Maps

265 maps found.

1896, Harrow Ref. RNE727670
1920, Harrow Ref. POP727670
1895, Harrow Ref. HOSM34602
1945, Harrow Ref. NPO727670
1945, South Harrow Ref. NPO834831
1896, Harrow Weald Ref. RNE727689
1921, Harrow Green Ref. POP727674
1920, Harrow Weald Ref. POP727689
1945, Harrow Weald Ref. NPO727689
1897-1898, Harrow Ref. RNC727670
1920, West Harrow Ref. POP864323
1946, Harrow Green Ref. NPO727674
1947, Harrow Hill Ref. NPO727676
1919, Harrow Hill Ref. POP727676
1896, West Harrow Ref. RNE864323
1945, North Harrow Ref. NPO793448
1945, West Harrow Ref. NPO864323
1896, South Harrow Ref. RNE834831
1898, Harrow Green Ref. RNE727674
1896, North Harrow Ref. RNE793448

Books

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Memories

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Harrow Driving School Rayners Lane 1985 1986 Approx

Memories of getting the tube from Arnos Grove to Rayners Lane and then the long walk up Imperial Drive - until reaching the driving centre. The set up included traffic lights, zebra crossings, ...Read more

A memory of Harrow by John Walmisley

Old Redding Both Famous And Notorious !

Old Redding is a hilly rural lane connecting Hatch End with Harrow Weald. It is notorious for its connection with The Grimsdyke Hotel where Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame met his death in a drowning ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1963 by John Howard Norfolk

Happy Days

My name is Brian Newman and I was born in Barking in 1942. My old man was a grocer and his shop was Newman Stores in Ripple Road by the Harrow, or as we called it, the "arrer". There was a long row of shops either side of Ripple Road. I could ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Brian Newman

Living In Hopton On Sea

My memory was triggered by the person writing about the Constitutional Camp's hall/ballroom building being burnt down. At the time I was attending the Primary School in the village and we could see the smoke and flames from ...Read more

A memory of Hopton on Sea by Caron Hunt

The Triangle

When I was about 7 or 8 I used to stand outside Wally Kilmister's shop to see the Queen as she arrived for the Cup Final in May. Yes, Wally Kilmister's was a treasure trove - bought football boots, a football and all sorts of things ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Ian Waddell

Talke A Forgotten Village

As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more

A memory of Talke in 1959

The Oriel, Racecourse And The Later 60 S

The racecourse was pretty much my home all my life, Kempton Avenue. Sorry, a bit of a personal ramble here mixed with my remeniscing about me to put into context; I was born in Ealing in 53 of Welsh family (5 older siblings + ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Nick Parr,

Barrow Hill

My father bought the land on Barrow Hill, and built a house called Carrick Lodge (1961). I am not sure that everyone at the bottom of the hill were totally impressed with the house although it did not effect the view. We did have our ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1946 by Marian Hogan

The Tithe Barn And Harrow Museum

Moat Farm Park? I find this surprising as its claim to fame is surely the preserved buildings of the Tithe Barn and surroundings. The Barn itself is the site of Harrow Museum and hosts various fund raising fairs, ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1985 by John Howard Norfolk

Northolt Wonderland

I was born in Barnet in 1942, but the Germans bombed our house and killed my dad a few months later. I was sent to Wales to avoid the Blitz. (BlitzKrieg - Lightening strikes) after 5 years I found myself in Millway Gardens in ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Philip Yorke Edgell

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Captions

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Caption For Wanborough, The Harrow Inn, High Street C1965

The Harrow is the oldest public house in Wanborough, dating back to at least the 18th century.

Caption For Bulphan, The Harrow Inn C1955

The Harrow stands on the road to North Ockendon.

Caption For South Harrow, Northolt Road C1965

Archetypal 1930s development swishes around the foot of Harrow on the Hill, with its gasworks tower always visible from the village and on the approach to Northolt Aerodrome.

Caption For Kenton, Kenton Road C1960

Just a century ago a great deal of lonely countryside remained around Kenton, which lies on the road to Harrow.

Caption For Bulphan, The Harrow Inn C1955

The Harrow stands on the road to North Ockendon.

Caption For St Ives, Market Day 1931

Away from the livestock, on the other side of the recently erected war memorial, stalls sell everything from clothing and locally-grown produce to tractors and harrows.

Caption For Steep, Kettlebrook 1898

A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.

Caption For Bramshott, Tin Town 1917

The Kettle Brook 1898 A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.

Caption For Warlingham, Harrow Inn 1904

The Croydon brewery of Nalder & Collyer sold its ales at a rural-looking Harrow Inn 100 years ago.

Caption For Pinner, Bridge Street C1955

As we look at this mundane street as it drops down towards Pinner Underground Station, under the railway bridge and on towards Harrow-on-the-Hill, there is little to herald the wonderful surprise of turning

Caption For Broadway, The Village 1899

The harrow on the grass verge reminds us that the surrounding Vale of Evesham was, and remains to this day, a major agricultural region.

Caption For Stevenage, Coreys Mill 1903

The inn was originally called the Harrow, but changed its name to the White Horse in 1769.

Caption For Uppingham, School 1932

Whereas Harrow School occupies buildings spread out along the main village streets, Uppingham takes on the qualities of a university, being, in the main, laid out around quadrangles.

Caption For Cheam, High Street 1927

Above the third vehicle, making its way down the High Street towards the junction, is the sign of the original Harrow Inn, which was demolished in 1934 and replaced by the present building.

Caption For Aylesbury, Cambridge Street C1955

The Barley Corn pub survives, albeit now (in 2000) archly renamed the Farmyard and Firkin; the shop with the crested fascia, a pork butchers in the 1970s, is now (in 2000) The Bacon Shop, but the Old Harrow

Caption For North Harrow, Pinner Road C1965

This featureless wave of suburbia grew up in the 1930s to cover the fields between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Pinner.

Caption For Cheam, Ewell Road C1950

Beyond the rebuilt Harrow Inn, the southern side of the High Street is occupied by a large billboard as it awaits its subsequent development, and the roof of the Catholic church is just visible.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, 1906

The big change is the addition, in the lee of the hill, of a well-designed theatre block by Kenneth W Reed and Associates of Harrow, along with a number of equally well-designed houses.

Caption For Compton, The Village C1955

Beyond the Harrow Inn, the pub on the right, stands the village hall; its foundation stone was laid by Mrs Watts, the artist's widow, in 1934.

Caption For Angmering, The Village C1960

Harrow Hill is an archaeological site with traces of an Iron Age hill-fort, a group of Neolithic flint mines and a Bronze Age farm enclosure.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, Old School House 1906

Harrow Park winds away to the east of the High Street, past one or two rather grand houses, to arrive at Deynecourt at the foot of the hill.

Caption For Cheam, High Street 1925

This peaceful view of the old High Street looks down the hill to the Harrow Inn at the bottom.

Caption For Aylesbury, Cambridge Street C1955

Ye Olde Harrow Inn and the two- storey shops beyond went in the 1980s, but the tall three-storey brick building beyond of 1897 survives.

Caption For Aylesbury, Cambridge Street C1955

Ye Olde Harrow Inn back entrance has a bacon shop on the left.