Places

5 places found.

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Photos

18 photos found. Showing results 261 to 18.

Maps

573 maps found.

1947, Trough Gate Ref. NPO853727
1895, Eastland Gate Ref. RNE698652
1896, Land Gate Ref. RNE751940
1897, Great Gate Ref. RNE719910
1898, Riding Gate Ref. RNE816639
1898, Shay Gate Ref. RNE829241
1903, Gate Helmsley Ref. RNC712209
1903, White Gate Ref. RNC867743
1919, Barnard Gate Ref. POP633509
1920, Burley Gate Ref. POP655800
1924, Bent Gate Ref. POP638623
1903, Fernhill Gate Ref. RNC704603
1903, Bryn Gates Ref. RNC653724
1902, Barton Gate Ref. RNC634343
1900, Barton Gate Ref. RNC634345
1898, Abbey Gate Ref. RNE618369
1895, Abbey Gate Ref. RNE618370
1946, Shipley Gate Ref. NPO830291
1947, Squires Gate Ref. NPO837155
1947, Stony Gate Ref. NPO840786

Books

1 books found. Showing results 313 to 1.

Memories

676 memories found. Showing results 131 to 140.

Rye Mill Cottages

My maternal great grandmother (or possibly Great Aunt), Mrs Curtis, was of Romani (Gypsy) descent and lived in one of the row of cottages that fronted the Rye (Pann) Mill on London Road, High Wycombe, opposite the Trinity ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Barbara Hughes

A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

The Flats

This is the new flats in Thirlmere Way, the top end near Royal Avenue, and you can see the Labour Club too on the left of the flats. The GUS ( Great Universal Stores) offices was built on the field as well but I don't remember the date. I ...Read more

A memory of Widnes in 1965 by Eric Jones

Living In Cavendish Bridge

I grew from a boy into manhood during my time in Cavendish Bridge. My parents had the Old Crown Inn and at the age of 17 had my first "pub crawl" with my mates from the bridge through Shardlow starting at the ...Read more

A memory of Shardlow in 1962 by Bill Yates

Our Ladys High School

I was sent to Our Lady's High School in Tiverton, Devon at about the age of 4, than remained with the school when it was relocated to Dartford until I was about 15. What a horrible place - the nuns were so cruel. I ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1941

August 25th, 1892

I have photos of Walreddon Manor from my ancestors who lived there in the 1890s. One is similar to the photo here, but was taken in August of 1892, and the back inscription, written about the same time, said the children were ...Read more

A memory of Tavistock in 1890 by Cristy Watson

The Good Old Days

I was born in Luton in the 1940s and remember well the shops in Manchester Street with WG Durrants butchers on the corner of Manchester Street and Bridge Street. Next door in Bridge Street was a garage and further along Manchester ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Michael Bream

I Was A Bexley Tech Girl, 1950 54

My name at school was Yvonne Reynolds and I was in the JDSX-SDX stream. Thank you everyone for your memories. I'm pleased to see that there some writing who are about my age now [b.1937]. My first year was ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Kate Sanford

Memories Of Leadgate And Iveston 1938 1943

I came to live at Leadgate when I was 12 years old and attended Leadgate Council School which was a large red brick building for infants and juniors, boys and girls. I was at the school for only 2 years, ...Read more

A memory of Leadgate in 1930 by Wilf Wallace

Our History In Brief

Although I had visited Hightown on many many occasions before this date to visit my Grandparents etc I particularly remember the days when myself and friends from Waterloo would visit Altcar Rifle Range to mark the ...Read more

A memory of Hightown in 1957 by Ron Baybut

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 313 to 336.

Caption For Capesthorne Hall, 1897

Set in 1,000 acres of parkland, the Jacobean-style hall dates from 1719.

Caption For Bray, Village 1911

The church dates from the time of Edward I and is built on the site of the original Norman church.

Caption For Westbury, The White Horse And Bratton Camp 1900

The present horse on this site dates from 1778 and was the first of several figures cut in the chalk downs of Wiltshire during the next half-century.

Caption For Fountains, 1895

The ruins date from the 12th to the 15th centuries; the tower, which was built between 1492 and 1524, is the latest part.

Caption For Cheltenham, Lower High Street C1955

Powers were sought in Parliament to establish new residential areas, and many of the squares and avenues of modern- day Cheltenham date back to that period.

Caption For Eardisland, Staick House C1960

A former rectory, the great hall of this beautiful building dates from around 1300, although parts were added later in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Caption For Edinburgh, St Giles's Cathedral 1897

The tower, which dates from c1495, is topped off with what is considered to be the finest example of a crown steeple in the whole of Scotland.

Caption For Wigan, Haigh Park, Entrance Gate 1895

The arched gate and the lodges at the entrance to Haigh Park are thought to date from c1840.

Caption For Westbury, The White Horse And Bratton Camp 1900

The present horse on this site dates from 1778 and was the first of several figures cut in the chalk downs of Wiltshire during the next half-century.

Caption For Yarcombe, The Church And Vicarage C1960

Its parish church of St John the Baptist dates from the 15th century, but it has suffered a great deal of Victorian restoration.

Caption For Cobham, The Church 1899

The windmill is long gone, but the 12th-century church, to which the tower was added later, is famous for its pavement of 20 brasses dating from 1320 to 1529.

Caption For Hutton Rudby, The Church And The Bridge C1965

The parish church of All Saints dates mainly from the 14th century.

Caption For Somerton, The Cross C1960

Somerton's Market or Butter Cross is dated 1673.

Caption For Chester, Ye Olde Crypte And Compton House 1895

Behind the latter is a medieval vault known as Ye Olde Crypt which dates from c1230.

Caption For Chester, Eastgate Street 1923

By this date all the major hotels, apart from Blossoms, offered garage facilities for guests' automobiles.

Caption For Witham, Church Street C1965

In the centre of the picture stands the forge, which is believed to date back over 670 years, although it is thought that horses and ponies were shod here long before that.

Caption For Branscombe, Village And The Smithy 1898

Branscombe's smithy is thought to date from Norman times.

Caption For Newbury, The Wharf C1960

The long, galleried Granary possibly dates back to the reign of Charles II, and is now part of the Museum.

Caption For Belbroughton, Hartle Lane C1965

There is a great deal of attractive Georgian architecture, and a church dating back to the 12th century, with a beautifully decorated 15th-century font and handsome Carolean pulpit and reading desk

Caption For Little Comberton, The Village C1955

Parts of Little Comberton's church date back to at least the 12th century, though there was considerable rebuilding in 1887.

Caption For Settle, Market Day 1921

Dating from the 17th century, the Shambles comprised several shops in an arched arcade, with living accommodation over the top.

Caption For Hinckley, Castle Street 1964

The presence of ladies in hats, and of skirts below the knee, point unmistakably to a date in the mid-1960s, reinforced by the presence of a Silver Cross pram.

Caption For Penrith, Lowther Castle 1894

The previous residence on the site dated from the 17th century, but had been badly damaged by fire in 1720.

Caption For Castleford, Ledsham Village C1965

Dating from the 8th century, All Saints also has a 15th-century tower; the church was restored in 1871.