Maps

453 maps found.

1898, Brook Ref. RNE651796
1895, Brook Ref. RNE651798
1896, Brook Ref. RNE651800
1896, Brook Ref. RNE651801
1919, Brook Ref. POP651799
1920, Brook Ref. POP651806
1921, Brooks Ref. POP652156
1940, Brook Ref. NPO651798
1946, Brook Ref. NPO651801
1940, Brook Ref. NPO651806
1919, Brook Ref. POP651805
1947, Brooks Ref. NPO652156
1946, Brooks Ref. NPO652157
1896, Brook Ref. RNE651806
1895, Brook Ref. RNE651807
1946, Brook Ref. NPO651796
1940, Brook Ref. NPO651800
1940, Brook Ref. NPO651807
1946, Brooke Ref. NPO652025
1946, Brooke Ref. NPO652026

Memories

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Memories Of Benson

My memories of Benson started in 1946/7 when we moved to Sunnyside, which in those days did not have the recreation field. Nor did the village have street lighting apart from a couple in the High Street, one of which was on the wall ...Read more

A memory of Benson in 1947 by John Webb

Tandridge Court

Max Michaelis lived in Tandridge Court and was well known for breeding Shire Horses. He had Brook Farm built in 1903 to actually house his stallions and breeding stock. He also held agricultural shows on his land for the local ...Read more

A memory of Tandridge by Jacquie Gardiner

Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties

My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play with, ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Avril Boyd

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

Suntrap School. 1956 To 1961.

My name is Terry Hendy. I attended Suntrap school from 1956to 1961. I have very happy memories of the school and although away from home I was very well looked after and fed well. 1 saw the photo of Mr Brooks and Mr Campbell ...Read more

A memory of Ledbury by Terry Hendy

My Family In Woolston

My Grandparents lived in Oakbank Road, My Aunt lived in Laurel Road. I can remember going to work with my Nan in the evenings. She used to be a cleaner for Knaptons Bookies and Malizias Bookies (Bridge Road). My Aunt worked at ...Read more

A memory of Woolston in 1959 by Jan Wills

Wilsons Bakery Griffith Wilson

My parents are Angela (nee Goulden) and Bryan Wilson (now sadly deceased), both from Bramhall. My paternal Grandfather owned the bakery in the village "Wilsons" which was taken over after my grandfather's retirement by ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall in 1955 by Helen Young

Foggy Beacon Park

When I was 5 yrs old I can vividly remeber getting lost in Beacon Park in a real pea souper with friends from the farm in the Sandford Street corner of the park and also remember digging old stone jars up from the brook that runs through the park!

A memory of Lichfield in 1956 by Frank Clarke

Annual Visit

My parents, Fred & Marjorie La Touche, always took us to visit our great aunt & uncle Curtis,who lived at Cottage of Content in Harris Barton.At one time this was a pub, (perhaps someone has a photo of it ) but then it ...Read more

A memory of Frampton Cotterell in 1945 by Rose Perry

A Long Way From St Pauls Road

Hi, my name is Susan Thompson, formerly Hawkins and I'm 54, I was born in the above address and lived there for 18 years although my parents lived there for over 40 years. I went to Brook St. school finally ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1967 by Susan Thompson

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Captions

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Caption For Manchester, Brooks Bank C1873

These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks.

Caption For Kenilworth, Abbey Fields Swimming Pool C1965

Abbey Fields is dissected by Finham Brook and Inchford Brook.

Caption For Rochdale, Simpson Clough 1895

Cheesden Brook passes under Ashworth Road, flowing to the right to join Naden Brook as it leaves Carr, Gelder and Bamford Woods.

Caption For Nunney, From Bridge 1907

The church lies behind a huddle of dilapidated cottages lining the Nunney Brook; here, wool was washed during the busy years of the cloth trade.

Caption For Uttoxeter, The Hockley C1955

The Hockley brook was a haven for the local children, as there was no swimming pool in Uttoxeter.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962.

Caption For Grantchester, The Rose And Crown C1965

The Rose and Crown, now the Rupert Brooke, has been extended at the front, losing the outside seating area.

Caption For Blakeney, High Street C1950

Blakeney stands at the edge of the Forest of Dean at the point where Blackpool Brook and Soudley Brook meet.

Caption For Batheaston, Main Road And River C1965

Mills grew along the river and St Catherine's Brook producing flour, leather, paper and cloth, until the brook was tapped for water for Bath.

Caption For Grantchester, The Church Of St Andrew And St Mary 1929

The last two lines of Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Old Vicarage, Grantchester' have immortalised the church: 'Stands the church clock at ten to three/And is there honey still for tea?'

Caption For Sheffield, Wire Mill Dam C1955

Porter Brook meanders its way from Forge Dam and skirts one edge of Whiteley Woods and Bingham Park before descending over the weirs into Endcliffe Wood.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962.

Caption For Blaenavon, Broad Street C1955

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

Caption For Grantchester, High Street C1946

The poet Rupert Brooke lived in this picturesque village.

Caption For St Neots, River Terrace C1955

Even Brierley`s boatyard on the corner of the Hen Brook (right) is back in business.

Caption For Lichfield, The Cathedral, The West Front 1887

Parliamentarian troops under Lord Brooke attacked.

Caption For Blaenavon, Broad Street C1955

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

Caption For Slaidburn, Town End C1955

As well as the River Hodder at the east of the village, it has Crossdale Brook running through it.

Caption For Manchester, Market Street 1889

Note the third shop on the left, Brooke Bond & Co: this was a Manchester firm of tea and coffee importers founded by Samuel Brooke.

Caption For Slaidburn, Town End C1955

Slaidburn nestles in a hollow with higher ground around it.As well as the River Hodder at the east of the village, it has Crossdale Brook running through it.

Caption For Slaidburn, Church Street 1921

'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

Caption For Daventry, Sheaf Street C1950

We now turn left from the High Street into Sheaf Street and look back down the hill to Brook Street.

Caption For Cosby, Croft Road From The Nook C1965

The openness of the village centre is striking, with some good later 18th/early 19th-century houses ranging either side of the grass-banked brook, with its modest urban district council railings

Caption For Stanwell, The Rising Sun C1965

Children bathe in a brook on a hot day in Stanwell.