Places

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Photos

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Books

1 books found. Showing results 793 to 1.

Memories

676 memories found. Showing results 331 to 340.

How Has Patcham Changed

I was born in Wilmington Way Patcham in 1938. I remember it to be high up on the South Downs. Has anyone posted up to date pictures of Patcham on the net, please.  I left in about 1942, and would like to know what it looks like now.

A memory of Patcham in 1930 by Diana Smallbone

Wragg's Photographic Studio?

Hi - I have a couple of photos of my great-grandmother taken by Wragg, a photographer in Wigan and Leyton Arcade, Southport. I'd like to hear from anyone who can help me date the pictures by comparing the frames. The ...Read more

A memory of Southport in 1900 by Nic Dafis

Samuel Treglown

Samuel Treglown worked as landlord at the Swan Hotel during the 1950s.  He is an ancestor of mine I am currently researching.  His photo has appeared in Wadebridge Memories by Peter Tutthill, but with no date.  He also was a ...Read more

A memory of Wadebridge by Suzan Oconor

Meadvale Garage

My father Stan Long started Meadvale Garage in the thirties, I'm not sure of the precise date. When he purchased it, it was a derelict rat infested old builders yard and stables. He and my mother "May" together with my uncles "Les" ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1930 by peter

The Weir

Not exactly sure of date, but as a child growing up in the 60s, a few houses upstream of Penton Hook Lock, I recall walking "round the Island" on many weekends.  The most memorable bit, looking back, was the wooden weir crossing.  You ...Read more

A memory of Penton Hook in 1965 by Ruth Sharville

Seventh Of The Seventh

All the sevens - the seventh of the seventh of the seventh. 7th July 2007 was the lucky sevens date chosen by Amanda and David for their wedding. Family and friends were invited to The Two Bridges Hotel on Dartmoor for ...Read more

A memory of Two Bridges in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

Templemeads Station

My father was working on Templemeads Station around the time it was bombed, I have the feeling it was a Saturday night in the summer of 1942.  I was about four years old and we were lodging in a house by the Avon with a cellar ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Anne Cross

Smallbridge And All That

The place name comes from a narrow bridge over a stream that forms the boundary between Rochdale and Wardle on Halifax Road, by The Red Lion pub as it was then. Folk who lived in Smallbridge were once called ...Read more

A memory of Smallbridge in 1940 by Peter Butterworth

Update:Mystery Solved!!

To Whom It May Concern:    I am an American living in the state of Maryland.  I've had a picture in my office for quite some time now, that I recently took a better look at.  Originally, I was told that this picture was of ...Read more

A memory of Amersham by Myron Morrell

Mason Family

My great great grandfather, Fred Mason was born in Outwell, Norfolk around 1859, he had a brother, john Thomas. It is believed that the family ran/owned a laundrette business. In 1880 he married Jane Ann Yates from Rostherne Village, ...Read more

A memory of Outwell in 1860 by Geoff Mason

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 793 to 816.

Caption For Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery 1893

The museum contains a collection of cutlery dating from the 16th century and the world's finest collection of Sheffield plate.

Caption For Knutsford, The Rose And Crown 1898

The Rose and Crown is dated to 1641.

Caption For Shifnal, Market Place C1955

There was a terrible fire in the town in 1591, so all the timber buildings in the town date from afterwards.

Caption For Malmesbury, The Abbey C1960

Within the vestry of the abbey at the south-west end are stained glass windows dating from 1928.

Caption For The Men Scryfa, 1890

It contains a vertical inscription translated as 'Riolobran son of Cunoval' and dates from the 6th century AD.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Ramsden Square 1934

The tea house next door has by this date become Loxham's Garage, which has since been demolished.

Caption For Madeley, Court 1896

Madeley Court dates from the Tudor period, and was the oldest building in the old village of Madeley (now a part of Telford).

Caption For Neston, Cross C1960

The fountain itself is a memorial to a local man, Christopher Bushell, and dates from 1882.

Caption For Morecambe, Central Beach 1949

Many of its cottages were built in the 17th century, and the Royal Oak is older, claiming a date of about 1502.

Caption For Cardiff, The Infirmary 1893

Replacing much smaller and increasingly inadequate local facilities dating back to the 1830s, the requisite funds came in from across the social spectrum.

Caption For Rye, Market Street C1955

The Old Flushing Inn (the Flushing Tea Rooms, right) faced the Market Square; the building dates from the 15th century.

Caption For Cirencester, 1898

This magnificent building dates from the 12th century, and the splendid tower was built in the early 15th century.

Caption For London, The Canal, Regents Park C1965

A grand south entrance was provided via these ornate wrought-iron gates crowned by the royal cypher and the jubilee date, 6 May 1935.

Caption For Chipping, Talbot Street C1955

In the 18th century, fast flowing streams powered a variety of mills around the village, and many of its cottages date from this period, built to house an expanding work force.

Caption For Bridgnorth, North Gate 1896

Bridgnorth, as a fortified hill-top site, dates from Saxon times.

Caption For Bentley, The Memorial Hall 1929

On the left of the Memorial Hall is a record of Bentley's history, recalling important dates over the years - the thatch has now been replaced by tiles.

Caption For Horndean, The Village C1955

The company began in 1847, and the brewery tower dates back to 1869.

Caption For Billericay, High Street C1965

The brick tower of St Mary Magdalene's church dates from the 15th century.

Caption For Gaywood, The Clock Tower C1965

Once a village in its own right, Gaywood had become no more than a suburb of Lynn by the date of this photograph.

Caption For Thetford, Haling Path C1955

The bridge is the Thetford Town Bridge, a cast-iron structure that dates from 1829.

Caption For Bath, C1965

Although fragments of the Norman abbey remain, the present abbey church dates from 1499, and was a prodigiously long time a-building: the nave was still roofless into the 17th century.

Caption For Ellington, Village 1906

Ellington's church is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086, but the oldest surviving part of the building dates back to the 13th century.

Caption For Oxford, Union Club 1890

The Oxford Union consists of various buildings in the style of the Gothic Revival which date back to the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

Caption For Whittlesey, Market Place C1965

Dating from 1680, the Butter Cross, now a listed building, provides the focal point for the busy Friday market, now with new metal railings and seating.