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Maps

1,865 maps found.

1946, Gidea Park Ref. NPO713431
1946, Gilston Park Ref. NPO713867
1947, Hollin Park Ref. NPO738085
1945, Maitland Park Ref. NPO772542
1946, Newbury Park Ref. NPO790736
1946, Oldfield Park Ref. NPO797390
1947, Lansbury Park Ref. NPO752875
1947, Park Broom Ref. NPO800459
1945, Motspur Park Ref. NPO784608
1946, Monkston Park Ref. NPO782678
1946, Salperton Park Ref. NPO824506
1947, Sedgley Park Ref. NPO827358
1947, Selly Park Ref. NPO827544
1945, Richings Park Ref. NPO816365
1947, Roath Park Ref. NPO818809
1946, Stow Park Ref. NPO841081
1946, Summerfield Park Ref. NPO842661
1896, Pond Park Ref. RNE808422
1896, Pownall Park Ref. RNE810450
1897, Prior Park Ref. RNE811037

Books

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Memories

4,383 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

Play

I know records will prove me wrong, but summer seemed to start around the beginning of May and last until getting on to Bonfire night. We walked to Witton-le-Wear night after night to swim then walked home or, if we were lucky, got a lift ...Read more

A memory of Howden-le-Wear by David Quinn

Too Short A Stay!

I lived in Kirby Hill for one year from 1965 to 66, I was a 13 year old boy. I absolutely  loved my time there and have many happy memories. My Mother and Father bought the Shoulder of Mutton in 1965 taking myself ...Read more

A memory of Kirby Hill in 1965 by John Wood

Morden Park

I lived in Morden from the age of 3 to the age of 16. What I really remember is that I made model aircraft of many different kinds which I used to fly in Morden Park. I used to cycle to "Normans Model Aircraft" shop in Kingston Road, ...Read more

A memory of Morden by John Murray

Where I Grew Up

I lived most of my life in Sible Hedingham, as a family we moved there from London in 1962.  I was just 2 years old at the time. My father Robert Farren, "Bob" as he was best known and my mother Ivy, took over the licence of ...Read more

A memory of Sible Hedingham in 1962 by Anne Elder

My Memories Of Salford

I was born in the upstairs back room of my maternal Gran's house at 20 John Street, Pendleton. I was told there was an air raid going on at the time. My first school was John Street where there was a play ground on the roof, but ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Mal Woods

Foreshore Houseboats

In the early 1950's walking past the little white cottage that is now The Country Park Inn, towards Ferriby, one could see a selection of little ships (Puffers) pulled up high & dry on the river bank. that were used as ...Read more

A memory of Hessle in 1952 by Len Marsden

I Know That Car

Born in Harwich in 1940, I have many fond memories of Church Street both as a schoolchild and as a teenager.   The car parked on the left of the picture is an Alvis estate car which had the exceptionally nice wooden side panelling.  It ...Read more

A memory of Harwich in 1954 by Michael E J Mooney

My Favourite Haunt

My memories scan over 50 years, I lived in Anhalt Road and then Ethelburga Street and spent countless hours in the Park. The funfare, with fireworks every Friday night for the end of war celebrations, the tree walk along the ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by John Godbold

The Palace Cinema

The pub on the left of the picture was renowned for a few brawls in it's time, originally called The Globe (now known as Raferty's) I recall walking down Cambridge St and seeing a man being hurled through the window into the ...Read more

A memory of Wellingborough in 1968 by Mick Austin

History Of Clayton Family 1700s

Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She was ...Read more

A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by Orrin Clayton

Captions

2,179 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For London, Buckingham Palace And The Mall C1955

Marble Arch stood here in the Mall until 1850, when it was removed to its present position at the top of Park Lane.The Mall, an expansive and formal approach to the Palace, is fringed with limes,

Caption For Selworthy, Car Park And View C1960

The car park in front of Selworthy's whitewashed church looks across the Vale of Porlock to the wooded Horner valley and Ley Hill.

Caption For Kidderminster, Brinton Park 1957

This changed, however, in 1887 with the presentation to the town of Brinton Park to the immediate south- west.

Caption For Southport, The Pier C1955

We can also see Prince's Park with its colonnade to the right of the casino. A new open-air bathing pool was added on the seaward side of the park in the late 1920s.

Caption For Romford, Raphael Park C1950

There is hardly a ripple on the water of the lake in Raphael Park, ideal for a spot of punting.

Caption For Romford, Raphael Park 1911

Herbert H Raphael`s gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden Suburb

Caption For Sheerness, Esplanade And Beach C1955

Here the funfair and amusement park buildings have been replaced by a new Amusement Park and, behind, a Tesco's, while the sea embankment has also been rebuilt and raised.

Caption For Frome, Orchardleigh Park 1964

The last of the Champneys family, Sir Thomas Mostyn, made many alterations to the park including the creation of the lake and a moat around the church.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, High Street And Gardens C1960

Sutton Park was one of the largest in Warwickshire, over 2,000 acres of woodlands and lakes.The park made the town something of a tourist attraction.

Caption For Weymouth, The Sands Looking North C1955

A considerable number of parked cars line the sea front, though the days when cars could be parked so easily ended in the next decade with the introduction of yellow lines.

Caption For London, Park Lane 1890

Park Lane, once the desolate by-road known as Tiburn Lane, was a refined street of palatial mansions enjoying expansive vistas of the Park.

Caption For Rochdale, Falinge Park 1906

Like Broadfield Park, the grounds were developed as a mixture of formal and informal areas with breathtaking lawns and a lake.

Caption For Sheffield, Sheffield Midland Station And Park Hill C1965

The Park Hill estate towers above Sheffield Midland station.

Caption For Sheffield, Sheffield Midland Station And Park Hill C1965

The Park Hill estate towers above Sheffield Midland station.

Caption For Norwich, Cattle Market And Castle 1896

The old cattle market occupied part of the former bailey of the castle, until 1960 when it moved out to make way for a car park.

Caption For Maresfield, Park Entrance 1902

The 19th-century Gothic style gatehouse to The Park has a turret and plenty of ivy growing up the stone walls. Park House is now nearly all demolished.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

Eridge Old Park is a deer park with a large lake; there is also an observatory tower on Saxonbury Hill on the site of an Iron Age hill-fort. Shernfold Park is a Victorian house of 1853.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

Eridge Old Park is a deer park with a large lake; there is also an observatory tower on Saxonbury Hill on the site of an Iron Age hill-fort. Shernfold Park is a Victorian house of 1853.

Caption For Luton, Vauxhall Motors C1950

On 30 August 1940, a 100kg bomb scored a direct hit on Park Street bus depot, killing one person and creating a temporary bus shortage.

Caption For Sheffield, Weston Park C1955

For a couple of decades or so Sheffield's public parks became the focal point for local Whit-Sunday celebrations.

Caption For Wimborne, The Square C1955

Cars have now taken over the centre of The Square, but they are facing in different directions; this, coupled with the absence of kerbs and marked parking bays, suggests that this particular car park

Caption For Chelmsford, Admiral's Park 1919

Pre-dating the Rec, Admiral's Park was once the residence of John Faithful Fortescue, a rear-admiral who died in 1820.

Caption For Gloucester, Park, The Fountain 1912

Whitefield Church in the background stands in Park Road.

Caption For Bath, Victoria Park Gandstand 1925

The Royal Crescent looks out over a field which drops away to Victoria Park beyond, also fields when the Crescent was built.