Maps

5,347 maps found.

Map Of Shropshire, Shropshire Ref. F33
1880 - 1900, Newport Ref. HOSM34973
1900 - 1901, Chadwell Ref. HOSM40497
1882 - 1901, Draycott Ref. HOSM43502
1901, Farmcote Ref. HOSM45168
1875, Rednal Ref. HOSM57599
1874, Whittington Ref. HOSM64570
1881 - 1882, Ryton Ref. HOSM58455
1881, Broadoak Ref. HOSM37222
1882, Bridges Ref. HOSM38903
1881, Broadoak Ref. HOSM39000
1880 - 1881, Brownhill Ref. HOSM39231
1901, Blackmore Ref. HOSM45651
1880 - 1881, Grafton Ref. HOSM46714
1881 - 1882, Habberley Ref. HOSM47298
1882, Leighton Ref. HOSM51069
1880, Petton Ref. HOSM56582
1881, Shelton Ref. HOSM59019
1881 - 1882, Uckington Ref. HOSM62812
1881 - 1882, Uppington Ref. HOSM63076

Books

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Memories

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50 Penrhiwceiber Road

I lived at no 50 just 2 doors down from st Winifred’ s church from 1944 to 1964. My mother was Stella Jeffery and my grandparents Mona and Charles (Jeff) Jeffery who was a dentist and had his surgery at No 50. Does anyone ...Read more

A memory of Penrhiwceiber by suetew

A Plumrose Representative Who Called At Whitehaven Buying Group

In the 1960's I used to call on members of Whithaven Buying Group and Take transfer orders for Plumrose Ltd Products. They were famous for their Chopped ham and pork , luncheon ...Read more

A memory of High Harrington by John Bradbury

Cannock Road Chadsmoor

The row of houses mentioned earlier were re numbered in the early 1950s. Our row started at 206- 214. The row of houses we lived in were actually owned by my grandmother Minnie Garbett. She bought them sometime in the ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor by Wendy Barr

Corbet Arms 1946 To 1958

My father, William Tom Stallard, was manager here 1946 to 1958.He was previously manager at the Btooklands Hotel, Sale, Manchester 1937 (?) to 1941.~ The youngest in the company. He married in 1938. He enlisted in ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by signsmurals

Does Anyone Remember My Grandmother Mrs Lillian Florence May Adams Or My Father Mr Meyrick Adams

I am interested to find out if anyone can remember my grandmother Mrs Lillian Florence May Adams (nee Pearson) and my dear father Mr Meyrick ...Read more

A memory of Sheriffhales by Lynda Hall

During The 2 Nd W Orld War

I had just started at my boarding school The Sacred Heart Convent In Hove Brighton when the first bomb of the war fell , we were hastily evacuated to Shropshire ,the first term we shared with another school, the next ...Read more

A memory of Lutwyche Hall by enid.g

Happy Days

If anyone has memories of living in Marbury in the late '50s and '60s I would be very interested to hear from you. My name was Campbell before I was married. Thank you. The Marbury I refer to is near Northwich in Cheshire, not Shropshire.

A memory of Marbury

Happy Days

Reading through what people have put about Crawshawbooth brings back so many childhood memories my grandparent George and Gertrude Walsh lived on the end of School Street and we had some great holidays there, there used to be a ...Read more

A memory of Crawshawbooth by Pat Brown

Hoard's Park,Shropshire

My great,great, great grandfather Benjamin Wase (a surgeon) lived in this area of Shropshire. His son, John Holland Wase I, lived and raised his family at Hoard's Park. John Holland Wase I was an engineer but became ...Read more

A memory of Hoards Park by rjderoo

Keepers Cottage

My father was the gamekeeper at Spetchley Estate for Captain Berkeley for about 14 years until my father at 55 had a heart attack one night after they had been duck shooting at the bottom lake in the deer park. My father,mother and ...Read more

A memory of Spetchley by debiroper1

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Captions

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Caption For Brierley Hill, From Amblecote Road C1965

Anybody who has ever explored the lovely countryside where Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire meet will recognise these flats, for they are visible from many rural viewpoints for miles around

Caption For Brierley Hill, From Amblecote Road C1965

Anybody who has ever explored the lovely countryside where Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire meet will recognise these flats, for they are visible from many rural viewpoints for miles around

Caption For Market Drayton, Shropshire Street 1898

It was in Shropshire Street that Roland Lateward lived at the end of the 1700s.

Caption For Leintwardine, Thatched Cottage C1955

This thatched cottage sits at the northern end of the village and was once a pub whose custom came from those travelling to and from Shropshire.

Caption For Ellesmere Port, Flour Mills And Dock C1955

Ellesmere Port was created when the Earl of Ellesmere constructed a canal from Ellesmere in Shropshire to meet the River Mersey.

Caption For Shrewsbury, Frankwell 1911

This building still exists - but not in Shropshire.

Caption For Newport, On The Canal 1898

This branch line canal was built to link with Telford's last canal, the Shropshire Union canal.

Caption For Market Drayton, The Buttercross 1911

Northern Shropshire is famous for its cheeses and dairy products, hence the market (or Buttercross) in the picture, which was built in 1824.

Caption For Brewood, The Canal And Bridge C1965

In 1846 the Shropshire Union Canal Co was formed by the amalgamation of several companies.

Caption For Dawley, High Street C1955

Dawley and Wellington were rivals to control Shropshire's new town.

Caption For Frodsham, From The Hill C1950

This runs for 30 miles through the heart of Cheshire, and ends by the locks of Grindley Brook just on the border with Shropshire.

Caption For Hallow, The Village C1955

The pub's name refers to the Shropshire tree in which Charles II hid from his pursuers after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

Caption For Ellesmere, The Canal C1960

Now known as the Shropshire Union Canal, the Ellesmere Canal was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Caption For Ellesmere Port, Refineries From Canal Bridge C1955

The Shropshire Union Canal, shown here, links the heavily industrialised Midlands with the River Mersey at Ellesmere Port.

Caption For Pitchford, 1891

Undoubtedly the finest surviving timber-framed mansion in Shropshire, this was built in the 1500s by a wealthy wool merchant called Adam Otley.

Caption For Wheaton Aston, The Lock C1952

From Tyrley the canal crosses the Tern by a single-arched aque- duct and crosses the border into Shropshire.

Caption For Ludlow, Broad Street 1923

wonderful mix of architectural styles, with 15th-century buildings at the top and elegant Georgian further downhill, all overlooked by the tower of St Lawrence's church, the largest parish church in Shropshire

Caption For Ludlow, Bull Ring And Feathers Hotel 1936

The ashes of A E Housman, who wrote the above lines in 'A Shropshire Lad', are buried here in St Lawrence's churchyard.

Caption For Leintwardine, Thatched Cottage C1955

This thatched cottage sits at the northern end of the village and was once a pub whose custom came from those travelling to and from Shropshire.

Caption For Bredenbury, Court, Swimming Pool C1960

It looks northwards over the Teme valley and into the neighbouring county of Shropshire.

Caption For Manchester Ship Canal, Ellesmere Port 1947

On the right is the river Mersey, and to the left, by the building with a tall chimney, is the entrance to the Shropshire Union Canal.

Caption For Gnosall, Village 1899

Running close by is the Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and constructed between 1827 and 1835, linking Birmingham to the Mersey.

Caption For Market Drayton, Market Day 1911

Market Drayton's weekly market (every Wednesday) is still famous in Shropshire, drawing people from all over the county.

Caption For Church Stretton, The Longmynd Hotel C1965

It is still a family-run hotel; it is particularly popular with walkers, who use it as a base from which to explore the Shropshire hills.