Maps

433 maps found.

1898, The Marsh Ref. RNE846456
1898, The Marsh Ref. RNE846457
1902, The Marsh Ref. RNC846453
1919, Trotten Marsh Ref. POP853712
1940, Calne Marsh Ref. NPO659810
1945, Hardington Marsh Ref. NPO726867
1947, Weobley Marsh Ref. NPO863404
1947, Marsh Lock Ref. NPO1190817
1947, Marsh Houses Ref. NPO775085
1898, Dilton Marsh Ref. RNE690803
1898, Caundle Marsh Ref. RNE664826
1919, Margaret Marsh Ref. POP774556
1919, Marsh Gate Ref. POP775050
1921, Marsh Green Ref. POP775056
1919, Marsh Street Ref. POP775098
1919, Netley Marsh Ref. POP789138
1919, Hilperton Marsh Ref. POP736665
1920, Holme Marsh Ref. POP738695
1921, Little Marsh Ref. POP757689
1902, Maesbury Marsh Ref. RNC771669

Books

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Memories

260 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

Kingsley Green

Kinglsey Marsh was renamed when the marsh was drained after WW1 and became Kingsley Green. This is the Midhurst to Haslemere road looking towards Haslemere. Somewhere on the right was the turnpike collectors home which was demolished some years before this picture was taken.

A memory of Fernhurst

A Wartime Nursery School In Newbold On Stour

In 1944 I was three and was placed in a boarding nursery in Newbold. It was managed/owned by Miss Crott (or similar) and her sister. It must have been a large house with a big garden. One day ...Read more

A memory of Newbold-on-Stour by Alan Isserlis

More Of My Memory Of Halling

Hi all, remembering more about the young days in Halling. On a Saturday, and holidays we used to go down the paths leading through the marshes to the river, our Mums used to say "if you are not off the marshes by 12 ...Read more

A memory of Halling in 1948 by John Potter

Figgs Marsh

Can anyone remember a farm "show" being held on Figgs Marsh? I think it would have been in the 50s, I remember there were cattle and bulls in pens and people being taught how to milk cows.

A memory of Mitcham

Totteridge Buckinghamshire

We moved to High Wycombe just after the war when Dad came home and he went back to work for the London Transport at the bottom of Marlow Hill. We lived at first in Suffield Road and I went to the Church Of England ...Read more

A memory of Tylers Green in 1947 by Anne Sheridan

Vintage

These memories really are 1944 to about 1953. The corner shop by the church was a favourite as they used to sell home made toffee when sweets were on ration. One character I can still see was Mr White the baker being taken ...Read more

A memory of Minster in 1944 by Michael Heyes

All The Fun Of The Fair

Who remembers the travelling fun fair that came to Blackfield in the 1960s? Did you go to Blackfield Junior school? What about skating on the frozen Gravel pits at Holbury in the winter 1962/3/4 or the Esso Cinema? or the ...Read more

A memory of Holbury in 1960 by Julian Bishop

Belvedere And Little Belvedere

Would anyone remember the above ? My Great Great Grandfather bought a plot of land in Jefferson Lane and obtained a Southern Railway carriage which he made into a holiday home calling it Belvedere after the ...Read more

A memory of St Mary's Bay in 1956 by Jean Manwaring

The Crown Ph

I remember that accident happening - I think it was in the late 60's. My Dad had the sweetshop in the High Road opp the Police Station - and I remember my uncle coming in and telling us. We were quite amused by the name ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1968 by Pamela Jeanetta Gaines

Growing Up In Holbeach St Marks (The Marsh)

Although I was actually born in Holbeach Bank, and spent the first 3 1/2 years of my life in Holbeach St Matthews, I spent my childhood in Holbeach St Marks. My mother and father Ray and Greta ...Read more

A memory of Holbeach St Marks in 1955 by Alan Gray

Captions

159 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Boston, Anderson's Feather Factory, Trinity Street 2005

During 2005 Lincolnshire Development, part of Lincolnshire County Council, prepared a bid for European funding under Objective 2 for the Boston Southern Enterprise Zone in the Marsh Lane area south

Caption For Minehead, Beach Hotel And Avenue 1923

Warren House, an ancient cruck-framed building, situated adjacent to the Warren marshes behind the promenade, was the home of the warrener, who was a gamekeeper for the Luttrell family.

Ref. B438002
Caption For Basildon, C1955

If we scratch beneath the surface, we will find tales of old manor houses, smuggling, the deadly marsh fever, ghosts, education, transport, and a new form of religion, retail therapy!

Caption For Lyndhurst, Shrubs Hill Cottage 1906

There are many charming cottages in the vicinity of Lyndhurst, some of them probably dating back to the 13th century when the harsh forest laws were relaxed somewhat during the reign of Henry III.

Caption For Dartmoor, River Dart, Dartmeet 1890

The life of a moorland farmer is tough today; in 1890, with no Landrovers, electricity or modern waterproofs, it must have been unimaginably harsh and very isolated.

Caption For Hampstead, White Stone Pond 1898

A large building continues to form a backdrop to the scene, but it is regrettable that it is now a rather harsh block of flats known as Summit Lodge.

Caption For Paglesham, The River Roach C1955

The 20th century, however, saw the oysters blighted by disease, floods and harsh winters, and the industry finally petered out in the 1970s.

Caption For Portland, Underhill 1898

It is a harsh and unforgiving landscape, but a place of considerable charm to those who seek out its quiet corners and hidden delights.

Caption For Cadgwith, Main Street 1899

This is an idyllic scene, which belies the harshness of life in Cornish fishing villages in past times.

Caption For Eastham, Docks 1894

However, only 15,870 of the navvies were able to clock off at the end of their final shift; 130 lost their lives, and countless others lost fingers, hands, toes, feet and whole limbs in the harsh and dangerous

Caption For Hurst Green, The Bayley Arms And The Village C1955

The weather is not so harsh here, as the area is protected by Longridge Fell.

Caption For Bridport, The Convent 1903

They also recalled a harsh regime in which casual correction was six strokes of a bamboo cane across the palm of the hand from the age of five onwards.

Caption For Old Sarum, C1955

The site was windy, cold and harsh, and the monks were continually falling out with their Norman masters.

Caption For Bridport, The Convent 1903

They also recalled a harsh regime in which casual correction was six strokes of a bamboo cane across the palm of the hand from the age of five onwards.

Caption For Carlisle, Cannon Outside The Citadel 2005

Carlisle was besieged twice in this conflict, most dramatically in 1643-44, when the Royalist city was captured and occupied by a Scottish army allied to Parliament after a harsh nine-month siege