Maps

357 maps found.

1903, Chesham Ref. RNC667457
1903, Nangreaves Ref. RNC787081
1903, Rainsough Ref. RNC812970
1924, Elton Ref. POP701095
1924, Chapel Field Ref. POP666405
1924, Four Lane Ends Ref. POP708540
1924, Gigg Ref. POP713464
1924, Redvales Ref. POP815073
1924, Woolfold Ref. POP874250
1947, Affetside Ref. NPO619961
1924, Walshaw Ref. POP860099
1947, Fairfield Ref. NPO702745
1947, Fishpool Ref. NPO706231
1924, Jericho Ref. POP745045
1924, Kirkhams Ref. POP748959
1924, Hazelhurst Ref. POP729612
1924, Hilton Park Ref. POP736739
1947, Bank Lane Ref. NPO632395
1924, Sedgley Park Ref. POP827358
1924, Starling Ref. POP838769

Books

4 books found. Showing results 265 to 4.

Memories

964 memories found. Showing results 111 to 120.

Two Of My Uncles Memorailzed On Obelisk At Wooburn Green

My grandfather was GM of Glory Mill in the early 1900s. My father and his siblings were raised in a house located on the grounds. There were four brothers and all served in the British ...Read more

A memory of Wooburn Green in 1920 by Jack Eccles

Flying Man Of Pocklington

I remember going to Pocklington, in the effort to find family from our family tree. We went to Bishop Wilton. But, in browsing in Pocklington, we found out about the Flying Man of Pocklington. He said he could fly, and ...Read more

A memory of Pocklington in 1973 by Evelyn Jepson

Ladd Family 1878

My grandfather Ernest Ladd, born Eastry 1878, is buried in the churchyard. Although as a child when visiting my grandmother we would tend the grave and put flowers on it, I only have a vague recollection of its location. My mother and ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1950 by Carole Jewett

Flimby

I cannot remember a time where Flimby did not feature in my life. My father was born on Ryehill Road, and my grandfather was born and bred in Flimby. It once was a pit village and my grandfather John Watters was an engineer, his father was the ...Read more

A memory of Flimby by Sharon Swallow

Escrick Park Gardens Market Gardens 1950 1966

My aunt and uncle - Mr and Mrs George Pratt - used to manage the market gardens in Escrick. We had many happy holidays there, and I remember the peaches and apricots growing up the wall, rows and rows of ...Read more

A memory of Escrick in 1950 by First Name Last Name

Grandfathers Grave

As a child my father frequently told me that his father was buried next to John Peel in Caldbeck graveyard. I now live in Australia, but in 1997 I visited Caldbeck hoping to see my grandfather's grave. Unfortunately it was not in ...Read more

A memory of Caldbeck in 1997 by Mary Lillington

Where Does The Time Go

This is the church where my 17 year old son was christened. This is also the church where I spent most of my childhood. From about the age of 10, my friends and I would go grave rubbing. We actually spent more time cleaning the ...Read more

A memory of Farndon in 1980 by Tracey Nevitt

The Hub Of My Young Universe

London's main railway stations truly are wonderful and Charing Cross was the one that I frequented the most as I travelled every weekday from Woolwich Arsenal in SE London to Green Park Underground, near the great Victoria ...Read more

A memory of London in 1959 by Dylan Rivis

Church Choir

I think it was about 1959 when a new Vicar arrived in the village of Yapton he was the Rev. Nelson. I was 12 at the time, His wife who we only knew as Mrs Nelson decided to start a church choir. So with a few of my cousins and girls I went ...Read more

A memory of Yapton in 1959 by Jackie Newey

Calceby My Soul Mate

Calceby... I came to live here in 1947, not a country girl by birth, having lived in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, for the first fourteen years of my life. This hamlet was to become my home for the next three years, isolated and ...Read more

A memory of Calceby in 1947 by Barbara Johnson

Captions

367 captions found. Showing results 265 to 288.

Caption For Thatcham, The Church C1955

Baily's family turned down an offer to have him buried in Westminster Abbey when he died in 1844.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Batchworth Lake 1921

Nowadays it is more trendily named Rickmansworth Aquadrome, now incorporating Bury Lake which is used for swimming and Batchworth for water sports, including sailing and water skiing.

Caption For Dumfries, The Old And New Bridges C1890

Robert Burns came to the town in 1791 and lived with his wife and family in a house in Millhole Brae.

Caption For Chesham, General View 1897

Nearer the camera is the bell turret of the old Market Hall, and beyond on the other side of the valley is the tower and spire of the parish church and to its left, beyond the cedar tree, is The Bury,

Caption For Port Sunlight, Bridge Inn C1965

after Victoria Bridge, built to span a tidal creek that ran across the line of Bolton Road; the bridge thus linked Bolton Road to the New Chester Road (the creek was eventually filled in and the bridge buried

Caption For Buckland, The Village 1921

Perhaps modern road improvements have either scared it away or buried it altogether.

Caption For Whalley, Broad Lane 1906

is just a village, though a large one; it is always high on the best-kept village awards list, a title which it has won in the past.The last Abbot of Whalley, a Cistercian monk, is thought to be buried

Caption For South Harting, Church Of St Mary And St Gabriel 1906

Anthony Trollope, the Victorian novelist, lived in the village for many years and is buried here.

Caption For Wrexham, Town Hall In High Street 1895

Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University in the USA, came from the Wrexham area (his family was associated with Erddig Hall), and he is buried at St Giles's church.

Caption For Leigh, Market Street C1950

He his buried in the family vault at Ormskirk.

Caption For Queniborough, The Village And St Mary's Church C1955

Internally, the building lacks any quality monuments, apart from a brass plate commemorating Margaret Bury, who died in 1633.

Caption For Fenstanton, Church Of St Peter And St Paul 1898

The landscape designer Lancelot `Capability` Brown is buried here at Fenstanton with his wife and children.

Caption For Lancaster, View From Castle 1927

Part of the courtyard below was used to bury victims who were hung publicly outside the castle walls.

Caption For Odiham, Canal Wharf 1906

Today they have gone; beneath the towpath, fibre optic cables are now buried – today's version of another kind of communication.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, County Hospital 1898

Until 1948 the hospital was voluntary, and wards were named after local benefactors such as Bristol (of Ickworth), Praed (of Ousden) and Hasted (of Bury).

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, The Butter Market C1965

Bury is one of the most thriving traditional markets in England.

Caption For Odiham, Canal Wharf 1906

Today they have gone; beneath the towpath, fibre optic cables are now buried – today's version of another kind of communication.

Caption For Wrexham, Town Hall In High Street 1895

Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University in the USA, came from the Wrexham area (his family was associated with Erddig Hall), and he is buried at St Giles's church.

Caption For Eastleigh, North Stoneham Church C1955

In the graveyard are stones bearing indications of the profession of the person buried beneath, such as a violin or books.

Caption For Hucknall, Parish Church C1965

From Newstead Abbey the route heads four miles south to Hucknall, which also has Byronic associations: in this church Byron was buried in the family vault after his body had been brought home from Greece

Caption For Cockerham, The Church C1960

Records show that one vicar buried eleven plague victims - he himself died from plague the next month.

Caption For Bury, Walmersley Church 1897

Walmersley was a township within Bury on the east bank of the Irwell.

Caption For Bottesford, Market Street C1955

On the left is the base of the stepped 14th-century cross, which retains the eroded arms of the de Roos family, a number of whom are buried in the church, including Robert de Roos (1285

Caption For Bottesford, Market Street C1955

On the left is the base of the stepped 14th-century cross, which retains the eroded arms of the de Roos family, a number of whom are buried in the church, including Robert de Roos (1285