Places

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Maps

29 maps found.

1895, Westgate On Sea Ref. RNE866043
1901-1902, Westgate Street Ref. RNC866044
1947, Westgate On Sea Ref. NPO866043
1920, Westgate On Sea Ref. POP866043
1898-1899, Westgate On Sea Ref. RNC866043
1905, Westgate On Sea Ref. HOSM35412
1882 - 1892, Hightown Ref. HOSM64086
1883 - 1884, Duston Ref. HOSM64087
1887 - 1903, Coryton Ref. HOSM64187

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Memories

51 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Westgate, Rillington

We lived at Cherrycroft just on the left of the road as it heads to Malton, the house is here. It has recently been demolished and was connected to Church Farm across the road. The butchers shop is still there and a grocery ...Read more

A memory of Rillington by owston.tj

Summer Holidays In Westgate On Sea

I wonder if anyone is old enough to remember Westgate on Sea before the war! Our family would go there every year for 2 weeks and stay at a guest house not far from where the railway crosses the road ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea in 1930

Westgate On Sea Holidays In The 1960s

My parents took myself and my late brother to Westgate on Sea almost every Easter from 1959 to 1971. Living in west London we caught the 2.40pm train from Victoria, arriving at Westgate on Sea about ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by Philip Clarke

Godmersham Post Office

We visited and stayed at  the Post Office, village shop and off licence in 1973. My mother Mrs Oliver had just taken over as Post Mistress. My mother had given up a teaching post in Liverpool to be nearer her own mother ...Read more

A memory of Godmersham in 1973 by Brian Rees

The Cannon, High Street, Maidstone

During the late 1940s and early 1950s my brothers and I were Scouts and each summer we went to Scout Camp at Westgate on Sea. There was no M20 in those days so our journey by lorry took us through Maidstone High ...Read more

A memory of Maidstone by Ken Cook

Westgate School.

Westgate opened in 1958 for my last school year. I competed in the discus and cross country, and represented the school in rugby and a decathlon. Great school, followed by Slough College. Later, I emigrated and worked for a ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1958 by Edward Hall

The Local Dances And Playing Pool

In the mid 1950s to early 1960s there were local dance halls, one at Newburn which was down Station Road, take a left towards the bridge and it was just there on the left side opposite the level crossings near ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1955 by Jimmy Burrows

Westgate Secondary Modern School

This was my senior school and I have to say I loved it. So many memories, too many to mention. Met my husband to be there in the 4th year as we used to call it, now year 11. I remember Mr and Mrs Duggan, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1973 by Lynn Mace

Westgate School

I was in the very first class to attend the brand new Westgate School. My class moved from Haymill Annex on Elmshot Lane. We were all so excited. The 1A students were in Mrs. Evans class and was she strict. She ruled with an ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1958 by Freda Loeding (Swan)

Westgate On Sea Pavilion

Westgate-on-sea pavilion will soon be a cherished memory. Thanet Council are choosing to dispose of it rather than installing a disabled access and disabled toilets. If anyone out there cares about this unique ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea in 2007 by Sylvia Mulley

Captions

103 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Winchester, High Street 1909

A walk down High Street from Westgate to the Buttercross takes the sightseer along one of the most ancient streets in the realm.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Sea Road 1897

These are some of the substantial red brick houses built along the coast at Westgate in the prosperous late Victorian era—the 1880s and 90s.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Church 1897

The foundation stone was laid in 1883 by Sir Erasmus Wilson, a famous surgeon, who popularised Westgate for its health-giving air.The church, by C N Beazley, is unusual in that its north tower is

Caption For Winchester, Westgate 1906

Westgate has many of the hallmarks of a medieval defensive work, including 'murder holes' from which heavy weights or boiling oils and molten lead might be dropped during an attack, while the slits

Caption For Launceston, Windmill Hill C1960

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, West Bay Looking East 1918

Westgate is known for the firm sands of both its little bays.

Caption For Winchester, Westgate 1909

West Gate, at the top of Winchester's High Street, has stood on the line of the city wall for over 600 years.

Caption For Winchester, From Westgate 1923

The city as seen from the West Gate.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate And Castle 1893

The North and West gates were demolished in 1832 and 1812 respectively.

Caption For Grantham, Westgate 1904

To the west the Melton Mowbray road reaches the town centre via Westgate, a wide street seen here looking north-east towards Market Place.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Esplanade Gardens 1899

Two miles west of Margate, Westgate on Sea has two bays; sea walls built along the curves of the bays form two promenades with steps down to the beach, and gardens are laid out for the benefit of visitors

Caption For Winchester, High Street 1909

After several hundred years as the main western entrance to the town, Westgate was bypassed—the old Plume of Feathers became just a distant memory.

Caption For Pontypool, The Square C1960

Pontypool was a focus for the Chartist cause in 1829 when the local leader, William Jones, marched from here to Newport to take part in the assault on the Westgate Hotel.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate And Castle 1893

The North and West gates were demolished in 1832 and 1812 respectively.

Caption For Canterbury, West Gate And St Dunstan's Street 1952

The massive twin-towered Westgate is the only survivor of the six medieval gates which once interrupted the path of the Norman wall around the city.

Caption For Guisborough, Fox Inn, Bow Street C1960

The Fox Inn dominates this view up Bow Street to the tall Market Cross, which we can just see at the head of Westgate in the distance.

Caption For Norwich, Westlegate 1890

It is difficult to equate this tumble-down cobbled street with today's unattractive Westgate.

Caption For Norwich, Westlegate 1890

It is difficult to equate this tumble-down cobbled street with today's unattractive Westgate.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Hotels And Beach 1890

Two of Westgate's leading hotels were the Beach House Hotel on the left, and the large St Mildred's Hotel and Bathing Establishment (centre).

Caption For Newport, Commercial Street C1955

Two buses are making their way along the street towards the camera; the one nearest us is on its way to Westgate.

Caption For Pontypool, The Square C1960

Pontypool was a focus for the Chartist cause in 1829 when the local leader, William Jones, marched from here to Newport to take part in the assault on the Westgate Hotel.

Caption For Newport, St Mary's Church 1893

It was completed in 1840 after one notable delay - the workers downed tools to join a Chartist march as it passed by on its way to the Westgate Hotel.

Caption For Gloucester, Westgate Street 1891

Note the Golden Leg just down from Brinsmead Pianos - what better place to sup some ale after a hard day's graft in Westgate Street.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate And Castle 1893

The North and West gates were demolished in 1832 and 1812 respectively.