Cirencester, Castle Street c.1955

Photo ref: C106008

During late July to early August, 1966, while visiting the U.K. from the States, I stayed in a stone duplex off the eastern main road into Cirencester from Oxford. One half of the house was occupied by three students from the Royal Agricultural University with whom I stayed, and the other half was the home of a lady with a young daughter. Across the road was a large farm estate with a tethered bull that grazed near ...see more

My uncle Ralph Smith was born in the round house in 1926 and my mother Gwen Smith was born there in 1928, Their father Edward Smith ( my Grandad ) was the last working Ox man in England, He and his oxen appeared In the film The Mummy , King Solomon's gold mines and the Devils disciple , he started working for Lord Bathurst at the age of 12 yrs and stayed there until he was 62, his son Uncle ralph was a carpenter on ...see more

Hi. Can anyone please tell me when the terraced houses in Bowling Green Crescent, Ciren, were demolished? My Gran's house was the end of the terrace, I believe the gate number was 48? I took my wife there for her first time in the Cotswolds and was greeted by a line of newish semi detached houses with smaller front gardens? My Gran's house, as the others did, had very long gardens, and a bit steep too? Thank you to anyone who can help?

While exploring my British Roots in 2003 with my then 80+years-old mother we were blessed with the opportunity offered by the owner of the Woolstapler House, pictured in the lower right foreground of this photograph of Coxwell Street, to tour the house and landscape. I have a photo of this exact perspective, except mine is from ground level, and I am delighted to see Coxwell Street from this end ...see more