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Maps

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1896, Billington Ref. RNE640099
1946, Billington Ref. NPO640098
1946, Billington Ref. NPO640099
1892, Billington Ref. HOSM37733
1947, Billington Ref. NPO640097
1902, Billington Ref. RNC640098
1898, Billington Ref. RNE640097
1897, Billington Ref. RNE640098
1924, Billington Ref. POP640097
1921, Billington Ref. POP640098
1920, Billington Ref. POP640099
1896, Little Billington Ref. RNE756901
1903-1904, Billington Ref. RNC640097
1898-1899, Billington Ref. RNC640099
1920, Little Billington Ref. POP756901
1946, Little Billington Ref. NPO756901
1900, Little Billington Ref. HOSM46828
1900, Little Billington Ref. HOSM51406
1880 - 1882, Billington Ref. HOSM37734
1898-1899, Little Billington Ref. RNC756901

Books

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Memories

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My Memories Of Bilsington

I can remember moving to Bilsington village when I was just over seven years old. I attended Bilsington Primary School and have clear memories of Miss Fellows (the Headmistress). She had a kind heart I think but at the time ...Read more

A memory of Bilsington in 1970 by Creina Lightle

Talke A Forgotten Village

As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more

A memory of Talke in 1959

Saturday Cinema

I was born in 1950 at my grandparents house on Quebec Street, in the Werneth/Westwood area. I lived in Limeside at 86, Pine Tree Road and attended Limehurst junior school and then went on to Hollins Secondary school. Saturday always saw ...Read more

A memory of Oldham by Larry Walton

My Childhood Of Old Bracknell Farm

Hi Peter, I remember the Thompkins was it the baker or was that the Cheneys? Joe Smith was the newsagent who used to treat the kids to a summer outing by train every summer. We used to get a new florin and a bag ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell in 1949 by Susan Hindle Nee Wesley

The Billingtons

Betty and Alec Billington were my mum and uncle who went to the village school in the 1920's and 1930's. My grandad was the blacksmith

A memory of Leek Wootton

Grandma

The lady with the white coat and shopping basket on the right hand side of the photo is my grandmother - Clara Billington - and lovely to see her in print!

A memory of Ampthill in 1960 by Julia Lovell

Stormy Point

Stormy Point was a very popular destination for cavers and for those seeking the wide-ranging views over the Cheshire plain but without the crowds that came to Castle Rock, particularly on a Sunday. My vivid memory of Stormy Point ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge in 1955 by Graham Dilliway

Big Stone

I used to live in Goostrey Lane, at the end of the lane joining the A50, there was a very large stone that the children including me used to play on, it has now disappeared, believed to have sunk, can anyone remember the stone and what ...Read more

A memory of Cranage by Beryl Rhodes

Lewis's Factory

Hi my mum worked at Lewis's factory from 1922 to 1937 as a machinist Emma Perrin also my uncle was a shoe maker Albert Billington

A memory of Litherland by marilynhowie

Daffodils

As a child, we went to say here with our cousins. Probably about 1954. My cousin and I went over a bridge to a small meadow which belonged to the hotel. We picked daffodils and got into trouble. I remember that the pipes in the bathroom were polished. My name then was Anne Billington

A memory of Dolywern by anne.ayliffe

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Captions

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Caption For Bilsington, The Village 1909

Bislington looks over Romney Marsh, a region both low and flat, which was reclaimed from the sea in ancient times.

Caption For Bollington, 1897

By the 1860s Bollington was thriving, but during the American Civil War the cotton towns of Lancashire, east Cheshire and north Derbyshire felt the effects of the Federal blockade of Confederate ports.

Caption For Bollington, Church Street C1955

'A thriving village with some collieries and extensive cotton factories' was how Bollington was described in 1848.

Caption For Bollington, C1955

The tall chimneys pictured here remind us of Bollington's industrial history.

Caption For Yetminster, View From Tarks Hill C1960

We are looking north- eastwards from one of the public footpaths across Tarks Hill over Mill Lane and Brister End (centre) to the twin peaks of Honeycombe Wood (top left) and Lillington Hill

Caption For Bilsington, Village 1909

Bilsington is a small village on the main Hythe to Tenterden road.

Caption For Bollington, General View 1903

It was no different here at Bollington on a sunny afternoon.

Caption For Bollington, Palmerston Street C1955

From being only a small village, Bollington expanded enormously in the 19th century.

Caption For Macclesfield, Parish Church And Central Station C1955

Opened to passenger traffic in July 1873, on the Bollington/ Marple route, it was rebuilt in 1960.

Caption For Bollington, Wesleyan Chapel 1897

For some reason best left to the Frith cameraman, one of Bollington's more interesting structures is in fact just off camera to the left.

Caption For Bollington, The Canal C1955

Bollington's skyline was and still is dominated by great mills and tall chimneys.