Maps

36 maps found.

1920, Northfield Ref. POP794282
1919, Northfield Ref. POP794283
1924, Northfield Ref. POP794285
1919, Northfields Ref. POP794333
1946, Northfield Ref. NPO794283
1896, Northfield Ref. RNE794281
1895, Northfield Ref. RNE794285
1926, Northfield Ref. POP794275
1947, Northfield Ref. NPO794276
1946, Northfield Ref. NPO794281
1899, Northfield Ref. RNE794280
1898, Northfield Ref. RNE794282
1946, Northfield Ref. NPO794282
1909, Northfield Ref. RNC794270
1921, Northfield Ref. POP794280
1919, Northfield Ref. POP794281
1947, Northfield Ref. NPO794280
1947, Northfield Ref. NPO794285
1945, Northfields Ref. NPO794333
1898, Northfield Ref. RNE794283

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Memories

38 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Northfield Ymca C1964

My family, mum, dad and 2 brothers, moved to Northfield from Whitehaven in 1964. My dad was General Secretary of the Northfield YMCA. The "club" building was still under construction at the time with it's distictive Hyperbolic ...Read more

A memory of Northfield by Nick Cheal

Daily Chats

I remember when I was a van salesman with Sunblest in Aberdeen - my round was Royal Deeside. My morning started at 02.30hrs in Northfield in Aberdeen. Loaded, I would head for Deeside. I enjoyed my round but more so when I ...Read more

A memory of Bridge of Gairn in 1983 by Ron Ewing

Early Memories

One of my earliest memories was the Coronation. In Northfield Road there was a dairy that opened up its premises for a street party. We used to go to the railway bridge off Burgess Road to watch the steam trains. I had forgotten ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1953

Dagenham Heathway

I am 74 and was born at 4 Northfields gardens on may 11 1947. And remember when my nan lived at 14 Sterry road just off the Heathway She had a Dalmatian called chukie I used to go to Marino’s for sweets and mum and dad took my sister ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Barbara Findlow

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

Northfields, Witley

As a child on holiday with my aunts, uncles and grandma who lived at Northfields (where the post office is situated by the main road), I would spend many happy times buying pens, pencils, notebooks etc. I remember a Mr Bannister used to run the shop then.

A memory of Witley in 1951 by Janet Savage

My Youth

I was born at Springend near Horbury in 1948, lived at 40 Northfield Lane, Horbury emigrated to Australia in 1961. I remember the Library, spent hours there reading the famous five books and secret seven, still do. Whites fish and chip shop ...Read more

A memory of Horbury in 1950 by Chris Melville

Frognal Hampstead London Nw3 6yd

Frognal was mentioned in the early 15th century as a customary tenement and in 1740 Frognal field was the eastern abutment of Northfield, part of the demesne. By the 17th century there were several cottages and ...Read more

A memory of Hampstead by Jon Miller

Old Northfield

The stretch of road we see is called Bell Lane.  Bell Lane curves back to Bristol Rd. The big house partly seen in the distance is Bell House which has quite a history.To it's left goes Bell Holloway (still fairly unaltered) and to ...Read more

A memory of Northfield in 1930 by Donald Cook

Tithe Farm Days

I grew up in Houghton Regis in the 1960s, we were a big family, and seemed to go to all the schools, including Houghton Regis Upper, Northfields, Queensbury, Manshead. My dad moved there for work from London before I was born so it ...Read more

A memory of Houghton Regis by lucyhowson

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Captions

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Caption For Acock's Green, Yardley Road C1965

It was in February 1909 that proposals were made under the Greater Birmingham Plan to annex Aston Manor, Erdington, Handworth, King’s Norton, Northfield and Yardley.

Caption For Northfield, Bell Lane C1955

Bell Road is an echo of Northfield's agricultural past.The population grew by over 200 per cent between 1881 and 1891, nearly all of it overflow from Birmingham; but modern Northfield owes much to

Caption For Northfield, Bristol Road South 1949

It was in February 1909 that proposals were made under the Greater Birmingham Plan to annex Aston Manor, Erdington, Handworth, King’s Norton, Northfield and Yardley.

Caption For Northfield, Bristol Road South 1949

Northfield was founded by Saxon settlers in the fertile valley of the River Rea.

Caption For Northfield, Bristol Road South 1949

It was in February 1909 that proposals were made under the Greater Birmingham Plan to annex Aston Manor, Erdington, Handworth, King's Norton, Northfield and Yardley.

Caption For Northfield, Bristol Road South 1949

Northfield was founded by Saxon settlers in the fertile valley of the River Rea.

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield's older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield’s older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

Caption For Horbury, County Secondary School C1955

Northfield Lane continues past John Carr's cottage, and just around the corner is this school established in 1913.

Caption For Northfield, Bristol Road South C1955

The catalyst for the subsidiary settlement mentioned in the caption to N203006 was the building of two turnpike roads through Northfield, one of which was eventually to become the A38 (Bristol Road).

Caption For Northfield, Parish Church C1955

Northfield is frequently described as having retained much of its village character.

Caption For Northfield, Parish Church C1955

Northfield is frequently described as having retained much of its village character.

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The mock-Tudor style is often mocked, but anybody taking the Bristol Road through Northfield today (and possibly even in 1955) would struggle to find a better-looking building than this mock-Tudor pub

Caption For Redditch, Huins Shoes, Market Place C1955

James Huins also had shops in Evesham, Northfield and King's Norton, but the main branch was here at Redditch, along with the head office.

Caption For Northfield, Bristol Road South C1955

The catalyst for the subsidiary settlement mentioned in the caption to N203006 was the building of two turnpike roads through Northfield, one of which was eventually to become the A38 (

Caption For Oakwood, The Underground Station, Bramley Road C1955

Working on a theme echoed at Northfields and Sudbury Town, Charles Holden designed these brick and concrete stations soon after 1933 with a flair and panache surpassed by no other designer on the system