Maps

745 maps found.

1896 - 1897, New Mills Ref. HOSM54844
1888 - 1892, New Mill Ref. HOSM54752
1896 - 1897, Mill Fm Ref. HOSM54957
1907-1908, Mill Of Brighty Ref. RNC780411
1909-1910, Mill Of Pitcaple Ref. RNC780497
1884 - 1904, Buck's Mills Ref. HOSM39467
1906, Trevemper Ref. HOSM62456
1905, Bealsmill Ref. HOSM37295
1882, Forest Green Ref. HOSM44008
1901, Hampton Beech Ref. HOSM54759
1883, Great Saredon Ref. HOSM63592
1902, Argoed Ref. HOSM36195
1879, Millmeece Ref. HOSM53738
1901, Buckpool Ref. HOSM37459
1899, How Ref. HOSM49021
1879, Coombe Ref. HOSM56793
1882, Bridgend Ref. HOSM52620
1892, Great Plumpton Ref. HOSM64044
1888, Clapworthy Ref. HOSM41020
1908, Criddlestyle Ref. HOSM44339

Books

1 books found. Showing results 793 to 1.

Memories

1,715 memories found. Showing results 331 to 340.

Mud And Beer

Although we lived in Ashingdon, my mum used to take me and my siblings swimming at Stambridge Mill. The Cherry Tree pub nearby was where I used to go under-age drinking before I left school. As a very young child I remember visiting ...Read more

A memory of Rochford in 1964 by Don Pepper

Family Reunion At Easter Time.

My mum's family, the Tame's, owned Shilla Mill during the war. In 1975 we stayed there over Easter for a family reunion.

A memory of Polzeath in 1975 by Sue Parker

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

Happy Youth

I first found out about when I moved to Great Horton in Bradford about 1952. I met a boy called Philip Tempest who lived in a house near by, we became life long friends. His parent took me on holiday with them to a cottage they owned in ...Read more

A memory of Nesfield in 1950 by Donald Rumbold

Jackson's Mill

I grew up in Bourne End and went to the Primary School from 1954 to 1960. My father, Dennis Sharley, was the catering manager at the Mill. I vividly remember collecting newspaper to be weighed and sold for a few shillings. Also fond ...Read more

A memory of Bourne End in 1955 by Chris Sharley

Working At Litton Mill

I went to work at Litton Mill when I was seventeen. Worked in the Sizing, Charlie Mellor was the supervisor. I met many lovely people and a great lot of characters. The sizing was machines with huge rollers set in a bed of ...Read more

A memory of Litton Mill by Elsie Hollis

Memories Of Padiham

I was born in 1947 to Betsy and Leonard Mcgough on Railway Terrace, which I believe is now called Russell Terrace. My mother worked in the cotton mills all her life and retired in a mill at Read. We moved to Moor Lane where we ...Read more

A memory of Whalley in 1957 by Jean Ashurst

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

My School Bus.

In this photo is pictured a 645 Trolly bus the one I used to catch to Edgware Secondry Modern School at Spur Road I Lived in Manor Park Cresant the bottom of which is just in front of the Trolly bus on the right, I lived in Edgware from ...Read more

A memory of Edgware by dv.ambler

Early Days In Failsworth

I was born in 1947 in boundary park hospital, as it was then. My mum and dad lived in Holt Lane in Failsworth. I can remember the Argyll Mill as a working cotton mill which was just down the lane. My mum was a housewife and my dad ...Read more

A memory of Oldham by suechalmers

Captions

1,162 captions found. Showing results 793 to 816.

Caption For Blackpool, Central Promenade C1955

The coming of the railway during the middle of the 19th century was the catalyst that sparked Blackpool's development as a holiday resort, and factory and mill workers flocked from

Caption For Bury, Kay Gardens C1955

Mobs ransacked his home fearing that the machine would rob them of work, and mill owners refused to pay his royalties; he ended his days a pauper in France.

Caption For Preston, The Parish Church 1893

Born near Bolton in 1768, he established Preston's first cotton mill, known as the Yellow Factory, and founded a textile business that grew to be one of the biggest in the world.

Caption For Bossington, The Village 1931

Lying near the coast below Bossington Hill, these cottages over- look a stream that once powered a corn mill. Close by is Lynch Chapel, a medieval chapel-of-ease to the church at Selworthy.

Caption For Woolverstone, The Hall C1955

Woolverstone Hall was built in 1776 by William Berners overlooking the Orwell, up-river from Pin Mill.

Caption For Edgware, Station Road 1954

Station Road is readily recognisable as it drops away from the underground station towards Hale Lane and Mill Hill.

Caption For Sawbridgeworth, The White Lion Inn 1903

market place, with the stolid red-brick White Lion, on the extreme right, and the King of Prussia pub along the road on the left, ready to slake the thirst of the workers from the maltings and corn mills

Caption For Dulverton, 1892

In this view the medieval bridge is on the left and the former Crepe Mill of 1814, now the Dulverton Laundry, dominates the centre.

Caption For Leeds, Parish Church 1891

There were bleaching works, flax mills, leather factories and chemical plants. Leeds also became the leading centre for the manufacture of ready-to-wear clothes.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

The 'Widgeon' is drawn up alongside the mill offloading its cargo.

Caption For Styal, Unitarian Chapel 1897

Like many businessmen in the 18th century the Gregs, who built Styal Mill, were Nonconformist, in their case Unitarians, and this was their chapel.

Caption For Nether Alderley, Potts' Shop C1955

Mr and Mrs Potts kept the village shop opposite the mill and on the corner of the A34 and Church Lane. In the 1930s, they also sold day licences for fishing in Radnor Mere in Alderley Park.

Caption For Leeds, Seven Arches, Alwoodley 1891

Deep in the Colne Valley, Slaithwaite is dominated by the massive Worsted Mills.

Caption For Boston, Market Place C1955

Benefit, in earlier views The Angel Hotel, is now an Edinburgh Woollen Mill shop.

Caption For Headley Down, Post Office C1955

This is a relatively modern development, while a mile and half away is the older village of Headley. There are still plenty of trees here.

Caption For Rochdale, Hollingworth Lake 1892

The 104 acres of the lake are only 3 miles from Rochdale cen- tre and were a popular rendezvous by the mid 1860s.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill C1960

A Panorama south-eastwards across Allington hamlet and West Allington street to the Rope Works, St Michael`s Works and Priors Mills (middle distance, left).

Caption For Great Cornard, The Church 1900

The white gravestone is in memory of Edward Baker, owner of Cornard Mills (d1891) and Elisabeth his wife (d1917).

Caption For Rochdale, Broadway C1910

Rochdale abandoned its tramway system in November 1932; it was a casualty of the Depression, along with many of the town's cotton mills.

Caption For Douglas, Rough Sea 1903

The Irish Sea can be as flat as a mill pond, but when an easterly, south-easterly or north-easterly gale blows up, this is what happens at Douglas.

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Mill 1890

The mill, functioning in 1890, is now a house, and the weatherboarded bag-hoist house has gone.

Caption For Willesborough, The Windmill 1909

Here we see a fine example of a white weatherboarded Kentish smock mill with a two-storey square brick base and wooden staging for access to the sails.

Caption For Holywell, High Street 1959

The cotton mill and the later factories were in full production from the 18th century, but now they form part of a heritage park for tourists.

Caption For Sudbury, Mill Common 1932

Ahead is the Water and Roller Mill, and to the left is the tower of St Gregory's Church, with the workhouse, or Sudbury Union, now Walnut Tree Hospital, in between.