Maps

745 maps found.

1921, Hay Mills Ref. POP729157
1919, Heasley Mill Ref. POP729984
1919, Mouth Mill Ref. POP785252
1919, Looe Mills Ref. POP767292
1924, Hugh Mill Ref. POP741837
1903, Meltham Mills Ref. RNC777948
1898, Mill Corner Ref. RNC780020
1902, Mill Green Ref. RNC780198
1903, Mill Shaw Ref. RNC780553
1900, Hick's Mill Ref. RNC732271
1903, Hoyle Mill Ref. RNC741720
1919, Hale Mills Ref. POP724876
1902, Morton Mill Ref. RNC784026
1903, New Mill Ref. RNC790186
1900, New Mill Ref. RNC790195
1924, Roby Mill Ref. POP818990
1921, New Mills Ref. POP790214
1919, Pen Mill Ref. POP802839
1947, Clock Mills Ref. NPO670898
1946, Bottreaux Mill Ref. NPO646724

Books

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Memories

1,715 memories found. Showing results 231 to 240.

A Very Happy Childhood At Westbury

My name is Andy Pike, getting on a bit now but lovely to read other folks memories of Westbury. Here are a few reminiscences of my childhood in Westbury on Trym in the 50's and 60's. Maybe this will ring a ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym by waylandpike

The Day I Was Born

I was born on 22nd June 1948 at 95 Dryfield Road in the front main bedroom of my nans's house. We lived there until I was 8 when we left my nan's and moved to St. Johns Wood in London. My nan lived there until I was in my ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1948 by Barbara Badzek

From The Beginning!

I was born in 1938 in Needwood Street off Rochdale Road. My Mam and Dad were allocated a new flat in Kingsley Crescent when I was a year old so all my memories are of the 'flats'. I, along with my two sisters and one ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1940 by Mavis Mc Grath

Home Again

Here I am again, 11 years later only this time with my wife, to show her where I came from. The lady that now owns the bungalow where I was born very kindly let us have a look inside the house, which has changed so much since the ...Read more

A memory of Weybread in 2010 by David Keeble

Stacksteads Boyhood.

My family moved from Haslingden to Newchurch Road in 1950 opposite the Farhome Tavern. As an eight year old I attended Western Junior School until 1953 leaving to attend Blackthorn Secondary Modern until June 1957 when our ...Read more

A memory of Stacksteads in 1950 by Tom Pilling

A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

Courtenay Road 1953

I moved to Wantage with my parents Ted and Phyllis Willey and my brother Ken and sister Susan. At Garston Lane school one of my first friends was John Campbell who lived in Courtenay Road. We were aged 8. Another friend was Jim ...Read more

A memory of Wantage in 1953 by Keith Willey

Wonderful Times And Great Friends

I remember living in Galesbury Road in the 1950s and going to Swaffield Road School, moving into Domelton House, Wendlesworth estate in the late 1950ss was luxury, central heating, a real bath and inside loo, ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by Leslie Mc Donnell

My Childhood Days Brynna Boy

8 Southall Street /16 Tan-y-Bryn. We, the Brynna Boys, used to run to school, Mr & Mrs Davies Head Master and thei two daughters, strict and friendly, firm and kind. I can only describe those happy days, Coronation ...Read more

A memory of Brynna in 1953 by Gary Edwards

Great Torrington

My mother in law Gladys Bidgway was born in New Street, but they all lived at what is now Londis in Mill Street, all 18 of them! Most of the girls went to work in the Glove Factory in Whites Lane. Gladys worked there with her ...Read more

A memory of Taddiport in 1910 by Glennis Spencer

Captions

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Caption For Trenarren, The Vale C1884

Trenarren hamlet is in the far distance, and the mill house at Hallane is on the extreme left.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Railway 1929

When the railway came to Grange-over-Sands in 1857 it signalled the town's rapid expansion as a seaside resort for visitors from the industrial mill towns of Lancashire.

Caption For Cropthorne, Mill 1910

Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.

Caption For Wickham, Chesapeake Mill C1965

Chesapeake Mill dates back to 1820 and was built by John Prior, a miller, partly of woodwork from an American warship of that name, captured by the much smaller British HMS 'Shannon' off Boston Harbour

Caption For Chartham, Village 1903

In 1949 Wiggins Teape reopened a local paper mill here, which specialised in producing tracing paper.

Caption For North Warnborough, Mill Corner C1955

Adjacent to the former King's Mill, the lane leads via the Green to the ford of the River Whitewater. From there a footpath leads to Odiham Castle.

Caption For Woodbridge, River Deben C1965

This view was taken from the railway footbridge, looking towards the famous tide mill on the left. The boat yard is a hive of activity, with cranes, men and a vessel drawn up for repair.

Caption For Beccles, The River C1960

We are looking upstream, towards St Michael's Church, from the old quay; until the 1950s, Thames barges delivered grain here to Green's Mill.

Caption For Langcliffe, 1921

Langcliffe lies 1 mile to the north of Settle on the route towards the majestic Three Peaks. Industry in the village included candle making and paper production.

Caption For Botley, Mill Hill C1960

Here we have a closer view of the house on the crossroads before going down Mill Hill. It has a varied brick pattern for the walls, mullion windows and a tiled roof.

Caption For Cuddesdon, The Old Mill And River C1955

The 18th-century working water-mill lies on the River Thame, about a mile from the centre of the village of Cuddesdon.

Caption For Ambleside, From Loughrigg 1892

The spire of the parish church watches over this bustling village, which was founded in the 15th century; it once had thriving corn and bobbin mills on the River Rothay.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Railway 1929

The coming of the railway to Grange-over-Sands in 1857 signalled the town's rapid expansion as a seaside resort for visitors from the industrial mill towns of Lancashire.

Caption For Bishop Sutton, Chew Valley Lake C1960

There was also a large flour mill here; but now the village relies on recreation from the 1,200 acre Chew Valley Lake lying to its west. The lake was built in the 1950s to supply water for Bristol.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1910

The Frome valley, dotted with mills and and with the Thames and Severn Canal running through it, has long been a centre of industry. Chalford itself stands on the steep north bank.

Caption For Snodland, The Station C1960

This industrial village on the outskirts of Rochester, now surrounded by cement works and paper mills, was the site of famous vineyards in the 14th century.

Caption For Richmond, From Terrace 1898

On the right is St Mary's parish church, in the centre the Grammar School, and to the left Church Mill, demolished in 1969, the last of many Richmond watermills once powered by the

Caption For Framlingham, Bridge Street C1955

The two ladies are at the turning to Maulden's Mill, whilst the children are outside Brackenbury's Tarpaulins.

Caption For Ambleside, From Loughrigg 1892

The spire of the parish church watches over this bustling village, which was founded in the 15th century; it once had thriving corn and bobbin mills on the River Rothay.

Caption For Cowling, View From Hallam Hill C1960

Cowling is a moorland parish in the Aire Valley about six miles south of Skipton. It once boasted several woollen mills – we can see their chimneys in this view.

Caption For Maldon, Market Hill 1909

Another fine period piece, with onlookers watching the Frith photographer, who has set up his camera where Market Hill turns sharply to descend to Fullbridge Flow Mill and a bridge over the

Caption For Kingsteignton, The Village 1906

Kingsteignton was for a long time the site of a mill which seemed jinxed. In 1795 it was attacked by a mob during bread riots, and in 1870 it had to be rebuilt after a fire.

Caption For Netherbury, The Village C1955

Looking north-westwards from Lower Yonderover Farm, with hay-bales in Mill House paddock (foreground) and the sign for the Star Inn (centre), the River Brit skirts the edge of the

Caption For Bourton On The Water, The Bridge C1955

Bourton's oldest bridge dates from 1754, and stands in front of the old Corn Mill, which opened in 1978 as the Cotswold Motor Museum.