Places
26 places found.
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- Town End, Derbyshire
- Town End, Buckinghamshire
- Town's End, Somerset
- Towns End, Dorset
- Town End, Merseyside
- Town End, Cambridgeshire
- Town's End, Buckinghamshire
- West End Town, Northumberland
- Bolton Town End, Lancashire
- Kearby Town End, Yorkshire
- Town End, Cumbria (near Grange-Over-Sands)
- Town End, Cumbria (near Bowness-On-Windermere)
- Town End, Yorkshire (near Huddersfield)
- Town End, Yorkshire (near Wilberfoss)
- Town End, Cumbria (near Appleby-in-Westmorland)
- Town's End, Dorset (near Melbury Osmond)
- Town's End, Dorset (near Swanage)
- Town End, Cumbria (near Ambleside)
- Town's End, Dorset (near Bere Regis)
- Town End, Cumbria (near Ambleside)
- Town End, Cumbria (near Lakeside)
- Town End, Cumbria (near Kirkby Lonsdale)
- West-end Town, South Glamorgan
- Townend, Derbyshire
- Townend, Strathclyde (near Dumbarton)
- Townend, Staffordshire (near Stone)
Photos
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Maps
195 maps found.
Books
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Memories
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4th Us Infantry Division In Tiverton
I live in Tiverton but only recently discovered that our town hosted the US 4th Infantry Division in the later stages of the 2nd World War. I have been helping the veterans of this Division (The Ivy Division) ...Read more
A memory of Tiverton in 1944 by
Ightham Village
My sisters Rita, Susan and me all attended Ightham Primary School, the headmaster was Mr Foster, he travelled every day from Maidstone by car, Mrs Kath Gordon, Miss Tomkins being the other teachers, Mrs Hussey replacing Miss ...Read more
A memory of Ightham by
22 High Street
The building on the left, next to the Town Hall with five windows on the first floor was W H Smith & Sons and my father, Gordon Howard, was the manager. I was born in the flat above the shop in 1955.
A memory of Tenterden in 1955 by
Growing Up In Wombwell
My family and I, the Oughtons, lived at 53, Wombwell Main Row, a community for miners and their families. My dad worked at Darfield Main pit all of his life up until early retirement in the early 1980s. I have kept in touch ...Read more
A memory of Wombwell in 1967 by
Barnsley Town Hall 1955 The Year I Started To Work There.
I was two weeks short of my 16th birthday, when I started work in the motor tax office which was situated in Barnsley Town Hall. Although we were employed by the Borough Treasurer's ...Read more
A memory of Barnsley in 1955 by
Netherthong Public Houses Part 1
This chapter is a work in progress and as it is more than the 1000 words allowed in this memory, I have split it into 2 sections. The current title is : Public House, inn, alehouse, tavern, pothouse, beer ...Read more
A memory of Netherthong by
Wartime Memories Of Hay Part Two
Memories of Hay during the Second World War: Part Two. (Continued from Part One) Thoughts of 'Dad's Army' remind me that the local Home Guard occasionally used Forest Road for some kind of exercise. I've dim ...Read more
A memory of Hay-on-Wye in 1940 by
Wartime Memories Of Hay Part Three Final
Wartime Memories of Hay: Part Three. (Continued) Apart from Ration Books and the coupon implications for restricted purchase of food and clothing, my own recollections of life in Hay during World War ...Read more
A memory of Hay-on-Wye in 1940 by
When My Life Was Innocent And Care Free
I am an American and from 1959 to 1965 my family of seven lived on '9 The Drive', in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. We were there with my father who was a U.S. Airforce Seargent stationed ...Read more
A memory of Wellingborough in 1960 by
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Upton-on-Severn is a pleasant country town on the right bank of the Severn, some ten miles south of Worcester.
On the left of the picture is the long 900-ft bridge of sixteen arches, and on the opposite bank is the Town Arms. To the right is the Bridge Boat House and landing stage, now a restaurant.
This monument in Town Hall Square commemorates Lt Col Henry Lane, the distinguished soldier and veteran of the Indian Mutiny.
The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort for
Stone sets pave Town Green, as it leads through the village towards the railway bridge and station.
Widened by returning ex-servicemen in 1925 to cope with increasing road traffic, the bridge retained its elegance and here formed a background for the picnickers, boat hirers and other leisure seekers
Originally Station Road, Minehead's Avenue was built in the 1870s to link the newly built railway station with the town centre. Its elegant houses soon became guesthouses, and are now shops.
The splendid Norman tower of the cathedral rises above the roofs of the county town, forming an important part of the city's skyline.
At the beginning of the 19th century Brading's curate was Legh Richmond, whose moral tale 'The Annals of the Poor' and other rural stories enjoyed a large readership.
H.G.Wells and Rudyard Kipling spent their formative years locally, and Arthur Conan Doyle established a medical practice in the town in 1882.
The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.
At the beginning of the 19th century Brading's curate was Legh Richmond, whose moral tale 'The Annals of the Poor' and other rural stories enjoyed a large readership.
Looking along George Street from Market Square, the timber-framed building and Ellis's were replaced in 1910 in Jacobean style by Market Chambers and a bank.
The original plan for building the town included a harbour, which provided a large and safe place for coastal vessels and fishing boats.
We are looking down on the Pot Market, where pots and pans were once bought and sold, and along Queen Street, the main shopping street of this small town on the White Peak plateau.
Middleham, a medieval township at the mouth of Wensleydale, is famous for breeding and training racehorses and for its historic castle, once the home of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and later of King
New Road is one of the main shopping streets of the town. The roads seem empty by today's standards. In the foreground is British Home Stores, and Hepworths is on the extreme left.
As with many other towns, the centre of Solihull was redeveloped in the 1960s.Among the projects was a new civic centre designed by H Weedon & Partners, and the demolition of Drury Lane for a pedestrian
The Market Hall is just visible on the left, and the area beside it still serves as the town's main bus terminal.
Even today, this is a sleepy village removed from the hustle and bustle of busy town life. It is not difficult to hear birds happily chirping here, unlike in our busy towns.
Here locals could spend their money on furniture, boots and shoes, children's clothes, and ladies' and gents' outfitting. This picture could have been taken in any one of a hundred or so towns.
Micheldever Road was a new turnpike in 1840 and would remain the main road from Winchester until town development after 1961 led to its abandonment. Half a mile behind the viewer is Ladies' Walk.
The Italianate, red brick Market Hall with its imposing clock tower was built in 1857, and still forms the centrepiece of the town's lively regular outdoor market.
This photograph shows Kings Road at the point where it meets Cemetery Junction, to the east of the town.
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