Maps

666 maps found.

1922, Sutton Ref. POP843132
1919, Sutton Ref. POP843133
1897, Sutton Ref. RNE843130
1898, Sutton Ref. RNE843134
1896, Sutton Ref. RNE843137
1946, Sutton Ref. NPO843119
1946, Sutton Ref. NPO843120
1946, Sutton Ref. NPO843134
1945, Sutton Ref. NPO843136
1921, Sutton Ref. POP843117
1922, Sutton Ref. POP843120
1921, Sutton Ref. POP843122
1919, Sutton Ref. POP843123
1919, Sutton Ref. POP843127
1920, Sutton Ref. POP843128
1920, Sutton Ref. POP843134
1921, Sutton Ref. POP843135
1920, Sutton Ref. POP843137
1947, Sutton Ref. NPO843113
1946, Sutton Ref. NPO843123

Books

4 books found. Showing results 73 to 4.

Memories

448 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

The Shakey Bridge

My mother left Yorkshire with me in 1945 when I was four years old. She worked for a Mrs Curzon at Arrochar house in Rothiemay as a cook and general help. I think the owners were titled people. I remember collecting ...Read more

A memory of Rothiemay Crossroads in 1945 by Lucie Nee; Roberts

6th Northwood Scouts Go Hostelling

I remember staying at the youth hostel in Greens Norton with the patrol leaders of the 6th Northwood Scout Group. I was an ASL (Assistant Scout Leader) with the troop for several years and as I had always ...Read more

A memory of Greens Norton in 1980 by John Howard Norfolk

Nether Wallop 1930 1940

My uncle, Sir Howard Button. bought 2 cottages, Mallows and Yew Tree Cottage and a house, Straw Hall, in 1915. I have an album of photographs of the cottages from 1915 - 1926. My uncle let us (my parents, my brother ...Read more

A memory of Nether Wallop in 1930 by John Donne

Childhood In Benham Valence

It was in April 1950 that I was born in the Victorian wing of Benham Valence - actually in the flat above the garages - a very primitive dwelling with no bathroom or indoor toilet. Unfortunately the whole wing was ...Read more

A memory of Benham Park in 1950 by Nicolette Craggs

The Keelings 1940 Evacuees

My sister, Joy, elder brother, Richard and myself, John Keeling, were evacuated to Llanharan in June 1940. After a short time Richard and myself were placed with a lovely old lady at 12 Seymour Avenue, Mrs Surridge. I do ...Read more

A memory of Llanharan in 1940 by John Keeling

Growing Up In Greenford 1957 1970s

Wow! Thanks for those memories. A million miles away in rural East Anglia, remembering growing up in Greenford. Stanhope Infants and Juniors, Mr Bishop, Mrs Avery, anybody went there remember them? Sainsburys ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Gill Hewlett

Wilton Memories

Like Gloria Friend, I spent a happy childhood in Hornchurch, attending Suttons Primary School where my mother (Mrs Wilton) was deputy head and Mr Occomore our headmaster. We were carefully drilled in our tables, phonics and ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1948 by Elizabeth Housego

Thanks For The Memories

My goodness this brings back memories! I grew up in Irby and we lived in Oaklea Road from the late 40’s to the late 60’s – I’m now a true blue Aussie having lived in Queensland since the mid 70’s but about to revisit Irby in ...Read more

A memory of Irby by Daphne Titus Rees

The Tilt

Does anyone remember the little sweet shop on the Tilt.  I do, and remember walking home from St Andrew's School in Cedar Road, along the little alley onto Stoke Road, across to the Fire Station and up towards the Running Mare.  The  little ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1960 by Christine Elmer

Family Day Out Clerkenwell To Caterham 1925

The above photo depicts Dorothy Connor (nee Step) aged 10, with her late Mother Elizabeth Step (aged 46) and her Sister, Florence Step (aged 21) having alighted from the 159a Bus which brought them from their ...Read more

A memory of Caterham by Elisabeth Connor

Captions

140 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Sandilands, The Village C1955

This view is taken from the steps up to the sea wall behind the dunes, and looks across the small resort of Sandilands, just south of Sutton on Sea.

Caption For Hooton, The Memorial And St Paul's Church C1960

Although it is the church serving the parish of Hooton, St Paul's Church sits much closer to the nearby village of Little Sutton.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Deer Park, The Bank 2005

According to Christine Smith (author of 'Sutton Coldfield under the Earls of Warwick'), on the death of Richard I (Richard the Lionheart), Lord Bassett enclosed a hunting ground - Bassett's Heath

Caption For Little Sutton, The Square C1935

The signpost pictured here reminds us that Little Sutton straddles the main road linking Chester with Birkenhead.

Caption For Little Sutton, Chester Road 1966

Today Little Sutton has become a suburb of the much newer town of Ellesmere Port.

Caption For Somerton, Long Sutton And Langport Roads 1904

West of the Market Square the road divides: the left hand road goes to Long Sutton, the right fork heads for Langport.

Caption For Sutton On Sea, The Beach 1890

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

Caption For Sutton On Sea, The Beach 1890

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

Caption For Holbeach, High Street C1955

West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.

Caption For Edwinstowe, High Street C1955

The Mansfield, Sutton and District Co-operative Society shop on the corner (left) was funded by Earl Manvers in 1895.

Caption For Banstead, The Station C1965

Banstead station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs station, opened in 1865.

Caption For Sutton, St Barnabas Church 1904

St Barnabas Church was built in the 1880s to the designs of Carpenter and Ingelow.

Caption For Edwinstowe, High Street C1955

The Mansfield, Sutton and District Co-operative Society shop on the corner (left) was funded by Earl Manvers in 1895.

Caption For Holbeach, High Street C1955

West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.

Caption For Long Sutton, Market Place C1950

Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton. This market town is noted for its rare 13th-century lead spire and late Norman nave.

Caption For Long Sutton, Market Place C1950

Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton. This market town is noted for its rare 13th-century lead spire and late Norman nave.

Caption For Broughton Astley, Ye Olde Bulls Head Inn C1967

The Baptist chapel at nearby Sutton-in- Elms and an adjacent 17th- century farmhouse are, however, of some interest.

Caption For Churchtown, Hesketh Arms Hotel C1960

William 'Duke' Sutton was landlord of the Black Bull when he opened his bathing hut at South Hawes near what is now the junction of Duke Street and Lord Street.

Caption For Broughton Astley, Ye Olde Bulls Head Inn C1967

The Baptist chapel at nearby Sutton-in- Elms and an adjacent 17th- century farmhouse are, however, of some interest.

Caption For Woodmansterne, The Village C1955

Nestled in the rear slopes of the North Downs, the village derives its ancient name from the Saxon word 'wudmeresthorn', meaning 'thornbush by the boundary of the wood', and was mentioned in the Domesday

Caption For Cheam, Upper Mulgrave Road C1950

Mulgrave Road on the approach to the entrance to Cheam Station, which is behind the trees on the left, includes on the extreme right a branch of the Norvic chain of shoe shops, with a local outpost of Sutton

Caption For Sutton Courtenay, Village 1890

Once a royal manor, until Henry II gave it to the Courtenays, the village of Sutton Courtenay has several notable buildings.

Caption For Sutton, Cheam Road C1960

As a result of the development of Sutton, this is now St Nicholas Way. In the distance a single-decker bus, probably a 213 from Kingston and Cheam, approaches the crossroads at the Cock Hotel.

Caption For Sutton, The Ford C1955

East of Sandy, the small village of Sutton is distinguished by its narrow medieval pack-horse bridge which took pedlars and carriers' pack ponies dry-shod past the ford, which is still in use today.