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Doncaster maps
Historic maps of Doncaster and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Doncaster maps
Historic map of Doncaster
Illustrated Victorian map of South Yorkshire
Historic Map of any Doncaster postcode
Doncaster books
Displaying 3 of 23 books about Doncaster and the local area. View all Doncaster books
Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
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£11.20
Ilkley Town and City Memories
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£10.40
Yorkshire County Memories
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£12
5 Doncaster photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Doncaster
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My father at Doncaster grammar school
My father John Granville Turner attended Doncaster Grammar School in the 1910s. He was born in 1904 so would have started in the early 1910s, I assume. He was for a time a boy soprano at the school. He also spent at least one Christmas at Shibden Hall but there is no record of him there so I wonder if he... [more]
Shared on 07 December 2008
South Yorkshire memories
I lived in Rawmish, and as a special treat my dad's mate Tony Williams got his mate the caretaker to let me have my own personal look roun't castle. My dad used to work at the pit offices in Denaby. When I used to go and see my dad in't olidays I'd go train spotting to the station and then ride... [more]
Shared on 23 May 2008
I was brought up in Tennyson Avenue off Sprotborough Road and at weekends in the Summer would cycle 20 or so miles all around south Yorkshire. If on the way to Conisbrough, Barnbrough or the River Don we would pass the Ivanhoe Hotel which, to a 14 year old in 1950 looked to be a very grand place indeed. ... [more]
Shared on 10 March 2007
We lived in Branton upto 1978 for 15yrs in St Vincent's Ave. As children we played in the Windmill at the top of the road, there was a staircase that ran to the top floor and then you went through a hatch onto this top level. The house in front of it was a working farm and was then demolished, a... [more]
Shared on 09 June 2008
Rural Councillor Mrs Ellen Tait
Can anyone help with dating an article from the "Sunday Dispatch" re Mrs Ellen Tait. She was a rural councillor and lived in a council house in Edlington. She was a remarkable lady and I would appreciate help with my research.
Shared on 12 March 2008
This memory goes from 1953 up to the 1960s because our holidays in them days were always at Rossington, staying with Nanna. Me my older brother Alex and my twin brother John loved it. Nanna and Grandad were Jack and Burtha Bird who lived at 57 Haig Crescent. Grandad was a miner like a lot of people in Rossington. One of... [more]
Shared on 28 March 2009
Memories of my childhood in Rossington.
My story starts on the 1st of March 1950, the date of my birth at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. My parents Jack & Mary Flather lived in Old Rossington at 65 Haigh Crescent, living with relatives (Guy) until a house became available for our family to move into. We then moved to 57 Gattison Lane one of the many council houses built... [more]
Shared on 20 June 2008
Extracts From Doncaster & South Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Doncaster, inspired by Frith photos.
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories
Christ Church in Thorne Road was opened in 1829. Designed by William Hurst, it is noted for its Belgian glass and a steeple that features an octagonal lantern.
This is an extract from Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories.
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Yorkshire Photographic Memories
Along here could be found the imposing edifice of the York City & County Bank, the Yorkshire Penny Bank and the 18th-century Reindeer Hotel. Doncaster owes its transformation from an agricultural to an industrial centre to the coming of the railways. The Great Northern Railway chose Doncaster for the site of its locomotive and carriage and wagon workshops.
This is an extract from Yorkshire Photographic Memories.
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Nottinghamshire Photographic Memories
Along here could be found the imposing edifice of the York City & County Bank, the Yorkshire Penny Bank and the 18th-century Reindeer Hotel. Doncaster owes its transformation from an agricultural to an industrial centre to the coming of the railways. The Great Northern Railway chose Doncaster for the site of its locomotive and carriage and wagon workshops.
This is an extract from Nottinghamshire Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
