Places
36 places found.
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- Lancaster, Lancashire
- Preston, Lancashire
- Ormskirk, Lancashire
- Blackpool, Lancashire
- Heysham, Lancashire
- Fleetwood, Lancashire
- Blackburn, Lancashire
- Clitheroe, Lancashire
- Burnley, Lancashire
- Morecambe, Lancashire
- Accrington, Lancashire
- Nelson, Lancashire
- Earby, Lancashire
- Chorley, Lancashire
- Carnforth, Lancashire
- Darwen, Lancashire
- Longridge, Lancashire
- Barnoldswick, Lancashire
- Thornton, Lancashire
- Colne, Lancashire
- Bacup, Lancashire
- Freckleton, Lancashire
- Cleveleys, Lancashire
- Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
- Adlington, Lancashire
- Fulwood, Lancashire
- Whitworth, Lancashire
- Haslingden, Lancashire
- Clayton-Le-Moors, Lancashire
- Barrowford, Lancashire
- Skelmersdale, Lancashire
- Bamber Bridge, Lancashire
- Great Harwood, Lancashire
- Padiham, Lancashire
- Church, Lancashire
- Kirkham, Lancashire
Photos
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Maps
3,155 maps found.
Books
22 books found. Showing results 121 to 22.
Memories
131 memories found. Showing results 51 to 60.
Smallbridge And All That
The place name comes from a narrow bridge over a stream that forms the boundary between Rochdale and Wardle on Halifax Road, by The Red Lion pub as it was then. Folk who lived in Smallbridge were once called "Sandknockers" ...Read more
A memory of Smallbridge in 1940 by
Morecambe Musical Festival
From 1952 to 1959, aged 9 to 16 and at Morecambe Grammar School, I played the piano in the solo classes at the Morecambe Musical Festival - a premier event in the calendar of the Winter Gardens. It brought in thousands of ...Read more
A memory of Morecambe in 1955 by
Witton Park/Escomb School Sports
i attended witton park school and was junior boy sports champion then attended escomb school and was sports champion in 63-64 have been trying for years to trace the shields cups from both to complete my ...Read more
A memory of Bishop Auckland by
Stowlangtoft Hall
Typing this memory on behalf of my mother-in-law, Doris Leadbitter (now Doris Sidebottom) who worked as a nursery assistant between January 1946 and June 1947. She says "I always thought about the children and wondered how they ...Read more
A memory of Stowlangtoft in 1946 by
War Years
Ths is the memory of my cousin, Audrey, aged 79. We were talking yesterday and she told me how, with her mother, she had travelled from Lancashire to see her father who was stationed in the area. They had to get permission to travel ...Read more
A memory of Dibden Purlieu in 1943 by
1952 1962
After moving many times between Enniskillen and Liverpool, I moved to Kirkby with my mum, dad and two brothers in 1952. There were only a couple of roads finished and after living in a cramped one room, which housed the bed, the ...Read more
A memory of Kirkby by
Mr.Bert Bird
Am doing some research on my dad and have discovered that he was lodging in Darwen Lancashire in 1939,working as assistant manager at Hollins Brush Company.Does anyone remember this factory?
A memory of Edmonton by
Days Kids
My memories of Mexborough were playing by the canal down ferry boat lane of church street , canal barges would come along and we would open the old bridge and let them through and the boat man would throw us pennies for our help. We would go ...Read more
A memory of Mexborough by
Quest For My Ain Folk
I visited St Peter's in August 1976 as part of a search for traces of my ancestors, the De Vauxs of Adlington, French Hugenots who first settled from France, in 1630. They became Yeomen farmers on the Leghs Adlington estate and ...Read more
A memory of Prestbury in 1976 by
Happy Horsey Holidays
I have the fondest memories of childhood holidays spent in Ennerdale and a deep and lasting love of the valley, brought about not only by the remote beauty but also the many, very happy times that I have spent there with ...Read more
A memory of Ennerdale Bridge in 1975 by
Captions
171 captions found. Showing results 121 to 144.
At one time Bardsea was part of Lancashire, and could only be reached by boat or by a dangerous route over the shifting sands of Morecombe Bay.
The building nearest to us is in fact the West Lancashire Bank, which opened in 1879; it was later acquired for an extension to the library.
In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants to build a canal; they saw it as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and transporting other goods out into towns in the heart of Lancashire.
Now very much part of Lancashire, the village of Slaidburn was in Yorkshire at the time of our photograph.
The park is overlooked by the Park Hotel, and is close to a main line railway (in those days the East Lancashire Railway) which ran between two parks.
In Lancashire, man-made stretches of water to serve mills were often called lodges.
In common with most of ecclesiastical sites on the Wirral Peninsula, St Peter's can trace its origins to the original Viking settlers who established a base in West Lancashire and North Cheshire after
The principal import was Lancashire and North Staffordshire coal from Runcorn.
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway brought cheap coal for the textile trade from 1863, passing Shaw`s own Jubilee Colliery.
The parish chest containing Poor Law accounts turned up at The Sun Inn, and its contents were sent to Lancashire Record Office - unfortunately, the chest was lost.
The arches around the veranda carry the shields of the Lancashire towns who supported the movement.
, Bramhall Grammar School, the consulting rooms of two physicians and surgeons, a post office, fishmonger and fruiterers, a confectioner, a grocers, a boot maker and cycle dealer, and a branch of the Lancashire
This is perhaps the largest village green in Lancashire, although the duck pond seems to be diminishing.
It was built by the Norman Montbegon family just after they arrived in Lancashire.
In the 18th century this waterway was busy transporting coal, and possibly large cheeses too, for Tom Rowe the Lancashire cheese factor lived in Bilsborrow.
But the village of Waddington has won the 'Best Kept Village in Lancashire' title on many occasions for being just that little bit more beautiful.
Few people think of Tarleton as a port, but in the 15th century ships from here sailed to small ports along the Lancashire coast and even to Europe.
China Street, St Leonard's Gate, Penny Street, Church Street and Market Street formed the original layout of the town from 1610, as we can see from Speed's map of Lancashire, which had an inset showing
It has not got the towering Gothic grandeur of some of Lancashire's other town halls, but it does have a certain splendour.
Acorns were the main source of food for pigs in Norman England, and pigs were an important source of food for many Lancashire villages.
Townley Hall really is a gem in the history of Lancashire.
Lakeside is the settlement furthest away from the Lakeland mountains, but it is historically important as the entry point for large numbers of Victorian day visitors who came up from Lancashire by way
In 1959 Wrea Green won Lancashire's Best Kept Village competition.
County Hall was built in 1882 and was the administrative headquarters of Lancashire County Council.
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