Maps

2,963 maps found.

Map Of Cheshire, Cheshire Ref. F05
1902, Acton Ref. RNC619716
1902-1903, Kingsley Ref. RNC748136
1921, Malpas Ref. POP772666
1897, Henbury Ref. HOSM48236
1897, Malpas Ref. HOSM55546
1902, Malpas Ref. RNC772666
1897, Malpas Ref. RNE772666
1923, Woolston Ref. POP874363
1947, Kingsley Ref. NPO748136
1897, Acton Ref. RNE619716
1947, Hockley Ref. NPO737257
1897, Kingsley Ref. HOSM50175
1923, Langley Ref. POP752536
1903, Woolston Ref. RNC874363
1897, Acton Ref. HOSM35646
1897, Acton Ref. HOSM48140
1947, Over Ref. NPO798584
1923, Kingsley Ref. POP748136
1921, Acton Ref. POP619716

Books

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Memories

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15 Townsend Road

My name is Mike Mansell and i was born in 1944 in Balfour Road, we lived at 72. My mother's parents a Mr and Mrs Leach lived at 10 Balfour Road. In 1947 we moved to 15 Townsend Road. I remember the ice cream shop at the top of the ...Read more

A memory of Southall by mikemansell

1950s And 60s

I was born in 1950 and lived first in Parsonage St and then, from 1956, in Woodend Lane. I attended St George's Primary and Junior School and was an active member of St George's Church. My earliest memories include two shops. My maternal ...Read more

A memory of Hyde by Ian Buckley

1970's Childhood

I too, remember Mr Foden (Church Coppenhall Juniors) along with Mrs Kruger, who used to scare me when she read 'The Hobbit'. Mrs Barker from Broad Street Infants and even before then I remember being at the nursery school next to St ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by Carole Capper (Stretton)

51 Old Elvet

My Grandparents ran a boarding house at 51 Old Elvet opposite the Shire Hall I was born in 1943 my Father actually went to Durham school where he represented the school in Both Football and Rugby I have tremendous memories of Durham City and ...Read more

A memory of Durham by Andrew Eves

A Childhood At Ardfenaig

Well, a little more than a childhood as I emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 24. I consider my upbringing at Ardfenaig to have been be the most fantastic thing that could have been. Sadly whilst it was in progress one ...Read more

A memory of Ardfenaig in 1956 by Richard Lacey

A Winter Crossing On The North Sea

I well remember the King George Dock as I embarked here with 33rd Signal Regiment (a TAVR unit formerly known as the Lancashire and Cheshire Yeomanry). We were en route to Germany having a posting to ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1968 by John Howard Norfolk

Acton Bridge Cruising Club

My memories of Acton Bridge go back to the mid 1950s and early 1960s. The picture of boats at Acton Bridge Cruising Club takes me back to my teenage days. We had a boat called 'Scampi' which was a 32-foot ex-Norwegian ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1957 by Laurie Hatchard

Alamein Barracks

These barracks were used as the recruit training centre for the Territorial Army and all volunteers serving with the 33rd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment completed basic training here in the 1960's before passing out to ...Read more

A memory of Huyton in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

All Uphill

Our Dad used to take us for a walk up to Mow Cop Castle on a sunny Sunday. We would set off from Talke with our bottle of pop and a jam butty and walk along the canal for a while then through the lanes in Scholar Green past the Three ...Read more

A memory of Kidsgrove in 1973 by Tina Stanyer

Almost A Half Century In Old Ponteland

We moved to Ponteland in 1940 from North Shields in a bid to 'escape' the ever increasing air raids on Tyneside. We first lived on the North Road and I attended Coates Endowed School (headmaster, Mr Parker) ...Read more

A memory of Ponteland by John Henderson

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Captions

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Caption For Nantwich, The Cheshire Cat, Welsh Row C1965

immortalised by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland, the origins of the cat are said to go way back in time, and no-one knows where the story of the grinning cat, now always associated with Cheshire

Caption For Market Drayton, The Canal At Tyrley Locks C1955

Whitchurch, Wem and Market Drayton all had important cheese markets - indeed, in the early years of the 20th century, more Cheshire cheese was being produced in Shropshire than in Cheshire.

Caption For Nantwich, Parish Church 1898

This stunningly beautiful church is known as the 'cathedral of south Cheshire'.

Caption For Alton Towers, Lake And Hall C1955

Cheshire and their Welsh allies were in armed revolt, and still were so when Edward died at Farndon in AD924.

Caption For West Kirby, Banks Road C1965

One other note of interest is the 'Cheshire black and white' decoration on many of the shop elevations.

Caption For Winsford, Wharton Hill C1955

The company had around sixteen stores throughout Cheshire, and also operated a fleet of mobile shops which toured the rural areas.

Caption For Timbersbrook, View From Cloud Road C1955

Actually, it is not necessary to climb to the top of the Cloud to get an excellent view across Cheshire.

Caption For Wilmslow, Station Road 1897

With Manchester so close, Wilmslow was one of the early centres of nonconformism in east Cheshire; others included Congleton, Macclesfield and Knutsford.

Caption For Styal, The Village 1897

The village was laid out from 1790 by mill owner Samuel Greg to house his mill workers, and was one of a number built in east Cheshire by industrialists.

Caption For Potterne, Old Houses And Church 1898

Although this is Wiltshire, the design is very much Cheshire in style.

Caption For Bowdon, Dunham Mill 1892

Dunham Mill dates back to the medieval period; it was one of only a handful of mills in this part of Cheshire.

Caption For Great Haywood, The Lock C1955

The Trent and Mersey Canal never actually linked to the Mersey, but it did make a connection with the Bridgewater Canal in Cheshire which did.

Caption For Birkenhead, Woodchurch Road, Prenton 1954

Along here were branches of both national and Cheshire retailers including Dewhurst, the butchers, and Waterworths.

Caption For Wallasey, The Village C1965

By 1851 the number had risen to 8,339, and by 1951 it was 101,369, making Wallasey the third largest town in Cheshire.

Caption For Nantwich, Entrance Gates To Dorfold Hall 1898

Despite being used by Parliamentarian soldiers during the Civil War as a site from which to bombard Nantwich, Dorfold Hall fortunately survives as one of the finest houses of its period in Cheshire.

Caption For Nantwich, High Street C1965

Traditionally Nantwich was the most important of Cheshire's three salt towns, although salt production ceased here in the 1800s.

Caption For Nantwich, High Street C1965

Today the company has grown considerably - it now has 18 shops in Cheshire and Staffordshire, and employs over 300 people.

Caption For Winsford, Fountain Court C1965

The latter is now used by the Mid Cheshire College.

Caption For Flixton, Flixton Road C1965

An old village on the Cheshire side of the Manchester Ship Canal, Flixton was developed as a residential suburb of Manchester.

Caption For Grappenhall, Church Street C1955

A stone carving on the tower might have inspired Lewis Carroll's Cheshire cat, as his father, the Reverend Dodgson, often visited St Wilfrid's.

Caption For Potterne, Old Houses And Church 1898

Although this is Wiltshire, the design of these houses is very much Cheshire in style.

Caption For Prestbury, Norman Chapel 1896

The doorway is one of the oldest in Cheshire, and is famous for the zigzag patterns and beaked heads carved on the arch.

Caption For Dunham Massey, Dunham Park C1885

DunhamMassey is now part of Greater Manchester, although it was still in Cheshire at the time this photograph was taken.

Caption For Hooton, The Memorial And St Paul's Church C1960

Pevsner must have liked it, however - he called it 'one of the most spectacular churches in Cheshire'.