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Maps

83 maps found.

1925, Warden Ref. POP860552
1947, Warden Ref. NPO860552
1921, Warden Ref. POP860555
1906, Warden Ref. HOSM63393
1947, Warden Ref. NPO860553
1925, High Warden Ref. POP733631
1894, Warden Ref. RNE860555
1946, Warden Ref. NPO860555
1919, Old Warden Ref. POP797249
1897, Nether Warden Ref. RNE788803
1920, Warden Ref. POP860553
1897, Warden Ref. RNE860552
1899, Warden Ref. RNE860553
1896, Old Warden Ref. RNE797249
1945, Warden Point Ref. NPO860567
1946, Warden Street Ref. NPO860569
1946, Old Warden Ref. NPO797249
1895, Warden Point Ref. RNE860567
1896, Warden Street Ref. RNE860569
1899, Chipping Warden Ref. HOSM40842

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Memories

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The Second World War

There was an air raid shelter under the green opposite the Three Jolly Wheelers pub. It comprised a number of concrete passageways. My mother my sister and I would use it on occasions when there was a particularly bad ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1945 by Colin King

Too Short A Stay!

I lived in Kirby Hill for one year from 1965 to 66, I was a 13 year old boy. I absolutely  loved my time there and have many happy memories. My Mother and Father bought the Shoulder of Mutton in 1965 taking ...Read more

A memory of Kirby Hill in 1965 by John Wood

Bamford Parish Church No One Cares Anymore

A churchyard  is a place where families can be near their deceased loved ones, a calm and beautiful place surrounded by trees and flowers, but that is not the case in Bamford churchyard. The grass and ...Read more

A memory of Bamford in 2009 by A C

Sittingbourne To Australia

My name is Margaret.  I was born in Park Road, Sittingbourne on 18.4.45. My parents were Flossie and Cyril Neaves. My dad worked as a machine man in the Sittingbourne paper mills and my mum worked fruit picking in ...Read more

A memory of Sittingbourne in 1971 by namscox

Farming Pub And Family

Because of the rural nature of Llanfihangel GM memories stretch across the village hub - the Crown pub on the bend by the bridge through to the small cemetary near Ty Ucha farm - through to Cerrigydruddion and ...Read more

A memory of Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr by Shirley Jones

Warden Point

I used to live in Cherry Tree Cottage, Warden Point in 1930, my father was Jock Martin, a sergeant in the R.A.F. stationed in Eastchurch. My mother was Phylis Woollett, daughter of Frank Woollett, mine host of the Crooked Billet. ...Read more

A memory of Warden in 1930 by Frank Martin

Happy Youth

I first found out about when I moved to Great Horton in Bradford about 1952. I met a boy called Philip Tempest who lived in a house near by, we became life long friends. His parent took me on holiday with them to a cottage they owned ...Read more

A memory of Nesfield in 1950 by Donald Rumbold

Campsite

My father was building the Power Station at Shoreham in the fifties and we had a tent here for many Summer months. The lads use to dare me to go to the Wardens control tower and say I was lost! They used to humour me and broadcast my ...Read more

A memory of Brighton in 1950 by James Whitehead

Medway Drive Perivale

I was born on 24 September 1937 when my parents were living at No 54 Medway Drive, Perivale, Greenford. I thought I was born in a maternity hospital ( possibly Perivale Maternity Hospital, but no records now exist for this ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1940 by Alan Grose

During The Second World War

This story is a memory during the Second World War. My father Samuel Fredrick Richardson was the air-raid warden. There was a brick shelter, built on the village green. Most of the village used to use it. One ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1940 by The Frith Memory Archivist

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Captions

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Caption For Launceston, South Gate Street 1949

The earlier picture shows little traffic bar the donkey cart, but the advent of the car meant that by 1949 a traffic warden was needed to control traffic through the arch.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate Street 1949

The earlier picture shows little traffic bar the donkey cart, but the advent of the car meant that by 1949 a traffic warden was needed to control traffic through the arch.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate Street 1949

The earlier picture shows little traffic bar the donkey cart, but the advent of the car meant that by 1949 a traffic warden was needed to control traffic through the arch.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Church Interior 1898

To the right of the nearest one is the staff or wand of the Vicar's Warden—these staffs are usually to be found next to the warden's seat.

Caption For Manchester, The Cathedral 1889

It was the church's first warden, John Huntington, who built the choir; his successor added the nave, and the third warden widened the choir and added the clerestory.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Church Interior 1898

To the right of the nearest one is the staff or wand of the Vicar's Warden—these staffs are usually to be found next to the warden's seat.

Caption For Old Warden, The Thatched House C1955

An ornamental Swiss Garden in Old Warden Park complements the Swiss styling that was built into the village by the third Lord Ongley in the 19th century. The Swiss Garden is open to the public.

Caption For Deal, The Castle 1894

The castle was built in 1539, and came under the control of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. In 1648 the castle was captured by Colonel Nathaniel Rich for Parliament.

Caption For Chigwell Row, Oaklands Farm C1955

This pretty house sits back away from the road, and is the Warden's house for the Girl Guides Camping Ground.

Caption For Chatham, Buckmore Park Providore C1960

The fingerpost directs visitors to various on- site amenities, including the Warden's Office, the Providore (the shop) with its familiar Walls ice cream sign, and the First Aid and Hospital

Caption For North Berwick, Tantallon Castle 1897

The Douglases were a powerful family: they were wardens of the Border Marches, lords of Galloway and skilled in war.

Caption For Grimsby, The Docks 1893

Amid this forest of masts and spars are the three-masted barque 'Warden Law', the three-masted barquentine 'Violet', and the two-masted schooner 'Pride of Anglesey'.

Caption For Bristol, The Bridge And The Church Of St Nicholas 1901

Bishop Secker's Diocese Book has an interesting comment on the church wardens. Abel Edwards was a profane swearer, blasphemer and drunkard, and John Veal lived in sin with Deborah Orstand.

Caption For Padstow, View Over The Harbour C1900

The harbour at Padstow originally belonged to Bodmin Priory and has had many celebrated visitors, none more so, perhaps, than Sir Walter Raleigh, who used it frequently when he was Lord Warden of the Stannaries

Caption For Old Warden, Shuttleworth College C1955

The latter is dedicated to the life of the eldest son of the family who was killed in World War II, and supports the Shuttleworth Collection of road transport and aircraft housed at Old Warden Aerodrome

Caption For Oxford, Lincoln College 1906

The gatehouse was where the Warden used to monitor the comings and goings of his students. The college gardens are bordered on two sides by the ancient city wall.

Caption For Bramber, St Mary's C1955

The suggestion that the present house was built for the warden of the bridge was possibly confirmed when piers from the Great Stone Bridge were discovered in the garden during road repairs in 1839.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

The twin rowing boat in the distance is patently a pleasure trip, whereas the uniformed lone gentleman seems to be a park warden, albeit water-bourne.

Caption For Leysdown On Sea, Warden Bay Caravan Park C1955

The Warden Bay Caravan Park also had chalets, which we can just see at the top right of the photograph. Note the 5mph speed limit sign just inside the narrow gates.

Caption For East Grinstead, Sackville College, Quad 1910

The College warden in 1910 was Frank Hill.

Caption For Gloucester, St Oswald's Priory 1923

The cathedral looks like a warden keeping an eye over the original free chapel royal.

Caption For Lancaster, Castle Warden, John O'gaunt's Chair 1927

The warden points to one of the city's landmarks, possibly the Ashton Memorial on the opposite hillside.

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And Moot Hall C1965

In this photograph, taken from a similar viewpoint to D83003, the buildings in Chapel Lane have been demolished, opening up the view to Warden's Lodge, part of Daventry Grammar School.