Photos

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Maps

74 maps found.

1919, Millend Ref. POP780697
1919, Eastington Ref. POP698639
1919, Nupend Ref. POP795010
1898-1900, Eastington Ref. RNC698639
1881 - 1882, Eastington Ref. HOSM44453
1946, Eastington Ref. NPO698639
1898-1900, Millend Ref. RNC780697
1881 - 1882, Nupend Ref. HOSM55472
1882, Elcombe Ref. HOSM44698
1919, Newtown Ref. POP792078
1898-1900, Newtown Ref. RNC792078
1898-1900, Nupend Ref. RNC795010
1946, Nupend Ref. NPO795010
1896, Nupend Ref. RNE795010

Books

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Memories

381 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

A Lovely Village Where Time Has Stood Still

I recently visited Kirdford with my mother to try and trace family history. My mother is a Pullen and all her ancestors originated from Kirdford, we visited the graveyard and lo and behold found some ...Read more

A memory of Kirdford in 2006 by Carol Spicer

Brimscombe Corner & Burleigh 1910 62690

This photo is taken 100 yards up Brimscombe lane, looking back across the Golden Valley. The lane itself leads back up to Thrupp Lane & Dark lane, which is on its way to Quarhouse and the Lypiatt Manor, ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

Zeals House, Preparatory School 1948 1952

After the War, after the Royal Air Force had vacated the property, Zeals House became home to Stroud School. A history of the school written by the Headmaster can be found on the following website: ...Read more

A memory of Zeals by John Porter

Summer Holidays With Granny

I was brought up in Ireland, but we spent a month of the summer every year with our grandparents, who lived in Frindsbury and, later, Wainscott. Going by the Maidstone and District buses into Strood, Chatham, Rochester ...Read more

A memory of Strood in 1960 by Siobhan Elam

Old School Days

I remember in what must be 1952 I attended Chapter school for girls in Cliffe Road Frindsbury. Does anyone remember Joy Poynter, I believe she lived fairly close to the school. I think it must have been demolished because it seems ...Read more

A memory of Strood in 1952 by Mary Bellamy

What Stood Here Prior To Clifton House?

I don't have a memory. All I would like to know, is what stood here before? As the boulevard has some older houses and the Fox Hollies pub would have stood opposite, so would this have been waste ...Read more

A memory of Acock's Green by Sandra Higgins

Fulham Girl

I lived in Burlington Road, at No.1 - it was called Jubilee Terrace, and was built to commemorate one of Queen Victoria's Jubilees. There was a pottery at the New Kings Rd end of Burlington Road which was built way back in the reign of ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1955 by Caroline Schurmer/Brewster

Our Gang

I was born in Russel Place off Hankinson St. We had cockroaches all over the house and there was 8 kids & 2 adults in a 2up 2down. We had no money & my dad was a gambler & a violent man. In 1952 we were rehoused to Corby ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1953 by Victor Hughes

Assemblies Of God Pentecostal Church

In the 1932 The A O G was to rent a piece of land within Sheffield. It was intended to buy the land from the landowner should all go well. A marquee was put up and decked out with basic chairs. Prior to the ...Read more

A memory of Sheffield in 1900 by Roland Mitchell

Asylum Road Arlesey

Alma Allen was born at home in Asylum Road, Arlesey, now called Hospital Road. They later moved in with Herbert's dad, Big Jim, who lived in the Gothic Farm House that was at the bottom of the yet to be built Lynton ...Read more

A memory of Arlesey in 1930 by Clive Lombari

Captions

288 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Bisley, The Seven Springs C1955

below: STROUD, Butter Row, Old Pyke

Caption For Nottingham, Victoria Embankment C1955

The statue had stood in the Old Market Square for 48 years until it was removed in 1953 and replaced by a traffic island.

Caption For Twickenham, The Octagon At Orleans House 2005

as the site for Orleans Park Secondary School in the 1970s, and all that now remains of the once celebrated landscape is a small garden next to the Octagon Gallery where the original house stood

Caption For Brighton, Devil's Dyke 1902

The places where the piers stood are still visible.

Caption For Ipswich, Old Houses, St Margaret's Plain C1955

This group of Tudor houses was originally plastered, and before a road-widening scheme in 1931, three gables stood across the St Margaret's Plain end.

Caption For Ludham, The Mill 1934

On the west bank of the Ant stood Ludham Mill, a tower mill nearly 50ft high to the iron curb, with a base diameter of 12ft 4in, including 18in thick walls.

Caption For Aldershot, Wellington Monument 1891

The Iron Duke, depicted here in bronze, originally stood at Hyde Park Corner in London before being dismantled piece by piece and transported to Aldershot by horses.

Caption For Pershore, The Abbey C1960

This truncated church is all that remains of the great abbey that once stood on this site.

Caption For Hatfield Broad Oak, Market Square C1965

The place-name allegedly refers to 'a tree of extraordinary bigness' that once stood in Hatfield Forest. The tree is now called the Doodle Oak.

Caption For Rodborough, The Village C1960

The Prince Albert (left), served in 1960 by Stroud Brewery, remains little changed. The Prince Albert first appears in the trade directory of 1914, when James Lawson was its landlord.

Caption For New Forest, Rufus Stone 1890

The stone reads: 'Here stood the oak tree on which an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrrell at a stag glanced and struck King William the Second surnamed Rufus on the breast of which he instantly died on the

Caption For Weybridge, The Memorial C1955

This fountain stood at the top of Monument Hill. It was erected in 1896 in memory of Henry Yool, a local benefactor and Vice-Chairman of the newly-formed Surrey County Council from 1889-92.

Caption For Aldershot, Cambridge Military Hospital 1891

The Iron Duke, depicted here in bronze, originally stood at Hyde Park Corner in London before being dismantled piece by piece and transported to Aldershot by horses.

Caption For North Curry, Jubilee Square C1960

A church has stood here from at least Norman times, though most of the present building is 15th-century, with a 20th-century family chapel added by Lord Portman.

Caption For Altrincham, Old Houses 1903

By 1903, the population stood at around 16,800 and, by 1920, would grow by another 1,000 or so.

Caption For Winchester, Buttercross 1899

The town crier has long stood on this spot in order to communicate important news to the people of Winchester. The nearby pillar-box stands near the site of the old town pump.

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 Saundersfoot, St Bride's Hotel C1955

St Bride's Hotel was built on the site of an old white house where previously a farm had stood.

Caption For Totnes, North Gate 1890

There were four entrances: the East Gate, which still stands between High Street and Fore Street; the West Gate, which stood in the Narrows; the South Gate, behind the square on South Street; and the

Caption For Hathersage, The George 1919

The George, a former coaching inn, has stood at the junction of the Grindleford Road and the Sheffield Road in Hathersage for about 300 years.

Caption For Bransgore, C1960

It stood here for centuries before the neighbouring resort had a single house. Despite some modern building, it remains as attractive as this photograph suggests.

Caption For Durham, The Count's House 1914

The original Count's House was about 100 yards nearer to Prebend's Bridge and was the home of Count Boruwlaski, a Polish dwarf who stood just 39 inches high.

Caption For Chippenham, St Andrew's Church C1960

The building to the left is the rear of the China Bowl, which fronts onto the market place near the main entrance to the church, where once the stocks and whipping post stood.

Caption For Winchester, Buttercross 1899

The town crier has long stood on this spot in order to communicate important news to the people of Winchester. The nearby pillar-box stands near the site of the old town pump.