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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1919, Mortimer West End Ref. POP783965
1946, Wormley West End Ref. NPO874625
1947, West End Town Ref. NPO864102
1946, Stagsden West End Ref. NPO837783
1896, Wormley West End Ref. RNE874625
1904-1905, West End Ref. RNC864028
1903-1904, West End Ref. RNC864033
1903-1908, West End Ref. RNC864045
1899-1900, West End Ref. RNC864054
1898-1899, West End Ref. RNC864061
1903-1904, West End Ref. RNC864072
1903-1908, West End Ref. RNC864075
1901-1902, West End Ref. RNC864078
1898-1901, West End Ref. RNC864079
1898-1899, West End Ref. RNC864086
1946, Haynes West End Ref. NPO729407
1919, West End Green Ref. POP864100
1919, Kempston West End Ref. POP746030
1945, Mortimer West End Ref. NPO783965
1895, Mortimer West End Ref. RNE783965

Books

19 books found. Showing results 217 to 19.

Memories

2,057 memories found. Showing results 91 to 100.

Home

I was born in Mid Calder; my sister in Pumpherston; and my brother in Uphall Station. We lived at 17 Nettlehill Road until we emigrated to Canada in October 1957. We all went to the school in Uphall Station and my favourite teacher was ...Read more

A memory of Uphall Station in 1957 by Betty Lappage Irvine

The Blake

The following information relates to the opening of the Blake school in Hednesford. The Blake school was built to replace the Central Secondary school for boys which was in Burns Street Chadsmoor (where Chadsmoor junior school is now ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor in 1961 by Wendy Barr

Where It Is Now

I don't know when, but at some point the whole pavilion was moved to where it it still is, just behind Nat West and Philips' Tyres. It has been converted into a bungalow, but if you look closely you can see what it was. When we ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by Michael Perry

Growing Up In Bradninch

I was born and lived in Bradninch until I went to college when I was 19 in 1969. I was born in the house in Townlands and lived there all the time. After Dad died, Mum moved to Millway Gardens, It was a great place to live ...Read more

A memory of Bradninch by Hilary Fraser

Earith Was In Huntingdonshire And Still Is

I was born in St Ives in 1939 but lived in Earith at what is now number 43. Next door was my Grandad's grocer's shop - Bert Russell. I moved to Peterborough in 1958 where I still live in Werrington Village. ...Read more

A memory of Earith in 1940 by Lawrence Wright

West Street Wath Upon Dearne

I left Wath Grammar School in 1948 after 7 happy years. My father was the owner of Waddington Bros. Ironmongers in West Street, but the shop and all the rest of the shops in West Street were demolished around ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne by Betty Harris

I Stayed At St Briavels Castle Youth Hostel

In the early 1970's I was a Scout Leader in Riverhead - near Sevenoaks in Kent - and we decided to spend our 1974 summer camp in the West Country or South Wales. I remember my fellow leader, Squadron ...Read more

A memory of St Briavels in 1974 by John Howard Norfolk

Old Bull Morris Men Dance At The Old Guinea Pub

The Old Bull Morris Men were based at the Old Bull Arts Centre in nearby Barnet and would regularly turn out to perform at pubs in south west Hertfordshire around 1979 - 1981. Originally ...Read more

A memory of Ridge in 1980 by John Howard Norfolk

Childhood In Benham Valence

It was in April 1950 that I was born in the Victorian wing of Benham Valence - actually in the flat above the garages - a very primitive dwelling with no bathroom or indoor toilet. Unfortunately the whole wing was ...Read more

A memory of Benham Park in 1950 by Nicolette Craggs

West Street Shops

Shops on West Street in the 1960s were left to right: Merritts the butcher next door to Blackiston the butcher, famous for the specialty sausages, also had its own slaughterhouse and in the back garden an Anderson shelter used by ...Read more

A memory of Midhurst in 1960 by Doug Murphy

Captions

1,993 captions found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Caption For Salisbury, Blue Boar Row C1965

This shows the main public open space in the city, the Market Square: for centuries it has been the centre of the city's business and social life, and is surrounded by many fine buildings.This view

Caption For Scalford, St Egelwine's Church, The Nave C1955

The basic fabric of the church can be no later than the end of the Early English period, around 1300. The elegant five-bay north and south arcades are witness to this date.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1909

This is the south side of West Street, from the north-east. W Frost, bookseller and publisher of the ' Bridport News', was next door to the Sun Hotel, where the landlord was William Kingman.

Caption For Scalford, St Egelwine's Church, The Nave C1955

The basic fabric of the church can be no later than the end of the Early English period, around 1300. The elegant five-bay north and south arcades are witness to this date.

Caption For Great Eccleston, Cartford Lane C1965

In the 1950s a new and busy road separated the two villages of Little and Great Eccleston.

Caption For Standon, High Street And Church C1965

Unique in Hertfordshire, Standon parish church has a detached bell tower and a porch at the west end rather than on the south wall.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Mill End Church 1897

The hamlet of Mill End, about a mile west of the centre of Rickmansworth, grew up along the main road to Uxbridge to serve a watermill and factories.

Caption For Hatch End, The Broadway C1960

The village is on the north-west edge of Pinner Park, itself a 14th-century deer park owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Caption For West Bridgford, St Giles Church C1960

The core of the old village lies at the north end of Central Avenue, where the road becomes Bridgford Road.

Caption For Hoylake, Market Street C1960

We are looking west along Market Street from the corner of Cable Road, a scene that has changed remarkably little, apart from a big increase in the volume of traffic, especially on sunny weekends and holiday

Caption For Witley, View From The Church C1955

Witley, further west on the Milford to Petworth road, is in total contrast: its houses are timber-framed, often with the upper storeys tile-hung.

Caption For Bognor Regis, The Parade 1892

Further east, the photographer looks west towards the pier along what was then known as Gloucester Parade, now The Esplanade.

Caption For Byfield, The Village C1960

Bell Lane descends to the west of the A361 and gives us a good idea of the variety of building styles that make up this little industrial village.

Caption For Oldcotes, Main Street C1965

Still close to the Yorkshire county boundary and south- west of Harworth, Oldcotes village is situated at the crossroads of the A634 and A60; Main Street runs east from the A60 Doncaster Road

Caption For Worcester, The Dog And Duck Ferry 1923

Near the northern end of Pitchcroft, a ferry crossed the Severn to a watermen's inn and a small quay, originally built to serve villages to the west, such as Martley.

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1897

This is looking northwards up South Street, to Stag House at the top end of West Street and the Town Hall (centre).

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, 1906

The slopes to the rear of West Street are still green, and the view at the end of the 20th century is a little less smoke-hazed.

Caption For Whitchurch, High Street C1955

A little further south, the photographer looks past The Old Cottage, on the west or left side of the High Street, towards the rendered and jettied mid 16th-century Tudor House with the carved bargeboards

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1897

This is looking northwards up South Street, to Stag House at the top end of West Street and the Town Hall (centre).

Caption For Thames Ditton, High Street C1955

The best part of Thames Ditton architecturally is north and west of this viewpoint, which shows the post office at the High Street's junction with Ashley Road.

Caption For Drayton, Church Lane C1960

West of Sutton Courtenay the route reaches Drayton. The older houses are mostly along the High Street, Church Lane and Abingdon Road.

Caption For Amesbury, St Mary And St Melor's Church C1955

St Mary and St Melore's is basically Norman, large and built mainly of flint; its large squat Early English tower rests on triple chamfered arches and has three wide-spaced single bell openings.

Caption For Ewhurst, Deblins Green C1965

This small green is at the north end of the village - the Bull's Head pub stands on the left out of the picture.

Caption For Abingdon, Albert Park, The Albert Memorial 1925

Little was developed until the later 1870s, but Albert Park heralded a new era of civic pride and prosperity.