Maps

181 maps found.

1896, Carr Ref. RNE662739
1924, Carr Ref. POP662739
1895, Carr Ref. RNE662740
1903, Carr Ref. RNC662739
1903, Carr Ref. RNC662740
1947, Carr Ref. NPO662739
1923, Carr Ref. POP662740
1947, Carr Ref. NPO662740
1903, Carr Green Ref. RNC662789
1903, Broad Carr Ref. RNC650646
1903, Batley Carr Ref. RNC634727
1923, Crich Carr Ref. POP683166
1925, Barnbow Carr Ref. POP633531
1924, Carr Cross Ref. POP662759
1947, Barnbow Carr Ref. NPO633531
1947, Island Carr Ref. NPO744439
1947, Harlow Carr Ref. NPO727405
1947, Hunslet Carr Ref. NPO742273
1947, Carr Vale Ref. NPO662863
1896, Emmett Carr Ref. RNE701262

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Memories

152 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Snowing And Floating

Can't be too specific about the year, just know I was young. Perhaps we'd not been long in our house on Carr Lane, having lived in Dronfield before. What a treasure this house was, running water, separate bedrooms and ...Read more

A memory of Dronfield Woodhouse in 1956 by Raymond Gee

The Bull

Lots of happy times (and a few hangovers ) in the Bull pub in the early sixties.  In the days when the door was in the front,  there used to be a small bar to the left with a dart board and pin table with a small hatch/bar where you got ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1964 by Martin Coy

Cragg Farm

This photo shows Cragg Farm painted white and Sweetbriar Cottage attached. My mother was Margaret Jane Carr and was born and raised at Cragg Farm. She was 16 years old in 1926 when this photo was taken. She married Roland Calverley at ...Read more

A memory of Starbotton by Joyce Billingsley

Caddys

My grandma lived in Batley Carr and we lived in Leeds. I can remember visiting Dewsbury as a little girl with Mum and Dad. There was a market in Dewsbury on a Saturday and I can remember visiting an ice cream parlour. I was delighted to be ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury

Growing Up In Greenford In The 1960s And 1970s

Here are some random memories: Lists Bakeries on Greenford Broadway.  Lovely aroma, tasty bread. The paper bags all used to have the slogan 'Good Flavour Always Finds Favour'. The covered market near ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Danny Robinson

Growing Up In Cranford.

The picture of the Church is in fact the Old Cranford School but it displayed the church services that were being held. The Holy Anagles Church was a 'nissen type ' building at the back of the Old School. I used to attend the ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1941 by John Humpleman Humpleman

Mother's Memory

My mother remembered being looked after by Olive and Jack Carr of Chester-le Street during her teenage years. Kitty, my mother, attended 'Chester-le-Street Secondary School' where she won a prize in 1932-33: the Theodore ...Read more

A memory of Chester-Le-Street in 1930 by Jenny Lister

Help Needed

I'm looking for a man called David from Great Barr who used to drive an ice-cream van with his brother in the 1970s. He is believed to be married with two boys, possibly in his 60s or 70s now. Any information, however small, would be gratefully accepted. Thanks.

A memory of Great Barr

Mr John White, Principal Lighthouse Keeper

My great-grandfather, John White, was Principal Lighthouse Keeper, from 1883 onwards. John, with his family, a wife, and three sons, travelled from Wales where he was a Lighthouse Keeper at South Bishop ...Read more

A memory of Cromer in 1880 by Jillian Carr

Thomas Binns 1845 1921 No 1 The Green Later No 3 Grange Cottages

Hello - I would be very grateful for any information - especially photos - of my ancestor Thomas Binns who moved from Cowling to Micklethwaite c. 1898. He had built Carr ...Read more

A memory of Micklethwaite in 1900 by Joan Tindale

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Captions

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Caption For Newark, Market Place 1904

The Palladian-style Town Hall designed by John Carr dominates the background.

Caption For Doncaster, The Grandstand 1903

The earliest grandstand was designed by John Carr of York and dates from 1776.

Caption For Doncaster, The Grandstand 1903

The earliest grandstand was designed by John Carr of York and dates from 1776.

Caption For Horbury, St Peter's Church C1955

It was a substantial gift to the town from John Carr (1723-1807), the famous architect who never forgot his roots, even though he twice became the Lord Mayor of York.

Caption For Doncaster, Station Road 1903

The earliest grandstand was designed by John Carr of York and dates from 1776.

Caption For Wilmslow, The View From Lime Walk 1897

Lime Walk is part of the development of the Carrs, the old open pasture land that is still a great asset for the town.

Caption For Churchtown, Horns Inn And Church Road C1960

Further along Church Road is the lovely building designed by John Carr of York, Kirkland Hall. John Carr of York also designed Lytham Hall.

Caption For Rickmansworth, High Street C1965

Carr and Sons 'You'll Get it at Carrs' on the left has since been rebuilt in an approximate replica and is now a Sue Ryder charity shop.

Caption For Beccles, Dunberry Hill Boathouse 1894

The tranquillity of reed beds and alder carr fringing a quiet backwater near Beccles is being enjoyed by the man relaxing in his wide-bottomed dinghy.

Caption For Nottingham, The Forest Racecourse 1893

On the left is the grandstand designed by John Carr and built in 1777. In the front was a platform for viewing and there was room for 500 people on the roof.

Caption For Witchampton, Mill 1904

This would have been a familiar view for Carr John Glyn, rector of the village from 1829 to 1896, one of the longest serving parish priests on record.

Caption For Rotherham, Clifton Park 1895

Clifton House, which is now the local museum, dates from 1782 and is the work of John Carr of York, one of the country's outstanding architects of his day.

Caption For Staindrop, Raby Castle C1955

It was extensively remodelled during the 19th century by the architect William Burn; it had previously been modernised between 1768 and 1788 by John Carr of York.

Caption For Downham Market, The Town Hall C1955

A market town situated on the edge of the Fens, Downham Market's buildings are often constructed from carr-stone, an attractive rust-coloured sandstone characteristic of Norfolk.

Caption For Richmond, The Castle And The Bridge 1893

The Green Bridge, named because of its proximity to the Green, was built 1788-89 to a design by the North Riding bridgemaster, York architect John Carr, after its medieval predecessor

Caption For Horbury, Daw Lane Corner C1955

Here we look towards Cluntergate; on the right is the birthplace of John Carr.

Caption For Horbury, County Secondary School C1955

Northfield Lane continues past John Carr's cottage, and just around the corner is this school established in 1913.

Caption For Hackness, The Park And Lake C1877

The imposing 18th-century Hackness Hall was built here on the site of an old priory to the designs of John Carr's assistant Thomas Atkinson. The gardens and lake were laid out later.

Caption For Boston Spa, Thorp Arch Hall 1908

The designer, John Carr, later went on to be the architect of the magnificent Harewood House.

Caption For Dawlish, From Lea Mount 1896

It had started with Jane Austen (in 'Sense and Sensibility') and continued into the 20th century, when John le Carre's 'Perfect Spy' Magnus Pym died here.

Caption For Richmond, Aske Hall West Front 1893

Georgian additions on the left, since reduced in size, were designed by the York architect John Carr for Sir Lawrence Dundas.

Caption For Richmond, Aske Hall West Front 1893

Georgian additions on the left, since reduced in size, were designed by the York architect John Carr for Sir Lawrence Dundas.

Caption For Downham Market, The Town Hall C1955

Its buildings are varied and stylish, particularly those made of the local rust-coloured carr-stone. The Romans had a large settlement here.

Caption For Shirley, Stratford Road 1951

The first, in Cranmore Boulevard, is an office range built in 1954-56 for Carrs and designed by Erno Goldfinger.The second, designed by Clifford Tee & Gale and built in 1963-65, is the research labs of