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Maps

876 maps found.

1895, Stoke Ref. RNE840004
1896, Stoke Ref. RNE840005
1896, Stoke Ref. RNE840006
1894, Stoke Ref. HOSM60539
1919, Stoke Ref. POP840002
1946, Stoke Ref. NPO840006
1896, Stoke Ref. RNE840002
1896, Stoke Ref. RNE840007
1912, Stoke Ref. HOSM60641
1919, Stoke Canon Ref. POP840025
1919, Stoke Fleming Ref. POP840056
1919, Stoke Gifford Ref. POP840061
1919, Stoke Goldington Ref. POP840063
1919, Stoke Pound Ref. POP840121
1919, Stoke Prior Ref. POP840123
1919, Stoke Water Ref. POP840141
1919, Stoke Wharf Ref. POP840142
1919, Rodney Stoke Ref. POP819304
1919, West Stoke Ref. POP864989
1921, Middle Stoke Ref. POP779236

Books

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Memories

693 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Willis's Shop

Hi, I remember Willis's shop very well, my mother shopped there every day, and remember the Persian cat they had named Ration. I lived next door to Rosie's cafe and was friends with all the family. I also played over the pit, and ...Read more

A memory of Penrhiwceiber by Rita Jones

The Rec

The "Rec" was the place to be in the 1970's when you lived on the Cedar Rd Estate. We lived just round the corner on Elmdale Rd and had a garden which backed on the Rec. This was a good short cut into the Rec. Lived there as a young lad ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton by Andrew Christon

Brenda

My great grandparents are buried in Stoke Bliss Churchyard - Mary and Joseph Dallow. My grandmother was Ellen Dallow, and she was born there as was my mother, Brenda Watkins who is still alive at 91. My mother has many happy childhood ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Bliss in 1920 by Marilyn Maiklem

Teenage Years In Fareham

I lived and worked in Fareham when I moved with my family from Hertfordshire. My father and uncle worked for Fareham District Council. I remember going to the Odeon and Embassy cinemas on many occasions with my fiance. I ...Read more

A memory of Fareham in 1953

Growing Up In Stafford Until 1975

I grew up on the Weston Park Estate and my close friends were Ann Parker and Linda Jay, as we all lived a few doors away. We used to go to Riverside disco approximate 1970 and the Young Farmers disco on Friday ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by Angela Née Rafferty

Grandparents Shop

My Grandparents, Joseph and Lilian Stokes, had this property built about 1953, they opened a general stores, the only one for miles around, and also ran the local post office in the shop, a few years later. Many many happy ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bishop by Sharman Keen

Ancestors In Assington

I am researching my wife's family history and on one side of her family is Charles Freeman Parson. She is his 2nd Great Garandaughter. We know that he lived and farmed at Assington House which I am told that he also built. ...Read more

A memory of Assington in 1860 by Robin Carsberg

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 was ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Corset Shp

Does anyone remember the corset shop, did you work in the shop or use it? I am preparing a book on foundation wear and peoples relationship with foundations corselette / girdle etc so any info would be great, no matter how ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1982 by Geoffrey Duffield

The Tilt

Does anyone remember the little sweet shop on the Tilt.  I do, and remember walking home from St Andrew's School in Cedar Road, along the little alley onto Stoke Road, across to the Fire Station and up towards the Running Mare.  The  little ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1960 by Christine Elmer

Captions

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Caption For Stoke St Michael, The Square C1955

Straggling along Oakhill Road, Stoke St Michael is now subject to traffic from surrounding quarries. The post office and stores survives.

Caption For Limpley Stoke, Lower Village C1955

Further down this lane, the centre of Lower Limpley Stoke is reached, with the Hop Pole Inn on the left, the post office and village shop on the right, and the garage beyond, although the Esso sign has

Caption For Monkton Combe, C1955

Beyond can be seen the Limpley Stoke viaduct, built for the Black Dog Turnpike Trust in 1834. A canal and railway passed under the bridge. To the right is Brassknocker Hill.

Caption For Noss Mayo, River Yealm 1901

The original parish church is now a picturesque ruin some distance away on the clifftops of Stoke Point.

Caption For Dinder, High Street C1965

The manor was held by the Rodney family of Rodney-Stoke for many centuries until it passed to the Somerville family by marriage. Today, alpacas graze by the Manor House.

Caption For Stoke Mandeville, The Driveway C1965

Now a centre of excellence in spinal injuries, Stoke Mandeville started as an isolation hospital, built in the 1930s.

Caption For Monkton Combe, The Viaduct C1955

Go back to the Avon valley, turn right at the traffic lights by the Viaduct Inn, then left towards Lower Limpley Stoke.

Caption For Stokes Bay, The Beach 1898

Just a handful of people and two bathing machines can be seen in this late-Victorian photograph of Stokes Bay.

Caption For Runcorn, The Docks C1900

The enormous piles of white stone are actually piles of china clay from Cornwall awaiting trans-shipment onto narrow boats so they can be taken to the china factories in Stoke-on-Trent.

Caption For Stone, Railway Station 1900

Stone was on the North Staffordshire line from Stoke, which linked with the London & North Western at Colwick West Junction.

Caption For Newark, London Road 1909

In the 17th century, the only stretch of the Fosse Way known to have been maintained was that between East Stoke and Newark.

Caption For Burton Joyce, The Poplar Walk C1965

Beyond the still- functioning railway station, the lane reverts to its pre-railway name of Stoke Lane, and heads for the Trent between an avenue of fine Lombardy poplars.

Caption For Exmouth, The Esplanade C1955

It was donated by local resident William Frederick Stokes in 1964.

Caption For Newark, Trent Bridge C1955

In the late 17th century the main road from Nottingham to Newark went via Charlton (Carlton), Burton, Gunthorp (Gunthorpe), Horingham Ferry (Hoveringham), Bleasby Ferry and Stoak (Stoke) where it joined

Caption For Wellow, Manor House And High Street C1955

Climbing out of Limpley Stoke, head west through Hinton Charterhouse with its fascinating remains of the 13th-century Carthusian priory, Hinton Priory, to the village of Wellow, four miles south of Bath

Caption For Trentham, The Hall 1900

Within a few years, however, the Sutherlands had abandoned Trentham: in 1910 the fourth Duke offered it for sale to the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent.

Caption For Rodney Stoke, Bucklegrove Guest House C1955

King John granted the manor of Rodney Stoke to Sir Osbert Gifford, and it was transferred by marriage to Sir Richard de Rodney. The 17th-century manor farmhouse boasts a six-seater WC.

Caption For Stoke D'abernon, C1960

Owing to 20th century development, as seen here in Station Road, Stoke D'Abernon has merged into Cobham. However, the village does have the county's oldest church.

Caption For Great Dunmow, High Street C1965

Stokes the butcher`s (right) still has the wooden sign on its roof to this day.

Caption For Great Easton, The Village C1960

In an area of architectural gems (Rockingham Castle, Lyddington Bede House and Stoke Dry parish church), the village has a number of good ironstone houses of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

Caption For Hoo, The Village C1955

In this picture, the camera is looking down Church Street from High Street (renamed Stoke Road in 1959).

Caption For Swynnerton, The Village 1900

the gardens on public holidays and during Wakes Week.Within a few years, however, the Sutherlands had abandoned Trentham: in 1910 the fourth Duke offered it for sale to the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent.When

Caption For Trentham, The Hall 1900

gardens on public holidays and during Wakes Week.Within a few years, however, the Sutherlands had abandoned Trentham: in 1910 the fourth Duke offered it for sale to the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent.When

Caption For Sudbury, The Croft And Roman Catholic Church 1900

Then comes the Presbytery and the red brick Roman Catholic church of St Mary and St John, designed by the Catholic architect Leonard Stokes, which opened in December 1893.