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Winforton memories
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Whitney Church
Both my father and mother are buried at Whitney Churchyard. Father in 1969, Mother in 1999.
A memory of Whitney contributed by Bernard Morris
Research - 1700s
I am looking for information about Sarnesfield in the 1700s and about the court house. Also, as I live in Canada and do not know much about the British law system, I would need to know how the courts operated in those years. What I need to know is about the size of the town, prominent citizens, marketplace and anything else you could tell me about Sarnesfield. Or where I could obtain this information.
This is for a story I am writing and Sarnesfield is the place the characters in my story lived in the 1700s.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
Carole M. Lidgold, Author
A memory of Sarnesfield contributed by Carole Lidgold
Gwendoline Langston
This photo shows my grandmother, Gwen Langston (1891 - 1963), with Mickey who was an Irish Terrier.
A memory of Kington contributed by Peter Harding-Roberts
Before school
Mr & Mrs Potter managed Bon March shop and they had two young boys, Robert and Edmond. My mum, Edna Griffiths, helped to look after the children and, being pre-school age, I used to go along with her. Mrs Potter used to bring us pasties from Jones' Bakery (where the Chinese takeaway is now).
On the way home we used to collect paraffin from Dowlings (where Tom Bounds is now) and sweets from Kate Teagle in Church Street (where Jane's sewing is now).
How I would love to be able to squeeze into the photo and have a nostalgic look around. Happy days.
A memory of Kington contributed by Avril Layton-Morris
Extracts From Winforton & Herefordshire books
Winforton has been described as a typical ‘farm village’ and this building would once have been the home of a
very well-to-do farmer. Although housing a restaurant at the time this picture was taken, the building has since
been converted and split into two private houses.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
This magnificent building stands right beside the
road but is hidden by what is now a much taller,
and thicker, hedge. It was in this village, in an old
malt house, that pictures from the National Gallery
were once stored, well away from London’s air
raids, during the Second World War.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
Winforton has been described as a typical ‘farm village’ and this building would once have been the home of a
very well-to-do farmer. Although housing a restaurant at the time this picture was taken, the building has since
been converted and split into two private houses.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
mill is hidden behind
the trees, and the
farm buildings
are overgrown.
Corn grown on the
common was taken to
the abbey Mill to be
ground into flour.
An extract from from"Worcester - A History and Celebration".
Apart from the battle, Powick’s other main claim to fame is Powick Mills next to the bridge where the battle took place. Domesday Book (1086) recorded two mills here but it was in 1893 that Worcester Corporation purchased the site and built a combined steam- and water-driven hydroelectric facility (the first of its kind). It provided half the city’s supply until Worcester Power Station became operational in the early 20th century. Powick Mills continued to supply power until the 1950s. The mill buildings have recently been converted into apartments.
An extract from from"Worcester Photographic Memories".