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Maps

160 maps found.

1921, Stanford Ref. POP838228
1899, Stanford Ref. RNE838226
1920, Stanford Ref. POP838229
1946, Stanford Ref. NPO838228
1902, Stanford Ref. RNC838226
1946, Stanford Ref. NPO838227
1921, Stanford Ref. POP838226
1896, Stanford Ref. RNE838227
1898, Stanford Ref. RNE838228
1947, Stanford Ref. NPO838229
1919, Stanford Ref. POP838227
1947, Stanford Ref. NPO838226
1895, Stanford Ref. RNE838229
1898-1901, Stanford Ref. RNC838227
1920, Stanford Rivers Ref. POP838255
1898, Stanford Bishop Ref. RNE838230
1945, Stanford Dingley Ref. NPO838239
1895, Stanford End Ref. RNE838240
1899, Stanford Hills Ref. RNE838244
1896, Stanford Rivers Ref. RNE838255

Books

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Memories

153 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Ford Family In Hanbury 1700s On

We travelled from Sydney, Australia in 2006 to Hanbury, looking for traces of our Ford Family who had lived in the area around 1800.  Our particular ancestor was a convict, John Ford, "Alias Tonks", b. 1801. ...Read more

A memory of Draycott in 2006 by Lesley Ford

Happy Memories

I was born in Foregate Street, the home of my grandparents, in 1951. I left Stafford in 1953 and returned in 1960 to live in the north end of the town. I well remember playing on the 'Witches hat' with my friends, paddling in the ...Read more

A memory of Stafford in 1960 by Elizabeth Harrison

Evacuee

I was evacuated to Milford in 1942 and lived with my parents at a bungalow called KENCOT.  Father was a teacher at Stafford secondary school.

A memory of Milford in 1942 by Mervyn Jones

Childhood Memories

I moved to Spencer Avenue, Hayes, when I was 5 and the war had just finished. My earliest recollections were of starting school at Yeading Lane and walking there through thick snow. Luckily we had school dinners so mum ...Read more

A memory of Hayes in 1947 by Doreen Walton

Seaton In The 1950s And 60s

I lived in Seaton from the very early 1950s to the very early 1970s. My happy memories are: going down to the River Welland in Harringworth and fishing, going down to Seaton railway station and watching the ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1950 by Roger Bixley

Stanford Le Hope School

School trip to the Festival Of Britain Dome of Discovery and what a day we all had

A memory of Corringham in 1951 by Peter Studd

Errington''s Of Chopwell

My grandfather lived in Chopwell most of his life, he and his siblings lived in Hamsterley Colliery with their mother Mary Ann and father William Errington, b1881 in Stafford. Their father was killed in 1915 in Gallipoli ...Read more

A memory of Chopwell by David Errington

Cowper Gardens

I was born in Cowper Gardens in 1946, my nan's, house No.11, where she lived until her death in 1979. My cousin was also born there and lived with her mum, Betty. I moved away in 1949 and lived in Peckham but used to spend school ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1960 by Kay Richards

Growing Up In Stafford Until 1975

I grew up on the Weston Park Estate and my close friends were Ann Parker and Linda Jay, as we all lived a few doors away. We used to go to Riverside disco approximate 1970 and the Young Farmers disco on Friday ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by Angela Née Rafferty

The Blake

The following information relates to the opening of the Blake school in Hednesford. The Blake school was built to replace the Central Secondary school for boys which was in Burns Street Chadsmoor (where Chadsmoor junior school is now ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor in 1961 by Wendy Barr

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Captions

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Caption For Stanford Bridge, The Bridge And Mill Farm C1955

A bronze tablet removed from an earlier bridge reads: 'Pray for Humfrey Pakynton Esquyer borne in Stanford which payde for ye workemanshepe and makyng of this brygg the whiche was rered & made the first

Caption For Stanford Bridge, The Village C1960

Stanford's rectory was the birthplace in 1775 of the author and moralist Mrs Sherwood, whose novel 'The Fairchild Family' was a popular improving text with the more rigidly censorious readers of Regency

Caption For Stanford Bridge, The Bridge And Mill C1960

A little further up the road is Stanford Court, once the home of the Winnington family.

Caption For Hove, The Drive 1898

The Drive is typical of the development of the Stanford Estate after 1871: yellow brick semi-detached villas with cement dressings, slate roofs and bay windows in wide tree-lined streets - totally different

Caption For Eastchurch, The Village C1955

Eastchurch has always had a link with aviation: the RAF had an aerodrome here, and the Royal Aero Club was based at Stanford Hill – it later became an open prison.

Caption For Hove, The Town Hall 1898

Although the east part of Hove developed in Brighton stucco style from the 1820s, it was not until the 1850s that things got going, while the Stanford estate was not developed until after 1871.

Caption For Stanford On Avon, Stanford Hall And The Lake C1965

We are in the extreme southern tip of the county: whilst Stanford Hall is in Leicestershire, the parish church and the village are in Northamptonshire.

Caption For Stanford On Avon, Stanford Hall And The Lake C1965

We are in the extreme southern tip of the county: whilst Stanford Hall is in Leicestershire, the parish church and the village are in Northamptonshire.

Caption For Pitsea, View From Church C1955

The people of Langdon Hills and Laindon took part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, along with those at the fishing villages of Fobbing, Corringham and Stanford-le- Hope, when during the revolt three

Caption For Stamford, The Stamford Hotel 1922

This brief tour of Stamford has now climbed up to St Mary's Street to look east past the north nave aisle of St Mary's Church to the Stamford Hotel, somewhat over-large for the narrow street and towering

Caption For Stafford, Church Lane C1960

Church Lane has always been one of the most attractive parts of Stafford. Legionnaire's Disease The most notorious misfortune to affect 20th-century Stafford occurred in April 1985.

Caption For Stamford, St Peter's Callis C1955

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed. The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle.

Caption For Stamford, St Peter's Callis C1955

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed. The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle.

Caption For Bromsgrove, High Street Into St John's Street 1931

Amongst the earliest is the table tomb of Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton, who died in 1450 during Jack Cade's rebellion.

Caption For Uttoxeter, The Hockley C1955

During the Civil War, Sir John Gell was asked by Staffordshire moorlanders for help against the Royalist garrison at Stafford.

Caption For Stamford, George Hotel 1922

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.

Caption For Stamford, The Ruins Of Wothorpe House 1922

The ivy-clad ruins of Wothorpe House have been an attraction for tourists for over a hundred years, and it is of no surprise that they were included by the Frith photographer in his collection of Stamford

Caption For Stafford, The Public Library C1955

The White Lion Inn Unfortunately, construction of Stafford's new road system was accompanied by another act of civic vandalism.

Caption For Empingham, Audit Hall Road C1960

This is the A606 Oakham to Stamford Road. Most of the village lies to the left.

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 Stamford, George Hotel 1922

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.

Caption For Stafford, Windermere House C1965

In 1348 the original timber castle was replaced in stone by Ralph Stafford, a successful soldier and friend of Edward III - he later became Earl of Stafford.

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.The timber keep was replaced by one built of stone, and about 1350 the fortress underwent extensive

Caption For Stafford, The Castle C1955

In 1348 the original timber castle was replaced in stone by Ralph Stafford, a successful soldier and friend of Edward III - he later became Earl of Stafford.