Bosbury Photos, Postcards and Pictures

Tilley’s Postcards

1. The Church and Tower

2. Edna Lyall’s Grave and Old Cross

3. Church screen

4. Church nave

5. The Churchyard

6. The Stores

7. Bishop’s Palace Gateway

8. Bishop’s Palace Gateway, courtesy of Shirley Eyles

8a. North Ledbury Hounds meet at the Crown, 1908

Main Street

1. From H. Thornton Timmins’ “Nooks and Corners of Herefordshire” 1892 (fac.ed.1974)

2. From “A Short Account of the Church, Episcopal Manor and
other Objects of Interest in Bosbury, Herefordshire”; by
Samuel Bentley M.A. Vicar 1881

3. An 1891 drawing by Arthur Harrison for the frontispiece of
Rev. Samuel Bentley’s ‘History of Bosbury’, 1891.

4. An 1891 drawing by Arthur Harrison for the frontispiece of
Rev. Samuel Bentley’s ‘A Guide to the Village of Bosbury
in Herefordshire’.

5. Main Street

6. Cross Roads

7. Cross Roads later

8. Cross Roads later still courtesy of Dave Hill

9. The Village street courtesy of Bob & Diana Preece

10. The flooded village street in 1924

11. Cross Roads around 1952

12. Main Street

13. Main Street by F.G.Moses, courtesy of Roger Harvey

14. Main Street in 1919

15. Leadon bridge courtesy of Dave Hill

16. The Stores in front of Karsland House

Church

1. Bell Tower

2. Churchyard, Edna Lyall’s grave and the Old Cross

3. The Churchyard

4. The Nave of the church around 1910

5. Morton Chapel 1914, courtesy of National Monuments Record, Swindon

6. South aisle damage after the church fire on 12th July 1917

7. Damage to the church south aisle and main rooves following the fire

8. Pen & ink drawing by Raymond T.Cowern, 1940

9. Pen & ink drawing by Raymond T.Cowern, 1940

10. Tenor bell removed for retuning. Hereford Times 17 Aug 1951

11. The church bells laid out in the churchyard. Hereford Evening News 20 Jan 1965

12. The churchyard, 1938

13. Church and Tower postcard pub. by H.C.Clarke, The Stores, Bosbury

People

1. Robert Baskerville Mynors and Ellen Higgins Mynors in 1861

2. Reverend Samuel Bentley, local historian, courtesy of Tim Ward

3. Alfred Parmee, butcher and landlord at ‘The Crown’
in his delivery cart with the family dog cart, 1909

4. Mrs Marian Buck at Noverings

5. Mr Edward Thomas Lane with Jenny, the Red Cross Donkey, at Old Court Farm

6. Mr Edward Thomas Lane with Helen, Elsie and W.S.Lane at Old Court Farm.
Jenny also raised £533 in Tenbury, £650 in Worcester and £90 in Crickhowell.
Picture by Tilley of Ledbury.

7. Philip Clissett in his garden at Stanley Hill

8. William Homes with his Ryland sheep at Goldhill

9. Carter’s boy

10. Ernest Scrivens of ‘The Cross’, courtesy of Lionel Jones

11. Geoffrey Griffiths of ‘Temple Court’, in Sport & Country Magazine
in April 1954 when he won Champion Hereford Bull with ‘Temple Wide Boy’
On his left is Ken Russell, vice-principal of the Royal Agricultural College,
on his right Robert Bentley, Secretary of the Hereford Herd Book Society.

12. Darts Team. Back - l. to r. Bill Phillipson, Gerald Pearman, William Preece,
Peter Walker, Edmund Bettington & Gerald Stevens. Front - l. to r.
Albert (Peter) Stevens, Brian Barnes, Peter Stevens & Ray Clarke

13. Bosbury Concert 10th & 11th December 1965
Compere was Dick Goodwin, front right.

14. Bosbury Show, 30th July 1966. l-r Trevor Parker, Chairman, Don Robinson,
Norman Jones, R. W. Parker, Mr. M. F. Higgins, President

15. Outside The Stores

16. The Bosbury Band.

17. Hop-picking in Bosbury. l-r  Mrs.Watkins, Mrs.Goodchap, Honor Goodchap,
Mrs.Adams, Susan Robson, Mrs.Robson, Margaret Robson,
courtesy of Pansy Watkins.

18. The Townsend family ~1901.  Ernest Thomas and Kate Townsend with their
children Percy Samuel, Ernest William (youngest) and Henry James,
courtesy of Iain and Jane Baird

19. A fundraiser for Bosbury Youth Club.  l-r back - June Cooper, Rev. Douglas Green,
Margaret Edwards, Pansy Watkins, Ann Lymm - front Tony Cooper, Joyce Shiner
courtesy of Pansy Watkins

20. Ellen Mayo sitting outside Quebb Cottage,
now demolished, August 1915.

21. Ted Pearman, landlord at The Bell, and Tut Tut.

22. Bob and Betty Walker, landlords at The Bell, 1973.

23. Mr. R.A.Paul on the gate at Bosbury Show in 1920s, courtesy of Elizabeth Brace

Sport

1. 17 June 1909 Ladies v. Gentlemen’s cricket match

2. 17 June 1909 The Ladies Team

3. 17 June 1909 The Gents Team

4. Men and Women together (see also the full group)

Schools

1. Bosbury Girls School, c.1848, courtesy of Andrew Dyke

2. Miss Mary Ann Arrowsmith and ‘Aladdin’ at Girls School, 1909

3. The cast of ‘Grace Darling’ performed by Girls School, 1911
The girls: back row Annie Jones, Emily May Bettington, Gertrude Bufton
middle Clara Southall, Elsie Taylor
front row Laura Chadd, Blanche Richards, N. Bridges, W. Rawlings
Judith Gifford, Dorothy Bettington and G. Walker

4. Bosbury Girls School building, courtesy of Pat Mowbray

5. Bosbury Infants School, 1921, courtesy of Elizabeth Smith

6. Bosbury Grammar School boys, 1928, courtesy of Richard L. Preece

7. Bosbury Schoolchildren around 1958, courtesy of Roy and Gill Baldwin

Events

1. The Bosbury Show 1907, courtesy of Tim Ward

2. The Bosbury Show 1907 (2), courtesy of Tim Ward

3. 23 April 1916 Unveiling bronze war memorial tablet

4. North Ledbury Hunt at the Crown Hotel, courtesy of Mr and Mrs R. Lambert

5. North Ledbury Hunt meet at Bosbury House, 1910, courtesy of Tim Ward

6. Hunt in the driveway to Bosbury House, around 1910

7. Hounds in the main street outside The Bell, around 1910

8. Hounds outside The Crown, around 1910

9. Coronation Garden Party at the Vicarage, June 1911, courtesy of Dave Hill

10. Bosbury Show spectators 1920, courtesy of Dave Hill.

11. Bosbury Show Jalopy Racing 1969. Severn Valley Jalopy Club.

12. Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022, Fancy Dress Cricket Match, courtesy of Guy Mathiot.

13. Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022, Church Cream Tea, courtesy of Guy Mathiot.

14. Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022, Village Hall Picnic, courtesy of Guy Mathiot.

Buildings

1. The Bell Inn, courtesy of Jo Manuschka

2a. The panelled room at ‘The Old Crown Hotel’, 1914

2b. The panelled room at ‘The Crown’, 1930

3. The Note House Farm, courtesy of Jo Manuschka

4. Cold Green, courtesy of Dave Hill

5. Village Stores around 1905

6. Uriah Cosford sitting in his delivery
cart outside the Stores, 1909

7. The Stores

8. The Village by H.C.Clarke, The Stores

9. Scraperboard engraving of ‘The Dog’ and church tower by Peter J.Manders

10. Philip Clissett’s workshop

11. Bishop’s Palace Gateway by Raymond T.Cowern, 1940

12. The Old Forge, Pow Green, courtesy of J. Knott

13. Swinmore Wood Cottage, courtesy of R. Millington

14. ‘The Dog’ from the air, courtesy of Jenny and Bill Rees

15. The old vicarage between the Church and the river

16. The church and the old vicarage which, when the vicar moved into the
new vicarage, became known as the Parish Rooms

17. Side view of the Parish Rooms

18. The new Vicarage (now ‘Great Gables’)

19. Back view of the new Vicarage

20. The Brook Inn around 1907, courtesy of Roger Harvey

21. Bosbury House around 1912

22. Temple Court around 1910, courtesy of Dave Hill

23. Upleadon Court around 1910, courtesy of Dave Hill

24. Dowdings Brook Cottage

Odds & Ends

1. Hop Token, Old Court Farm, courtesy of Butcher Row House Museum

2. Hop Token, Old Court Farm

3. May 2013 A new beer from Wye Valley Brewery
using ‘Cascade’ hops from Townend Farm

4. 2015 Two new beers from Ossett Brewery
using ‘Cascade’ and ‘Jester’ hops from Townend Farm

5. Pre-war Players cigarette card

6. The back of the cigarette card

7. Another pre-war Players cigarette card, courtesy of Terry Rowell

8. The sign at Temple Court Farm, 2013

9. Bosbury from the air by Airpics, Harpenden, Herts around 1986

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Latest update: March 2022