Places

1 places found.

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Maps

222 maps found.

1896, Gravel Ref. RNE719400
1899, Gravels Ref. RNE719443
1895, Groves Ref. RNE723149
1947, Gravel Ref. NPO719400
1947, Gravels Ref. NPO719443
1898, Grove Ref. HOSM47186
1902-1903, Gravels Ref. RNC719443
1900, Grove Ref. HOSM47181
1884 - 1898, Grove Ref. HOSM47182
1946, Grove Ref. NPO722831
1898, Grove Ref. RNE722830
1895, Grove Ref. RNE722837
1902-1903, Grove Ref. RNC722828
1899, Grove Ref. RNC722836
1896, Grove Ref. RNE722831
1897, Grove Ref. RNE722836
1898, Grove Ref. RNE722829
1920, Grove Ref. POP722831
1920, Grove Ref. POP722837
1947, Grove Ref. NPO722828

Books

1 books found. Showing results 25 to 1.

Memories

531 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Stone In The 1950s

I am now 57 years of age, and live in Australia. I was born in Stone, Stafforshire in 1949 and would love to go back and visit. As a child I remember walking along the canal and standing watching as a blacksmith mended a horse's ...Read more

A memory of Stone in 1956 by Eileen Page

Savage Memories Of Pilsley Pit

I have two professionally taken pictures of an official visit to PILSLEY COLLIERY, the pit as grandad called it, by what looks to be the colliers wives. The last pit closed in 1957 & I suspect the ...Read more

A memory of Pilsley by Chris Nee Savage

Kiddington 1938 To 1955

My very large family moved into The Chequers in March 1938. It had been a pub many years before and it was very much more suitable for us than our previous three bed roomed council house at Steeple Aston. We were not unknown ...Read more

A memory of Kiddington by kjwearing

Maltby Memories

I lived in Bubwith from August 1949 until January 1961 when my family moved to York following the sale of the family grocery business. The shop was located directly opposite the end of The Intake on the main village street and is now ...Read more

A memory of Bubwith by Helen Maltby

Annual Visit

My parents, Fred & Marjorie La Touche, always took us to visit our great aunt & uncle Curtis,who lived at Cottage of Content in Harris Barton.At one time this was a pub, (perhaps someone has a photo of it ) but then it ...Read more

A memory of Frampton Cotterell in 1945 by Rose Perry

Ss Channel Queen

This vessel was built by Messrs Craggs of Middlesbrough - launched 13th July 1895. 185 ft long - Gross tonnage 386 tons with full electric lighting. She ran a regular service across the Channel calling at Guernsey, Jersey and St ...Read more

A memory of Salcombe in 1890 by Colin Vosper

St Mary’s Graves End

My name is Gary Canham, my brother Richard and I were placed into care at St Mary’s School in Graves End on the 24/04/1961, aged 3 and 2, we remained there till being returned to our mother and stepfather on 22/06/1963. I have ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend by Gary Canham

White Bear Cottages, Fickleshole, Chelsham.

My Grandparents lived in one of the cottages attached to what is now the White Bear Inn. They appear on the Census of 1921 Walter Knight & Florence Knight. My Mother Sylvia Knight who was 3 at the time of ...Read more

A memory of Chelsham by Derek Hay

Diss A Very Pleasant Bolthole

I had many memorable times in Diss. When living in Cambridge, I often, unexpectedly for him, dropped in to see Mr Robert Stubbs who had been living by himself and his toy poodle since his wife's passing many years ...Read more

A memory of Diss by Richard Strange

Telephoning

The public telephone in this picture of Tredegar Street was outside my father's butcher shop. There were only two buttons to press: button A and button B, but people were terrified of pressing the wrong one. My father, Gomer Mumford, used ...Read more

A memory of Risca in 1955 by Cedric Mumford

Captions

197 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Dublin, Glasnevin Cemetery, Parnell's Grave 1897

The grave of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846 - 91).

Caption For Coniston, Ruskins Monument 1912

This Celtic-style monument in the Lake District marks the grave of John Ruskin, the artist and philosopher, who helped to bring about the Gothic revival in Victorian architecture and a resurgance of interest

Caption For Odiham, Chalk Pit 1903

Odiham churchyard contains the graves of several French prisoners.

Caption For Dublin, Glasnevin Cemetery, Parnell's Grave 1897

As was his wish, Parnell was buried in a mass grave among the people of Ireland whom he loved.

Caption For Rothwell, Holy Trinity Church, The Charnel House In The Church Crypt C1955

The crypt was sealed off for years; when it was discovered by a sexton digging a grave and eventually reopened, it was found to contain thousands of bones and skulls collected from an old churchyard.

Caption For Dunwich, The Beach 1909

All Saints' Church now stands at the edge, soon to join the lost medieval town in a watery grave.

Caption For Greenock, Custom House Quay 1897

In the distance are Cartsdyke Mill and east yards, the Gravel graving dock and the entrance to the James Watt Dock.

Caption For Chawton, The Village C1960

The nearby churchyard contains the graves of the writer's sister and mother, both of whom were named Cassandra.

Caption For Odiham, Chalk Pit 1903

Odiham churchyard contains the graves of several French prisoners.

Caption For Norwich, Nurse Cavell's Grave 1919

Although the stonework has been replaced since, the heroic Edith Cavell's grave is still a poignantly simple one.

Caption For Lyndhurst, St Michael And All Angels Church 1891

In the churchyard is the grave of Mrs Reginald Hargreaves, born Alice Liddell and immortalised by Lewis Carroll in 'Alice in Wonderland'.

Caption For Penwortham, The Church 1893

You can see the iron railings around his grave at the bottom left of our picture.

Caption For Camelford, The Grave Of King Arthur C1960

Since there is no evidence of Arthur ever existing, the claim that this is his grave is academic, though it would be foolish to ignore the power of handed-down legend.

Caption For Llanfairtalhaiarn, The Village C1955

The village is most revered for having the grave of the Welsh bard Taliesin.

Caption For Bosham, The Village And The Church 1902

Bosham, which lies on the eastern edge of Chichester Harbour, is renowned for its picturesque setting and sturdy Saxon church, which contains an unusual crypt and the grave of one of King Canute's daughters

Caption For Steep, Kettlebrook 1898

The church- yard contains the graves of 330 Canadian soldiers; many of them died from an influenza epidemic which swept the area in 1917-18.

Caption For Binsted, Holy Cross Church 1907

The grave of Field Marshal Montgomery, who died in 1976, is in the churchyard, and his banner hangs in the nave of the church.

Caption For Bindon Abbey, 1894

Graves and ivy-clad ruins are shown beside the Monks' Cemetery of Bindon Abbey.

Caption For Stoborough, Ridge Cross Roads C1955

Graves and ivy-clad ruins are shown beside the Monks' Cemetery of Bindon Abbey.

Caption For Kings Worthy, St Mary's Church And Lychgate 1912

In the churchyard is the grave of the great Victorian Liberal Shaw Lefevre, Lord Eversley, who worked closely with the long-serving Prime Minister Mr Gladstone.

Caption For Wootton Bridge, The Sloop Inn C1955

In the churchyard lies the grave of the Victorian admiral Sir John Baird, who died in 1908.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Abbey Gardens C1965

Excavations were carried out on the Chapter House in 1902, when the graves of five Abbots, including that of Abbot Sampson, were discovered.

Caption For Sutton Courtenay, The Green C1955

In the churchyard can be found the graves of Herbert Asquith, Liberal Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916, and Eric Arthur Blair, who may be better known as the novelist George Orwell, whose works include

Caption For Combe St Nicholas, Combe Head C1960

Inside the house gates (left) are the graves of two pugs, inscribed 'always on guard'.