Places

5 places found.

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Photos

18 photos found. Showing results 521 to 18.

Maps

573 maps found.

1895, Speed Gate Ref. RNE836152
1896, Stanley Gate Ref. RNE838363
1896, Shotley Gate Ref. RNE830722
1899, Two Gates Ref. RNE854858
1897, Ryecroft Gate Ref. RNE823262
1898, Sandy Gate Ref. RNE825301
1899, Cock Gate Ref. RNE672850
1895, Codnor Gate Ref. RNE673226
1895, Chelwood Gate Ref. RNE667302
1898, Childerley Gate Ref. RNE667820
1896, Bryn Gates Ref. RNE653724
1897, Lawton-Gate Ref. RNE753661
1896, Hill Gate Ref. RNE735297
1896, Four Gates Ref. RNE708525
1895, Park Gate Ref. RNE800924
1898, Portfield Gate Ref. RNE809631
1895, Marsh Gate Ref. RNE775050
1898, Roch Gate Ref. RNE818996
1902, Anslow Gate Ref. RNC625876
1899, Ashton Gate Ref. RNC627896

Books

1 books found. Showing results 625 to 1.

Memories

676 memories found. Showing results 261 to 270.

Later Years

I have great memories of Petts Wood - although later years than those already recorded. however I think my parents where characters within the area with both being involved in local business - Dad (John Webb) with Peter Potts had ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood in 1970

Pantddu Farm And Aberbeeg

I grew up in the farm in the picture. My parents were Ern and Megan Sheppard. Dad delivered milk for many years, initially from churns carried around in a horse and cart and later the milk was in glass bottles from a ...Read more

A memory of Aberbeeg in 1940 by Annette Lewis (Sheppard

Lock Keeper

My grandfather, Edward Ernest Light, was the lock keeper at Sonning when this photo would have been taken. He was married to Lily and they had 3 sons, Edgar, Harold and Len, and a daugher Evie. Harold was my father and was born in the ...Read more

A memory of Sonning in 1910 by Deborah Boyce

Nus Camp Leverington

I had been in other camps in The Wisbech area, but always liked Leverington the best. I don't remember the two Ghana boys. At one stage we had a female to look after us, I do not remember her name. She used to make use of me ...Read more

A memory of Leverington by Mark Robinson

Life In A Kent Village During World War Two

Benenden was my home for the first 5 years of my life. We lived in Greenwood, a lovely white Kentish weather-boarded house on the Cranbrook Road, sadly knocked down and modernised a couple of years ago. I ...Read more

A memory of Benenden in 1940 by Anthony Doran

Growing Up In Trent Park

I remember the day we moved to Rookery Cottages, Trent Park. A fine warm spring day. I had just turned 7 years old and the date was 7th May 1959. At least I'm sure it was the seventh. Dad opened the door and the smell of ...Read more

A memory of Cockfosters in 1959 by Kevin Williams

Romance On Broadway

I met my wife Lorna on Broadway while she was shopping there with a couple of friends in January 1950. Seeing the picture of Broadway brought back many memories. Our first date we went to the cinema near the Clock Tower and ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by Ramon Lane

Wreck ('wrack') Hall Farm

My grandmother's family originated on Canvey Island, farming at Wrack Hall from some time in the early 19th century until the death of my great great grandfather, Edward Morley, in 1863. Wrack Hall was so named because it ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1880 by Mike Dean

Cheelson Road

My Mum and I moved to Cheelson Road, South Ockendon from Plaistow in 1955 when I was 3, Dad was away in the Merchant Navy so took no part in the actual move. Cheelson Road was only built on one side with a row of bungalows built ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1955 by Clint Lawson

Peel Street Tipton

I lived in Peel Street in Tipton from 1950 till 1966 when we left to live in Australia, I also attended Tipton Primary School, then Tipton Grammar School from 1961 to 1965 but I also remember Owen Street quite well. I remember Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Tipton by Edna Winn

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 625 to 648.

Caption For Snape, The Castle 1900

Dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, Snape was once the seat of the Fitz-Randolphs and Nevilles, Lords of Middleham, and was rebuilt by the Latimers during the reign of Henry VI.

Caption For York, Coney Street 1909

The large clock on its ornamental bracket outside St Martin's Church dates from 1668; it still shows present-day shoppers the time.

Caption For Bidborough, Church 1896

Built of sandstone and dating back to Saxon times, although with a Norman nave and chancel, it still has a number of small pews for children installed in 1790 at the beginning of the Sunday School

Caption For St Buryan, Cross 1908

This ancient cross head bearing a crude carving of a crucifix must pre-date the church by many centuries.

Caption For Coventry, The Lady Godiva Clock C1965

The event is further commemorated in Broadgate by a puppet clock which dates from Coventry's post-war reconstruction.

Caption For Grantham, Avenue Road 1904

East from St Peter's Hill, Avenue Road descends towards the River Witham, lined by middle-class late Victorian semi-detached villas.

Caption For Stoke, Church Interior 1890

The Church of St Andrew and St Mary has parts of the tower and porches that are 15th century; the rest dates from 1751, when it was enlarged to cater for the growing population working

Caption For Perranporth, 1890

By this date, Perranporth was becoming popular for bathing on account of its sandy beach.

Caption For Cheadle, The Church C1960

The chancel was rebuilt by Lady Catherine Buckley in the 1550s and the porch is dated 1634.

Caption For Windsor, Riverside Gardens 1906

There was a timber bridge here by 1172, but the present one with cast-iron spans dates from 1821.

Caption For Leeds, The Grammar School 1888

The earliest mention of the provision of education in Leeds dates from 1552 when William Sheafield, chantry priest of St Catherine, left property to support the upkeep of a schoolmaster.

Caption For Peel, Castle, The Round Tower 1893

Built in the Irish style, the round tower dates from the 10th or 11th centuries, and would have been used by the monks as a place of refuge during raids by pirates or Vikings.

Caption For West Bay, 1930

The largest building, hip-roofed and dating from the late 19th century, is Pier Terrace (left of centre).

Caption For Kendal, Parish Church 1914

Kendal's church of the Holy Trinity is Cumbria's largest parish church, and dates from the 13th century, although it was extensively restored 60 years before this photograph was taken, between

Caption For Gobowen, The Cross C1955

The railway station, a lovely old Italianate-style building dating from 1848, was on the verge of being closed in the mid 1990s; it was only saved by children from the school, who ran it

Caption For West Stafford, St Andrew's Church C1955

The cob, stone and thatch cottages on the corner (right) date from the 18th century, and the tower of the parish church (left) from the early 16th century.

Caption For Hemsby, St Mary's Church C1955

Dating from the mid 15th century it was extensively restored in 1866 at a cost of £1,200, mostly paid thanks to the benefaction of Mr Robert Copeman, many of whose ancestors are buried within

Caption For Chipping, Talbot Street C1955

Many of the stone cottages date from the 17th century, and at number 22 lived a cloth merchant, John Brabyn, who founded a Bluecoat school and almshouses in Chipping.

Caption For Southampton, The Stag Gates 1908

A rather complex road junction now marks the spot where these gates once stood.The gates, signifying the entrance to the Bevois Mount Estate, date back to 1844, but were removed before World War Two

Caption For Hanley, Town Centre C1965

Dating only from 1737, Hanley was a township in the parish of Stoke until 1857.

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street C1955

Ruther's the fishmonger and grocer's opposite dated from First World War days.

Caption For Aldershot, Victoria Road 1891

The Presbyterian church, whose towers are visible in the distance, was completed in 1869, although the building bears the date of 1863.

Caption For Widnes, St Paul's Church 1900

The original parish church that served this area was the one at Farnworth that dated from Norman times.

Caption For Widnes, The Town Hall C1955

The original parish church that served this area was the one at Farnworth that dated from Norman times.