Places

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Maps

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1891 - 1906, Dovecot Ref. HOSM43435
1947, Dovecot Ref. NPO692390
1923, Dovecot Ref. POP692390
1896, Dovecot Ref. RNE692390
1902-1903, Dovecot Ref. RNC692390

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Memories

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Dysart Dovecote Crescent

Born in Dovecote Crescent in 1944, I remember walking to East Weymss by the Man o the Rock, the sea could be quite wild just past the 'Bing'. I used to help Shanny collect seacoal on his horse and cart, I think he was the ...Read more

A memory of Dysart in 1949 by Andy Brown

Rathbone School

I went to Rathbone (Albany Road) in the early fifties and my best friend there was Frank Doyle, who lived in Phythian Street. After the eleven plus we went to separate schools but kept in touch until I left Liverpool in 1964. I ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1957 by Richard Tarleton

Mr Cavanagh Teacher At Rippingale School

My name is Owen Cox,and i lived in Dovecote estate from 1966-1970 approx. A man i shall always remember fondly is Mr Cavanagh who ran the school with his wife Joan. A wonderful man,teacher,and human being. When ...Read more

A memory of Rippingale by owen7591

1949 Onwards At High Wycombe

I was born in 1949 at home in West Wycombe Road and lived in the area until 1969. My family owned one of the two Corn & Seed Merchants businesses called Jones and Rivett Limited in Oxford Street and Dovecote Mill ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe in 1949 by Gerald Rivett

My Wichenford Childhood

I was born at Voyce Farm near Wichenford in 1937. I started school at Wichenford in 1942. My first teacher was miss Connie Alcott who was loved by every kid and adult in the area. I remember fondly Arthur Palmers bakery and ...Read more

A memory of Wichenford in 1940 by Robin Monk

Glen Faber

My parents, had a plot of land on which they built a holiday chalet, and my older brothers and I had a wonderful childhood there. Fishing, swiming in the locks, walking throught the woods full of bluebells, and blackberry picking. As you ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon in 1953

This Was My Home.

My father used to be the Officer in Charge here when it was an old people's home - we used to live in the cottage just before the dovecote. When we lived there Kath and Ian used to live in the Upper Lodge which was directly on the ...Read more

A memory of Harefield in 1981 by Dawn Marshall

Memories Of Bitton In Gloucestershire

The Grange at Bitton was the home of the Seymour family, one member of which was Jane, the third wife of King Henry VIII. The village is dominated by its open countryside setting. This relationship arises from ...Read more

A memory of Bitton by Paul Townsend

A Ride To School On The B5 Alfreton

On my first few week at starting Beavale Infants School I will always remember on rainy cold mornings that my mum always let me and my brothers Robert and Peter travel to school on the B5 bus, a big blue double ...Read more

A memory of Greasley in 1959

Glyndley Manor Hankham

We had many a happy holiday in Eastbourne, staying at Glyndley Manor, an old Elizabethan Manor house, between the years of 1961 and 1970.  It had a mounting block in front of the entrance that me and my three sisters used to ...Read more

A memory of Eastbourne in 1961 by Christine Howard

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Captions

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Caption For Dunster, The Dovecote And The Priory Church 1919

The dovecote, where pigeons were bred as a ready source of meat throughout the year, is set amidst walled gardens.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

Originally in Cowholme Meadow, this unofficial dovecote is now within the well-treed riverside walk park.

Caption For Oxwich, The Castle 1910

We can see the remains of the circular dovecote on the left of the photograph.

Caption For Westcott, Village Sign 1922

This unusual village sign, signpost, direction indicator and dovecote, is situated on the triangular shaped central green.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, The Ruins C1955

This photograph shows the dovecote at the end of the Abbot's garden, the wall of which is undergoing repairs at the time of the picture.

Caption For Westdean, 1921

There is also a tithe barn and a dovecote still housing pigeons.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

Originally in Cowholme Meadow, this unofficial dovecote is now within the well-treed riverside walk park.

Caption For Malmesbury, Baskerville C1955

This is Culver House, which once housed the servants for the manor house and also a pigeon or dove cote - the pigeons were bred for the lord of the manor's table.

Caption For Stockton On Tees, High Street C1965

Dovecot Street runs off to the right just behind the nearest bus.

Caption For Charlwood, Place Farm 1904

It looks in this view more like a dovecote, and was converted to a house in 1934.

Caption For Keymer, Keymer Road C1965

Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

Caption For Handcross, High Street C1950

Nymans Gardens has an ornate dovecote and is in the care of the National Trust and open to visitors.

Caption For Keymer, Keymer Road C1965

Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

Caption For Handcross, High Street C1950

Nymans Gardens has an ornate dovecote and is in the care of the National Trust and open to visitors.

Caption For Westcott, The Village 1922

The dovecote on the small triangular green, with its unusual weathervane carrying the letter 'T' signifying north, was erected as a First World War memorial.

Caption For Ilkley, The Stepping Stones 1906

Among the buildings on view are the 16th-century dovecot, and examples of dwellings from different counties and different centuries, all painstakingly rebuilt and furnished.

Caption For Stockton On Tees, Dovecote Street C1965

We are looking westwards from the High Street into Dovecot Street.

Caption For Alfriston, Cuckmere Valley From High And Over C1960

Many villages in the Cuckmere valley have medieval dovecotes.

Caption For Charlwood, The Old Mill 1906

It looks in this view more like a dovecote, and was converted to a house in 1934.

Caption For Eastwood, Beauvale School C1955

Turning into Dovecote Road we wind half a mile east to the corner of Mill Road to finish this chapter on a literary note.

Caption For Pilton, Tithe Barn C1955

In the yard at the back there is a rare survival, a dovecote dating from the 13th or 14th century.