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Maps

51 maps found.

1897, Halfway Ref. RNE724981
1923, Halfway Ref. POP724981
1898, Halfway Ref. RNE724983
1898, Halfway Ref. RNE724984
1947, Halfway Ref. NPO724981
1946, Halfway Ref. NPO724984
1919, Halfway Ref. POP724984
1919, Halfway Ref. POP724985
1947, Halfway Ref. NPO724980
1947, Halfway Ref. NPO724983
1945, Halfway Ref. NPO724985
1896, Halfway Ref. RNE724980
1897, Halfway Ref. HOSM47386
1923, Halfway Ref. POP724980
1923, Halfway Ref. POP724983
1895, Halfway Ref. RNE724985
1947, Halfway Street Ref. NPO725030
1894, Halfway Houses Ref. RNE725026
1900-1901, Halfway Ref. RNC724981
1921, Halfway House Ref. POP725018

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Memories

384 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Happy Childhood

I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and then ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by Geoff Taylor

Hobbs Farm

Our family moved from Bognor to Yapton in 1951 just before my 10th birthday. I was only 13 and attending Chichester High School for Girls when I started working weekends at Hobbs Farm, Bilsham Corner. It was a pedigree Jersey dairy farm and ...Read more

A memory of Yapton in 1954 by Josephine Hammond

Station Road Meopham

My parents moved into Station Rd in 1963, as a newly married couple. There was a terrace of new houses built in Station Rd in 1962/63 & theirs was the furthest house down the road, the end of the terrace, I think No.28? I was ...Read more

A memory of Meopham in 1963 by Tracey Acton

Our Honeymoon

These pictures bring back delightful memories! We spent a week of our honeymoon in the 16th century mill at Lydia Bridge.  Across the lawn was a view of the brook and early spring flowers.  We stepped outside to the sound of the ...Read more

A memory of South Brent in 1999 by Elizabeth Goehringer

Unchanged Lerryn

Lerryn is a place that one almost wants to keep secret so that it does not become a popular destination. It has barely changed in a hundred years. A beautiful and unspoilt village in a steep sided valley, Lerryn lies at the tidal head ...Read more

A memory of Lerryn in 2004 by Peter Marks

My Grandparents Home

My grandparents Isabella and Jack Lymer and my Uncle Victor Lymer lived above the cafe until my nan's death in 1968. When I was young it was the flat to the left as you look at the picture. It is now the hairdressers.  My mum ...Read more

A memory of Newbiggin by Mary Wood

Halsway Manor

I discovered this amazing place in 2006 and only wish I had known of it 50 years ago as it is an oasis of rural bliss where folk musicians and dancers meet like-minded people to practise and learn from one another. I first went there ...Read more

A memory of Crowcombe in 2006 by John Howard Norfolk

39londonroad

I was born in Hackbridge in 1944. I lived there until 1953 when my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins put me on a plane on May 2 to join my father who had emigrated to Canada the year before. My mother, who had lived in ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1944 by Paul Strong

The Two Bob Gun

At the top of Queens Road in Buckhurst Hill is a small newsagents shop. It was owned by the Mr & Mrs. Silk.  The shop sold papers magazines cigarettes, sweets and a few toys. Situated right across the road from where Princes ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

Busk Crescent

Late in 1945 my parents moved to 25 Busk Crescent, in Cove. The house was on top of a hill and overlooked the Farnborough airfield. From the front bedroom you could see aircraft landing on the runway. The house was one of a string of ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1945 by Alan Hickman

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Captions

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Caption For Beachley, Waverley House And Beach 1925

In this tranquil scene the boy in the boat would appear not to have any sea-going ambition if that really is his anchor half way up the rather stony

Caption For Stafford, St Mary's Grove 2005

Until perhaps halfway through the last century the majority of people living in the town

Caption For Aldeburgh, Town Steps C1955

There seems to be considerable socialising half way up in this photograph.

Caption For Goudhurst, Village 1901

The Vine Hotel stands on the left, whilst halfway up the hill is a horse-drawn wagon.

Caption For Great Chart, The Village 1908

Three small children play on the long village street leading up the hill to the church, lined with well-kept red-brick and timbered cottages and neat gardens, and with the Swan public house halfway along

Caption For Paignton, The Beach And Pier C1955

The retaining wall along Torquay Road was the 1886 halfway meeting place of the 'Flatpole' and 'Dicky Bird' bands of warring youths! In the centre is St Paul's Church, built in 1939.

Caption For Brighton, The Beach 1902

From Palace Pier looking east, beyond the terminus of Magnus Volks' 1883 Electric Railway, we can see the late 1890s arches of Madeira Terrace, halfway up the sea wall in front of Marine Parade, with Kemp

Caption For Littleham, The Cranford Hotel C1965

The Cranford Hotel on the outskirts of the town began its existence as the Half Way House; it was transformed from a humbler inn to cater for the increase in visitors to the resort and the

Caption For Betchworth, Village And Church C1939

An exquisite snow scene looking towards the mainly 13th-century St Michael's Church, which was much altered in the 19th century when the Norman tower was re-positioned half-way along the south aisle.

Caption For Basildon, Market Place C1960

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

Caption For Benson, Brook Street C1965

The old coaching inn, half way down Brook Street on the left, had the unusual name of the Farmer's Man. It has since closed, and is now called Farmers Man Cottage.

Caption For Basildon, The Clock C1965

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

Caption For Eastbourne, The Pier 1910

The saloons visible here halfway along the decking were added in 1901, the same year that work on the new pavilion was completed.

Caption For Chard, Fore Street C1955

Halfway down the left of the street, the whitewashed George Hotel, now renamed, developed as a coaching inn. The spire behind is that of Chard's large Congregational church.

Caption For Birkenhead, Storeton Road And Halfway House Hotel 1954

A pub of the old school where the landlord caters for everyone from 18 to 80, the Halfway House (right) has been in continuous operation since 1893.

Caption For Carperby, Wheatsheaf Hotel C1955

This view shows the solid Georgian façade of the Wheatsheaf Hotel in the Wensleydale village of Carperby, halfway between Hawes and Leyburn.

Caption For Crawley, The George Hotel 1903

The medieval settlement of Crawley, situated half way along the London to Brighton Road, was ideally located to become an 18th-century coaching town.

Caption For Basildon, Market Place C1960

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

Caption For Petersfield, Market Square 2004

The cattle trough can be seen halfway up the left hand side of the photograph.

Caption For Acle, The Village C1955

Acle lies exactly halfway between Great Yarmouth and Norwich. The church is dedicated to St Edmund: it has a thatched nave roof and an octagonal top to its round tower.

Caption For Great Chart, The Village 1908

Three small children play on the long village street leading up the hill to the church, lined with well-kept red-brick and timbered cottages and neat gardens, and with the Swan public house halfway along

Caption For Bucklers Hard, The Village C1960

Halfway down the estuary of the Beaulieu river stands the little community of Bucklers Hard.

Caption For Winchester, High Street 1909

On the right-hand side of the road, halfway down, is the old Guildhall, where the city's curfew bell is rung at 8pm each evening.

Caption For Newick, The Green C1955

Newick is situated halfway between two great Christian centres of worship - Canterbury and Winchester - so the village was used as a resting-place for pilgrims.