Handforth, Cheshire

Old Photos , Historic Maps , Local History Books and Memories of Handforth

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Old Photos of Handforth
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Handforth in 1965

Old Maps of Handforth

Historic Maps of Handforth and the local area.

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Map of Handforth in 1896

Map of Handforth in 1902-1903

Map of Handforth in 1923

Map of Handforth in 1947

Map of Handforth in 1897

Sheet Maps of Handforth

Historic Folded Sheet Maps of Handforth and the local area, matching current OS Landranger Sheet Maps.

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Shows Handforth in 1842

Shows Handforth in 1903

Shows Handforth in 1923

Shows Handforth in 1842

Books about Handforth
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28 photo books on Handforth and the surrounding area.

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Memories of Handforth
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My family (Brown) have lived in Handforth till 1995, over 300 years! I (Susan) used to live at 47 Wallingford Road in one of the prefabs, with the air raid shelter in the garden!! I can remember Mr Jones lived opposite. He made me a huge teddy bear and then there was the Randles family. Old Mrs Randles taught me to pod peas and always had liqouirice and blackcurrent sweets. Also there was Mary and Bill Reid and their son ...see more

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Handforth Memories From 1939 To 1943

Yes, I remember those things mentioned by Tony Barker. We lived at 38 Wallingford Road from 1939 to 1943, went to the same school and the same church so probably knew each other. I can remember playing in the street as there were no cars around during the war, and we used to play in the fields behind the houses across the street from our house. We had an air raid shelter next to our house. ...see more

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Handforth Memories From 1939 To 1943