Places
36 places found.
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- Bury, Greater Manchester
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester
- Prestwich, Greater Manchester
- Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
- Whitefield, Greater Manchester
- Bury, Sussex
- Tottington, Greater Manchester
- Holcombe, Greater Manchester
- Bury's Bank, Berkshire
- Bury, Cambridgeshire
- Black Lane, Greater Manchester
- Chesham, Greater Manchester
- Fairfield, Greater Manchester (near Bury)
- Four Lane Ends, Greater Manchester
- Rainsough, Greater Manchester
- Limefield, Greater Manchester
- Starling, Greater Manchester
- Walshaw, Greater Manchester
- Besses o' th' Barn, Greater Manchester
- Ainsworth, Greater Manchester
- Elton, Greater Manchester
- Gigg, Greater Manchester
- Pimhole, Greater Manchester
- Holcombe Brook, Greater Manchester
- Hawkshaw, Greater Manchester
- Nuttall, Greater Manchester
- Unsworth, Greater Manchester
- Affetside, Greater Manchester
- Hollins, Greater Manchester (near Bury)
- Jericho, Greater Manchester
- Oak Bank, Greater Manchester
- Nangreaves, Greater Manchester
- Summerseat, Greater Manchester
- Bury, Somerset
- Blackford Bridge, Greater Manchester
Photos
481 photos found. Showing results 101 to 120.
Maps
357 maps found.
Books
4 books found. Showing results 121 to 4.
Memories
964 memories found. Showing results 51 to 60.
Celebrating 75 Years
My parents met in Bray when my mother worked at the Hinds Head Hotel and my father sang in St. Michael's choir. She served the thirsty singers! This was back in the late 1930's. Born and raised in Bray parish I was confirrmed and ...Read more
A memory of Bray by
Park House Farm
My wife and I spent one year ( circa 1953 ) living in an apartment at Park House Farm where Tony Warner raised sugar beets and pigs. The Manor House was built on a Roman foundation which then formed the basement of the ...Read more
A memory of Snettisham by
Alice Eastwood Nee Colthup
My great aunt Alice was a teacher at Five Ashes village school in the early years of the 20th century. She was born in New Brompton, Kent on 29.8.1879 and died 23.12.1966 and is buried in the village. She married Fred ...Read more
A memory of Five Ashes in 1900 by
Perry Springs
I was born in the 'Potter Street' Perry springs in the 1960s, wow how Harlow has changed from my day, I remember Wellford's corner shop also Wrights Dairy... And it was great going to the schools in Potter Street. Now the ...Read more
A memory of Potter Street by
Welfords Corner Shop
Rose (my mother) used to work in Wellford's coner shop. I was born in the 'Potter Street' Perry springs in the 1960s, wow how Harlow has changed from my day. I remember Wellford's coner shop also Wright's Dairy... and it ...Read more
A memory of Potter Street by
Childhood Memories Great Bardfield 1969
My late parents were the landlord and landlady of the Vine public house. I was just coming into teenage years. Friends came from the base who lived in the village. The pub itself was refurbished in ...Read more
A memory of Great Bardfield in 1969 by
My Uncles Grave
This isnt really a memory as such but I'm after some help if anyone can. My uncle died before I was born and he was buried in Worfield. I know from my aunty that he isn't buried in the main graveyard but further up the hill, in a ...Read more
A memory of Worfield in 1960 by
Porters Lodge Doune
I have been researching my great-grandfather. I found out that he was born at The Porters Lodge, Doune in 1848. His name was John Bilton and his father, Thomas Bilton, was a gamekeeper on the Doune Estate. My great-grandfather ...Read more
A memory of Doune in 1860 by
The Low Davidson Family
My sister and I are from Canada and came to Scotland this past month, August, 2009, to see where our mother, Kathleen Low, and her family were born and raised in their youth. After many years of hearing them describe ...Read more
A memory of Johnshaven in 1900 by
Pheobe Ross, My Grandmother
My grandmother, Pheobe Ross was born in Knockadoois. I believe her birthdate was 30 January 1884. She left Ireland with her sister Sarah from Londonderry on the ship "Furnessia". I don't have the departure date, but ...Read more
A memory of Knockadoois in 1880 by
Captions
367 captions found. Showing results 121 to 144.
Dr Richard Wilkes gave a piece of land to take the overspill, and 211 corpses were buried there.
Many distinguished figures lie buried here - among them Jane Austen and Izaak Walton.
Today they have gone; beneath the towing path, fibre optic cables are now buried - today's version of another kind of communication.
Local legend had it that in ages past King Sil was buried here on horseback.
In June 1909 this memorial cross, seen here soon after unveiling, its granite pristine, was erected to commemorate Henry I, the abbey's founder, who was buried before the high altar in January
Its founder, Louisa Daniell, is buried in Aldershot military cemetery.
She lies buried in the churchyard at nearby Littleham.
During that time, the horse has given way to the internal combustion engine; trams have been and gone; the statue of Sir Robert Peel now stands guard over a gents' toilet; and a memorial commemorates Bury's
Its bricks were supposedly made from clay dug out of the Green, and the hall was originally used by the Abbots of Bury St Edmunds as a hunting lodge.
He was honoured at his death by being buried alongside the great and the good, (and the bad and the mad) in Westminster Abbey.
Many of those lost are buried under the present Esplanade.
The churchyard contains part of a Saxon preaching cross, found buried by the church in 1910.
Now the centre of a hectic one-way traffic system, Grasmere's parish church of St Oswald is perhaps best known for being the last resting place of the poet William Wordsworth, who is buried there alongside
Bishop Bancroft, the founder of the original palace, is buried in the churchyard.
The treacherous seas here have claimed many lives, and hundreds of seafarers are buried in the graveyards.
He lived for nearly 30 years at Brantwood, opposite the village on the eastern shore of the lake, and preferred to be buried here, rather than to have a grander tomb in Westminster Abbey.
The church of St Lawrence has twin rood-stair turrets – these are usually found in much larger churches, such as St Mary's, Bury St Edmunds.
The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.
Sir Henry Newbolt the poet, author of the patriotic and stirring 'Drake's Drum', is buried in the churchyard.
More recently, George Woodall (1850-1925) was buried at St Mary's.
At one time it was a favourite venue for gala days and brass band competitions, with special trains bringing people from such places as Leeds, Bradford, Bury and Oldham.
The church here has a fine monument to Lawrence of Arabia sculpted by Eric Kennington, though that troubled warrior is actually buried a few miles away at Moreton.
Buried in the churchyard are William Wordsworth, his wife, Mary, his loving sister Dorothy, and the other members of the Wordsworth family.
Skating was introduced from Holland by returning Royalists in the late 17th century, and race meetings were held annually on Bury Fen between Bluntisham and Earith.
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