Maps

948 maps found.

1920, Woodside Ref. POP874010
1946, Ireland Ref. NPO744260
1919, Rushmere Ref. POP822925
1946, Downside Ref. NPO692812
1946, Broom Ref. NPO652214
1946, Chalton Ref. NPO666209
1898-1901, Stratford Ref. RNC841275
1919, Millbrook Ref. POP780640
1896, Millbrook Ref. RNE780640
1896, Woodside Ref. RNE874010
1898-1899, Billington Ref. RNC640099
1898-1901, Clifton Ref. RNC670665
1919, Froxfield Ref. POP709933
1946, Wingfield Ref. NPO871383
1896, Caulcott Ref. RNE664758
1896, Stanford Ref. RNE838227
1896, Stratford Ref. RNE841275
1882 - 1900, Beeston Ref. HOSM37389
1919, Caulcott Ref. POP664758
1882 - 1900, Hatch Ref. HOSM47794

Books

6 books found. Showing results 25 to 6.

Memories

42 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Born In Liverstone Road 1948

Sorry to everyone but my memories will be vague as I left the area when I was 3yrs old, to live in Victoria dwellings Battersea Park Road. The family name was Batt Nan Grandad my uncles Terry & Micky shared the house in ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by rosaria1

Bowyers

Hello Mellissa How lovely to receive your message and memories of Country Riding stables. It would just be amazing to meet up with people who rode with us. I too have been back to visit the property and it broke my heart when I could ...Read more

A memory of Steep Marsh in 1965 by Rita Haylock

Brands Hatch

Soon after I began motorcycling in the mid fifties I began to take what has been a lifelong interest in motorcycle racing. In those days it was a good trek to Brands Hatch as there were no M1 or M25 motorways and the journey ...Read more

A memory of Brands Hatch Circuit by ducatee

Clare Coles Of Coptfold Hall

In circa 1964 to 1969 I was still at school in Romford ( Clark's College) and had the " hots" for Clare Coles who lived in part of the old house with her mother and father. I think he was the estate manager , he had a ...Read more

A memory of Coptfold Hall by Chris Parkhurst

Copse Lane

An uncle, Arthur Garside owned a chemists in Freshwater following his service in the Royal Artillery during World War Two. He made Turkish Delight and would bring one or two trays of lemon and rose flavor when he visited us in Bedfordshire ...Read more

A memory of Freshwater by ducatee

Duncan Down, Whitstable

My Auntie Peggy was born in Gillingham in 1922 and her younger sister (my mum) in 1925. I have a tiny photo of Peggy, Mum and their friend Moira sitting at the top of a grassy hill on tin trays, ready to slide down the slope. ...Read more

A memory of Whitstable

Dunstable Downs Bedfordshire

At the end of petrol rationing during the late 40's and in the 50's we would regularly visit Dunstable Downs to watch the gliders, all piled into my uncles Morris 8. The gliders would be towed into position at the far end of the lower ...Read more

A memory of Salford by ducatee

Grocer Of Bridge Street

My 3 x great-grandfather William Lightfoot was born in 1809 in Roxton, Bedfordshire. He was a grocer. His wife was Mary Jane Lightfoot (nee Clarke). They had 5 children, 3 of whom worked in the shop. The youngest ...Read more

A memory of St Ives in 1860 by Gillian Skeen

Happy Days

I was supposed to have been born at the Green.. ended up being at Tynemouth... So I missed out on a commemorative silver spoon given to kids born in wallsend on the day the Queen Mother visited Wallsend.. 1.10.1954.. My family lived at ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by e.cotcher99

Captions

37 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Bedford, St Peter's Street 1921

The shop on the right was replaced in the 1930s by the neo-Georgian offices, Royal Chambers, and beyond the gabled building, now the Bedfordshire Probation Service, several buildings made way for the Granada

Caption For Eaton Socon, The Green And The War Memorial C1960

Easton Socon was originally in Bedfordshire, `on the borders of Huntingdonshire`; the early 20th-century directories tell us that the parish covered over 7000 acres, but only had a population of 2000

Caption For Woburn Sands, High Street C1955

Woburn Sands, right on the Bedfordshire border and bleeding across it, grew up when the railway arrived in 1846; its delightful station in Tudor cottage style is on the Bedford to Bletchley junction

Caption For Houghton Conquest, Houghton House 1897

It looks out from the escarpment of the Greensand Ridge across the plain of central Bedfordshire through which the Great Ouse meanders.

Caption For Luton, The Town Hall C1960

The bell that sounds the hours weighs two tonnes, and is the heaviest bell in Bedfordshire.

Caption For Luton, Wardown Park 2002

The arrival of BBC Three Counties Radio in Luton meant that a daily paper was no longer feasible; covering Bedfordshire, Berkshire and Hertfordshire, it makes Luton a reference point for a wide area

Caption For Elstow, Bunyan's Cottage 1897

This 75-mile-long footpath winds through the Bedfordshire countryside linking elements of Pilgrim's journeys and the more factual aspects of Bunyan's life.

Caption For Bedford, Bunyan Memorial And Church Green C1955

Historical theory has it that it is possible to link Pilgrim's journeying to various locations within Bedfordshire, and the recent establishment of the John Bunyan Trail attempts to add substance to the

Caption For Shefford, High Street C1950

The sacristy was originally the chapel of St George - the first chapel to be built in Bedfordshire after the Reformation.

Caption For Ampthill, The Woods C1955

Ampthill Park was for many years the venue for large bi-annual camps organised by the Scout Movement in Bedfordshire.

Caption For Flitton, The Barn, Brook Lane C1955

Typical of many older cottages in central Bedfordshire, the mixture of timber cladding, wattle and daub, tile and thatch gives The Barn a picture postcard look to be envied.

Caption For Luton, The Andrew Carnegie Public Library 1924

Bedfordshire County Council took over education in 1902, and it was hoped that the Higher Grade School would serve Luton's growing needs.

Caption For Bedford, Bunyan's Statue 1898

This statue of one of Bedforshire's famous sons was made by the noted sculptor, Boehm, in 1873, and presented to the town by the then Duke of Bedford in June 1874.