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Aldbrough St John, North Yorkshire
Aldbrough St John photos
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Aldbrough St John maps
Historic maps of Aldbrough St John and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Aldbrough St John maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of North Yorkshire
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Aldbrough St John books
Displaying 3 of 22 books about Aldbrough St John and the local area. View all Aldbrough St John books
Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
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£14
Yorkshire County Memories
Paperback
£15
A Taste of Yorkshire
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£14
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Memories of Aldbrough St John
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1951 - 1979 Life in Aldbrough St John
Reading Carol's memories brings to mind a lot of happy times in the village, especially the bus shelter and phone box. We managed to make up a lot of our own entertainment, especially the 'village youth club', in a loft above Wilf Martin's butchery business. With a trap door, we could decide who could enter, once in there the music was... [more]
Shared on 29 June 2009
Living in Aldbrough St. John 1954-1972
My former name was Carol Innis and I lived in Aldbrough with my brother Les and parents Ken and Hilda. Les and I spent our childhood and teenage years walking and swimming in the beck, playing football on the huge village green and cricket on the cricket pitch which was maintained to a high standard by Jack Hollywell, then owner of... [more]
Shared on 13 May 2009
North Yorkshire memories
I have many happy memories of Melsonby as I visited regularly until the 1980's. My father's family (Healey) were from Melsonby and my aunt was a teacher at the C of E school for many years. My father and most of his family are buried in the churchyard in the picture. The right-hand cottage belonged to the Rennison family and as... [more]
Shared on 14 February 2008
My parents, Fred and Marjorie Reeks bought the shop and Post Office from Mrs Britton in 1947 and they owned the business till about 1985. In the mid sixties Fred got about 100,000 daffodil bulbs from a market garden in Darlington and spent many hours getting a single furrow dug around the perimeter of each of the pieces of the green... [more]
Shared on 10 February 2008
Hello all, my name is Terry McHugh Junior, as I am apparently the first to hit this site I will share with you my early childhood memories of that lovely village in Yorkshire, Eppleby.
We moved into Eppleby in 1963, my Dad (Terry McHugh senior) was in the Army at the time, serving in Catterick, my Mum's name was Edna.... [more]
Shared on 02 November 2006
BRITTON ,CHARLES,---PORTER,ELIZABETH JANE
Elizabeth jane Porter was my Great Aunt and married Charles Britton at the parish church ,in the parish of Middleton Tyas in the county of York on the 24th of Nov 1891. Their witnesses were John Porter ,Betsy Gardner and Arthur Britton . I would love to know if anyone has any knowledge of any them or their descendants.
Shared on 21 November 2007
Hudson/Brewster Family History
My ancestors were living in Middleton Tyas in the early 1800s any information would be very welcome.Alice Hudson married a William Brewster both were from Middleton Tyas.
Shared on 07 November 2006
I would love to know of any information regarding the Aungiers family who lived in Middleton Tyas in the 1800s.
I know the address for John and Hannah was 5 Cottage. Father of John was James. Any information welcome.
Regards
Pam
Shared on 21 September 2006
Extracts From Aldbrough St John & North Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Aldbrough St John, inspired by Frith photos.
An impromptu cricket match takes place on The Green at Aldbrough St John on a glorious summer's day. This large village, just off the ancient Roman Road of Dere Street, later the Great North Road and the A1, lies near the Durham border west of Darlington.
This is an extract from Yorkshire Living Memories.
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North Yorkshire Living Memories
Situated just off the old Great North Road (the Roman Dere Street and the modern B6275), Aldbrough St John takes its name from the parish church. It stands to the east of Darlington on a tributary of the mighty Tees, crossed here by the village bridge.
This is an extract from North Yorkshire Living Memories.
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Richmond Photographic Memories
Some women artists paint the view of Richmond from across the River Swale. In the left distance can be seen smoke rising from the gasworks beside the falls. Richmond had one of the earliest gasworks in Europe, built in 1820 to provide street lighting for the fashionable Georgian town.
This is an extract from Richmond Photographic Memories.
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