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Places

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Photos

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

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'swallows & Amazons' (Or Our Childhood On The Weaver!)

My parents also had a boat down at AB called 'Jan' which was moored outside the cottage. The cottage was lived in when my parents bought the boat, but then the husband (Mr Noden I think) died and ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1961 by Christina Moores

Sophia Bowles Born In Horsmonden 1822

I live in the USA and have a sampler that I believe was made by Sophia Bowles who was born in Horsmonden October 29, 1822. The sampler shows the exact same date. I just thought I would share this beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Horsmonden in 1860 by Richard Lyon

Rothwell Childrens Home Leeds

I would like to hear from anybody that was in Rothwell Childrens home in 1947 - 1950 . I was Barry Bates and my brother and sister was in there too . Maureen and Terry . We have a lot of bad memories of this home. ...Read more

A memory of Rothwell by barry.bts

Isaac And Margretta Griffiths

Isaac And Margretta Griffiths lived in Cefneithin, (Dyfed) in Tabor Villa on Carmarthen Road until 1939. From there they ended up living in West Bromwich in the West Midlands. As far as i understand it was my granfather, ...Read more

A memory of Cefneithin by zakpakk

Peckham Memories.

I was born in 1934 and lived at 26, Gatonby Street until I married in 1955 so I have a vast store of memories of "old" Peckham both before, during and after the war I went to school at Oliver Goldsmiths and two things in particular ...Read more

A memory of Peckham

The Ferry Boatman Disaster

Sad boat accident Monday morning 26th March 1877 at Ryton. There were two brothers named Scott who lived in a house on Ryton Island, this was just below Moor Court. (You can read about this in my other stories). The brothers had ...Read more

A memory of Ryton

1940's History

I am trying to obtain information regarding a mid- air collision over Bracknell Berkshire in the 1940’s. Believed to be 1943 but could a few years away from that date. It is believed to be between a Hurricane and a ...Read more

A memory of Abingdon-on-Thames by stephenclark00

Childhood Years Early 70s

I remember going to Dartford with my mum and going to a shop called Kerr's Drapery in the High Street. I was fascinated by the way they gave change to their customers. The shop assistant would put money into a capsule which ...Read more

A memory of Dartford

Date Of Photo.

This photograph must have been taken after 28th. October 1896, when the new reredos, altar, and choir screen shown here were installed to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the church, and were dedicated on that day, and the summer of 1897, ...Read more

A memory of Yeovil by F. E. Burroughes

Horse Riding Memories In 1960's Rural Dinas Powys

I may or may not be the young person riding the pony in this photograph. The first lessons were conducted without a riding hat ( not an obligation in those days ) and without jodhpurs - expensive ...Read more

A memory of Dinas Powis by paula.harrett

Captions

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Caption For Haslington, The Village C1955

It has now had the plaster removed to reveal timber work, and is also dated to 1510.

Caption For Sandbach, St Mary's Church C1960

The entire churchyard, and even the paths leading to the door, are all covered with tombstones, some of which date back to the 1600s.

Caption For Wimborne, The King's Head C1960

The King's Head dates back to at least 1726, but it underwent a major reconstruction in the 1880s.

Caption For Maidenhead, Castle Hill 1904

On the right, the house dated 1882 still stands at the corner of East Road, part of the High Town developments of the 1870s onwards.

Caption For Colwich, The Church C1955

Most of the present church dates from the 19th century, although the tower was built in 1640. There is a memorial inside to Admiral George Anson, who is buried here.

Caption For Buckden, Great Tower C1950

The Great Tower, dating from the 15th century, has seen many different tenants, including, briefly, a post office!

Caption For Hastings, Lifeboat House 1894

The three-storied sheds date from Tudor times, and today are a major attraction.

Caption For Bognor Regis, High Street 1890

The High Street is noted for its Arcade shopping centre, which dates back to 1901 and includes ornamental stained glass.

Caption For Keswick, Castlerigg Stone Circle 1889

Actually, this impressive stone circle dates from the Neolithic or early Bronze Age period, and predates the Celtic Druids by many centuries.

Caption For Pickering, Smiddy Hill C1955

In the background we can see the tower and spire of the 12th- and 14th-century parish church of St Peter and St Paul, which has interior wall-paintings dating from the 15th century.

Caption For Clifton, Bridge 1900

Even at this late date there were people advocating the 'dockisation' of the Avon, which would have resulted in the destruction of much of the natural beauty of the Gorge and the wholesale removal of Horseshoe

Caption For Denbigh, The Castle 1888

The castle, which dates from 1282, was left to slide into decay following its siege during the Civil War in 1645. It held out for the king, and was thereafter slighted by Cromwell's men.

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Mill C1960

There has been a mill on this site at Lower Slaughter since before the Norman conquest, though the building shown here dates from around 1800.

Caption For Framlingham, The Castle 1909

The gable wing dates from 1637, and the remainder from 1729. The Poor House, closed in the 1830s, had a variety of uses including, as here, a dwelling; in the 1980s it became a museum.

Caption For Yateley, The Village And St Peter's Church 1906

The clock was made in Cromwell's time, and the lychgate dates back over 300 years.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Street C1965

On the corner of the green is the 18th-century Swan Inn (centre right), while nearer is a pair of Victorian cottages dated 1870.

Caption For Sutton On Trent, High Street C1960

Beyond it is the Methodist church of 1878, which has a reused date stone of 1821 from the earlier Wesleyan chapel.

Caption For West Kirby, St Bridget's Church C1955

The current building has a substantial element of Norman stonework dated c1150.

Caption For Brampton, Naworth Castle C1955

It was an old Border stronghold, the oldest part of which is the Dacre Tower, an old pele tower, which dates from the 14th century.

Caption For Frampton, The Bridge 1906

It is dated to the late 18th century by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, but it is said locally to have been built to a design by Sir Christopher Wren.

Caption For Charminster, East Hill C1955

She was positive about the dates for the last two - 1935 and 1937 respectively.

Caption For Stourbridge, King Edward Grammar School C1960

Originally a chantry chapel dating from 1430, the King Edward VI School was founded in 1552, and so is now celebrating its 450th anniversary.

Caption For Aylesford, From The Riverwalk C1960

The bridge is the oldest on the Medway, dating back to the 14th century, but the central span was enlarged in the 19th century to accommodate the increasing traffic on the river.

Caption For Friern Barnet, St James' Church C1965

In the 12th century Friern Barnet belonged to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and the church, notwithstanding extensive mid 19th-century additions, dates from around that time.