Places
31 places found.
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- Market Harborough, Leicestershire
- Market Drayton, Shropshire
- Wickham Market, Suffolk
- Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
- Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
- Downham Market, Norfolk
- Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
- Market Weighton, Yorkshire
- Market Bosworth, Leicestershire
- Needham Market, Suffolk
- Thorpe Market, Norfolk
- Burnham Market, Norfolk
- Pulham Market, Norfolk
- Betton, Shropshire (near Market Drayton)
- Market Stainton, Lincolnshire
- Market Weston, Suffolk
- Elmstead Market, Essex
- Market Lavington, Wiltshire
- Market Overton, Leicestershire
- Soudley, Shropshire (near Market Drayton)
- Oakley, Staffordshire (near Market Drayton)
- Longford, Shropshire (near Market Drayton)
- Sutton, Shropshire (near Market Drayton)
- Blore, Staffordshire (near Market Drayton)
- Lightwood, Shropshire (near Market Drayton)
- Rosehill, Shropshire (near Market Drayton)
- Knighton, Staffordshire (near Market Drayton)
- Moor End, Yorkshire (near Market Weighton)
- Little London, Lincolnshire (near Market Rasen)
- Wacton Common, Norfolk (near Pulham Market)
- Friday Street, Suffolk (near Wickham Market)
Photos
5,378 photos found. Showing results 241 to 260.
Maps
142 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 289 to 1.
Memories
1,393 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.
Childhood Memories South Park 1960s Approx
I like to remember my childhood in Darlington where I grew up until I moved to Whitley Bay. We used to spend lots of time in the South Park, on the swings, around the rose garden and of course the roller ...Read more
A memory of Darlington in 1960 by
Toffee Smith
The best stall in the market was Toffee Smith's sweet caravan, when it wasn't on the market it was parked up Oxford Road, Gomersal.
A memory of Heckmondwike in 1971 by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
Jack Garside And Mucky Minnie
Does anyone remember 'Spring-heeled Jack' and 'Mucky Minnie', the local tramp and his partner from the market place? Well, we do, and we also bought his house to sell on. My husband still has the scars from the flea bites to prove it.
A memory of Birstall by
Beaconsfield St Was My Childhood
I was born in number 11 in 1932. My family name was Clough. MY dad was known to most people as Sammy Clough. We moved to number 28 a few years later. My Grandparents lived at 24. My great aunt at 22. I went to ...Read more
A memory of Prescot in 1940 by
Working At Blagg Son And Masefield
I remember living on Charles Street in Cheadle, used to walk to Blaggson and Masefield every day and on Saturday mornings. My best friend was Julie Bryant, we loved dancing at the guild hall. My father ...Read more
A memory of Cheadle in 1962 by
Harlow Market
This was the year we moved to Harlow from Tottenham. The market was much nicer then than it has been since, especially since the council put up those awful permanent stalls. At the corner of the market nearest the clock on the wall was a ...Read more
A memory of Harlow in 1960 by
Victoria Park Latchford
I remember when there used to be a place in Victoria Park, Latchford, called `The Pavillion'. It had a row of bushes beside it - dividing it from a sunken paddling pond that had rather ornate brick walls around it and steps ...Read more
A memory of Warrington in 1945
Family History In Belvedere
I have two separate enquiries for my family history research in Upper and Lower Belvedere. In Upper Belvedere there was a sweet and paper shop which also sold toys called Derrett & Dorman's. I believe that I have a ...Read more
A memory of Belvedere by
That Old Shoe Shop
The old shoe shop was called "Caiger's Boot Store" and was run by my two elderly great aunts, Ruth & Kizz (Kezia) untill 1969. Their father, Frederick Caiger who married the previous owner's daughter, owned and ran the shop ...Read more
A memory of Wokingham by
Captions
2,318 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.
Leading away from the Market Place (the Market House is visible in the distance) is Silver Street. The posters on the corner shop are advertising 'Dark Passage', noted in the Kingshill view.
Market Place still contains Cresswell's, a seafood shop (left), and a coffee bar beyond. The Shakespeare, right, is 'as we like it' these days, a charity shop.
Lynn's market place is one of the very finest in England, enriched by a profusion of Georgian and Victorian public buildings, including the florid Corn Exchange built in 1854.
This view looks north towards the Market Place and captures well the character of this market town, most of whose 19th- and late 18th-century buildings still line the streets.
The old market place, on which the vehicles are parked, is a reminder of Battle's former identity as a market town.
These two photographs show the market place over a span of ten years.
Gone are the market stalls and booths of an earlier era. Here are the vans and accoutrements of a modern thriving market town, utilising the fronts of the Georgian buildings.
The wide central square shows Chipping Norton's origins as a market town. It is still set out with stalls on market days.
In 1698 the locals decided to revive Penistone's market day and applied for a new charter. However, there was strong opposition to the proposal from both Barnsley and Huddersfield.
In 1698 the locals decided to revive Penistone's market day and applied for a new charter. However, there was strong opposition to the proposal from both Barnsley and Huddersfield.
The market town of Wantage is famous as the birthplace of King Alfred, who was born here in 849 AD.
Richmond, the capital of Swaledale, has been described as one of the most perfect market towns in England.
Looking up the Market Place towards St Andrews Church in the distance, we see the statue of Oliver Cromwell, who farmed here briefly before the Civil War.
Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600. Its pleasing Georgian facades spread round the market place.
By the 1960s the addition of road markings indicating the one-way traffic system are now visible in the High Street, and road signs are positioned by the market cross.
'. . . come you home of Monday When Ludlow market hums . . .' Once this area was the entrance to Ludlow's market, with traders paying tolls at the nearby Tolsey (or toll booth).
Northern Shropshire is famous for its cheeses and dairy products, hence the market (or Buttercross) in the picture, which was built in 1824.
This 15th-century market cross stands in the centre of the village. The right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair was granted in 1227. These continued to be held until the 1960s.
Kendal was granted the right to hold a market as early as 1189, when it was also made a barony.
The building in the centre of the photograph is the Market Hall; today it is really only a façade, as it is now part of the new Crown Centre which adjoins it on the right.
The present-day Market Place was formed from the outer bailey of the castle.
This small market town on the banks of the Sow was entitled to hold four annual fairs, mainly for the buying and selling of horses and cattle.
The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, filled with cars in this picture.
Local tradesmen pose for the cameraman in front of the ornate octagonal open Market Cross in the Market Place, centrepiece of this lovely little town which many people believe to be the most beautiful
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