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Maps

160 maps found.

1898, Stanford Rivers Ref. RNC838255
1919, Stanford Dingley Ref. POP838239
1921, Stanford Hills Ref. POP838244
1906, Stanford Ref. HOSM60246
1920, Stanford Bishop Ref. POP838230
1947, Stanford Bridge Ref. NPO838231
1940, Stanford End Ref. NPO838240
1898, Stanford Bridge Ref. RNE838231
1895, Stanford Dingley Ref. RNE838239
1947, Stanford Bishop Ref. NPO838230
1882 - 1900, Stanford Ref. HOSM60248
1881 - 1901, Stanford Ref. HOSM60256
1920, Stanford Bridge Ref. POP838231
1919, Stanford End Ref. POP838240
1946, Stanford Hills Ref. NPO838244
1946, Stanford Rivers Ref. NPO838255
1901-1902, Stanford Ref. RNC838228
1898-1899, Stanford Ref. RNC838229
1946, Stanford On Soar Ref. NPO838250
1947, Stanford On Teme Ref. NPO838251

Books

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Memories

153 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Scratton Road

I am trying to compile photos of my ancestors' birthplaces - as they were and are now. Can anyone help in identifying the house number for a property know as Colwyn in Scratton Road, Stanford le Hope, Essex?

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1910 by Keith Ives

Old School

If you head down Lampits Hill and carry on past Giffords Cross road on your right, you then enter Church Road, the next road on your left is Fobbing Road. Opposite this junction is a building called the Old School House, this was the ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1960 by Dave Coombes

Rose View

1970 - 1984: As you look at this photo the last building on the right, the barn like cottage with the small window, is Rose View. My mum and dad bought it for £1,000 in 1970, and set to work modernising it as I was due 1971 and my brother ...Read more

A memory of Polgooth in 1970 by Tami Cross Halls

Great Part Of The Village

1970's and 80's: We had a great childhood playing at this end of the village. It was quiet except for the cars of people that lived up here. Everyone knew each other. My old house is in the background, all you can see is the ...Read more

A memory of Polgooth in 1980 by Tami Cross Halls

Blacksmith's Yard

My paternal grandmother Annie Cowell came from Stanford and I have always been led to believe that the space on the left of the house in the foreground, where the trees are, was the site of her father's blacksmith's ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1940 by Gordon Mead

A Ghost On Beccles Church Steps

My father, Stafford Brown, was a student at Beccles College during the First World War. He stayed with the Knights family of Puddingmoor. Mr Knights, who was a wherryman, told of a strange event that happened to him ...Read more

A memory of Beccles in 1910 by Barbara Brown

Old England Hotel And Mr Pike

In the mid and late sixties my family would travel from Glasgow to Kent every summer to visit relatives. Our overnight stop was always at the Old England Hotel and I have fond memories of walking round the ...Read more

A memory of Sutton on Trent in 1966 by Margot O'donnell

Abbotts Hall Chase Army Huts From 1946 1948

I was four years old when our family moved from Liverpool to squat in one of the army huts. I remember it very well, and the German prisoners of war who made such a fuss of us children. We had no ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1946 by Irene Lewsey

Phil & John's Amazing Journey Part 2 Football, Pubs, Old Friends

Stopping briefly outside the Working Men’s Club, the meeting place on Saturday lunchtimes for us Groby footballers before away games, we pass the chippy, the old blacksmiths where the old ...Read more

A memory of Groby in 1970

Wolverhampton Street Community

Wolverhampton Street seemed to almost be a village on its own. There was Burgins and Bytherways newagents, Masseys wet fish shop, Davis's grocers, Smiths greengrocers, Sherratts electrical, Bryans diy, Robinsons cakes, ...Read more

A memory of Dudley by Fay Cooper

Captions

125 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Stafford, The Castle C1950

The first castle on this site is thought to have been built by Robert de Stafford during the 1070s.

Caption For Shallowford, Izaak Walton's Cottage 2005

Stafford was next involved in national politics when William Howard, Viscount Stafford (1614-80), became one of the victims of the so-called 'Popish Plot' invented by the notorious Titus Oates.

Caption For Stafford, Church Lane 2005

Like everywhere else, Stafford is changing.

Caption For Stafford, County War Memorial, Victoria Park 2005

Stafford has links with overseas towns in twinning arrangements with Dreieich in Germany; Tarragona in Spain; Stafford, Virginia in the USA; and Belfort in France.

Caption For Stamford, The Meadows C1955

This view of the path into Stamford from Station Road shows the old George Bridge over the River Welland before it was replaced in 1978.

Caption For Stafford, Victoria Park 2005

It cannot be claimed that Stafford celebrated the event with much originality or enthusiasm.

Caption For Stafford, County Buildings, Martin Street 2005

Only one non- Christian group has established a place of worship in Stafford in recent times - the Sikh Gurdwara in Tithe Barn Road.

Caption For Stafford, Register Office, Eastgate Street 2005

A striking feature of the church Sectarian Riots The last serious religious troubles in Stafford were the Sectarian Riots of 1715, when a mob of 'lewd fellows of the baser sort' attacked the Presbyterian

Caption For Altrincham, Stamford New Road 1907

An electric tramcar trundles along Stamford New Road. At its height the tramway systems serving Manchester and the surrounding area operated over 300 route miles.

Caption For Llanelli, Parc Howard C1965

Through the generosity of Sir Stafford and Lady Howard, the inhabitants of Llanelli are in possession of Bryncaerau Castle and the park, which covers about twenty-five acres.

Caption For Stafford, St Mary's Grove 2005

Like everywhere else, Stafford is changing. Until perhaps halfway through the last century the majority of people living in the town

Caption For Altrincham, Railway Street 1907

A Manchester Corporation tramcar stands at the Altrincham terminus in Railway Street, its route back to Manchester being by way of Stamford New Road, Sandiway Road, Manchester Road, Washway Road, Cross

Caption For Hixon, St Peters Church C1955

Consecrated in 1848, this was designed by George Gilbert Scott, the architect responsible for the restoration of St Mary's Church in Stafford and many others around the country.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This view captures the character of Stamford's numerous alleys and steep narrow lanes off the main streets.

Caption For Stafford, The Windmill, Broad Eye 2005

And of course Stafford Castle - or the shell of it - still remains on top of the hill to the west of the town.

Caption For Stafford, Former Library, Grapes Corner 2005

And of course Stafford Castle - or the shell of it - still remains on top of the hill to the west of the town.

Caption For Stafford, Law Courts, Victoria Square 2005

One thing to be said for Stafford (as far as anywhere can make such a claim in these unsettled times) is that it is a town without a darker side.

Caption For Oxford, Brasenose College Quadrangle 1890

College takes its name from an ancient brass door knocker which, some sources suggest, was brought back here in 1890 after it had been removed by rebellious students to another college, Brasenose Hall, at Stamford

Caption For Westbury, All Saints' Church, Interior C1955

The Perpendicular east window has three crucifixion panels dating from 1847 given by the Rev Stafford Brown, who was responsible for major repairs and works to the church.

Caption For Stamford, The Stamford Hotel C1955

The grand Regency façade of the Stamford Hotel looks rather out of place squeezed in among the other buildings of St Mary's Street.

Caption For Market Deeping, Church Street C1955

Church Street is much quieter, away from the A16 Stamford to Spalding road.

Caption For Stilton, The Bell Hotel C1965

The Stamford coach called here; it cost 4d (old pennies) a mile and a shilling to the coachman, and to send a letter cost 6d to 9d a sheet.

Caption For Market Deeping, Church Street C1955

Church Street is much quieter, away from the A16 Stamford to Spalding road.

Caption For Great Haywood, River Trent And River Sow C1960

Looking upstream from Essex Bridge, the Trent is here being joined by two arms of the Sow, flowing in from Stafford.