Maps

599 maps found.

1895, Queen's Corner Ref. RNE812285
1898, Rivers' Corner Ref. RNE818650
1898, Gallows Corner Ref. RNC710854
1895, Amen Corner Ref. RNE624941
1940, Sharp's Corner Ref. NPO829000
1896, Fox Corner Ref. RNE708671
1894, Hawthorn Corner Ref. RNE729062
1896, Elm Corner Ref. RNE700720
1895, Cuckoo's Corner Ref. RNE685665
1895, Curteis' Corner Ref. RNE686412
1896, Dangerous Corner Ref. RNE688526
1896, Dangerous Corner Ref. RNE688527
1920, Hoath Corner Ref. POP737126
1921, Frostenden Corner Ref. POP709912
1921, Farthing Corner Ref. POP703610
1921, Kettle Corner Ref. POP746618
1920, Langley Corner Ref. POP752565
1946, Fox Corner Ref. NPO708670
1940, Elm Corner Ref. NPO700720
1945, Hillis Corner Ref. NPO736408

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Memories

2,797 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.

Lyminge Close

In the mid 50s we moved to Gillingham Lyminge close. We were the first occupants. I think it was number 10 anyway, the corner house facing NE. I with 2 friends started the Twdall scout group and as we had nowhere to go, we used the ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by Peter Winn

2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment

My father tells me that there was an airfield at Watchford and that the Paras used it as a drop zone in the 1950's. Taking off from Abindon, they would drop at Watchfield. My Father did his night drop here and said ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1952 by Alan Wells

St Joseph's Convent School

I note that a couple of people have mentioned St Joseph's Convent School. Having attended that school from 1960 to 1966, I can confirm that the location was opposite Hoadley's and the building did indeed curve alongside ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill

A Long Way From St Pauls Road

Hi, my name is Susan Thompson, formerly Hawkins and I'm 54, I was born in the above address and lived there for 18 years although my parents lived there for over 40 years. I went to Brook St. school finally ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1967 by Susan Thompson

Evacuee Memory

My brother Bryan and I were evacuated to St. Day in 1940 and I spent three happy years there before reluctantly returning to London in 1943. We lived with Mr. and Mrs. Batty who ran a hardware shop on the corner of Fore Street. Mr Batty ...Read more

A memory of St Day in 1940 by Gerard Mos

Ardwyn, High Road

My Great Aunt (Grandmothers sister) lived here immediately on the LEFT of this photo at "Ardwyn" in the High Road, opposite the entrance to the Village Hall car park in 1950s/1960s. Her husband was Fred Bowey and one of their ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by Chevvy Eaton

Dursley C Of E School

I, along with many schoolchildren who attended Dursley Church of England school in 1955 entered the St. James churchyard through these gates on the way to school five days a week. My memories of the churchyard are of the rose ...Read more

A memory of Dursley in 1955 by Janet Pfenning

Tiny Post Office.

Mr and Mrs Raines ran an efficient postal service from this humble shed at the bottom of their garden in 1908. There was surely hardly room to swing a mail sack. The slot through which villagers poked their letters is at the left ...Read more

A memory of North Wootton

Eric Galley

My father, a post office engineer, was transferred from Stoke Newington to the Larkswood exchange in 1936. I was seven years old when we moved to 49, Malvern Avenue. I first attended Thorpe Hall school, then later Selwyn Avenue junior ...Read more

A memory of Highams Park by Frank Cann

An Annual Visit To The Grass Verge Near Oakhanger Farm

As a child in the 60s/70s I would often travel with my parents in the car from Oakhanger towards Bordon to help my parents tend their allotment at Cranes. We would often pass an elderly ...Read more

A memory of Oakhanger by D Toovey

Captions

1,235 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Caption For Harborne, Prince's Corner C1965

Prince's Corner was named after Prince Albert - as if to emphasise the point, the road on the left here is Albert Road.

Caption For London, The Tower C1950

William the Conqueror's White Tower keep, with its later jaunty ogee-roofed corner turrets, dominates the scene. Dating from the late 11th century, it is still the focus of the castle.

Caption For Eynsham, High Street C1950

E M Mumford, on the corner of the High Street and the Market Square, displayed enamel trade signs on its gable end when this photograph was taken in the mid 1950s.

Caption For Wantage, The Square And Town Hall C1950

Note the variety of architectural styles in this corner of the Market Place. The building on the right is timber- framed and infilled with herringbone brickwork.

Caption For Pevensey, The Castle 1894

Within the Roman walled enclosure, William I built his Norman castle and moat in the south-eastern corner.

Caption For Amotherby, Church Road C1965

Here we see a quaint corner of this little village near Malton.

Caption For Hatfield Broad Oak, St Mary's Church C1965

In the north-west corner of the parish lies the ancient Hatfield Forest.

Caption For Morston, The Village C1955

This corner, just before the Anchor public house, is still familiar to any coast road traveller. On the right the houses still offer boat trips up the nearby creek to Blakeney Point.

Caption For London, Cheapside C1905

Nicholson, the haberdasher and milliner on the corner, has an impressive new frontage constructed in 1900.

Caption For St Albans, Cathedral And Abbey Church, South Choir Aisle 1921

In the days when this was an abbey church, the ornate door on the right, the abbot's door, was part of the monks' processional route from the choir to the cloisters, which were located in the corner of

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, The Driffold And Boddington Gardens C1965

Though Dr Boddington was most famous for his work with TB patients, he also cared for mentally ill patients at Driffold House Asylum at the corner of Wyndley Lane and The Driffold.

Caption For Blisworth, Village C1955

On the corner by the wall is a Midland bus timetable; across the road is Blisworth Post Office, with its huge advert for Players Navy Mixture.

Caption For Bamburgh, The Village And Castle 1954

The Norman keep with its four corner turrets, similar to that at Rochester, was built between 1164 and 1170.

Caption For Tawstock, Tawstock Court 1890

Its 'Gothick' design is conspicuous in a particularly beautiful corner of Devon, alongside the river Taw.

Caption For Laughton En Le Morthen, All Saints Church C1965

Its fine Perpendicular spire is unusual, in that the corner walling of the belfry is sloped off.

Caption For Accrington, Town Hall 1968

On the opposite corner from the Yorkshire Bank was Redman's the grocer's (centre right), beloved by local housewives for their selection and good value.

Caption For Axbridge, King John's Hunting Lodge C1955

It takes its name from a carved king's head on the corner, the sign of the King's Head Inn. It is reputed to be a likeness of King John, who hunted in nearby Mendip forest.

Caption For Eversley, The White Hart 1906

The village lies in the north-east corner of Hampshire, in an area of the county now strewn with busy roads and saturated with housing developments.

Caption For Christchurch, The Bowling Green And Castle Ruins C1955

They continued the rebuilding of the Priory church and the monastery, probably at about the same time Baldwin built the constable's hall, next to the Mill Stream at the northeast corner of the bailey

Caption For Plymouth, Drake's Statue 1930

Visible just behind Drake's Statue is the corner of the bowling green. The terrace behind is also gone; the Register Office now stands on the site.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, Atlantic Terrace East 1887

Notice the particularly fine, cast-iron gas lamp on the corner just outside the grounds of St Faith's private school.

Caption For Machynlleth, Pen Y Bont 1901

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north west corner of Powys, so far that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and 10 miles from the sea.

Caption For Portsmouth, The Camber C1960

hundred years ago, convicts departed from here en route to Australia, while for many naval officers this famous gateway represented one of their last views of England before setting off to some distant corner

Caption For Colchester, Parnell's Cell 1908

In fact the title is incorrect, for he was imprisoned in "The Oven", a cramped cell next to the great staircase and near the well in the diagonally opposite corner of the keep.