthall. The bandstand was removed in the 1950s, but a replacement has been installed.

Caption For Banbury, The Original Cake Shop C1955

Banbury is famous for its cross, a nursery rhyme and its cakes. The latter, made with spicy fruit pastry, were first produced in 1638.

Caption For Danbury, The Village, Looking East 1903

Danbury sits at the top of a long uphill haul on the road from Chelmsford to Maldon. Before the Navigation was opened, this was the main thoroughfare between the two towns.