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Places

5 places found.

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Photos

18 photos found. Showing results 241 to 18.

Maps

573 maps found.

1898, Shay Gate Ref. RNE829241
1896, Wavendon Gate Ref. RNE862306
1898, Weethley Gate Ref. RNE862733
1947, Trough Gate Ref. NPO853727
1946, Stanton Gate Ref. NPO838504
1946, Wavendon Gate Ref. NPO862306
1946, Wood Gate Ref. NPO872635
1898, Deeping Gate Ref. RNE689591
1896, Denholme Gate Ref. RNE690032
1897, Great Gate Ref. RNE719910
1898, Hicks Gate Ref. RNE732270
1898, Franklands Gate Ref. RNE709125
1895, Eastland Gate Ref. RNE698652
1895, Hatchet Gate Ref. RNE728301
1947, Evenwood Gate Ref. NPO702173
1946, Forest Gate Ref. NPO707879
1940, Cross Gate Ref. NPO684276
1946, Childerley Gate Ref. NPO667820
1896, Carr Gate Ref. RNE662787
1898, Chop Gate Ref. RNE668201

Books

1 books found. Showing results 289 to 1.

Memories

679 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.

Geoge And Dragon

I lived in Wingate in the 1960's. My Mother and father Jean and Syd Price had the George and Dragon pub for a while until it was pulled down. My Grandmother, Gina Richardson, also had the pub which I think was known as the Top ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1960 by Colin Price

Memories Of Sandy

I lived in Sandy between about 1963 and 1979 and have seen changes even in that short time. It was a fairly quiet village when we first came in spite of the adjacent A1. I went to St Swithuns school in St Neots Road, then Sandy ...Read more

A memory of Sandy by Sue Horne

St George's Sunday School?

I am wondering if anyone can tell me the following; I am trying to find out what year the Prestyberian ittle school was built. I know it was up nearer the old original Black Lion, but can anyone give me a date as to when it was built, or a picture, many thanks.

A memory of Little Sutton by Valerie Waring

Bomb Blast `siding` Margaret Street/Victoria Street.

I recall as a young boy of 7 or 8, that I was among a group of friends playing on the siding at the bottom of Margaret Street. We, as friends, found the bomb on the Rhigos Mountain and carried ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1943 by Ben Thomas

Those Were The Days

I was born in the home of my grandparents John and May (nee Hulse) Yeomans in Mere Road, my mother being the former Kathleen Yeomans. My immediate neighbours on either side were Jack and May Platt and ...Read more

A memory of Weston in 1940 by Roy Pitchford

Barking Lake

Not sure of the date; one of my memories is being over the park the whole day fishing and catching a jar full of stickle backs. The were so packed in I think when I got them home they were nearly all dead.

A memory of Barking in 1942 by Maureen Salle

Growing Up In Penge (1947 Onwards)

I have said that my early life began in Penge in 1947, but that is only as far back as I can remember. Although I was still only two then, I do have a very good memory. I can remember while I was in a pram outside ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1947 by Anthony Godly

Family From Bibury

My memories from / about Bibury are: I was born there in Bibury Cotts - 15 April 1947. My parents were married there - George Lacey / Joyce Iles. My grandparents lived at number 8 Arlington Row. My parents marriage was actually a ...Read more

A memory of Bibury in 1960 by Michael Lacey

Easebourne St. Easebourne, W Sussex

We lived in Wisteria Cottage - my married name was Bowers then - which adjoined The White Horse Inn, which you can just see on the left towards the end of the picture. There seems to be another building in ...Read more

A memory of Easebourne in 1997 by Lynn Ede

School Road Nursery

I am researching my family and was wondering if anyone knew of the School Road Nursery at Yardley Wood. I have recently been given an old family photo which was sent to Mrs A Horton, at that address. I think the photo ...Read more

A memory of Yardley Wood by Lesley Rutter

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Caption For Witham, Church Street C1965

In the centre of the picture stands the forge, which is believed to date back over 670 years, although it is thought that horses and ponies were shod here long before that.

Caption For Cobham, The Church 1899

The windmill is long gone, but the 12th-century church, to which the tower was added later, is famous for its pavement of 20 brasses dating from 1320 to 1529.

Caption For Yarcombe, The Church And Vicarage C1960

Its parish church of St John the Baptist dates from the 15th century, but it has suffered a great deal of Victorian restoration.

Caption For Hutton Rudby, The Church And The Bridge C1965

The parish church of All Saints dates mainly from the 14th century.

Caption For Somerton, The Cross C1960

Somerton's Market or Butter Cross is dated 1673. It adjoins the Town Hall, which is also 17th-century.

Caption For Cheltenham, Lower High Street C1955

Powers were sought in Parliament to establish new residential areas, and many of the squares and avenues of modern- day Cheltenham date back to that period.

Caption For Fountains, 1895

The ruins date from the 12th to the 15th centuries; the tower, which was built between 1492 and 1524, is the latest part.

Caption For Eardisland, Staick House C1960

A former rectory, the great hall of this beautiful building dates from around 1300, although parts were added later in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Caption For Chester, Ye Olde Crypte And Compton House 1895

Behind the latter is a medieval vault known as Ye Olde Crypt which dates from c1230. There are also crypts beneath No 34 Eastgate Street and Nos 11 and 13 Watergate Street.

Caption For Chester, Eastgate Street 1923

By this date all the major hotels, apart from Blossoms, offered garage facilities for guests' automobiles.

Caption For Belbroughton, Hartle Lane C1965

There is a great deal of attractive Georgian architecture, and a church dating back to the 12th century, with a beautifully decorated 15th-century font and handsome Carolean pulpit and reading desk

Caption For Little Comberton, The Village C1955

Parts of Little Comberton's church date back to at least the 12th century, though there was considerable rebuilding in 1887.

Caption For Westbury, The White Horse And Bratton Camp 1900

The present horse on this site dates from 1778 and was the first of several figures cut in the chalk downs of Wiltshire during the next half-century.

Caption For Newbury, The Wharf C1960

The long, galleried Granary possibly dates back to the reign of Charles II, and is now part of the Museum.

Caption For Chagford, Scor Hill, Sacred Circle Showing Kestor 1924

The circle dates from the Bronze a In the background is the great boss of Kestor.

Caption For Portchester, The Castle Entrance C1960

Other finds at Wallington House, Wicor Shore and Portchester Harbour have been dated from the Mesolithic period (10,000 BC to 4,000 BC), while flint and stone artefacts from Titchfield and Wallington

Caption For Oxford, Union Club 1890

Dating back to the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the Oxford Union consists of various buildings in the style of the Gothic Revival.

Caption For Wisbech, Parish Church Tower 1923

Parts of the present Parish Church, which is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, date from just after the construction of Wisbech Castle in the late 11th century.

Caption For Chelwood Gate, The Gateway 1928

The building in the photograph, which is known as Chelwood Gate, stands as an entrance into Ashdown Forest; a map of the area dated 1693 has Chelwood Gate clearly marked.

Caption For Ingatestone, The Hall, The Gateway C1955

The building - with the date 1510 on its gable - is reputedly where four local Puritans met before sailing to the New World aboard the Mayflower.

Caption For Hunstanton, The Parade 1891

What does exist at this date is the Golden Lion Hotel, the first building to be erected in New Hunstanton.

Caption For Polegate, High Street C1965

It dates from 1817. It was restored to working order in 1967 - about 12 years after this picture was taken - and is open to the public. Today it stands amid a housing estate.

Caption For Aylesford, The Friars Courtyard C1960

Most of the buildings date from the 14th and 15th centuries, but there are traces going back to medieval times. The Pilgrim's Hall is little altered from the 15th century.

Caption For Bovington, View From Tank Training Grounds C1955

Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps. The surrounding heathland is heavily used for tank training.