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Maps

122 maps found.

1946, St John's Highway Ref. NPO823982
1897, St John's Chapel Ref. RNE823964
1895, St John's Park Ref. RNE823992
1896, St John's Wood Ref. RNE824000
1903-1904, St John's Ref. RNC823948
1899-1902, St John's Ref. RNC823950
1920, St Johns Ref. POP823955
1896, St John Ref. RNE823945
1898, St Johns Ref. RNE823951
1896, St Johns Ref. RNE823955
1947, St Johns Ref. NPO823951
1940, St Johns Ref. NPO823952
1896, St Johns Ref. RNE823952
1893, St John's Fen End Ref. RNE823970
1886, St John's Fen End Ref. HOSM45279
1922, St John's Fen End Ref. POP823970
1901-1904, St John's Chapel Ref. RNC823964
1946, St John's Fen End Ref. NPO823970
1901-1902, St John's Highway Ref. RNC823982
1897-1909, St John's Wood Ref. RNC824000

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Memories

923 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Living In Chilton

My family moved to Chilton Foliat and took over the "Old Post Office". I was still young then and went to the old school run by Mr & Mrs Hassall who lived next door to the school. Two classrooms and very fond memories. ...Read more

A memory of Chilton Foliat in 1964 by Steve Elliott

Childhood Days

Having moved several times as a child we were offered our first council house on the new estate in Hough Green, we were one of the first families to move into Phillip Road and I can remember my late mother saying it looked like a ...Read more

A memory of Widnes in 1953 by Robert Graham

Researching Ann Fraser Or Other Area Fraser

I have a death notice for Ann Fraser, beloved wife of John Fraser who died Sat. November 10, 1894 at age 44. Interment at Harrington Church, on Wednesday, leaving Rose Hill at 2:30. I believe this is ...Read more

A memory of Harrington in 1890 by Jim Buchanan

Laleham Abbey

My sister Kathleen Taylor (former name) was cook in the kitchen for the retired old ladies. I was always staying with her during school holidays. Her husband then (now deceased) was Barry Taylor and they had two children, Sarah born ...Read more

A memory of Laleham in 1970 by Stuart Mitchell

Looking Back To The Early Days

I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harold(Harry) Barnes

A Great Place To Live

Having been born and brought up in Buckhusrt Hill in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s and now living in Kent, it reminds me what a unique place it once was. My immediate memories are of Lords Bushes and living in Forest ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Andrew Evans

St John's Gate Broad Street

St John's Gate in Broad Street in Bristol is the only surviving medieval city gateway, at one one time there were seven gates into the old city. Fortified gateways pierced the town wall at intervals. St John's Gateway, ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Copthorne Convent

My name is Maggie Wilkinson. My mum Elizabeth Pilkington lived at Copthorne Convent, then it was called Bank Farm House, she was married from there on 6th June 1942. My parents were married at St John's church. Mum's ...Read more

A memory of Copthorne in 1942 by Mike Wilkinson

Relations Of John Wraite Mary Post

In 1841 John & Mary Wraight's son William married Sarah Curling Baker the daughter of Thomas Baker & Eleanor Hunt from St Margarets at Cliffe. Her stepsister, Eleanor Hunt's daughter by her first marriage ...Read more

A memory of Guston in 1860

Bristol's Cabot's Tower

Bristol's Cabot's Tower, and the penny pinching Council. Bristol's most prominent land mark, the Cabot Tower, was 100 years old in 1998. But the official opening was marked by a disastrous fire, a confidence trick and ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1890 by Paul Townsend

Captions

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Caption For Lechlade, St John's Lock C1955

Lechlade is the highest lock on the River Thames; it is seen here from St John's bridge.

Caption For Rochdale, St John's Rc Church And Parish Hall C1960

Facing the railway station is this unusual Catholic church, dedicated to St John the Baptist.

Caption For Malmesbury, River Avon From Daniel's Well C1955

This branch of the river passes through the Mill Brewery, at this time owned by Linolite Limited, and on to the weir by St John`s Bridge and the Avon Mill, eventually joining the other

Caption For Minster In Thanet, St Mary's Church, The Interior 1894

It was a small quiet village, and used to govern the hamlets of St Laurence, St Peter and St John.

Caption For Pilling, St John The Baptist Church C1955

The first Christian church at Newers Wood had a moat.

Caption For Helston, The Lake 1913

St Michael's is on the skyline, and round the bend in the valley to the left is the site of St John's Priory Hospital, which cared for travellers and lepers from 1220 to 1580.

Caption For Peterborough, Market Square 1919

This view, taken from St John's Church across Cathedral Square, shows the Canadian Government offices next door to the Capital and Counties Bank, St Nicholas' Gate, the print works, a toy

Caption For Ballaugh, Church 1895

Designed by John Welch and built in the 1830s, the new Ballaugh church was one of a number built or rebuilt in the early decades of the 19th century.

Caption For Harborne, High Street C1955

The church of St John Baptist was designed by Yeoville Thomason, architect of Birmingham Council House. He was also responsible for rebuilding St Peter’s, Harborne.

Caption For Perth, Post Office And New Scott Street 1899

It was at Perth, in 1559, that John Knox gave his famous sermon from the pulpit of St John's Church, a powerful and emotive speech against idolatry which is regarded by many as the start of the Reformation

Caption For Oare, Vale C1960

John Blackmore was rector of St Mary the Virgin, and it was here that his grand- son Richard set the scene for the tragic marriage ceremony of Lorna Doone to John Ridd in his famous novel

Caption For Caldecott, The Village C1955

St John the Evangelist is a fine sight but in 1797 the 14th-century spire was 'shatttered by lightning'. In the 1950s the tip was still kept in the church porch.

Caption For Harborne, High Street C1955

The church of St John Baptist was designed by Yeoville Thomason, architect of Birmingham Council House. He was also responsible for rebuilding St Peter's, Harborne.

Caption For Whitworth, Facit C1955

Facit, to the north of Whitworth, was elected for a church under the Rochdale Vicarage Act, 1866.St John`s was consecrated on 1 December 1871.

Caption For Pleasington, Priory Church 1894

Now a Grade 1 Listed Building, work was begun on this magnificent Catholic church, dedicated to St Mary and John the Baptist, in 1816.

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour 1892

St Ives Harbour, facing east and in the lee of the Island, is one of the more sheltered harbours on this rugged coastline.

Caption For Newtown, Ye Swan Inn C1955

Still sparsely populated, Newtown does not feel large enough to be a village, although it does have a church, dedicated to St Mary and St John Baptist. There is plenty of woodland here.

Caption For Bath, From Empire Hotel 1935

This was part of John Wood the Elder's Royal Forum of the 1740s, now unfortunately dominated by the interloping Gothic spire of St John the Baptist.

Caption For Kidderminster, St Mary's Church C1960

ST MARY'S CHURCH c1960. Kidderminster's late-medieval church is built in the attractive local red sandstone.

Caption For Alton, St Lawrence's Church 1927

In this year, wooden statues of St Michael and St George were placed in niches on either side of the altar in the War Memorial Chapel.

Caption For Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe Church 1887

The magnificent St Mary Redcliffe owes much to the generosity of William Canynge the elder (died 1396), and his grandson William Canynge the younger (1394?-1474).

Caption For Salisbury, High Street Gate C1950

Built in 1331, St Anne's Gate links the Close with St John's Street and Exeter Street. The chapel above the gate, built into the Close wall, was used for concerts.

Caption For Salisbury, St John Street C1950

St John Street is the main entrance to the city from the south. On the left is the Close Wall and St Ann's Gate; on the right is the timber- framed King's Arms, dating from the mid 17th century.

Caption For Hothfield, Church 1901

In the 16th century Sir John Tufton entertained Queen Elizabeth I over two days.