Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Ludlow, Shropshire
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- Newport, Shropshire
- Bridgnorth, Shropshire
- Much Wenlock, Shropshire
- Whitchurch, Shropshire
- Market Drayton, Shropshire
- Oswestry, Shropshire
- Bishop's Castle, Shropshire
- Telford, Shropshire
- Wellington, Shropshire
- Church Stretton, Shropshire
- Ellesmere, Shropshire
- Ironbridge, Shropshire
- Kenley, Shropshire
- Shifnal, Shropshire
- Stokesay, Shropshire
- The Wrekin, Shropshire
- Lilleshall, Shropshire
- Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire
- Oakengates, Shropshire
- Madeley, Shropshire
- Clun, Shropshire
- Ludford, Shropshire
- Weston, Shropshire (near Wem)
- Tong, Shropshire
- Clee Hill, Shropshire (near Doddington)
- Buildwas, Shropshire
- Albrighton, Shropshire (near Donington)
- Whittington, Shropshire
- Pell Wall, Shropshire
- Hodnet, Shropshire
- St Martins, Shropshire
- Nash, Shropshire
- Llanymynech, Shropshire
- Bromfield, Shropshire
Photos
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Maps
5,347 maps found.
Books
6 books found. Showing results 1 to 6.
Memories
50 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
Market Drayton Revisited
I visited my mother in the Midlands (Shrewsbury)recently. A trip to Market Drayton on Wednesdays is mandatory (my stipulation) each time I travel from my home in Essex where I have resided for many years now. ...Read more
A memory of Market Drayton in 2010 by
The Lordship Of Tilstock
I hold the Lordship of the Manor of Tilstock and have many maps and papers relating to its history. The Manor covers 2550 acres (just over 4 square miles) and has existed since before the Norman Conquest, when it was part ...Read more
A memory of Tilstock in 2009 by
Boynton Hall Revisited 1975 By Matthew Strickland Quarles
I visited Boynton Hall during my year long study abroad as an English Speaking Union Scholarship recipient to Wrekin College, in Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, during the academic year ...Read more
A memory of Boynton in 1975 by
Valley Farm Camping Ground
I first came to Clacton in May 1969 (man had yet to land on the moon!!) to do a `season` as solo organist at Valley Farm Camping Ground(as it was then called) It was all `heady` stuff as, up until then, I had ...Read more
A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1969 by
Shrewsbury
I lived here for a while before I moved to East Anglia. My mother still lives here and I visit her at least twice a year. On my last visit we went up to the top of the Lord Hill momument - it looks relatively small until you get up ...Read more
A memory of Shrewsbury in 1967 by
School Days
Having moved from Shropshire in Jan 1962 this was the school where I finished my education, so I was only there for a few months. Our house was just behind the house in Burrow Hill, but the we moved to Lighterwater and I had to catch ...Read more
A memory of Chobham in 1963 by
Moorfield Rd Salford6
My first memories of Salford are living at 40 Moorfield Rd - just down the road was Holy Angels Church. I went to the brownies there and remember doing the maypole on the green outside the church. I went to St Johns Primary ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1960 by
More On Berwick Road School Et Al
I recall the school was divided into two portions, the infants and the juniors. A small corridor with Seth Hughes' office alongside separated the two. The infants were in the two classrooms at the School ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1958 by
Memories Of Oak Street
Have just come back from a visit to Gilfach Goch, it looks so different now. I wonder if anyone out there remembers my late husband and I living in an old caravan at the top of Holly Street? We held some meetings for ...Read more
A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1957 by
More Growing Up In Dovercourt
I was born in Dovercourt in 1946, and lived there until 1957. My father, too, worked on Parkeston Quay, but moved to New England depot in Peterborough in 1956 - mother and I followed once I had taken my 11-Plus ...Read more
A memory of Dovercourt in 1957 by
Captions
57 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.
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
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
It was in Shropshire Street that Roland Lateward lived at the end of the 1700s.
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.
Ellesmere Port was created when the Earl of Ellesmere constructed a canal from Ellesmere in Shropshire to meet the River Mersey.
This building still exists - but not in Shropshire.
This branch line canal was built to link with Telford's last canal, the Shropshire Union canal.
Northern Shropshire is famous for its cheeses and dairy products, hence the market (or Buttercross) in the picture, which was built in 1824.
In 1846 the Shropshire Union Canal Co was formed by the amalgamation of several companies.
Dawley and Wellington were rivals to control Shropshire's new town.
This runs for 30 miles through the heart of Cheshire, and ends by the locks of Grindley Brook just on the border with Shropshire.
The pub's name refers to the Shropshire tree in which Charles II hid from his pursuers after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
Now known as the Shropshire Union Canal, the Ellesmere Canal was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Shropshire Union Canal, shown here, links the heavily industrialised Midlands with the River Mersey at Ellesmere Port.
Undoubtedly the finest surviving timber-framed mansion in Shropshire, this was built in the 1500s by a wealthy wool merchant called Adam Otley.
From Tyrley the canal crosses the Tern by a single-arched aque- duct and crosses the border into Shropshire.
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
The ashes of A E Housman, who wrote the above lines in 'A Shropshire Lad', are buried here in St Lawrence's churchyard.
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.
It looks northwards over the Teme valley and into the neighbouring county of Shropshire.
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.
Running close by is the Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and constructed between 1827 and 1835, linking Birmingham to the Mersey.
Market Drayton's weekly market (every Wednesday) is still famous in Shropshire, drawing people from all over the county.
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.
