Maps

181,006 maps found.

1897, Bank Top Ref. RNE632428
1947, West Park Ref. NPO864832
1895, West Park Ref. RNE864832
1898, St George's Ref. HOSM60006
1902, Ford Green Ref. RNC707637
1902, Norton Green Ref. RNC794637
1921, Bank Top Ref. POP632428
1923, Lane Ends Ref. POP752110
1921, Oak Hill Ref. POP795237
1897, Oak Hill Ref. RNE795237
1903-1908, West Park Ref. RNC864832
1924, West Park Ref. POP864832
1947, Lane Ends Ref. NPO752110
1897, St George's Ref. RNE823834
1897, Lane Ends Ref. RNE752110
1921, Ford Green Ref. POP707637
1920, Black Rock Ref. POP642070
1940, Black Rock Ref. NPO642070
1946, Bank Top Ref. NPO632428
1946, Norton Green Ref. NPO794637

Books

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Memories

29,049 memories found. Showing results 711 to 720.

Wwwworldofcolincouk

See biography on my website - all stories of my childhood days at Charcott including photos.

A memory of Charcott by Colin Burchett

The High Street Sayer's Store 'nim' And Phyl Alen

My name is Barbara Tester and I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. My beloved (late) husband, Brian Tester, was born on 26th July, 1930 at No. 1 Station Cottages, 1 Station Road, Ardingly. His ...Read more

A memory of Ardingly in 1958 by Barbara Tester

Childhood Memories

I lived in Alderley Edge as a child between 1947 and 1955. I remember going for walks on the Edge, and being told about a legend that Merlin and King Arthur and his knights were sleeping inside a cave there, waiting to be ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge in 1954 by Elizabeth White

My Memories Of Calne As A Small Boy

Please visit www.moonrakers.com/memories.pdf where you can download my humorous account of my rathe mischievous childhood in Calne in the 50's and 60's. A copy of this book is lodged with the town library.

A memory of Calne by Mike Caswell

Hensons Of Scawby Brook

My great-great-grandfather worked as a gardener and groom at Scawby Hall in the 1800s. He was John Henson. His son, also John, worked there, and also his daughter, Maud Alice. She was a parlour maid but died aged 23 in 1883, ...Read more

A memory of Scawby in 1880 by Hazel Smith

Ugbrooke House

I visited Ugbroooke House in June 2009 for an Open Day they hosted to raise funds for local RNLI stations. It is a beautiful old stone mansion with a fascinating history associated with the Clifford family over the centuries.  As ...Read more

A memory of Ugbrooke Ho in 2009 by John Howard Norfolk

Approximately In 1950

During the Second World War my gran owned a grocery shop at 7 Stoke Road, Water Eaton and my grandad used to take a barrow round the streets selling slabs of salt. I remember looking out of my window (at about 3 or 4 years ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley by Margaret Hogg

Combe St Nicholas School During The Second World War Period

My father and mother-in-law lived in Combe St Nicholas during the Second World War. My father-in-law taught at the local school. He then went to war and was a prisoner of war in ...Read more

A memory of Combe St Nicholas in 1940 by Susan Comber

My Mum Nbsp Annie Spreadbury

My mum was born in Wintney Hartney near Binsted and went to school here. These are her memories. The school was staffed by nuns (maybe two). She remembers that one of them was very handy with the cane on knuckles! But ...Read more

A memory of Isington in 1930 by Sue Percival

Hop Picking

I have good memorys of Chartham. My family used to go hopping every year. We were on a Mr Finn's farm untill the late 1950s when he stopped the hand-picking. I would like to get some photos of the hopping huts we stayed in for 6 weeks. ...Read more

A memory of Chartham in 1950 by Donald Nicholls

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 1,705 to 1,728.

Caption For Leek, Market Place C1955

Swynnerton lies about three miles south of Trentham.

Caption For Normanton, Church Walk C1965

A short walk from the old Grammar School is the parish church of All Saints.

Caption For Aylesford, Kit's Coty C1960

There has been much debate about the age and significance of these four giant stones a mile north of the village of Aylesford.

Caption For Sandbach, Market Place 2003

The surviving remains of these two Saxon crosses must rank amongst the country's finest Saxon artefacts.

Caption For Chartham, Paper Mills & Hatch 1906

A splendid panoramic view, taken early in the year, of the Stour Valley looking across to the Julliberrie Downs, with the 14th-century tower of Chartham church rising above the trees.

Caption For Godalming, Boarden Bridge 1906

Looking south across the River Wey, with a group of children posing for the photographer in front of the wooden Boarden Bridge, the centuries-old crossing point.

Caption For Sheffield, Barker's Pool C1955

On the right is the Gaumont, a classic example of the super cinema of the 1930s. In those days many people went to the cinema at least once a week.

Caption For Corby, Rockingham Road C1955

This long terrace of shops with flats above is typical of the earlier growth of Corby.

Caption For Exmouth, Maderia Walk And Bowling Green 1931

In olden days a beacon fire was lit on the headland to alert the countryside to threats of raids and possible invasion.

Caption For Birmingham, Corporation Street 1896

Described in 1890 as a ‘handsome modern thoroughfare’, Corporation Street was the result of a massive redevelopment of 93 acres of slums.

Caption For Port Soderick, The Hotel 1893

On the left of the picture is a poster advertising a sacred concert at the Bijou Theatre, one of a number of ways in which Victorian holidaymakers could celebrate their Christian faith.

Caption For Swynnerton, The Village 1900

Swynnerton lies about three miles south of Trentham.

Caption For Newcastle, C1965

The wide end of the Ironmarket was also known as Butchers' Row; even its supply of water came to the surface courtesy of the Butchery Pump.

Caption For Carlisle, Tullie House 2005

The third great project of late 20th-century Carlisle was the transformation of Tullie House into a modern museum and art gallery.

Caption For Durham, Old Elvet 1914

This area was once the site of the city's horse fair.

Caption For Stourbridge, King Edward Vi School C1950

It was constructed on the opposite side of the canal to the New Level Furnaces and adjacent to the tracks of the recently opened Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway.

Caption For Pinner, High Street C1955

Pinora, recorded in the Feet of Fines in 1232, is a village of considerable beauty and well-manicured charm.

Caption For Penrith, Ennerdale From Green Gable 1889

Much of this lovely valley is now cloaked under a blanket of conifers, as are so many of the Lake District dales.

Caption For Worstead, The Weaver's Cottage C1955

This is a classic example of a weaver's cottage. The village is famous for being the centre of the worsted cloth trade.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Milton Street 1913

Milton Street forms one of the main commercial areas of Saltburn, and is characterised by some fascinating glazed canopies across the shop fronts that survive to this day.

Caption For Fowey, Market Street 1888

Here we have a glimpse of the church tower between the houses of Market Street in the old heart of the waterside town. Note the gutter in the centre of the narrow roadway.

Caption For Stotfold, High Street 1959

The village is set solidly in the heart of market gardening country, and Stotfold's name is a carry forward of the Old English title for a pigpen.

Caption For Fleet, Elvetham Road 1904

The lack of other vehicles meant that it probably didn't matter too much, but the driver of the horse and trap is apparently unaware of the 'keep left' rule of the road.

Caption For Aldershot, Union Street 1935

One of the main shopping streets of the town, this photograph of Union Street conveys something of the bustling nature of the area.