Maps

175 maps found.

1947, St Brides Major Ref. NPO823672
1946, St Columb Major Ref. NPO823738
1880, St Columb Major Ref. HOSM35226
1897 - 1914, St Brides Major Ref. HOSM60074
1900, St Columb Major Ref. RNC823738
1922, St Brides Major Ref. POP823672
1900, St Brides Major Ref. RNC823672
1898, St Andrews' Major Ref. RNE823591
1897, St Brides Major Ref. RNE823672
1880, St Columb Major Ref. HOSM48407
1947, Llanmaes Ref. NPO759009
1899-1900, Llanmaes Ref. RNC759009
1897, Llanmaes Ref. HOSM51940
1897, Llanmaes Ref. RNE759009
1922, Llanmaes Ref. POP759009

Books

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Memories

725 memories found. Showing results 81 to 90.

Living In The Village

We moved to Compton Bassett in 1957 when I was 11 and lived there until my father died in 1986. My parents were George Edward (Ted) Jones and Lucy. First we lived in Dugdales Farm house with Mr and Mrs Monck, and then ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1957 by Jennifer Mera

Bramley In The Years 1935 To 1941

Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1930 by Lynden Flint

Born In Fairford 1939 Left 1957 I Still Call It Home Prim Clements

My family moved to Fairford with Rev Gibbs? 1937, I always lived at Victory Villas, went to infants school, Farmors School and Cirencester Grammar School, worked at Busbys garage. ...Read more

A memory of Fairford in 1957 by Primrose Croteau

A Wartime Child

I was born in 1935 at 25 Cambridge Road, maiden name Lee. There were six of us, parents, 2 older sisters, Beryl and Gwen, and grandmother. I remember many of the shops from the late 30's to the early 50's when we moved to ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1930 by Margaret Waddingham

Beke Hall Rayleigh And Rawreth

Hi, I am looking for any information on Beke Hall, Rayleigh (sometimes spelt Beak - or with Farm in the title!). It is situated on the left side of London Road out towards Wickford and is first mentioned in 1523. ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh

Canal Memories

I grew up at Bulls Bridge and my maiden name was Betty Miles. I went to Western Road school from the age of 5 to 14 and spent all my single life at Bulls Bridge because dad worked for the British Waterways and we had one of the ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1942 by Jan Theobald

Love That Place!

Born at Petersfield in 1940, my first home was Berry Cottage, down Sandy Lane, opposite Sibley's farm. Berry cottage had only 4 rooms (2 up and 2 down), no running water, only a well and later a tap down in the lane. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Rake Firs in 1940 by Monica Stewart

Moving Away

I was born in Redhill hospital in 1948 and lived in Shirley Avenue. I went to Downland School which was a stone cottage called Pound Cottage just before Stanley Close. There was Cherry Tree Cottage about 3 doors up, they used to ...Read more

A memory of Old Coulsdon by Margaret Collins

Remembering Byfleet

I was born in Byfleet in 1950. We lived in Binfield Road. Later I moved to the hotel that was built where the village green is now. My mother Beatrice Stenning was the housekeeper, cook, maid and everything in between. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by Paulene Morgan

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Captions

690 captions found. Showing results 193 to 216.

Caption For Axmouth, 1918

The village probably dates from Saxon times, and it was a royal manor of King Athelstan, Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror.

Caption For Great Dunmow, Flitch Trials, Jury And Court Usher 2000

It seems that the custom first acquired a jury in 1701, when it was composed of five young ladies: the four daughters of the lord of the manor, and the steward`s one daughter.

Caption For Duntisbourne Leer, C1965

Just along the road from Duntisbourne Abbots is the village of Duntisbourne Leer, named after the great Normandy Abbey at Lire which once owned the manor.

Caption For Linlithgow, Palace 1897

David I built a manor at Linlithgow, and next to it a church dedicated to St Michael.

Caption For Buriton, 1898

Edward Gibbon, the historian who wrote 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', lived at the Manor House as a child.

Caption For Walton Le Dale, St Leonard's Church C1955

The manor was granted to Robert Bannastre by Henry de Lacy in the 12th century.

Caption For Buriton, 1898

Edward Gibbon, the historian who wrote 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', lived at the Manor House as a child.

Caption For Charminster, The Village 1913

The nearby manor house of Wolfeton was built in the reign of Henry VIII, and was for many years the home of the Trenchard family.

Caption For Odiham, Chalk Pit 1910

It is owned by the lord of the manor.

Caption For Maryport, Senhouse Street C1955

The name of this busy shopping street is significant because it commemorates Lord of the Manor Colonel Humphrey Senhouse, who expanded the town greatly in the 18th century, and renamed it after

Caption For Broughton, The Castle 1922

The castle was originally a fortified manor house built by Sir John de Broughton in 1306; the battlements and a gatehouse were added by William de Wykeham in 1405.

Caption For Epsom, High Street C1960

The right to hold a market in the High Street was originally granted to the lords of the manor by Charles II, and afterwards confirmed by his brother James in 1685.

Caption For Bramley, The Manor House C1955

The 16th-century half-timbered Manor House in Vyne Road fronts directly onto the road, so that its striking architecture, including carved bargeboards on the gables, can be studied at close quarters.

Caption For Davington, The Priory 1892

The adjoining building, resembling a gabled manor house, incorporates the original monastic buildings that housed a small Benedictine nunnery.

Caption For Kilnsey, Crag 1900

The village below the Crag was once owned by Fountains Abbey, and was the site of a manor court.

Caption For Davington, The Priory 1892

The adjoining building, resembling a gabled manor house, incorporates the original monastic buildings that housed a small Benedictine nunnery.

Caption For Dogmersfield, House 1903

It was built by the lord of the manor of Dogmersfield, Ellis St John, and remained as the St John/Mildmay residence until 1933.

Caption For Winchester, Ye Olde Hostel Of God Begot 1929

The present God Begot House is Tudor, though it stands on the site of an ancient manor originally bequeathed by Emma, widow of King Canute, to the Priory of St Swithun in 1052.

Caption For Harlow, Mill 1903

The 17th-century mill at Harlow was part of the manor of Harlowbury.

Caption For Bexhill On Sea, Walnut Tree 1903

Bexhill's famous walnut tree began life within the manor grounds.

Caption For Kettering, The Church C1960

This village-like landscape is a reminder of the old centre of Kettering, which clustered around the Manor House and the church.

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 Odiham, Almshouses 1903

The almshouses were endowed in 1623 by Sir Edward More, lord of the manor of Odiham, which he leased from the Crown from 1587 to 1623.

Caption For Great Parndon, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin C1960

He presented the manor of Netteswell to Waltham, and the people of the parish had to supply the abbey with the equivalent of seven weeks' and two days' food every year.