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Family History

After I foumd out that my family lived at 3 Canning Place in 1838 and attended the Holland Street Catholic Chapel, I discovered the RC baptisms of John Rogers Herbert RA artist and my g.g.g.aunt Kezia Herbert nee Dedman's ...Read more

A memory of Kensington by John Dedmsn

Sedgefield Crescent

I lived at 15 Sedgefield Crescent leaving in 1960 to moved to Slough; dad was at Fords and he moved to Langley, Bucks. Dad was Gerry and mum was Lillian. My sister, Wendy, was born in 1953. I went to Dycourts and then to ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1960 by John Palmer

Old Family Connections

My great great grandfather John Cranstoun owned 15 Upper Broad Street from about 1850 to his death in 1890 and he is buried in St. Lawrence Church.

A memory of Ludlow in 1860 by Candace Franklin

Growing Up In Gildersome

I was born in 1952 and lived in Gildersome until I was 19 years old. My name until then was Lorraine Thompson. I have many happy memories of living in the village. Until I was 4 years old I lived in a terrace called Green ...Read more

A memory of Gildersome in 1952 by Lorraine Smith

1905

My great grandmother lived in the Staincliffe Cottages in 1905. Her name was Margaret Brown, she had 3 children that I know of. Tom, who played for the Poolies, John, who was wounded in the 1st World War and succumbed to his injuries, and ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Carew by Ms Brown

My Family

Hi, just wondering if anyone remembers my dad Freddy Pye? he was born in Albert Street in 1946. my grandparents John and Doreen and my great grandparents Laura and Syl Pye also lived in Albert St. Dad has great memories of his childhood in ...Read more

A memory of Caerau by Tracy Pye

Lady Margaret Road

We moved to 108 Lady Margaret Road in 1969. I went to St. Anselms RC school in the Green and then later Southall Grammar (Villiers); my brothers William and Martin went to St. Marks (Hounslow) and Ealing Green then to Dormers. Mum ...Read more

A memory of Heston in 1970 by Eileen Emerson

St Johns United Reformed Church

I was married at this church on 25th March 1978. My grandmother, Evelyn Sanderson also played the organ here, and at its sister church St Georges further up Park Rd. My grandfather's funeral service was also held ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1978 by Joyce Griffiths

My Grandmother, Sarah Regan

My grandmother's funeral was in April of 1959; she used to live at 2 Johns Avenue from1910 to 1943 when she moved to her daughter's house in Harrow. My grandfather, John Regan, was also buried there in July ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1959 by Michael Dickson

Captions

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Caption For Blackpool, St John's Church Interior 1890

The parish church of St John was described as 'one of the architectural ornaments of the town', and the interior came in for much praise.

Caption For Wells, The Cathedral Clock 1906

The inscription 'Nequid pereat' is a quotation from St John's Gospel, and means 'Let nothing perish (or be lost)', referring to the church fabric and the passage of time.

Caption For Fordingbridge, The Village C1960

Augustus John, the painter, lived at Fryern Court, north of the village, from 1927 to 1961.

Caption For Knaresborough, The Town And River 1888

The church on the left is St John's, the tower of which is topped off with a small spirelet and dates from the 13th and 14th centuries.

Caption For Cardiff, Church Street 1925

This busy conduit linking St John's and High Street affords a perfect view of the tower.

Caption For Northchapel, The Village 1902

The church of St John Baptist was rebuilt in 1877; it has a strange-looking font dated 1662.

Caption For Barnsley, Town Hall C1948

Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.

Caption For Twickenham, From The Island Boat House 1890

This and photograph No 23535 are taken from Eel Pie Island, apparently named after the famous pies sold at the Island Tavern.

Caption For Penarth, All Saints Church 1896

Conceived in a typically robust style by John Coates Carter, the Victoria Road church is seen here in the first decade of its existence.

Caption For Great Barton, The Round House C1960

It dates from the 1840s, when Sir Henry Bunbury created the park around the Hall.

Caption For Corby, Church Of The Epiphany C1960

The Church of the Epiphany and St John in Elizabeth Street stands 105ft high; its design is superb, with a star-shaped roof and an aluminium-coated steel- framed spire surmounted with a combined

Caption For Hornby, St Margaret's Church C1960

St Margaret's church and the village lie in the Lune Valley, 9 miles from Lancaster.

Caption For Stamford, St Leonard's Priory 1922

This scene perfectly captures the rural setting of the remains of the 12th-century Benedictine Priory.

Caption For Penzance, Alverton Street 1908

We are looking east towards the town centre; the Market House dome is just visible at the end of the street.

Caption For Melton, The Asylum 1896

It was taken over to become the County Asylum in 1829, which was enlarged over the years and closed in April 1993, when it was called St Audrey's Hospital.

Caption For Berkhamsted, Monk's Garden, Ashridge College C1960

King John of France was imprisoned here after the battle of Poitiers in 1356.

Caption For Cambridge, The Bridge Of Sighs 1890

Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs.

Caption For Wellingore, Hall C1960

It is now all offices, and the Roman Catholic chapel has been deconsecrated.

Caption For Chester, St John's Priory West 1913

The present church of St John's occupies the nave of the former priory; the choir and chancel were destroyed in 1470 when the central tower collapsed.

Caption For Sully, St John The Baptist's Church And Lychgate C1950

A church stood on the site of the present St John teh Baptis;s church over 900 years ago.

Caption For Aylesbury, County Asylum, Stone 1897

The County Lunatic Asylum was built at Stone, three miles west of Aylesbury, in the early 1850s by the architects Thomas Wyatt and David Brandon.

Caption For Old Colwyn, The Village 1906

Prior to the development of the coastal resort at Colwyn Bay in Victorian times, the old village, lying to the east and just inland from the coast, was known merely as Colwyn.

Caption For Worksop, Gateford Road C1955

Further north along Gateford Road, near the Gladstone Street turn, the spire of St John the Evangelist's can be seen on the right behind the tall three-storey terrace of 1870s shops.

Caption For Kilburn, The Village 1953

The higher part of Kilburn village, including the parish church of St Mary (which we can see in the background, centre) clusters around its large village green.