Places
36 places found.
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- Windsor, Berkshire
- Maidenhead, Berkshire
- Eton, Berkshire
- Old Windsor, Berkshire
- Cookham, Berkshire
- Datchet, Berkshire
- Bisham, Berkshire
- Ascot, Berkshire
- Bray, Berkshire
- Sunningdale, Berkshire
- Horton, Berkshire
- Wraysbury, Berkshire
- Cookham Dean, Berkshire
- Hungerford, Berkshire (near Wokingham)
- Sunninghill, Berkshire
- Holyport, Berkshire
- Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire
- Boyn Hill, Berkshire
- Clewer Village, Berkshire
- Hurley, Berkshire
- South Ascot, Berkshire
- Romney Lock, Berkshire
- Windsor, Humberside
- White Waltham, Berkshire
- Windsor Green, Suffolk
- Woodside, Berkshire (near Windsor)
- Cheapside, Berkshire
- Scotswood, Berkshire
- Temple, Berkshire
- Holloway, Berkshire
- Beaumont, Berkshire
- Highway, Berkshire
- Blacknest, Berkshire
- Fifield, Berkshire
- Spital, Berkshire
- Broomhall, Berkshire
Photos
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Maps
351 maps found.
Books
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Memories
187 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
Windsor Lanes And Garage
Uncle Phil managed this branch of Hartwells garage after managing the one on the Bath Road next to the White Horse. Before that it had been the site of Rogers (?) watermill, the millpond stretching behind up towards ...Read more
A memory of Cippenham in 1960 by
Windsor Road
We moved to Bromley Cross about 1947 just before my sister Virginia was born, it was a lovely new prefab, but I don't remember much about the inside of it apart from the wood-burning stove, that sticks in my mind for some ...Read more
A memory of Bromley Cross in 1947 by
Growing Up In Abridge Roger Walker
We moved to Abridge in 1948, I was 8 years old, with mum and dad Pat and Stan Walker. We lived at no 41 Pancroft Estate later re numbered 45. My early memories of the little villiage was of Brighty's shop and ...Read more
A memory of Abridge in 1948 by
Ealing 1962 Onwards
I moved to Windsor Road in Ealing in 1962 when I was 11. I remember the Grove with fond memories. All the shops! The tailor's shop and the barbers. The sweet shop which always had a bowl of water for the dogs outside in the ...Read more
A memory of Ealing in 1962
Aerial View Windsor Castle 1964
Watch from your descending plane as you come in to land at Heathrow. It is quite a "welcome home" sight.
A memory of Windsor by
The Gardens Remembered
I am puzzled as to which year this photo was taken. It must have been very late fifties because my earliest memory of The Rest Garden, as we called it, was when it was still recognizeable as a graveyard. The gravestones ...Read more
A memory of Uxbridge by
Dukes Head
I used to drink there regularly in the 70s with rugby playing friends. Windsor Davies from 'It Aint arf hot Mum' used to drink there too.
A memory of Wallington by
Visiting This Hospital In 1953?
I remember my father being in this hospital. He had scepticaemia. I was about 5 or 6 and my mother and grandmother were driven from Windsor to Taplow by a neighbour of my grandmother's. I would wait in the car in the ...Read more
A memory of Taplow in 1953 by
Happy Days
All those fond memories of Greenway School after Oak Farm in Hillingdon followed by nursing at Hillingdon Hospital. Do you remember the shop in Cross St "Bewitched" selling fancy glass and gifts? And the smashing cooked meat rolls ...Read more
A memory of Uxbridge in 1967 by
The Institute School Upper Bradford Street Brainree
The Institute School, was opposite the White Hart Hotel, Upper Bradford Street, Braintree. I attended this school c.1950-51. Then Principal was Miss A Thompson; teachers remembered were Miss ...Read more
A memory of Braintree in 1950 by
Captions
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Overlooked by Windsor Castle's famous Round Tower, Windsor Bridge was erected in 1822.
Overlooked by Windsor Castle's famous Round Tower, Windsor Bridge was erected in 1822.
The Thames Path reaches the lock from Windsor via Romney Walk, sandwiched between the river and the railway which arrived at Windsor as a branch line in 1850.
The laying out of Windsor Gardens in 1880 was an early manifestation of the 'new' Penarth, an integral part of the work to gentrify the seafront area.
A fine illustration of the commercialisation of Windsor Road – but the buildings on the extreme left and right are apparently still residential.
Windsor is thought to have been founded by William the Conqueror.
This view of Windsor is one of the most famous in England, with the great royal castle on its 100ft ridge above the river.
59Southern England BERKSHIRE left: WINDSOR, St George's
At Romney Lock, a Salter Brothers' passenger steamer - the 'Nuneham' - heads towards Windsor Bridge.
Gazing over the town of Windsor stands the imposing figure of Queen Victoria, depicted here two years before her Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
Among the town's more famous shops was Biggs, a high-class jeweller, where Queen Mary frequently purchased gifts when staying at nearby Windsor Castle.
Bracknell grew up from the inns on the road between Ascot Heath and Reading, once a popular haunt of highwaymen who lay in waiting for their quarry among the trees of the old Windsor Forest
Looking across from the war memorial in Windsor End, this view shows the range of fine historic buildings, with Georgian and early 19th- century refrontings to earlier Tudor buildings that so characterise
This classic view of the castle contrasts the delicacy of the chapel, with its triple Gothic windows and pinnacled octagonal towers, with the somewhat more robust Windsor-like tower to its left.
The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.
Another pleasure steamer ploughs its watery furrow in the shade of Windsor Castle. In the foreground, a group of girls are getting muddy and wet.
Peascod Street lies at the centre of Windsor, at the top of the hill. The town centre is characterised by its streets of essentially Victorian and Georgian buildings.
Datchet is mentioned in Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives of Windsor' and Jerome K Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat'.
Ascot, close to the Surrey border and situated in a wooded corner of the county that was once part of the ancient Windsor Forest, has a strong suburban feel to it, with an abundance of Edwardian
Ascot, close to the Surrey border and situated in a wooded corner of the county that was once part of the ancient Windsor Forest, has a strong suburban feel to it, with an abundance of Edwardian
This castle was reputedly part of the dowry of Princess Nest, the bride of Gerald of Windsor in 1100.
His pioneering Sunday schools caught the imagination of Queen Charlotte, and soon after Sunday schools opened in Windsor.
Windsor, Eton and the Surrounding Villages
There is an impressive dignity about the globe-crowned, lion-guarded obelisk that was unveiled by HRH the Duke of Windsor in July 1922.
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