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Names Of People And Buildings.

Here we are looking down West Street with the village school visible at the end. On the left is Tetts Farm with the milk churns, while next is Manor Farm, farmed by Reg Newick. The thatched building before the ...Read more

A memory of Hinton St George

My Early Years

On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My ...Read more

A memory of Yealand Conyers in 1952 by Sue Tomlinson

My Childhood Home And Its Spelling

I do remember that the signpost on the main road pointing towards Bratton had it as 'Bratton Seamore". My first home was Bratton Hill Cottage, since demolished and the land developed. My Father worked ...Read more

A memory of Bratton Seymour by Steven Brunt

Mitcham

I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Norbury

Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties

My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Avril Boyd

The Oriel, Racecourse And The Later 60 S

The racecourse was pretty much my home all my life, Kempton Avenue. Sorry, a bit of a personal ramble here mixed with my remeniscing about me to put into context; I was born in Ealing in 53 of Welsh family (5 older ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Nick Parr,

Servants In The Manor 1861

In 1861 my great grandmother's (Jane Chapman, nee Loveland) parents were living at the Manor House as servants. John Loveland, 65 was a gardener and his wife Charlotte 58 a domestic servant. Also living in the ...Read more

A memory of Limpsfield in 1860 by Val Aldridge

Northolt Wonderland

I was born in Barnet in 1942, but the Germans bombed our house and killed my dad a few months later. I was sent to Wales to avoid the Blitz. (BlitzKrieg - Lightening strikes) after 5 years I found myself in Millway Gardens in ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Philip Yorke Edgell

Southall Memories

My parents, who came to England from India in 1955, when I was 3 months old, moved to Southall in 1959, from Whitton, when I was 4. I remember Southall Broadway at that time-there was actually a saddlery business there! C. ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Sandya Narayanswami

Memories

I go and see an old lady each week and she has just written her life story, Veronika Davis she was Veronika Lengyel, in her life story she went to the Chew Magna, Manor House, Sacred Heart High School, she was there from 1949 until 1951, ...Read more

A memory of Chew Magna by Rebecca Forrest

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Captions

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Caption For Lower Slaughter, Parish Church C1960

But the whole composition still sits comfortably on its more ancient foundations close by the old manor house.

Caption For Castle Eden, Dene 1886

In 1757 Rowland Burdon bought the old manor house and estate of Castle Eden Dene from William Burghley, a former Secretary of State to Queen Anne.

Caption For Mollington, The Mollington Banastre Hotel C1965

The old manor house on the site was replaced by the present building in 1853.

Caption For Cranborne, The Square 1954

Its old manor house was a temporary refuge for Charles I at the height of the Civil War, and the parish church stands on the site of an important Saxon monastery.

Caption For West Overton, The Village Centre C1955

This quaint old pair of 18th-century cottages are built out of the local sarsen stone.

Caption For Market Harborough, Little Bowden 1922

The small medieval church with its double bellcote form a centrepiece to a few houses of interest, including the Rectory of 1827 and the old Manor House of 1700.

Caption For Frampton, Almshouses And St Mary's Church 1906

The old manor house of Frampton Court was demolished in 1939.

Caption For Cranham, Prinknash Abbey C1965

But the old manor house is a reminder that this is a very old site, dating back to the 16th century.

Caption For Cothelstone, Cothelstone Lodge 1906

On the northern slopes of Cothelstone Hill, Parkend Lodge overlooks an entrance to the estate, which takes its name from the Norman de Coveston family who first held the manor.

Caption For Oxford, Mesopotamia, The Ferry 1912

During the Civil War, the old manor house was the headquarters of the Parliamentarian army.

Caption For Hillam, The Dower House C1960

The quiet village of Hillam lies just to the south of Monk Fryston, with its old Manor House, now a popular hotel and restaurant.

Caption For Frampton, Almshouses And St Mary's Church 1906

The old manor house of Frampton Court was demolished in 1939.

Caption For Clapham, The Bridge C1881

Near to the Three Peaks, Clapham's old Manor House (1701) is now used by the National Parks Centre.

Caption For Seaton, Main Street C1960

Three miles inland from Hornsea, Seaton was an estate village surrounding the old manor house.

Caption For Kirby Hill, Church And Village 1913

This enclosed square contains the well-preserved original village built around the old Manor House.

Caption For Grinton, Church And Bridge 1923

Next to the church is the old manor house, with gardens running down to the river.

Caption For Gads Hill, Residence Of Charles Dickens 1894

This extraordinary old manor house had been bereft of its famous author owner, Charles Dickens, for 24 years when this picture was taken.

Caption For Cropton, St Gregory's Church C1960

The picture was taken from Castle Hill, the site of an old manor house lookout, probably also used in Roman times during the construction of Wade's Causeway over the moors past Goathland.

Caption For Plaxtol, Village 1901

The village has a wealth of old houses, including a row of Kentish weatherboard cottages flanking the side of the parish church.

Caption For Whitwell, The Old Hall C1965

The Old Hall, or Manor House, at Whitwell bears the mullioned and transomed windows and steep gables typical of its Tudor ancestry.

Caption For Merriott, Lower Street C1955

It has many old Ham stone cottages, some thatched, and some with stone mullioned windows.

Caption For Malmesbury, Baskerville C1955

This steep old bridge was unfortunately modernised in the late 1960s, but the medieval cutwaters underneath still remain.

Caption For Beaminster, Manor House 1902

Much of old Beaminster was destroyed during several catastrophic fires in previous times.

Caption For Hope, Village 1932

Another view of the Old Hall Hotel at Hope, this time taken from the raised bank of the churchyard.