Maps

349 maps found.

1920, Capel Ref. POP660934
1920, Capel Ref. POP660935
1923, Capel Ref. POP660931
1947, Capel Ref. NPO660931
1940, Capel Ref. NPO660934
1946, Capel Ref. NPO660935
1897, Capel Ref. RNE660931
1896, Capel Ref. RNE660934
1895, Capel Ref. RNE660935
1905, Capel Ref. HOSM38504
1897, Pandy'r Capel Ref. RNE799729
1947, Pandy'r Capel Ref. NPO799729
1947, Capel Llanilltern Ref. NPO660979
1947, Capel Siloam Ref. NPO660987
1899, Capel Coch Ref. RNE660945
1898, Capel Dewi Ref. RNE660950
1898, Capel Dewi Ref. RNE660951
1899, Capel Dewi Ref. RNE660952
1897, Capel Hendre Ref. RNE660967
1922, Capel Gwyn Ref. POP660964

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Memories

57 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Cadel Shop Market Square

The shop in the middle of the picture with the two awnings (now the Nationwide building society) used to belong to my great grandmother Eva Cadel and was a wool and toy shop.  My Grandmother and Great Aunt ran it until 1971. ...Read more

A memory of Witney by Nicola Best

Tywyn Capel / Trearddur Bay

This is a view across Trearddur Bay, looking south - the beach is known in Welsh as Tywyn Capel. The house behind the beach is Glan-y-Môr built in 1889 and next to it is the Dune Mound which was the location of St.Ffraid’s ...Read more

A memory of Holyhead

My Dad's Memories Of The Boys Garden City (Bgc)

My Dad, Thomas Brisland lived at the BGC for 9 years from around 1924. He was housed in Natal Cottage with 34 other boys and they were cared for by a matron and a house mother. The matron was Mrs. ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge by Rod Brisland

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 ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1954 by Ann Arthur

I Stayed At St Briavels Castle Youth Hostel

In the early 1970's I was a Scout Leader in Riverhead - near Sevenoaks in Kent - and we decided to spend our 1974 summer camp in the West Country or South Wales. I remember my fellow leader, ...Read more

A memory of St Briavels in 1974 by John Howard Norfolk

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Wraysbury School.

I went to Wraysbury School and one day came late. Everyone was gathered in the canteen for morning assembly, and when I got there, everyone clapped and I was pushed up to receive a large brown envelope. Going back to my place, I ...Read more

A memory of Wraysbury in 1947 by Sylvie Mc Kay

The Bathing Hole

The stream in front of the war memorial ran down to the Browney river a few hundred yards below the Dean, where half of the Witton school kids learned to swim in deep pools created by dams made by Harry Bell and Davy ...Read more

A memory of Witton Gilbert in 1954 by David Leckenby

My Fathers Birthplace.

My father Cornelius Henry Johns (Naily to everyone who knew him) was born in the little Round House on the left of the photo. He was the youngest of a large family, and there were 11 people living there in 1899. They then moved ...Read more

A memory of Veryan in 1890 by Donald Johns

Capel Cricket

Living in capel before moving to NZ

A memory of Capel in 1973 by David Billmore

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Captions

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Caption For Butley, The School C1955

The school was extended in 1886, and could then cater for 135 pupils from Butley and Capel St Andrew.

Caption For Ockley, Post Office 1914

However, in recent years plans to build an energy-from- waste incinerator at Capel have angered residents.

Caption For Rayne, Old Cottages And Church C1960

Sir William Capel, a Lord Mayor of London, had this erected in 1510.

Caption For Capel, The Crown 1924

However, in recent years plans to build an energy-from- waste incinerator at Capel have angered residents.

Caption For Capel Curig, The Llugwy Valley 1891

This photograph shows the wooded valley at Capel Curig.

Caption For Capel, The Kings Head C1955

The King's Head in The Street in Capel, a village now by-passed by the A24 London to Worthing road, is now a private house, and its once sterile car park is now an attractive front garden

Caption For Beare Green, The Dukes Head Hotel C1955

Back on the A24 London to Worthing Road, and north of Capel, is Beare Green with the Duke's Head pub.

Caption For Rayne, All Saint's Church 1901

This striking brick tower was built c1510 for Sir William Capel.

Caption For Dolybont, The Village C1940

In the distance is the large roof of the Calvinistic Methodist Capel y Babell, built in 1874.

Caption For Capel Curig, Bridge C1870

Capel Curig village stands at a junction of valleys on the London to Holyhead road, and has long been a stopping place for travellers and visitors.

Caption For Capel Curig, The Llugwy Valley 1891

This photograph shows the wooded valley at Capel Curig.

Caption For Rock, The Ferry C1960

The estuary of the Camel is one of Cornwall's greatest natural features, fringed with golden sands and surrounded by rolling farmland.

Caption For Camelford, Town Hall 1895

This attractive town of grey slate houses sits at the edge of Bodmin Moor on the banks of the Camel.

Caption For Camelford, Bridge 1906

The bridge, of course, is over the River Camel.

Ref. 85986
Caption For Rock, 1933

Opposite Padstow on the north shore of the Camel estuary, Rock became increasingly popular with dinghy sailors and holidaymakers between the wars.

Caption For Brompton, The Gordon Memorial And R E Institute 1894

One of the most distinctive features of Brompton Barracks is this very unusual variation of more common equestrian statues, with General Gordon, mounted on a richly caparisoned camel.

Caption For Wadebridge, The Bridge C1955

At Wadebridge the Camel is so fast-flowing that it is said that there were once chapels on each bank by the ford where travellers prayed for a safe crossing.

Caption For Wadebridge, The Platt C1955

This medieval port stands at the head of the Camel estuary.

Caption For Bodmin, Dunmere Bridge And Mill 1906

Here we see a quiet summer scene in the valley bottom, where the Wadebridge road crosses the River Camel at the foot of a long descent from Bodmin.

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Caption For Rock, 1933

Rock lies opposite Padstow (background) on the shore of the Camel estuary.

Caption For Rock, The Beach Cafe C1955

Rock is now a very popular resort for dinghy sailors on the north shore of the Camel estuary, which is seen behind at high tide.

Caption For Rock, St Michael's Church C1960

The small church is on the north shore of the Camel estuary at Porthilly near Rock.

Caption For Minster In Thanet, Abbey 1894

This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career.

Caption For Padstow, The Railway Bridge 1906

The last train was on 28 January 1967, and the line is now the Camel Trail, a superb cycleway.