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Places
35 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Wood End, Berkshire
- Wood End, Hertfordshire
- Woods End, Greater Manchester
- Woodend, Essex
- Woodend, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- Woodend, Cheshire (near New Mills)
- Woodend, Cumbria (near Egremont)
- Woodend, Cumbria (near Boot)
- Wood End, West Midlands (near Coventry)
- Wood End, Greater Manchester (near Chadderton)
- Wood End, West Midlands (near Wednesfield)
- Wood End, Hereford & Worcester
- Wood End, Warwickshire (near Nuneaton)
- Wood End, Buckinghamshire (near Mursley)
- Wood End, Bedfordshire (near Kempston)
- Wood End, Bedfordshire (near Bedford)
- Wood End, Greater Manchester (near Mossley)
- Wood End, Warwickshire (near Tamworth)
- Wood End, Bedfordshire (near Kimbolton)
- Wood End, Buckinghamshire (near Mursley)
- Wood End, Warwickshire (near Redditch)
- Wood End, Bedfordshire (near Ampthill)
- Woodend, Staffordshire
- Woodend, Fife (near Lochgelly)
- Woodend, Lothian (near Queensferry)
- Woodend, Northamptonshire
- Woodend Green, Essex
- Wood End Green, Greater London
- Woodend, Cumbria (near Arlecdon)
- Woodend, Nottinghamshire (near Sutton In Ashfield)
- Lower Woodend, Buckinghamshire
- Upper Woodend, Grampian
- Shenstone Woodend, Staffordshire
- Lower Woodend, Grampian
- Hanbury Woodend, Staffordshire
Photos
6 photos found. Showing results 301 to 6.
Maps
150 maps found.
Books
4 books found. Showing results 361 to 4.
Memories
2,335 memories found. Showing results 151 to 160.
Christmas
When I worked at Fentocraft in St Johns Road it was a small factory that did hand painting on glass and pick-a-sticks, a game. We always had a Christmas party, they would put a table down the middle and our bosses, a M and Mrs Bound, ...Read more
A memory of East Ham in 1960 by
Richard Turner Of Tankersley Area
Not exactly a memory - but my 7th Great Grandfather on my Maternal side, RICHARD TURNER, was a "Woodsman of Howbrook" (circa 1647 to circa 1717). Anyone out there with a link? His father was THOMAS, and his ...Read more
A memory of Howbrook by
Happy Days 1950s And 60s
I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more
A memory of Weaverham by
Muchalls
My sister and I lived at the other side of the Muchalls crossroads on the road to Cookney, a little way from the village. There we had an idylic childhood of sorts (though we were far from well-off). We had the freedom of the ...Read more
A memory of Muchalls in 1971
Billys Greengrocer
Billy's Greengorcer - a small shop on the corner of Hebron Street where you could buy fruit and veg, and almost anything else. In those years there was not an awful lot of choice.. two lots of potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, and ...Read more
A memory of Heyside in 1951 by
Home Sweet Home
I lived at Pilgrims Wood. It was a social services children's home in 1979. I was 16 years old. My mother signed me into care at 2 days old until I was 18 years old. I loved the home and the grounds it was in. You could see the ...Read more
A memory of Guildford in 1979 by
Forss Estate
I stayed in a little wooden chalet with my Companion, Sis Remund, when we were Missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on the Forss Estate. I remember the beautiful river, the sea of blue-bells in the ...Read more
A memory of Forss Ho (Hotel) in 1993 by
Bicycles And A Happy Hunting Ground.
Being the offspring of parents otherwise engaged, and only partially supervised by a succession of Nannies, whose only concern was that we should be clean and respectably dressed when we got up to mischief, ...Read more
A memory of New Milton in 1950 by
Boyhood Days
My aunts and uncles lived in East Howle and I was a regular visitor around and before 1950. The two families lived opposite one another in what I think may have been "railway cottages" and my cousins totalled 9. In those days you ...Read more
A memory of East Howle
Poetry
This poem was sent to mac by Mrs S. Holmes: Death of Chelmsley Wood The sheer delight of summer afternoons, As through the fields in cotton frocks we walked, The long grass licking at our gangly legs, While we in deep contentment ...Read more
A memory of Chelmsley Wood in 1995
Captions
583 captions found. Showing results 361 to 384.
This water-mill, powered by a hidden undershot wheel, stands on the bank of the river Bure, and is built of entirely of wood. There are two large millstones leaning on the small annexe.
This view, from Parson's Hill between the deep tree-filled Hawk Combe and the A39, looks across the small town below to Hurlstone Point.
Here we see a rustic shelter and the Osmington Mills Hotel (left), with holiday chalets facing seawards.
The name means 'the clearing where the waters meet', the waters being the Calder and the Cragg Brook.
Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.
This smithy in this Wealden hamlet snuggled beneath the woods below Leith Hill was still busily occupied in the repair of farm machinery and the shoeing of horses.
Balderstone Grange and Balderstone CE Primary School stand on Commons Lane, which eventually joins Higher Commons Lane.
The picturesque cliffs, coves, glens and wooded scenery that surround Hastings appealed to the Romantic tastes of the years after 1800.
Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.The first house known to have been built here belonged to Thomas, Lord Darcy, who was executed for
This view from Horsehold overlooks the wooded Calder Valley; it shows Heptonstall's two parish churches, one in the valley at Mytholm and the other on the hill above (centre background) in the actual hilltop
The poet Dylan Thomas lived here for the last four years of his life, and it is now a heritage centre devoted to him.
Take a fond farewell/From one unused to sight of woods and trees,/ Amid the strife of cities doomed to dwell,/Yet roused to ecstasy by scenes like these;/Who could for ever sit beneath thy trees,
The coming of the railway put Whitby on the tourist map; its harbourside streets, ruined abbey, and souvenirs made from jet, which is a fossilized wood found locally, all proved a magnet for holidaymakers
Take a fond farewell/From one unused to sight of woods and trees,/ Amid the strife of cities doomed to dwell,/Yet roused to ecstasy by scenes like these;/Who could for ever sit beneath thy trees,/Inhaling
In the 1920s, when the Lickeys were at the height of their popularity, several tea rooms were in business, and this one was still going strong in the 1950s.
The path beckons the visitor to venture into the woods to discover the story that this castle might tell.
Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.The first house known to have been built here belonged to Thomas, Lord Darcy, who was executed for
The coming of the railway put Whitby firmly on the tourist map; its harbourside streets, ruined abbey, and souvenirs made from jet (a fossilized wood found locally), all proved a magnet for holidaymakers
The main street and good shopping centre is made more pleasant by the Victorian glass arcade, useful in wet weather.
This pub is named after the Woodwose, or wild man of the woods. He is usually shown as he is on the sign here - bearded, hairy and carrying a club.
It is a day preparatory school with about 175 pupils for girls aged 3 to 11 and boys aged 3 to 8. It is in delightfully wooded grounds of four acres.
Clumber Park, like Rufford, is heavily wooded; it was enclosed out of Sherwood Forest, that great forest that extends from Worksop southwards almost to Nottingham.
The village was named after the bridges crossing the River Mole.The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office.
The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office. Window displays include net curtaining, boots and shoes and hats.
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