Places

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

676 memories found. Showing results 361 to 370.

Small Heath Memory

I was born at 54 Herbert Road on January 21st 1940 a war-time baby although I remember nothing of the bombing raids that wrecked a number of the houses in the lower part of the road where the bus garage and the railway line ...Read more

A memory of Small Heath by Brian Buck

Reigning Monarchs

When I went to the Coatbridge Palais there was also a band called the Reigning Monarchs, which there around the same time as the Drum Beats, the Crusaders. I am not sure of the dates they all played in the Coatbridge Palais. ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1957 by Art Mcgivern

Post Office Doorway The Place To Meet!

Looking at the Post Office building reminded me that the entrance was a popular place to meet your date for the evening. A great place to see the various busses arriving with your partner for the evening ...Read more

A memory of Coalville in 1968 by Paul Sankey

'swallows & Amazons' (Or Our Childhood On The Weaver!)

My parents also had a boat down at AB called 'Jan' which was moored outside the cottage. The cottage was lived in when my parents bought the boat, but then the husband (Mr Noden I think) died ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1961 by Christina Moores

Sophia Bowles Born In Horsmonden 1822

I live in the USA and have a sampler that I believe was made by Sophia Bowles who was born in Horsmonden October 29, 1822. The sampler shows the exact same date. I just thought I would share this beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Horsmonden in 1860 by Richard Lyon

Some Fond Memories

not quite sure of date, but i remember having to sleep on camp beds in summer and not being able to talk, and the swimming costumes that sagged when wet,no schooling as such long walks, going to the cinema most sat days, ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1955 by Rosemary Chambers

Highwood Hospital

I spent nine months at Highwood Hospital  between May and December 1951. I celebrated my 12th birthday in Poplars 3, a girls' ward almost at the end of the drive. I remember so many things about my time there I could almost ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1951 by Pamela Stockwell

Ve Day Party An Evacuee!

When the V2 Rockets started to land in London, (June 1944) our whole school was evacuated. We did not know where we were going. We arrived by steam train at Doncaster and were taken to Skellow Village. Various households ...Read more

A memory of Skellow in 1945 by Tony Pink

Waterlooville

My name at the time was John Hancock and I lived in Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire before Philip Road was built. With fields opposite my home and the Convent Church along the way, it was so idyllic. The horse and cart ...Read more

A memory of Cowplain in 1952 by John Launay

American Tracing Roots To Mountain Ash

My name is George Reese---and I am in the US. My relatives came mainly from Glamorgan, but a few from England. About 20 years ago, I started to research my family roots. My mother gave me a small Bible, ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash in 2008 by George Reese

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 865 to 888.

Caption For Keswick, Castlerigg Stone Circle 1889

In fact, this impressive stone circle dates from the Neolithic or early Bronze Age period, and predates the Celtic Druids by many centuries.

Caption For Ripon, Cathedral Crypt Under Chapter House C1885

It dates from about 672, and is one of the oldest Christian survivals in England.

Caption For Bodmin, Lanhydrock 1890

The north wing on the right is dated 1636, and contains an impressive long gallery with a decorated plaster ceiling.

Caption For St Ives, Old Sloop Inn 1906

This popular inn on the harbour at St Ives is said to date back to 1312.

Caption For East Grinstead, High Street 1904

The handsome Dorset House next door is dated 1705.

Caption For Whitby, The Bridge C1955

The building on the right of the bridge was called the Custom House Hotel at this date - it was later named the Dolphin.

Caption For Sully, St John The Baptist's Church And Lychgate C1950

The church dates back to the Norman Conquest, but very little of the original church remains; the initial period of restoration in the 1820s dramatically altered its structure.

Caption For Dorchester On Thames, High Street 1924

It was a Roman town and the seat of an Anglo-Saxon bishopric, and is now dominated by its great late 11th-century Abbey church.

Caption For London, Tower Of London C1950

As we look from Tower Bridge, the dominance of William the Conqueror's White Tower keep, dating from the late 11th century and still the focus of the castle, is now somewhat reduced by office blocks, including

Caption For Aylesford, Village From The River C1960

One of Kent's most ancient villages, Aylesford occupies a strategic crossing of the Medway, and dates from the time of the Saxons.

Caption For Waddesdon, The Five Arrows Hotel 1901

The Five Arrows Hotel is the best of these Rothschild buildings, dated 1887.

Caption For Cawdor, Castle 1890

The central tower of the castle dates from a licence of 1454 when the thane was permitted to erect Cawdor 'with walls and ditches and equip the summit with turrets and means of defence, with warlike provisions

Caption For Chester, Eastgate Street C1929

The classical building on the left dates from 1860 and was where the Westminster Bank had its Chester branch.

Caption For Hartlepool, The Lighthouse From The Pier 1896

At this date the population of West Hartlepool was about 4700; by 1901 it had risen to 63,000.

Caption For Holywell, Plunge Bath, St Winefride's Well C1930

Dating from the 7th century, and named after Winifride, or Gwenffrewi in Welsh, the holy well has been the site of pilgrimage ever since, and known as 'the Lourdes of Wales'.

Caption For Govilon, The Drawbridge 1936

The date 1960 is inscribed on the side of the bridge, which is now a fixed bridge with rolled steel joists and a wooden deck.

Caption For Whitegate, The Parish Church C1960

The beautiful white gates pictured here are not the ones that give this village its name - the name probably arose from much older gates at the nearby Vale Royal Abbey, once the largest Cistercian abbey

Caption For Gumfreston, Church 1890

The nave and chancel date back to the 12th century; the tower is 13th century.

Caption For Kersey, The Church C1955

The terrace stepping down the hill on the left is dated 1880.

Caption For Great Chart, Swinford Manor 1901

The manor house dates back to the 13th century, and formed part of a large estate.

Caption For Trusthorpe, St Peter's Church C1955

Of the medieval church, only the chancel arch survives; the tower dates from 1606, the nave from 1842 and the chancel was rebuilt in 1931.

Caption For Southwold, Town Hall And High Street C1960

The central lamp standard dates from 1873: the globe is supported by fishes and surmounted with the crown and arrows of St Edmund, to whom the church is dedicated.

Caption For Bridgend, St Illtyd's Church 1898

St Illtyd's is built in the Decorated style and dates from the early 14th century; the nave was rebuilt and a north aisle added in 1849 at a cost of £1,200.

Caption For Bourn, Bourne Mill C1955

This post mill is thought to date from the 17th century, and is perhaps the oldest working post mill in the country.