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Addingham, West Yorkshire
Addingham maps
Historic maps of Addingham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Addingham maps
Historic map of Addingham
Illustrated Victorian map of West Yorkshire
Historic Map of any Addingham postcode
Addingham books
Displaying 3 of 23 books about Addingham and the local area. View all Addingham books
Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Ilkley Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13
Yorkshire County Memories
Paperback
£15
2 Addingham photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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I was born in The Semon Emergency Hospital August 1943 and often wondered what it looked like and why I was actually born there and not in Bradford which is where my birth mother lived at the time, unless she was visiting Ilkley and was taken there as an emergency. I was adopted soon after birth. But have since met up... [more]
Shared on 25 March 2007
My schooldays 1952-54 near Skipton
My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their batchelor son, my Uncle Gordon.
My Father Norman Jackson and Mother Sadie Jackson were living in Belfast Northern Ireland since 1934 where... [more]
Shared on 13 April 2007
I was born in 1936 in Shipley nursing home and we lived at 1 The Green, Micklethwaite until 1944. My father died in 1941 and my mother was left with me and brother John, surname Walker, to bring up on her own.
I remember the shop owned by Mrs Hay, with a daughter Eunice, and my friend was Jennifer Midgely.We went... [more]
Shared on 01 April 2008
I went to this school at the age I believe around 7-8yrs old. I would like to know if anyone out there went to the same school. My name was Sylvia Rooke. In fact I think the headmaster's last name was Rooke. I lived in Keighley till 1955 then moved to canada, my email address is sylviarosiek@yahoo.com if you have... [more]
Shared on 12 February 2008
Extracts From Addingham & West Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Addingham, inspired by Frith photos.
This scene of the parish church of St Peter at Addingham, standing in its walled churchyard on the village green and reached by a stone bridge over the beck, has not changed substantially since this photograph was taken. A former church on the site is said to have been a place of refuge for Archbishop Wulfere of York as he escaped... [more]
This is an extract from Yorkshire Living Memories.
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It is well worth the effort to climb up these rocks: you're on top of the world, if a little weary and overheated. Luckily, just below refreshments are to hand at the Cow and Calf Inn, formerly known as the Highfield.
This is an extract from Ilkley Town and City Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
In this photograph you can see the top of the Semon Convalescent Home just beyond the reservoir. A fair walk westwards then brings you to the Swastika Stone, which is unique in this country. Other examples have been found in Tossene in Sweden and Mycenae in Greece and all depict fertility and religious symbols. The council placed the iron railing around... [more]
This is an extract from Ilkley Town and City Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
