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Stapleford, Nottinghamshire
Stapleford maps
Historic maps of Stapleford and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Stapleford maps
Historic map of Stapleford
Illustrated Victorian map of Nottinghamshire
Historic Map of any Stapleford postcode
Stapleford books
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Nottingham Photographic Memories
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Memories of Stapleford
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Balloon Woods. Most people says it was a hell hole. Yes some parts of it was. But to a child it was good. There were more quite a few blocks. Some had four floors, these were called Tansley Walk, Bealey Walk, Hartington Walk and Peak Walk. They had areas where we could play in safety. We as a family lived on... [more]
Shared on 10 March 2009
My grandparents (now deceased) owned the first show house on the Clifton Estate. They had a picture with the mayor at the time which we have somewhere. The house was on Farnborough Road. I think it was 1951 or thereabouts.
I lived at Southchurch Court in the early 1970s then Conifer Crescent for a year before moving... [more]
Shared on 25 July 2008
I have so many happy memories Of Nottingham. My parents would take me to visit an aunt & uncle there in the early 50s. My aunt lived in Ratcliffe, my uncle had the Ratcliffe Golf Club and they lived on the premises. I was very friendly with their neighbours, and the one thing that really stuck in my mind was how... [more]
Shared on 11 April 2008
This photo shows my great grandfather's shop, nearly opposite the one owned by Jesse Boot. The shop has (on the left hand side of the photo) the name S. Page (Samuel Page) just above the wooden statue of Jonas Hanway holding an umbrella and the name of the shop was Hanway House; Samuel Page being an Umbrella Manufacturer and... [more]
Shared on 11 May 2006
Extracts From Stapleford & Nottinghamshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Stapleford, inspired by Frith photos.
Nottinghamshire Living Memories
The second section of this chapter starts to the west of the city in Stapleford, close to the Derbyshire border, which follows the River Erewash southwards to the River Trent. Stapleford, now virtually a satellite of Nottingham, grew up from a village of lace factories and framework knitters' houses. Its character is now that of a Victorian industrial town, as this view shows; we are at the main crossroads in the town centre, with... [more]
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Nottinghamshire Living Memories
In Church Road there are some older houses and the parish church; the south churchyard boundary runs along Church Lane to the left. St Helen's churchyard contains a great historical treasure: an Anglo-Saxon churchyard cross, the most important pre-Conquest monument in Nottinghamshire (right). Over ten feet high, with a protective hat-like capping of 1820, its date is uncertain, but it is probably 8th-century. The... [more]
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Nottinghamshire Living Memories
Continuing eastwards along the A52 beyond The Sherwin Arms, we come to a complex of council schools, both primary and secondary, built in Bramcote Hill Park. The style is classic 1950s: rows of windows are surrounded by stone or concrete projecting jambs, heads and sills, as we can see on the first floor at the left. Bramcote Park School is now a comprehensive. ... [more]
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