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Peveril St
I was born 12 peveril St battersea in1949 went to Bolingbroke school spent a lot of time in battersea park, in the 50s we moved out in the 60s due to slum clearance. Have so many happy memories of those days. My name is Derek strapp if anyone remembers me I would like to hear from them.
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Greengrocer From Hatfield Peverell, Essex At No 336
In 1881 at 336 Portabello Road single woman Mary Dowsett aged 46 was greengrocer and had her neice Elizabeth Poulter living with her. She may have had a stall in the market as it mainly sold fresh-food in the 19th century? I think the present market resides in the district of Notting Hill.
A memory of London by
The Rock.
I was a resident of St Boniface Home, Sampford Peverell, from 1943 to 1946. Our Scout and Cubscout group used 'the Rock' (although we had a different name for it) for many of our scouting activities. The large mound to the west ...Read more
A memory of Sampford Peverell in 1945 by
Does Providence Cottage Still Exist
My paternal grandmother, May Moss, used to live in Providence Cottage in Hatfield Peverel. Does anyone know if it still exists, and what road it is in? Presumably it was connected to the Church in some way.
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Leigh Road And Living In Eastleigh
My grandmother lived in a flat in the Eagles building behind Collins the butchers. In the 1951 picture, the girl on the bicycle could easily be me! I would have been 10 then and my coat was a light green with black ...Read more
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Chamberlayne Road Boy School
Interesting to read John Scott's recollections of Chamberlayne Road Boys' School. Strangely enough, I can remember nearly all the teachers. I started in 1942 in Miss Stockwood's class, then progressed to Miss Scott, ...Read more
A memory of Eastleigh in 1942 by
Childhood In The Village
I moved to Hatfield Peverel in late 1941, after my family was bombed out in London. My father took the Duke of Wellington pub over, where we lived until 1949. Yes they were good years in the village, but at the ...Read more
A memory of Hatfield Peverel in 1942 by
Eastleigh Memories
All the pictures have such lasting memories. I was born on Nutbeem Road in 1935 and attended Chamberlayne Road Boys School and Barton Peverill Grammar School. Three of us, Dave Gardner, John Young and myself, started at the ...Read more
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St Margarets School Yeaton Peverey
I was a pupil at St Margaret's School for Girls about this time, it was run by a Miss Hainselin and Mrs Scott. A most beautiful place to be, although I can't say I learnt anything but to speak well and ...Read more
A memory of Yeaton Peverey in 1964 by
Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General
Essex has the unhappy distinction of having executed more witches than any other county in England’s history, and the first major trial for witchcraft itself, as the main indictment, took place in Chelmsford ...Read more
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It stands just upstream of the road to Hatfield Peverel, in an area sometimes known as World's End.
Peveril Castle was originally built by William Peveril, illegitimate son of the Conqueror, to administer the Royal Hunting Forest of the Peak.
Peveril Castle stands on a hill 260ft above the village, yet despite its looks it was far from impregnable; it was even in Scottish hands for a number of years.
A closer view of Henry II's keep at Peveril Castle.
The first Haddon was built by William Peveril, the same descendant of the Conqueror who built Peveril Castle at Castleton, but the present building mainly dates from the rebuilding by Sir Richard Vernon
The view is southwards across Swanage Bay to Peveril Point (centre left) and Peveril Downs (central skyline) on the other side of the town.
This view is looking from Peveril Point to the Clock Tower (centre), showing its original spire, which was replaced by a cupola in 1904 after fundamentalist Christian protests that spires only
Peveril Point and its strata of Purbeck marble jut out seawards (centre right) with the chalk cliffs of Ballard Point (top right) rising northwards across Swanage Bay.
Recently extensively renovated by its current custodians, English Heritage, Bolsover Castle was originally built high on a limestone crag overlooking the town by William Peveril, illegitimate son of William
In 1932, the local County High School left the Barton Peveril farmhouse (which gave it its name), and shortly afterwards this open air swimming pool was built in the grounds.
This view shows Peveril Point, eastwards to its lookout and fort (far left), which with a semaphore mounted on Round Down, operated as a Royal Navy signal station during the Napoleonic Wars
Carlisle marks the place where three of these rivers meet - the Peveril, the Caldew and, most importantly, the Eden; a point that is also marked by a striking natural feature, a sandstone bluff
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