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Kay Key Moss Farm Witherslack

My great-great-great-grandfather JOSEPH FLETCHER Esq lived at Kay Moss Farm (as it was called then), now known as Key Moss. He is buried along with 3 of his children who died young and 1 daughter Ellen at St ...Read more

A memory of Witherslack in 1870

St. Mary's Church

I used to be an Altar Boy at St. Mary's and went to St. Mary's School. I did not realize that the church was that old.

A memory of Warrington in 1954 by Tom Screawn

The Place Of My Ancestors

I found out that my great-grandmother was born at Tintern, she came with her parents to Warrington in 1870. Warrington was a big name in Wire and so was Tintern, that is the link. We first visited Tintern in 2003 and ...Read more

A memory of Tintern by Madelaine Kirk

Down Memory Lane

I was born in Nottingham and came to live in Gateshead when I was 4 years old. My mother was in the W.R.A.C and met my father when she was stationed down there. He was a Waiter in the Crown Hotel in Bawtry and was originally ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Pauline Thompson

My Beginning

I returned to Andover in August 2010 and was as excited as the day we left in November 1956 when my family decided we were going to Australia. 54 years is a long time and I think that my wife was surprised at how much I remembered ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1956 by John Abbess

Horace And Emma Everrett.

I have discovered that my great-grandfather was Horace Everrett who was a gamekeeper at Westwood Park around 1940. His wife may have been called Emma and their daughter, Emma, married Frederick William Gately on 28th ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1940 by Cheryl Charles

Suttons Secondary Modern Boys' School, Hornchurch

My Dad, Dennis (Den) Smith lived at 69 St. Andrews Avenue with his widowed mother Iris and his younger sister Mary. During WWII the area suffered bomb damage and dad and his sister were evacuated ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1943 by Debra Budge

Church

If this is St. Mary's church my grandmother painted a picture of it and donated it to either the church or the vicar. The signature is either Muriel Swanson or M Swanson. I wonder if it is still in existence?

A memory of South Benfleet by Pat Anastasi

Tarpots

I remember the north side of the London road much as has been described by others with some differences, the last shop before the garage was Jones the butchers, owned by Mr Jones and run by his three sons, Roy, Owen and the third one ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1945 by Colin Mackenzie

Loughton Memories

I was born in The Drive, Loughton in 1937. I was in the Cubs and Scouts at St. Mary's and was married there in May 1960. The vicar was Rev. Vine. Brian Leach.

A memory of Loughton in 1960 by First Name Last Name

Captions

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Caption For Manchester, Deansgate 1892

The triangular-shaped Victoria Buildings was erected by the corporation in 1876 occupying an area of land bounded by Deansgate, Victoria Street, and St Mary's Gate.

Caption For Port Erin, Calf Of Man 1897

In early 20th century guides, walkers were advised to leave the train at Port St Mary and go by way of the Chasms and Spanish Head to Port Erin..

Caption For Abergavenny, From The Church 1898

This view from St Mary's tower has Monk Street in the foreground.

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street 1893

The prosperity of the town is evident in its grand commercial frontage.

Caption For Framlingham, Market Hill 1909

This 16th-century building with an 18th-century façade was built after 1564 on the site of St Mary's Guildhall.

Caption For Leiston, The Abbey 1922

The abbey of the White Canons was transferred here from Minsmere in 1363, and rebuilt after a fire in 1382.

Caption For Wolsingham, Parish Church C1965

Dedicated to St Mary and St Stephen, the parish church was rebuilt in the late 1840s; all that is left of an earlier 12th-century structure is the lower part of the west tower.

Caption For Mill Hill, The Broadway C1955

Arts and Crafts-style buildings, and the churches of St Michael and All Angels and the Sacred Heart and St Mary Immaculate set the pace and quality at this new Mill Hill, away from the old centre but close

Caption For Sawbridgeworth, Hyde Hall 1903

It passed down through the Jocelyn family, whose monuments can be seen in the church of St Mary the Great.

Caption For Baldock, White Horse Street 1925

Here we see the junction of White Horse Street and Sun Street, leading to St Mary's Church with its 13th-century tower and prominent spike.

Caption For Conwy, Castle 1913

In March 1283 Edward I ordered Conwy Castle to be built and a burgh established.

Caption For York, St Mary's Tower C1885

This was the water tower for St Mary's Abbey.

Caption For York, Bootham Bar & The Minster 1893

The stone-arched building on the right was the postern tower built in 1497 on St Mary's Abbey walls; it is now an office for First York Buses.

Caption For Kensington, St Mary Abbott's 1899

It was rebuilt by the Victorians between 1869 and 1872 to Sir George Gilbert Scott's lavish design.

Caption For London, Lambeth Palace C1965

This view shows the Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence; at the time of the photograph, Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher, who crowned Queen Elizabeth II, was Primate.

Caption For Flookburgh, Church Of St John The Baptist 1901

This church opened in 1900, replacing St Mary's Church, which formerly stood in the centre of Flookburgh.

Caption For Bury, The Rock C1955

Imposing 19th-century buildings line one of Bury's main streets, which leads from the town's parish church, St Mary's.

Caption For Petworth, North Street 1908

The spire of St Mary's church soars above the town, and to the right is the boundary wall of Petworth Park, the great mansion built by the Duke of Somerset towards the end of the 17th century.

Caption For Trimley, Three Mariners Inn C1955

The railings of St Mary's churchyard are on the right.

Caption For Madingley, The Church 1909

The parish church of St Mary Magdalene is all that remains from the original village centre.

Caption For Stafford, St Mary's Church C1965

The foundations of the 10th-century church of St Bertelin are laid out adjoining St Mary's behind the middle bench.

Caption For Chipping Norton, Market Street C1960

A little out of shot is the church of St Mary, which has an unusual gravestone in memory of Phillis Humphreys, who died at the age of 58 in 1763.

Caption For Marlborough, High Street C1950

This view was taken from St Mary's Church.

Caption For Whalley, Church Lane 1906

Not far from the ruins of Whalley's abbey stands the 13th-century Church of St Mary and All Saints.