Places

5 places found.

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Photos

18 photos found. Showing results 421 to 18.

Maps

573 maps found.

1896, Scotland Gate Ref. HOSM58693
1924, Wavendon Gate Ref. HOSM63562
1895, Marks Gate Ref. HOSM53357
1902-1903, Smithy Gate Ref. RNC833396
1899, Lyon's Gate Ref. RNC771188
1902-1903, Stanton Gate Ref. RNC838504
1898-1901, Wavendon Gate Ref. RNC862306
1899-1902, Weethley Gate Ref. RNC862733
1946, New Cross Gate Ref. NPO789582
1899, Hook-A-Gate Ref. RNE739955
1898 - 1899, Hornsby Gate Ref. HOSM48940
1897 - 1898, Chelwood Gate Ref. HOSM40794
1886 - 1887, Kerry's Gate Ref. HOSM49770
1878 - 1906, Sparnon Gate Ref. HOSM46205
1878 - 1906, Sparnon Gate Ref. HOSM52625
1878 - 1906, Sparnon Gate Ref. HOSM63143
1887 - 1899, Deeping Gate Ref. HOSM42953
1883 - 1901, Two Gates Ref. HOSM61193
1882 - 1900, Wood Gate Ref. HOSM43504
1897 - 1898, Lee Gate Ref. HOSM51004

Books

1 books found. Showing results 505 to 1.

Memories

676 memories found. Showing results 211 to 220.

A Very Unusual Bank Building In Style

The bank's origins relate to Blackburn, Lancashire, then moved to Manchester where a later generation of the Cunliffe Brooks became a very wealthy local landowner. Opened an Altrincham branch on 7th April ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1870 by Trevor Jones

Policeman's Daughter

My dad Harry Newbon, became the village bobby in 1956. We lived in the police house in Wellfield Road until 1964 - the happiest days of my young life. Attending the village school where the head was Mr Hayton. Does anyone ...Read more

A memory of Alrewas by Christine Burton

Mystery Postcard

I have an old, and I assume original, Frith postcard with the above photo on it and these words: "This is your father's early home. It once belonged to your grandfather. He sold it when he went to .....(illegible) Thought you ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills by Wendy Truscott

Our First Date.

I was a Drill Instructor at RAF West Kirby and my wife and I set eyes on each other at a dance for the RAF personnel at the Methodist Church Hall in Wallasey Village on Jan 23rd 1950. A week later we had our first date at the ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1950 by William Hanna

Happy Days At Brimington School?

I attended Brimington Boys from 1962 - 1966. The Headmaster during my school time was the arch nemises of all pupils, Mr D Kelly. Looking back now I have nothing but admiration and a great respect for him and his ...Read more

A memory of Brimington in 1962 by Paul Gibbons

Davidson Road Secondary School

I remember the school very well, I left in 1953. Does anyone recall some of the teachers names such as Mr Bonner, Headmaster, Mr Burrows, Science Teacher, Mr Chambers, PT and Geography. The school captain was Phil Jones ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Mike Worthington

The Gardens Remembered

I am puzzled as to which year this photo was taken. It must have been very late fifties because my earliest memory of The Rest Garden, as we called it, was when it was still recognizeable as a graveyard. The gravestones (many ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

Christian Youth Fellowship Weekend

It may be 1965 and this is my query. Does anyone remember this event at Butlins in Minehead around Easter in either 1964 or 1965? I am trying to pinpoint the date to arrange a reunion but can't seem to get ...Read more

A memory of Minehead in 1964 by Linda Earl

Oh For Thing Past.

I was born in 1941 in St Augustine's Rd at the top of Chalk Pit Ave. The memory I have are, the Bull Inn at the corner of Sandy Lane next to Nashes Paper Mills. Ridge ways ? the all one shop, {things past}. Doing paper rounds ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray in 1950 by David Stallwood

What An Education!

It's pity that there are no images of Cannock's schools on this archive. Cannock actually had a number of schools long before many other towns. Primary education for all didn't come into effect until the Education Act of 1870 made it ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 505 to 528.

Caption For Cardington, The Village C1960

The house is called Brook House; there is an inscription above the crest over the porch (just to the right of the road sign) that dates the building to 1574.

Caption For Churchtown, The Punch Bowl Inn C1955

St Helen's Church, from where this photograph was taken, aptly deserves its epithet 'Cathedral of the Fylde': it is a magnificent building whose earliest parts date from the 12th century

Caption For Little Waldingfield, Church 1906

The south porch dates from 1466.

Caption For Sandbach, The Black Bear Inn And Market Place C1955

The Saxon crosses are just behind the Black Bear pub on the left, which has the date of 1634 just above the entrance.

Caption For Worcester, Friar Street 1891

Though its front dated from 1480, No 32 was where visitors to the Franciscan friary (founded in 1239) lodged.

Caption For Axmouth, 1918

The village probably dates from Saxon times, and it was a royal manor of King Athelstan, Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror.

Caption For Thaxted, Stoney Lane C1955

The cluster of timbered houses are of late 15th century date.

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street 1920

Much of this scene has been redeveloped, although the building with a carved date of 1893 above Hepworths survives.

Caption For Chartham, The Church And Green 1903

St Mary's Church by the charming village green is home to a famous brass dating back to 1306 of Robert de Setvans portraying a military knight.

Caption For Kingswinford, Parish Church Of St Mary C1965

It is thought to date from around 1120.

Caption For Shirley, Longmore Road C1965

The name means 'long heath', and it was recorded in a deed dated 1426, now at Stratford Records Office.

Caption For Clitheroe, From Castle Street 1921

Carrying the town's clock is the Carnegie Library, dating from 1905, and behind, in Church Street, is the 19th-century Town Hall.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1960

The town, once an important centre for the woollen trade, has many fine golden Cotswold stone buildings dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when many affluent wool merchants made their home here

Caption For Southampton, The Civic Centre C1955

The building dates back to the 1930s; soaring above it is the distinctive 182-ft high tower, visible from many parts of the city.

Caption For Sleaford, Monument C1950

This view looks north along South Gate past the extraordinarily grandiose statue in its towering medieval-style spired canopy to a 19th-century MP, Henry Handley, which dates from 1850.

Caption For Fittleworth, The Swan Hotel 1914

The Swan, near the river in Lower Fittleworth and recorded in a document dated 1640, is possibly one of the two alehouses mentioned earlier in 1536.

Caption For Machynlleth, Pentrerhedyn Street C1955

This picture has several features to date it at around 1955.

Caption For Corringham, Bull Inn C1950

The Bull dates largely from the 17th century, though the wing on the right, with its projecting gable, is two centuries older.

Caption For Upper Dicker, The Plough Inn C1950

This Shepherd Neame pub pre-dates Horatio Bottomley's era, and includes 18th- and earlier 19th-century ele- ments.

Caption For Bath, Old Bridge 1887

The stonework arches belong to the 1754 replacement for St Lawrence's Bridge; it dated from 1362, and even had a chapel to St Lawrence halfway across.

Caption For Bath, Lansdown Crescent 1896

Lansdown Crescent is one of John Palmer's finest compositions, and dates from 1789 to 1793.

Caption For Longdon, Moat Bank C1960

Longdon's church, seen here behind the trees, has a tower and spire dating from the 14th century.

Caption For Iona, St Martin's Cross 1903

It dates from the 8th century.