Maps

81 maps found.

1946, Five Acres Ref. NPO706305
1899, Ten Acres Ref. RNE845981
1897, Acres Nook Ref. RNE619704
1896, Acre Ref. RNE619677
1947, Acre Ref. NPO619677
1903, Acre Ref. RNC619677
1924, Acre Ref. POP619677
1899-1901, Bleak Acre Ref. RNC644026
1901-1902, Castle Acre Ref. RNC663677
1921, West Acre Ref. POP863615
1921, Ten Acres Ref. POP845981
1947, Birch Acre Ref. NPO640368
1925, Peas Acre Ref. POP802331
1921, South Acre Ref. POP834320
1946, West Acre Ref. NPO863615
1895, Laceby Acres Ref. RNE750755
1898, Peas Acre Ref. RNE802331
1946, South Acre Ref. NPO834320
1919, Five Acres Ref. POP706305
1920, King's Acre Ref. POP747800

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Memories

226 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Harrow Driving School Rayners Lane 1985 1986 Approx

Memories of getting the tube from Arnos Grove to Rayners Lane and then the long walk up Imperial Drive - until reaching the driving centre. The set up included traffic lights, zebra crossings, ...Read more

A memory of Harrow by John Walmisley

St Marys Children‘S Convalescent Home .1952 1956

I. am pretty sure this is the same place I was sent to with Chronic Asthma, when I was two until I was Six years old. It was called St.Marys and was run by an order of nuns. I remember having to have ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by Christine Knight

Yesterday's Birch

I REMEMBER BIRCH IN 1960'S. THE VILLAGE SHOP WAS RUN BY A JEWISH MAN CALLED MR WOLFE. WHEN YOU CROSSED THE ROAD ON TO WHITTLE LANE THERE WAS A ROW OF HOUSES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE WHITE HART PUB . AS YOU WALKED UP THE LANE ...Read more

A memory of Birch by franciscaine7

Memories

I was brought up on Minley Estate on Twelve Acre Crescent. My dad worked at the RAE as I would think did many. Just read memories of Cove. Munday's the sweet shop.The butcher's was Harris and Webb. I remember the sawdust and the lady cashier ...Read more

A memory of Cove by stephenreeds3

Living In Yorkletts

having lived in the village for most of my childhood I have lots of memories both good and bad things like having a close community spirit where all the children were known and we were always safe, but then there was useless ...Read more

A memory of Yorkletts in 1987 by Andrew Arthurton

Riding My Horse

This was one of the routes I took in the early 70s when riding my beautiful horse out. We would go up West Balgrochan Road, turn in to Acre Valley Road and go up the hill where the woods are and down to the other side, sometimes going on ...Read more

A memory of Torrance

Growing Up At Tombuie Cottage

My name is Drew Ramsay and my father retired from Calcutta India back home to Dundee in 1963 when I was 13 years old. He leased Tombuie Cottage for 5 years as a holiday home which came complete with a little over ...Read more

A memory of Tombuie Cottage by Drew Ramsay

Bricklayers Arms

Researching my family history I have found the sale papers for the Bricklayers Arms. It was sold by my Great Grandmother, her husband was Frederick Easom Robinson. It was sold on Friday 8th august 1890. The sale was for Brewhouse ...Read more

A memory of Whittlesey in 1890 by Myrtle Neville

Wartime Bargoed

In February 1942, I and thirty other children from Northfield in Birmingham, were evacuated to Bargoed. I was taken in by Mrs Parker, who lived with her husband and Daughter, Phyliss, at 8 Plasnewydd Street. My life in Bargoed was ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed in 1941 by Gerald Hardware

Railway

I used to catch the train every week to visit my grandmother in Countesthoe. From where I lived in Six Acres it was about a mile walk to the station. The station was often staffed by Paddy a cheerful Irish man. If not him a lady would ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley by james.b.howes

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Captions

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Caption For Hillsborough, Main Street C1890

He inherited estates amounting to 75,000 acres in County Down, 16,000 in County Wicklow, 4,000 in Kings County, 9,500 in County Antrim, 2,100 acres in Kilkenny and 1,355 acres in Kildare.

Caption For Cardiff, The Docks 1893

The opening of Roath Dock in 1887 gave Cardiff a further 33 acres of deep water shiphandling facilities.

Caption For Chatham, Buckmore Park C1960

Originally, all the buildings except the Admin Block were sited among the woodland that comprised most of the 60-acre site.

Caption For Eynsham, The Village C1965

We are looking along Acre End Street.

Caption For Medstead, The School C1955

Under the 1944 Educaton Act, the site of Medstead School was declared inadequate for a 3-classroom school with an assembly hall, as it should have had one acre of playing field and one acre for the school

Caption For Basildon, The Industrial Estate C1965

It covered 60 acres of the 100-acre site, and had 1,360,000 square feet of buildings.

Caption For Shotton, John Summers Works And The Dee C1965

In 1895, the Summers family had bought 40 acres of reclaimed marshland for £5.

Caption For Bellerby, The Village 1896

From the 13th century, the village was part of the huge 3000-acre manor estate of the de Bellerbys.

Caption For Bellerby, The Village 1896

From the 13th century, the village was part of the huge 3000-acre manor estate of the de Bellerbys.

Caption For Clumber Park, C1955

Of the Clumber estate's 3,800 acres over a thousand are woodland, while the great lake itself occupies 87 acres.

Caption For Basildon, Industrial Estate C1965

It covered 60 acres of the 100-acre site, and had 1,360,000 square feet of buildings.

Caption For Barry Docks, 1899

No 1 Dock, covering 73 acres of deep water, opened in 1889 and was equipped with nineteen coal hoists.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

Caption For Skegness, The Beach 1910

The acres and acres of superb sand are what make these Lincolnshire coastal resorts such a pleasure; I remember donkey rides here, and indeed my daughters have also ridden the Skegness donkeys in the past

Caption For Belfast, View In Ormeau Park 1897

His agent thought the rent of £10 an acre was too low, but the deal went through in 1869 and 178 acres were taken over.

Caption For Lyndhurst, The Grand Hotel C1955

This elegant Georgian mansion, set within three acres, is surrounded by the 90,000 acres of the New Forest where ponies roam free.

Caption For Skegness, The Beach 1910

The acres and acres of superb sand are what make these Lincolnshire coastal resorts such a pleasure; I remember donkey rides here, and indeed my daughters have also ridden the Skegness donkeys in the past

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

Caption For Lamberhurst, Old Hill And High Street C1955

Once a centre of the Wealden ironworking industry, Lamberhurst is today known for its fine vineyard of 32 acres, for the 770-acre Bewl Water Reservoir, and for the attractive fairytale Scotney Castle,

Caption For Rhyl, The Promenade 1913

West of the pier a marine lake for pleasure boating was formed in 1895; it had nearly 40 acres of water and a 3-acre island.

Caption For Ollerton, Sherwood Forest C1955

Sherwood Forest once covered over 100,000 acres between Nottingham and Worksop, although the great ducal estates of the Dukeries enclosed much of the north part for their parks.

Caption For Castle Ashby, The Church C1955

The mansion and the church sit amid a park of over 200 acres, in an estate of more than 10,000 acres.

Caption For Luton, Vauxhall Motors C1950

During 1955-57 the company spent £36 million on doubling car production, excavating over 1.5 million tons of chalk and clay from the Chilterns to accommodate 1.6 million square feet of building