Maps

480 maps found.

1907, Thorpe Ref. HOSM61681
1947, Thorpe Ref. NPO847431
1946, Thorpeness Ref. NPO847564
1898, Thorpe Ref. RNE847433
1896, Thorpe Ref. RNE847439
1924, Thorp Ref. POP847428
1925, Thorpe Ref. POP847432
1923, Thorpe Ref. POP847437
1921, Thorpeness Ref. POP847564
1903, Thorp Ref. RNC847428
1946, Thorpe Ref. NPO847437
1946, Thorpe Ref. NPO847438
1898, Thorpe Ref. RNE847434
1899, Thorpe Ref. RNE847436
1904, Thorpe Ref. RNC847432
1925, Thorpe Ref. POP847431
1924, Thorpe Ref. POP847434
1921, Thorpe Ref. POP847436
1903-1904, Thorpe Ref. RNC847433
1902, Thorpe Constantine Ref. RNC847456

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Memories

154 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Christmas Reading In Holy Trinity Church

I remember when I was in my last year at Thorpe Hesley Junior School when I stood up in church and did a Christmas reading. I was absolutely terrified but can still remember most of it. It began "And ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Hesley in 1960 by Kathleen Shaw

Abc Minors,Trolley Buses, Lonesome School, Oakleigh Way

I have just found this page and what memories it rekindles. I was a minor at the ABC, I even got a road safety prize from Coco the Clown. Thorpes record shop accross the road, there I bought my ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1955 by Peter Goddard

1962/63 Best Time Of My Childhood

I can't believe this, amazing even if the names are coincidence, I was at Warnham Court 1962-63, I can remember lots of names: Roy Riggs, with his 'German' dictionary. June Palmer. John Thorp, we ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1962 by Victor Chytry

Searching For Day Family

Does anyone know of any folks with the surname of Day living in Northfleet? Day was my mom's maiden name, her first name was Thora. She lived next door to Arthur Greenslade, pianist, on Stonebridge Hill. I live in Mission ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet by Clive Jeffrey

East Ham In The 1960s

In February 1963, when I was six and a half, my parents bought their first house, in Thorpe Road, East Ham. It was and had been a very cold winter, and when we moved in we had difficulty opening the back door, as there was so ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1963 by Jackie Craig

Burrow Hill School

My name is Roger Hibbard from Staveley, Derbyshire, I was at Burrow Hill School from Easter 1952 to Easter 1953. I went there because at that time I suffered from severe asthma but I was never ill once during the wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1952 by Roger Hibbard

Monton Green C1950

In 1950 the paths and green at Monton Green had been newly laid out as it exists today. The paths were red gravel and if you so much as scuffed your boots in the gravel there was a 'park keeper' to reprimand you. I had my photo taken ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1950 by Albert Beckett

Wells Family In Thorpe Bay

A cousin found an old Birthday Book in which the names of some people from Thorpe Bay feature. We wonder if these were family members: Eileen Wells, 11 Plas Newydd, Thorpe Bay, Essex, Birthday February 28. Mrs. Day, 10 ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Bay in 1920 by ivytrott

School Days And Beyond

Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more

A memory of Fenham by keith.hindson

Kenzie Thorpe

While wild-fowling on Frampton Marsh in the winter of 1954, I met McKenzie a well known Poacher. He showed me a curlew he had shot, he had it in a poachers pocket inside his coat, a jovial sort of fellow. He became a well known painter ...Read more

A memory of Boston by Bob Marriott

Captions

46 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Thorpeness, The Dunes Guesthouse 1929

Thorpeness was a planned seaside resort financed by Glencain Stuart Ogilvie between 1910 and 1928 as a Tudor fantasy for the middle classes.

Caption For Trusthorpe, The Post Office C1955

Trusthorpe Post Office is on the road to Thorpe, and is in a late Victorian projection from the left bay of a late 18th-century small farmhouse.

Caption For Trusthorpe, The Post Office C1955

Trusthorpe Post Office is on the road to Thorpe, and is in a late Victorian projection from the left bay of a late 18th-century small farmhouse.

Caption For Boston Spa, The Bridge 1908

This sturdy bridge over the River Wharfe, linking Boston Spa with Thorp Arch, was built in 1770.

Caption For Boston Spa, Old Mill On The Wharfe 1893

Upstream is Flint Mill (operational from 1772 to 1954, now converted to a house); this is the larger Thorp Arch Manor Mill, recorded in the Doomsday Book.

Caption For Ilkley, Ardenlea, The Railwaymen's Convalescent Home 1925

The house, which has splendid views over the town and valley towards Middleton, was built as a family home in 1881 for Mr and Mrs George Thorpe.

Caption For Thorne, King Street C1955

Thorne was already a busy market town when the Stainforth & Keadby Canal opened in 1802.

Caption For Thorne, King Street C1955

Thorne was already a busy market town when the Stainforth & Keadby Canal opened in 1802.The canal provided a link between the navigable rivers Trent and Don, and with its opening Thorne went on to

Caption For Wakefield, Thornes Park C1960

Here we see the gardener's house; it was originally surrounded by a kitchen garden and glasshouses to provide fresh produce all year long for the magnificent red brick Thornes House with its impressive

Caption For Glastonbury, Wearyall Hill 1896

The Glastonbury Thorn on the hilltop left of the wood is missing from the photograph.

Caption For Wakefield, Holmfield House C1955

Only Holmefield House was built (it was much altered by Major Barker from 1864), although Foljambe built a large house on Thornes Lane from stone discarded during the construction of the

Caption For Doncaster, Christ Church 1893

Christ Church in Thorne Road was opened in 1829.

Caption For Norwich, St Michael At Thorne Church, Ber Street 1891

St Michael's at Thorn was destroyed by bombs, so this is very much an archive photograph.

Caption For Boston, The River 1893

It took a number of years to carry out the process of dividing up the land, laying out roads, digging drains, planting thorn hedges, improving the land, and harvesting the crops from more and more

Caption For Beachy Head, The Downs 1912

The ridge behind is now wholly covered in thorn scrub, as there are few sheep to keep the downland cropped.

Caption For Thorne, Market Place C1960

At Thorne the church of St Nicholas has a late 13th-century tower and early 20th-century glass.

Caption For Much Dewchurch, Church Of St David C1955

There was once a Holy Thorn tree in Orcop that was said to have grown from a cutting from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea.

Caption For Bedford, Bunyan's Statue 1898

This is ironic in a way, for Bunyan, the author of 'Pilgrim's Progress', had been a thorn in the flesh of the establishment in the 17th century, and was more likely to have been cast into prison by the

Caption For Barnsley, The Bus Station 1955

Yorkshire and offered a freight forwarding service to anywhere within the UK, and Pearson & Co operated a comprehensive packet service on the Barnsley Canal to places such as Hull, Wakefield, Selby, Thorne

Caption For Barnsley, The Bus Station 1955

Yorkshire and offered a freight forwarding service to anywhere within the UK, and Pearson & Co operated a comprehensive packet service on the Barnsley Canal to places such as Hull, Wakefield, Selby,Thorne

Caption For Thorne, Market Place C1955

Thomas Crapper, inventor of the flushing toilet, was born in Thorne in 1837.

Caption For Wakefield, Clarence Park C1960

The Duke of Clarence opened the Technical and Art College on the site of the old Thornes House in 1891, and this adjacent park (29 acres), once grazing land, was opened to the public on 6 July