Maps

398 maps found.

1947, Weston Ref. NPO866266
1945, Weston Ref. NPO866271
1899, Weston Ref. RNE866261
1899, Weston Ref. RNE866266
1897, Weston Ref. RNE866276
1898, Weston Ref. RNE866277
1898, Weston Ref. RNE866270
1895, Weston Ref. RNE866271
1895, Weston Ref. RNE866272
1896, Weston Ref. RNE866278
1925, Weston Ref. POP866255
1921, Weston Ref. POP866257
1923, Weston Ref. POP866261
1919, Weston Ref. POP866272
1919, Weston Ref. POP866275
1919, Westoning Ref. POP866389
1945, Weston Ref. NPO866272
1947, Weston Ref. NPO866255
1947, Weston Ref. NPO866256
1947, Weston Ref. NPO866261

Books

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Memories

198 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Camberley...Where Do I Start ?!

Our family lived at Lightwater (1 High View Road) ; I passed 11 plus and was sent to Frimley And Camberley County Grammar School, starting in Sept. 1959. One of the first things we had to do was to get the uniform. We ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by tobypaws2002

Helmshore 1950 1968

I was born in Musbury Road at the bottom of Tor Hill and spent 5 years with Tor as my back yard; my name is still chiselled in the rocks at the top. Anyone remember the Tor Mile race? In 1955 we moved up to 3, Lancaster ...Read more

A memory of Helmshore by Ian Seville

Military Parachuting At Watchfield

I was in the RAF at Abingdon on two different postings during 1963/4 and 1967/69 and very often did detachments to the Parachute training school drop zone at Weston on the Green as the aircraft controller. In ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield by Doug Hulbert

Going To Junior School In Radcliff On Trent In 1960

My dad was in the Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed in Langar (born in England though) but my family lived at 16 Douglas Close just outside Radcliffe. I remember walking daily to ...Read more

A memory of Radcliffe on Trent in 1960 by John Reid Wilkinson

The Norden Family Of West Wratting And Weston Colville

I have been researching the Norden Family History for my husband's uncle. His mother was born in London and he wondered why she came to live in Weston Colville with relatives. James ...Read more

A memory of West Wratting in 1860 by Pauline Barker

Ward End Adult School

The Ward End Adult School was held on Sunday mornings in 'The Barn', St.Margaret's Road, Ward End before the 2nd World War. It was run on a sort of religious basis, like a church (non-denominational, I think, but similar to ...Read more

A memory of Ward End in 1930 by Roy Shakespeare

Love That Place!

Born at Petersfield in 1940, my first home was Berry Cottage, down Sandy Lane, opposite Sibley's farm. Berry cottage had only 4 rooms (2 up and 2 down), no running water, only a well and later a tap down in the lane. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Rake Firs in 1940 by Monica Stewart

Happy Childhood In Crouch End

This is how I remember the Broadway from the eyes of a very small child walking around with my mum's gloved hand securely holding mine and my nan and my sister walking along with our dog Pepi. We would either be ...Read more

A memory of Crouch End in 1965 by Andrew Parsons

Kilmaurs

My husband and I are Australians and went to Britain on a driving holiday in 2007. We stayed in some marvellous B&Bs but one that will always be memorable for us was at Anna Steel's farm 'Laigh Langmuir'. What a welcome we had - ...Read more

A memory of Kilmaurs in 2007 by Kay Armstrong

Buying Sixpence Worth Of Stale Buns

I remember as a wee girl going with my brother Donald to buy sixpence worth of stale buns. I don't remember the bakers but it was behind Boots the Chemist. It was always a treat if your mum had a spare sixpence and ...Read more

A memory of Ayr in 1967 by Laura Wilson

Captions

66 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Honiton, The Otter Inn, Weston C1960

The Otter Inn, just outside Honiton in the hamlet of Weston, has changed very slightly since this photograph was taken.

Caption For Congresbury, The Cross C1960

This 15th-century cross lies at a crossroads on the Bristol to Weston-super-Mare road; the adjacent Ship and Castle was a coaching inn.

Caption For Taunton, Park Street And County Hall C1960

Somerset's County Hall was transferred here from Weston-super-Mare in 1935.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, Atlantic Terrace East 1887

They enjoyed outstanding views across Weston Bay.

Caption For Penarth, The Hovercraft 1963

The journey between Penarth and Weston-super-Mare could be accomplished in just 12 minutes.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, A Peep Through The Trees C1955

A picturesque scene, showing the Grand Pier and Knightstone framed by trees in Weston Woods.

Caption For Spalding, Market Place C1955

This view looks west on market day.

Caption For Broadwas, Butts Bank Farm C1955

Broadwas is a pleasant village in pastoral Teme Valley farmland, six miles west of Worcester.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, Anchor Beach 1890

The Royal Pier Hotel opened in 1854 and was Weston's second purpose-built hotel after the Royal Hotel.

Caption For Sheffield, Weston Park War Memorial C1955

Weston House and its grounds were sold by the Harrison family to the Corporation in 1873, the house itself being converted into a museum; the Mappin Art Gallery was added in 1887.

Caption For Weston Rhyn, The County School C1950

Now known as the Weston Rhyn Primary School, the school was built in 1924.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Wildersmouth Beach 1899

Wildersmouth Bay was the original bathing beach of the town; those beaches to the west only became accessible after the drafting in of Welsh miners to dig the tunnels by which they are now reached.

Caption For Runcorn, The Docks C1900

This view shows the docks at Weston Point.

Caption For Exmouth, The Esplanade C1955

The wall was designed to deflect the waves that so often come up the English Channel from the south-west on stormy days.

Caption For Sheffield, Sheffield Midland Station And Park Hill C1965

Among those already occupied or well on their way to full occupation are the prestigious West One and Royal Plaza developments in the fashionable 'Devonshire Quarter' around West Street and upper

Caption For Northwich, Swing Bridge 1900

An impressive modern commercial waterway, the Weaver acts a a funnel for industrial products from Cheshire, carrying them down to Weston Point Docks, where there is a link with the Manchester Ship Canal

Caption For Weston On Avon, C1955

Weston is a tiny village, little more than a cluster of cottages leading to a 15th-century church at the end of a no through road.

Caption For Calne, Church Street C1965

Beyond, on the corner with Mill Street, is No 26, Weston's, a stationers and newsagents, an earlier building re-fronted in the 19th century with a late Victorian shop-front.

Caption For Runcorn, Weston Church And Village C1955

Weston's church, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, was built in the 1890s using money entirely raised from donations.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, The Sands And The Pier 1913

In addition to pure air, Weston has an unlimited supply of pure water from a never-failing spring, owned by the town, which is said to have its source in the Mendip range of hills.

Caption For Clevedon, The Pier 1892

Although less popular than neighbouring Weston-super- Mare, Clevedon's visitors valued its refined quietness.

Caption For Sheffield, The Winter Garden 2005

The City Hall is being re-furbished at a cost of over £12-million, the money coming mainly from the European Union and central government; Weston Park Museum and the Mappin Art Gallery are undergoing

Caption For Aylesbury, Aylesbury Ducks C1955

They were bred in Aylesbury and the surrounding villages, including Walton and Haddenham, whose ponds were of great use, and at Weston Turville, which alone sent 25,000 ducklings a year to London in the