Maps

913 maps found.

1895, Malton Ref. HOSM53048
1924, Malton Ref. POP772733
1947, Malton Ref. NPO772733
1898, Malton Ref. RNE772733
1903-1904, Malton Ref. RNC772733
1924, Old Malton Ref. POP796877
1947, Old Malton Ref. NPO796877
1898, Old Malton Ref. RNE796877
1888 - 1890, Malton Ref. HOSM34881
1903-1904, Old Malton Ref. RNC796877
1889 - 1890, Old Malton Ref. HOSM55651
1903-1904, Swinton Ref. RNC843991
1925, Wykeham Ref. POP875176
1947, Wykeham Ref. NPO875176
1898, Broughton Ref. RNE652737
1898, Butterwick Ref. RNE657795
1947, Firby Ref. NPO705963
1891, Firby Ref. HOSM45445
1903-1904, Wykeham Ref. RNC875176
1947, Butterwick Ref. NPO657795

Books

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Memories

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Going To School

This path was a lifeline to me when I was going to school on my bike. As you look at this picture there was houses to the left and Halton Brow and corn fields to the right. I came down this path on my bike and up Boston Avenue to ...Read more

A memory of Halton by Clive Bisby

My Memories Of Salford

I was born in the upstairs back room of my maternal Gran's house at 20 John Street, Pendleton. I was told there was an air raid going on at the time. My first school was John Street where there was a play ground on the roof, ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Mal Woods

What A Bike Ride!

I was born in Whitwell (Herts) in April 1949 and started my schooling at St Pauls Walden CE School in September 1953. This the hill on which I lived. As I grew older I used to ride my bike to school (very little ...Read more

A memory of Whitwell in 1955 by Brian Russell

My Family

My grandfather, grandmother and mother came to America in 1923; Harold Hubert, Violet Mary (Abbott), Mary Doreen Shrimpton. My grandmother (Violet) was born in 1896 in Dalton-in-Furness and bought a small three handled cup while on vacation in Frizington in 1902.

A memory of Frizington in 1900 by Vicki Bradley

The Anastasia Spaceship Ride

I first saw the spaceship ride when I was eight. Myself and two sisters, Audrey and Janet lived at Whitby Road Childrens' Home (formely Whitby Road Union Workhouse). In short, our family had been broken apart by ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough in 1953 by Eric Kendall

Halton Gorse Cottages And Castle Road

I too spent my school holidays in Halton village, my grandparents were Lillian and Benjamin Atkinson, they lived in Gorse Cottages, you had to go up the steps from the underpass to get to it, or down the steps ...Read more

A memory of Halton in 1955 by Beryl Gordon

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

My Memories Of Kirkheaton

Kirkheaton was such a great place to live, I went to infant school at the bottom of Fields Way (I lived on Fields Way till I was 19 years old), I also went to Kirkheaton C of E School and can remember most of the ...Read more

A memory of Kirkheaton in 1956 by Christine Walker

Bearmans

Bearmans was the big department store on the site which is now occupied by the Coop or Leo's. I remember the toy department at Christmas was fantastic with an enormous model train layout in the centre of the floor which would take ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1956

Church Going Memories.

I lived in Malton for many years and as a schoolboy sang in the church choir. Services alternated on Sundays between St Leonard's Church (the one with a spire) and the older St Michael's church in the Market Place. St Leonard's ...Read more

A memory of Malton by Claire Allen

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Captions

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Caption For Malton, Market Place 1959

The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, which is filled with cars in this photograph.

Caption For Malton, Yorkersgate C1960

The offices of the local newspaper, The Malton Gazette, are on the left, and a newspaper van is parked opposite.

Caption For Malton, Market Place 1959

The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, filled with cars in this picture.

Caption For Appleton Le Street, The Village C1960

This village was built along a stretch of the old Roman road between Malton and Hovingham. Its Norman church can be seen in the middle distance.

Caption For Low Hutton, Swing Bridge C1960

This elegant little suspension or 'swing bridge' over the River Derwent is a pleasing feature of the Plain of York village of Huttons Ambo, near Malton.

Caption For Kirby Misperton, The Bear Pit, Flamingo Zoo Park C1960

Polar bears, brown bears and black bears were all kept in the same rather basic enclosure at the Flamingo Zoo Park at Kirby Misperton, between York and Malton, when this picture was taken.

Caption For Settrington, The Village C1955

The ford and footbridge are in the centre of the estate village of Settrington, three miles east of Malton.

Caption For Swinton, Main Street C1960

The small hamlet of Swinton, west of Malton on the B1257, above the wide valley of the River Rye, was completely deserted when the Frith photographer called on a summer's day.

Caption For Langton, Post Office And Village C1960

The cottages of Langton, near Malton, still cluster around the village green, as they did when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Langton, The Village C1965

The cottages of Langton, near Malton, still cluster around the village green, as they did when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Amotherby, Church Road C1965

Here we see a quaint corner of this little village near Malton.

Caption For Appleton Le Street, The Village C1960

The quiet village street at Appleton-le-Street, west of Malton, shows little passing traffic outside the village pub.

Caption For Langton, The Post Office C1965

The village's tranquillity even belies its distance of only four miles from Malton. Langton is a centre for the training of racehorses, and has produced many notable winners through the years.

Caption For Rillington, School Corner C1955

East of Malton we find the mostly Victorian village of Rillington - its development followed the arrival of the railway.

Caption For Dalton In Furness, Town Hall 1966

Dalton was growing quite rapidly in the 1960s, and there was the occasional need for the fire brigade. The firemen of Dalton were all volunteers.

Caption For Dalton In Furness, Market Cross 1966

The cross stands in front of Dalton Castle at the top of the town.

Caption For Manchester, The Infirmary 1889

The two statues guarding the hospital entrance are James Watt, right, and John Dalton, left. The Dalton statue was a bronze copy of the marble one by Chantry that stands in the town hall entrance.

Caption For Halton, The Castle 1900

It's amazing to think that Halton is now the centre of the modern town once more; history has turned full circle.

Caption For Edinburgh, From The Castle 1897

Calton Hill can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Edinburgh, From The Calton Hill 1897

The old Calton burial ground just beyond is where the philosopher David Hume is buried.

Caption For Barnston, Tree Cottage C1955

Barnston appears in the Domesday Book as 'Bernestone', then held by William Fitz-Nigel, second Baron of Halton.

Caption For Edinburgh, Waterloo Place And The General Post Office 1897

In the background on Calton Hill stands the unfinished monument to the Scottish dead of the Napoleonic Wars. The monument was started in 1822, but the money ran out and it was never completed.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Cavendish Street C1960

On the right-hand corner with Dalton Road is Saxone Shoes, now Thomas Cook.

Caption For Widnes, Town Hall 1900

The building was used briefly in the 1980s to house the Halton Chemical Industry Museum.