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Maps

19 maps found.

1946, Millpool Ref. NPO780914
1900, Millpool Ref. RNC780915
1900, Millpool Ref. RNC780914
1919, Millpool Ref. POP780915
1946, Millpool Ref. NPO780915
1895, Millpool Ref. RNE780914
1895, Millpool Ref. RNE780915
1919, Millpool Ref. POP780914
1881 - 1882, Millpool Ref. HOSM45738
1881 - 1882, Millpool Ref. HOSM53762
1947, Hillpool Ref. NPO736453
1921, Hillpool Ref. POP736453
1899, Hillpool Ref. RNE736453
1901-1902, Hillpool Ref. RNC736453
1887, Beacon Hill Ref. HOSM37281
1897-1909, Beacon Hill Ref. RNC635306
1895, Beacon Hill Ref. RNE635306
1919, Beacon Hill Ref. POP635306
1940, Beacon Hill Ref. NPO635306

Books

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Memories

8 memories found. Showing results 1 to 8.

Heytesbury The Mill

I was born at 119 Park Street, Heytesbury in 1942; this was/is the last cottage on the right-hand side of the old A36 as you leave the village travelling towards Knook. I believe No119 and the adjoining No118 have long since ...Read more

A memory of Heytesbury in 1955 by Ray Doughty

The Dry Ponds

As a lad I can remember walking with `our gang` across from the High Street side of the ponds, under North Street bridge & walking out under the chain on the West Street end on the other side of the war memorial. We went there ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1940 by Tony Arkell

In The Footsteps Of Dead Poets.

Just out of Trumpington, on the road to Grantchester, was the entrance to an area known as Byron’s Pool, named after Lord Byron who apparently frequented the area whilst at Cambridge University. Probably hoping to ...Read more

A memory of Grantchester in 1956 by Brian Goodliffe

Rugeley Boyhood

My family moved to Rugeley in 1954 from Northumberland. Dad worked at Brereton Colliery and Mum at Birmid Metals. I attended Aelgar school and about that time got my first job delivering newspapers for the 'Burnthill Press' (Market ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1955 by Kenneth Rochester

The Mill Pool

I lived at Netheravon from 1968 - 1972 (my father was in the RAF based at Old Sarum) and went to school at St Michaels Figheldean. I remember we used to go swimming in the mill pool by the weir. I remember nearly drowning there, ...Read more

A memory of Figheldean in 1970 by Kevin Denley

Triggering Memories.

We were clearing the last furniture from my mother's bungalow a few weeks ago. A heartbreaking task, having lost her in April. Behind the last set of drawers, on the floor, I found an old sepia photograph. It showed a group of ...Read more

A memory of Pymore by Veronica White

Happy Childhood

Ffynnongroew was a place of happy childhoods, and the Garth Mill was a landmark. We could tell when the old watermill was working by the rate at which the Llinegr stream was running. We would play around the mill and in the woods ...Read more

A memory of Ffynnongroyw in 1950 by kendavies26

Boating Lake

I remember the millpool being used as a boating lake and being able to hire rowing boats, canadian style canoes and sailing dinghys. Over the years the council reclaimed more and more of the millpool for use as a carpark and now there is ...Read more

A memory of Looe in 1970 by Colin Davies

Captions

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Caption For Bridport, East Street Old Mill 1899

Here we see East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of River Asker, towards houses beside East Road (centre).

Caption For Bromborough, Raby Mere C1955

By damming the River Dibbins, this man-made mill pool was created to provide water for the corn mill that once stood nearby.

Caption For Horstead, The Old Mill C1960

Children fish for pike in the Mill Pool, and a man tries his luck by the mill race.

Caption For Bridport, East Street Old Mill 1899

Here we see East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of River Asker, towards houses beside East Road (centre).

Caption For Launceston, St Thomas' Church 1906

A grey horse cools its feet in the stream, which is still as a mill pool.

Caption For Bridport, East Mill 1904

East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of the River Asker towards houses beside East Road (centre).