Places
29 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Hook Head, Republic of Ireland
- Hook, Hampshire (near Fleet)
- Hook, Greater London
- Penton Hook, Surrey
- Hook Green, Kent (near Royal Tunbridge Wells)
- Hook Green, Kent (near Northfleet)
- Hooke, Dorset
- Hook, Wiltshire
- Hook, Dyfed (near Haverfordwest)
- Hook, Yorkshire
- Hook, Hampshire (near Fareham)
- Hook, Cambridgeshire
- Hook's Cross, Hertfordshire
- Hook, Devon (near Chard)
- Hook Norton, Oxfordshire
- Hook Street, Wiltshire
- Hook Park, Hampshire
- Hook Street, Gloucestershire
- Hook Heath, Surrey
- Welsh Hook, Dyfed
- Hook End, Oxfordshire
- Hill Hook, West Midlands
- Lower Hook, Hereford & Worcester
- Hook End, Essex
- The Hook, Hereford & Worcester
- Hook Bank, Hereford & Worcester
- Hook End, West Midlands
- Hook-a-gate, Shropshire
- Hook Green, Kent (near Gravesend)
Photos
99 photos found. Showing results 141 to 99.
Maps
167 maps found.
Books
707 books found. Showing results 169 to 192.
Memories
1,522 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.
New Park Road/ Gleneagel Stables
So many memories i don't know where to begin! I remember learning to ride at New Park Road Stables. The wooden stairs going up to the office above the stalls to book in. Vodka and Gin the greys, Cossack, Cherry ...Read more
A memory of Streatham by
Fishguard, Dinas Head C1960
The author of Pembrokeshire book describes this pic as houses on the edge of the cliff. The buildings are actually an ex wartime camp containing a searchlight unit and some coastal guns. Now a caravan park.
A memory of Fishguard by
Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean
THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the ...Read more
A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by
Abbotsham School In The 1960's
Growing up at Fairy Cross, Alwington and as our village school had closed in the late 1950s we had to catch the school bus daily morning and afternoon to Abbotsham Primary School. (Shown in the centre back of the ...Read more
A memory of Abbotsham by
In My Day
In my days in the village I recall the upstairs room of the Guildhall having a snooker table where the men used to gather, this would be shortly after the war. Of more interest to me was the Library that was situated downstairs. As a ...Read more
A memory of Finchingfield in 1950 by
Growing Up In Cold Ash
I spent the early years of my life in Cold Ash and Thatcham. We lived in a detached house on Cold Ash Hill called Midway. I believe it has since been renamed. The house was built by my grand father Alfred Gadd, the carpenter, ...Read more
A memory of Cold Ash by
Mustow's Cafe.
I lived with my family in St Athan village from the time of my first birthday in 1946 to my marriage in 1970. My wife and I were married at the church shown in the photograph. The church is dedicated to an Irish saint by the name of ...Read more
A memory of St Athan by
The Central Stores.
My parents ran the Central Stores from 1951 to 1955, their names were Tony and Eunice Jeanes. The date of c1955 is about right as this was the year that my father and mother sold the business to Mr Dean, whose sign appears in ...Read more
A memory of Shillingstone by
Barn Croft.
The house in the middle is where I lived from 1972. The address is 62 Main Street and the house was called Barn Croft. The house on the right was a farm and the house that the middle house was built on was part of the ...Read more
A memory of Cossington
Fondest Memories Of Gt Oakley 1938 To 1961
That was when I was born along with a bunch of other kids who grew up with me and with whom I played during the WW2 years and eventually went to C of E school together. Mr Porter was a teacher there, he ...Read more
A memory of Great Oakley by
Captions
434 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.
Mayer Hall commemorates the life and works of Joseph Mayer, the 19th-century antiquary and book collector who made his home in Bebington.
The hand-written signboards are promoting the activities of the Parkinson's Motor Tours booking office on the extreme right of the photograph.
His books were once as popular as those of Agatha Christie, although nowadays few people know of him or his work.
As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.
Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the present building dates from the fifteenth century.
By the 1880s the shoeblack societies had four hundred boys on their books.
The village of Rushton is mentioned as Riston or Risetone in the Domesday Book.
The name 'Leece' refers to a woodland clearing; in the Domesday Book it is recorded as land held for the king.
Around this time the former classics teacher of the town's high school, Miss Richmal Crompton, was famed for being the author of the Just William books.
The name of this Sussex town was mentioned in a Saxon charter, though for some reason it is not referred to in the Domesday Book.
This picturesque village featured in Anna Lea Merritt's book 'A Hamlet in Old Hampshire', published in 1902, describing 19th-century village life.
This is down-town Lydney in the days when books could be loaned from the newsagents for a few coppers a week via the Argosy Lending Library, and a liquid night out at the Fleece could be had for less than
There are many articles of interest from the past kept at the school, including Mary Queen of Scots' book of hours and Bonny Prince Charlie's flask.
There are many articles of interest from the past kept at the school, including Mary Queen of Scots' book of hours and Bonny Prince Charlie's flask.
elegant Georgian house on the right of the road has been converted to offices.To the right of it is the entrance to Botley Mills, an 18th-century mill complex, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book
Old Swinford is a suburb of Stourbridge today, which represents a reversal of fortune: the Domesday Book (1086) recorded Stourbridge as part of the manor of 'Suineford'.
The views in this book concentrate on this mostly red brick and slate element of the town's architectural history.
Two kiosks at the entrance to the pier used to take bookings for cruises and shows.
Askrigg was already prosperous when the Domesday book was compiled, and continued as the commercial and industrial centre of Upper Wensleydale until 1699, when Hawes was granted a market charter.
This street's name comes from the Anglo-Saxon 'cepin', meaning a 'place of trade', and here its shops include opticians, tobacconists, dry cleaners, book and toy shops and the Crusty Loaf bakers with its
Mortons were selling 'K' shoes and next door is now the home of One Tree Books.
One Victorian guide book writer described Beer as 'a rare subject for the pencil'.
The parish of Boddington is recorded in the Domesday Book as Botendon.
Lord Brotherton donated his collection of rare books and gave £100,000 in cash.
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