Places
13 places found.
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- Clayton-Le-Moors, Lancashire
- Clayton, Sussex
- Clayton West, Yorkshire
- Clayton, Yorkshire (near Queensbury)
- Clayton, Greater Manchester
- Clayton, Yorkshire (near Thurnscoe)
- Clayton, Fife
- Clayton, Staffordshire
- Clayton Heights, Yorkshire
- Clayton Green, Lancashire
- Clayton Brook, Lancashire
- Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire
- Clayton Le Dale, Lancashire
Photos
80 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
114 maps found.
Memories
144 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
Coopers And Booths
My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This is ...Read more
A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by
Manchester Road
Born in Ryan Street. I remember walking all the way down Manchester Road to St Joseph's Infant School, which at that time was on Grafton Street and part of the Girls School, it seemed to take ages, we walked past all the pubs and ...Read more
A memory of Bradford in 1955
This Used To Be The Highlight Of Our Day Out.
As a child in the early 1950's I can remember that the best part of our day out was the boat rides on this lake. I can still remember the smell from the engines. I grew up in Hornchurch and if I ...Read more
A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1952 by
A Memory To George Clues
i was born at Thomas Clayton boatyard on the Gifford where mary white raised me until i was old enough to be on my dad's boat at the age of seven i can just remember walking the horse from the stable at 2oclock in the morning ...Read more
A memory of Oldbury by
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
Sunny 1950''s Sunday Mornings
I have many memories about the old St Mary's Church. Until I started thinking of them I realised that I have not got one involving a rainy day apart from when my Grandad was buried in the churchyard. He was laid ...Read more
A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1954 by
Mainscroft
My father was headmaster, I think at St Cuthberts or St Patricks secondary school and we lived at" Mainscroft" in Cleator Moor. I remember going to school at St Mary's infants and have memories of fr Clayton and the grotto at the ...Read more
A memory of Cleator Moor in 1950 by
Youthful Memories From A Member Of A 1960s'' Bromley Band
In the 1960s, in my late teens, Bromley was the hub of my universe. I played in a local group - Paul and the Playboys (later 'The Machine' - I had a 1958 Ford Popular with 'The Machine' crudely ...Read more
A memory of Bromley in 1964 by
Working At Blagg Son And Masefield
I remember living on Charles Street in Cheadle, used to walk to Blaggson and Masefield every day and on Saturday mornings. My best friend was Julie Bryant, we loved dancing at the guild hall. My father ...Read more
A memory of Cheadle in 1962 by
My Childhood In Knatts Valley
I was born in Knatts Valley, in a bungalow belonging to George and Elsie Lines of Lynwood, friends of my mother and father. George became my Godfather, and one of my names is also George. I was supposed to have been ...Read more
A memory of Otford in 1940 by
Captions
50 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.
Originally, St James', Altham had served the Clayton-le-Moors area, but the expanding population of Clayton led John Mercer, a devout Methodist, to realise the need for an Anglican church.
The left-hand one – the 'Stafford' – sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.
It was founded by James Lomax of Clayton Hall, who gave £6000 to the building fund and also endowed it with other money.
The Clayton Windmills were built in the 19th century.
From the 15th-century church, with its famous tower crowned by a tall spire, there are good views towards the Clayton Windmills.
It has the Sussex tailpost fan-tackle seen on the famous Sussex post mills (eg, Jill windmill, Clayton near Pyecombe).
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on Burnley Road, Clayton-le-Moors dated back to 1819, and predated all other Roman Catholic churches in the area.
The Clayton West railway station operated between 1879 and 1983; it was later reopened, and provides a thrilling steam train experience for children and their parents.
Some thousand yards from the headland, Beacon Tower was a lookout built in 1674 by Sir John Clayton.
The left-hand one – the 'Stafford' – sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.
It was given by James Lomax of Clayton Hall.
The left hand one - the 'Stafford' - sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.
The Clayton Railway Tunnel was the scene of a tragic rail disaster involving three trains in 1861. 23 people were killed and 175 injured.
The 19th-century cotton industry brought great wealth to Clayton, some of which went to build the church.
Clayton West was typical of many South Yorkshire coalfield villages in the 1950s, when this photograph was taken.
considerable moment: the reredos, chancel screen and pulpit were designed by George Edmund Street, the sedilia by John Loughborough Pearson, the lectern by William Butterfield and the stained glass by Clayton
East Street had grown up as a scruffy artisan area between the railway tracks, but now its character was changed by several administrative buildings, starting in 1950 with Clayton House for the
In 1914 Clayton Hall was built in the grounds to give added leisure facilities; it cost £2,000.
The stained glass shown in the photograph is probably by Clayton and Bell.
In 1942 the gallery closed for the duration of the war and the pictures, together with several items from the museum at Clayton-le-Moors, were put into store.
A fine view of this busy and spacious Clacton street, taken a year before the outbreak of the First World War.
For a number of years the five acre site stood in splendid isolation with magnificent views of the sea across open fields which had formerly been Clacton's first golf course and was later to become
It was later converted into the Clarence Restaurant and a newspaper, office for Clacton's first newspaper the 'Clacton Gazette'.
Clacton-on-Sea was founded as a seaside resort in 1871 - the year that the Bank Holiday Act was passed.
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