Maps

599 maps found.

1945, Ingham Corner Ref. NPO743545
1946, Keddington Corner Ref. NPO745575
1946, Kenton Corner Ref. NPO746317
1940, Kettle Corner Ref. NPO746618
1945, Mark's Corner Ref. NPO774733
1946, Misery Corner Ref. NPO781606
1940, Newlands Corner Ref. NPO791221
1945, Quags Corner Ref. NPO812004
1947, Quality Corner Ref. NPO812023
1940, Potters Corner Ref. NPO810137
1946, Pye Corner Ref. NPO811874
1946, Park Corner Ref. NPO800483
1946, Kirby Corner Ref. NPO748661
1946, Nordelph Corner Ref. NPO792665
1946, North Corner Ref. NPO793094
1896, Birchhall Corner Ref. RNE640551
1898, Blackpool Corner Ref. RNE642864
1896, Blacksmith's Corner Ref. RNE642927
1898, Cobbler's Corner Ref. RNE672722
1895, Cooper's Corner Ref. RNE677088

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Memories

2,797 memories found. Showing results 151 to 160.

Strange But True

Our first home was a ground floor bedsit at 40 Castle Corner opposite the castle. The old part of the road formed a hammer head and had three parking bays. One dark rainy winters night my husband parked outside and ran in to ...Read more

A memory of Beckington in 1976 by Christine Mabbett

Famous Arch

As a child, during school holidays I would stay with my Grand-parents in Newton Abbot and often travel to Torquay on the smart dark red number 12 Devon General bus. On the journey I would look out for the tunnel at Kingskerswell near ...Read more

A memory of Kingskerswell by Nigel Bruce Robertson

Along The Barking Road

I was born at 37 Alexandra Street. At the corner where our street met the Barking Road, opposite Star Lane and Mulcasters seed shop, was the bombed Odeon where we would play as children. I recall a pea souper fog in the late ...Read more

A memory of Canning Town by Robert Blackbourn

Bank Street

We lived in an old Victorian house on the Bank, I was eight years old. I remember a shop on the corner of School Street owned by a man named Ted Weihton and on the other corner Tates fish shop, the owner was a friend of my Great Aunt ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1954

Postman Standing On The Corner Of Galgate West With John Street

The Postman is believed to be John Blenkinsop. Five of the entrances to ‘Barney’ have the word ‘gate’ (meaning ‘way’) in their street names.   Galgate is the northern way into ...Read more

A memory of Barnard Castle in 1890 by Dave Charlesworth

Holidays In Uley

My Uncle Gus and Aunt May lived in South Street and I spent a number of holidays with them at Easter and during  the Summer for 2 or 3 years in the early 50's. I loved climbing up to the Bury with my Aunt's nephews, Tony and Reg, ...Read more

A memory of Uley in 1953 by Ken Cook

Boots The Chemist

I own part of the building which is the second one on the left of the photo. Many years ago there was another building on the end, on the corner of Market St and Well Lane. Our building is now the Fat Frog Cafe and lots of ...Read more

A memory of Liskeard by Lynda Gale

At The Skating Rink

I have a copy of this postcard and believe my sister and I are skating in the bottom left corner of the picture (unfortunately under the Frith logo on the image).  The gentleman in the grey jacket leaning on the railings watching I ...Read more

A memory of Rhyl in 1955 by Ann Hayes

Boring History!

I attended Storrington Primary School in Spierbridge Road, and we all looked forward to our last year at the school, because during the summer seniors were taken to Church Street as part of a local history lesson. Of course, we ...Read more

A memory of Storrington in 1989 by Ashlea Shaw

Charles Arthur Samphier Born12 5 1937 Wyatts Green

My parents bought Wyatts Stores in about 1936 and moved from West Ham, E.London., with my two sisters. Dad kept about 300 chickens in the back field. I was born on Coronation Day at Wyatts ...Read more

A memory of Doddinghurst in 1930 by Charles Samphier

Captions

1,235 captions found. Showing results 361 to 384.

Caption For Torquay, Anstey's Cove 1896

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Caption For Liskeard, The Post Office 1912

This new post office has been opened recently at the corner of Baytree Hill and Windsor Place.

Caption For Rothwell, High Street C1955

This photograph shows the corner of High Street and Bridge Street. The Electricity Service Centre and the London Central Meat Company have been replaced by a beauty salon and a florist.

Caption For Prestbury, The Church 1901

A cavalier hurries through the streets, a monk haunts shady corners of the village, and a violent phantom hovers to trap the unwary—leaving them all aside, Prestbury is a pleasant place for a stroll.

Caption For Oxford, Ship Street And Exeter College Chapel 1922

Note Ye Olde North Gate Teahouse on the corner.

Caption For Torquay, Anstey's Cove 1896

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Caption For Hythe, High Street C1955

On the corner of Douglas Street is a grocery store (left). Note the blinds down on the shops on the right.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, The Driffold And Boddington Gardens C1965

Though Dr Boddington was most famous for his work with TB patients, he also cared for mentally ill patients at Driffold House Asylum at the corner of Wyndley Lane and The Driffold.

Caption For Woodstock, Park Street & Chaucer's House C1955

The aptly named Woodstock Gate, one of the main entrances to Blenheim Palace, lies just around the corner.

Caption For Cawsand, Whitsand Bay And Rame Head C1955

The small square chapel on Rame Head is that of St Michael, built in the 14th century; it originally housed a beacon to guide ships into Plymouth Sound just round the corner.

Caption For Hawkley, Hawkley Hanger 1901

With its spectacular beech hangers, green hills and downland, it is not surprising to learn that this corner of east Hampshire is known as 'Little Switzerland.'

Caption For Gravesend, The Roman Catholic Church 1902

in 1834, and then purchased for the Catholic community in 1851, St John the Evangelist had its unusual and prominent tower, with a French-style saddleback roof, added to the north-east corner

Caption For Langdon Hills, The High Road C1950

His office can be seen here, at the corner of Berry Lane. The High Road itself, ironically, tended to be where the better-quality homes were built.

Caption For Northampton, George Row 1922

Just round the corner from the church is George Row.

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And Moot Hall C1950

The Maple Leaf Court sign, swinging on the street corner, has gone.

Caption For Hunmanby, Bridlington Street C1950

The Buck Inn on the corner consists of three cottages joined into one. The name comes from a family called Buck who once lived in the property.

Caption For Sheerness, Esplanade And Beach C1955

East of Gravesend, near where the Thames Estuary meets the North Sea, is Sheerness, a port and seaside resort on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey.

Caption For Andover, London Street 1904

In the 1970s a corner shop would still be trading on the 1904 site of L Green's Confectionary Shop opposite Nutley's Alehouse, which, it was said, was only ever lit by candles.

Caption For Romford, The Trinity Weslyan Chapel 1908

The Trinity Weslyan Methodist Chapel, on the corner of Mawney Road and Linden Street, was built in 1888 and provided seating for 750 worshippers.

Caption For Okehampton, Fore Street Market 1890

Farmers gather at the corner to mull over the issues of the day.

Caption For Little Waldingfield, Church 1906

The tower has stone figures at the corners instead of pinnacles. The whole church was restored in 1872. The vicar in 1906 was the Rev John Brown.

Caption For Reading, Broad Street C1965

To the right of the K Shoe Shop is a corner of Heelas' store, a noted local department store, now part of John Lewis.

Caption For Cardiff, Park Hotel 1893

Of its original shop units the prestigious corner site is here occupied by Penfold Brothers Bootmakers & Hatters.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street 1901

To the left of the tree a corner of the Commercial Hotel is visible; it is now the Commodore. The large tree has now gone, and the junction is much altered.