Maps

223 maps found.

1945, Gay Bowers Ref. NPO712500
1925, Hall Bower Ref. POP725073
1946, Cowers Lane Ref. NPO679416
1921, Great Bower Ref. POP719660
1946, Mountain Bower Ref. NPO785103
1898, Bower Ashton Ref. RNE647174
1898, Bower Hinton Ref. RNE647193
1898, East Bower Ref. RNE696947
1899, Queen's Bower Ref. RNC812279
1919, Queen's Bower Ref. POP812279
1896 - 1907, Queen's Bower Ref. HOSM38355
1895, Queen's Bower Ref. RNE812279
1945, Queen's Bower Ref. NPO812279
1898-1901, Bower House Tye Ref. RNC647196
1920, Havering-Atte-Bower Ref. POP728681
1895, Havering-Atte-Bower Ref. HOSM47963
1896, Bower House Tye Ref. RNE647196
1898, Havering-Atte-Bower Ref. RNC728681
1946, Bower House Tye Ref. NPO647196
1896, Havering-Atte-Bower Ref. RNE728681

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Memories

636 memories found. Showing results 101 to 110.

Where It Is Now

I don't know when, but at some point the whole pavilion was moved to where it it still is, just behind Nat West and Philips' Tyres. It has been converted into a bungalow, but if you look closely you can see what it was. When we ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by Michael Perry

Will It Be Open?

My family moved from Bermondsey, where we shared my grandad's house, to Enfield, where Mum and Dad had managed to buy their own house (for £2,000) in 1960. It was some years before Dad could afford driving lessons and then a car. We ...Read more

A memory of London in 1966 by Carol Fisher

Reedham Orphanage Purley

I do have some good memories of Reedham. My elder sister Suzanne and my younger sister Rosemary lived there for some years. We were born in Argentina. Who remembers Magot, assistant Matron!! Had some good times toasting ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1953 by Elizabeth Cargill

Pound Street

My first main job on leaving school (Shaw House) was as a tea boy-dogsbody at H C James timber and builders merchants in Pound Street. For quite a while I cycled daily from Highclere Castle, approx 4 miles, it took me just over half an ...Read more

A memory of Newbury in 1956 by Percival Mills

Happy Days

I lived in Hornchurch 1946-58. Went to school at North Street Primary and then for a brief time to Dury Falls before we moved in 1958. My father ran Cramphorns Corn and Seed Merchants, which can just be seen in this photo. My best ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1950 by Pauline Emmons

Tinshill Crescent

I was born in 1951 at Tinshill Crescent. I had an older brother Rodney (b 1946). I attended old Cookridge School (as previously described by Paul Leavett). It also had 2 prefab classrooms as well as the wooden hut. I remember one ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1956 by Clive Bennett

Tin School

I lived at 13 Belmot Stret, I went to the tin school in the 1950s, the headmaster was Mr Munie, he used to have a leather strap in his office. I have a picture of when I was playing for the football team when we won the league. I also ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Alan Chorlton

Purfleet Primary School

I started at Purfleet Infants & Primary School aged 4, I put my head on the desk and cried for ages, but there was a lovely elderly lady teacher (I can't remember her name?), she blew my nose and washed my face, I'd ...Read more

A memory of Purfleet in 1952 by Maria Westbrook

Growing Up In Ramsgate

I was born in Ramsgate in 1947. An only child, I lived with my parents in Grove Road. I have many happy memories of the town. Each night, as a young child, I used to go out with my father for "a little walk around" and we covered a ...Read more

A memory of Ramsgate by Trevor Brown

1960’s

I remember Stanford Dingley when the cottages existed opposite Dumbledore on Jennets hill, they used the water pump opposite. A fire destroyed the semi-detached house opposite where Casey Court now stands. There was a post office half ...Read more

A memory of Stanford Dingley

Captions

3,036 captions found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Caption For Reculver, The Tower C1950

Its bricks were later used to build the towers we see here, known locally as the 'two sisters' (see Davington).

Caption For Wimborne, The Minster, The Astronomical Clock 1886

It can be seen in the baptistry under the west tower, although repair records from 1409 suggest that it was originally in the central tower.

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Road C1955

This is the main shopping street, and it leads up to the Victorian clock tower at one end from the railway station at the other.

Caption For Tredegar, Town Clock And Circle C1955

This view from the top of Morgan Street shows the 72ft-high ornamental clock tower and three of the four roads that lead from the Circle.

Caption For Launceston, Castle C1875

Launceston Castle is of the classic motte and bailey design: a high central tower stands on a mound surrounded by the bailey defences.

Caption For Bishopstoke, The Old Church C1960

This is the ivy clad tower remaining from a church built in 1823, most of which was demolished in 1909. The tower was taken down shortly after this photo was taken.

Caption For London, Tower Bridge 1910

Tower Bridge has become a virtual symbol of London, and it is certainly a very striking and remarkable structure.

Caption For Bushey Heath, Rosary Priory C1955

Originally Caldecote Towers, this startling edifice was a mid-Victorian private house, built for Captain Marjoribanks Loftus Otway.

Caption For Dolwyddelan, The Castle 1891

It has been argued that Dolwyddelan was not Iorwerth's castle at all, and that the honour should in fact be bestowed upon nearby Tomen Castell; here, there are the remains of a rectangular tower.

Caption For Maidenhead, Clock Tower 1903

The station approach became a sort of square, finally embellished by the Clock Tower.

Caption For Edlesborough, The Ford And Mill C1965

The windmill tower, here derelict, belonged to Edlesborough Mills, which also had a water-wheel powered by the stream. The windmill tower is now restored and part of a house.

Caption For Hunstanton, The Lighthouse 1898

The lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1844; the occulting light at the top of its 50ft tower could be seen up to 16 miles out to sea.

Caption For Raglan, The Church C1955

A little church with a large tower, it is dedicated to St Cadoc, but it is said to have been founded by St David.

Caption For Oxford, Christ Church Tom Tower 1890

Tom Tower is such an integral feature of Oxford that it is synonymous with the city's world-famous skyline. Oxford simply would not be Oxford without it.

Caption For Beauchief, The Abbey C1950

Beauchief is four miles south of Sheffield, but all that remains of the Premonstratensian Abbey founded by Robert Fitz Ranulf around 1183 is the west tower.

Caption For Boston, Tower Street 1893

Tower Street, its houses mostly mid-Victorian terraces and semi-detached villas, some dated 1879 and 1880, has its vista closed by one of England's most stunningly effective buildings: the Boston Stump

Caption For Milford On Sea, Hurst Castle C1955

Situated to the south-east of Milford Church, Hurst Castle was probably built between 1539 and 1544 and comprises a twelve-sided central tower protected by a curtain wall and semi-circular bastion towers

Caption For Arnside, Tower And Knott 1894

Arnside Tower is a large, ruinous pele tower built during the 15th century as a protection against marauding Scots.

Caption For Cromer, From The Sea 1902

The 160ft tower of the mainly Perpendicular church of St Peter and St Paul soars majestically over the town and is a prominent day mark for shipping in the choppy coastal waters.

Caption For Abberley, The Tower 1911

This 161 feet high clock tower caps the latter, and is known locally as Jones's Folly.

Caption For Leeds Castle, 1898

A wonderful view of the Castle, showing to advantage the main building and the Gloirette, as well as the Maiden Tower, just visible on the left hand side as the lake swings round to the Gate Tower.

Caption For St Austell, The Church 1890

A view from Church Street showing the ornate tower, the south porch with a priest's chamber above, and the crenellated south aisle.

Caption For Sudbury, Floodgate Pool 1932

On the skyline above the sluice are the tower of the Roman Catholic church, buildings along the Croft, the tower of St Gregory's Church, and the workhouse complex.

Caption For Marske By The Sea, Redcar Road 1906

Here we see the tower of the church after the rebuilding works, showing the change that was made to the architectural style of the top of the tower.