Places

5 places found.

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Photos

18 photos found. Showing results 401 to 18.

Maps

573 maps found.

1897-1909, Hatchet Gate Ref. RNC728301
1902-1903, Hallfield Gate Ref. RNC725562
1898, Harknett's Gate Ref. RNC727323
1903-1904, Park Gate Ref. RNC1190923
1896, Walworth Gate Ref. HOSM63362
1892, Land Gate Ref. HOSM59697
1895, Rainton Gate Ref. HOSM57401
1899-1900, Folly Gate Ref. RNC707412
1897-1899, Eastland Gate Ref. RNC698652
1902, Hook-A-Gate Ref. RNC739955
1947, Shafton Two Gates Ref. NPO828687
1901-1904, Rainton Gate Ref. RNC812976
1919, Harknett's Gate Ref. POP727323
1919, Kenn Moor Gate Ref. POP746132
1920, Monk's Gate Ref. POP782615
1919, Lyon's Gate Ref. POP771188
1895, St Blazey Gate Ref. RNE823651
1893, Shepherd's Gate Ref. RNE829735
1903-1904, Sand Gate Ref. RNC824817
1898, Ryecroft Gate Ref. HOSM58314

Books

1 books found. Showing results 481 to 1.

Memories

677 memories found. Showing results 201 to 210.

Flete House

The memories that Mary Impey has voiced bear a resemblance to my own. I have always had a memory from very young of being in some sort of establishment with the panelled walls Mary mentioned and rows of babies' cots and even the ...Read more

A memory of Pamflete Ho

Chivenor 1949

I was 19 years old, in the R.A.F. at Chivenor from October, 1948 to June, 1949 and was at the dance-hall in Barnstaple one of those nights in April, 1949. Across the room was the loveliest girl I had ever seen, brown wavy hair to ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1949 by Kenneth Hughes

Walton Colliery

My name is Roland Mitchell. I worked at Walton colliery as a haulage hand. I worked alongside Percy Heckles, Alan Jennings, Phillip Casgoin and Phillip Redmond and a young lad by the name of George Bernard Shaw. ...Read more

A memory of Walton in 1971 by Roland Mitchell

Sketch Of This Church In 1881

In a sketch I have dated October 1881 there is a cord hanging down from the bell down the outside wall with a hand pull. The name on the sketch it is Wasldale church. Possibly by Beatrix Potter or E Rawnsley.

A memory of Wasdale Head in 1880 by Nigel Bennett

Family From Bibury

My memories from / about Bibury are: I was born there in Bibury Cotts - 15 April 1947. My parents were married there - George Lacey / Joyce Iles. My grandparents lived at number 8 Arlington Row. My parents marriage was actually a ...Read more

A memory of Bibury in 1960 by Michael Lacey

Easebourne St. Easebourne, W Sussex

We lived in Wisteria Cottage - my married name was Bowers then - which adjoined The White Horse Inn, which you can just see on the left towards the end of the picture. There seems to be another building in ...Read more

A memory of Easebourne in 1997 by Lynn Ede

School Road Nursery

I am researching my family and was wondering if anyone knew of the School Road Nursery at Yardley Wood. I have recently been given an old family photo which was sent to Mrs A Horton, at that address. I think the photo ...Read more

A memory of Yardley Wood by Lesley Rutter

Oops I Forgot!!

Though the picture is dated c1965, looking up Windsor Street on the left hand side either 3 or 4 shops up was my uncles 'glass and glazing shop' - his name was David Munn. Some years later he moved the shop to the shopping parade at the top of Long Lane, Hillingdon.

A memory of Uxbridge in 1968 by Nick Brown

Good Old Days In Salford

I was born in Salford, one of six children to Edith Casey and Ken Casey, their other children consisted of Linda, Alan, Barry, Ken, Paul and of course myself. We lived at number 50 Bury Street which was off Ellor Street. ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1955 by Nigel Yates

Kennards

Was there really a live donkey in Kennards Arcade at some point? Was that just a childhood dream I had? One highlight of my childhood was going to one of the big department stores with my grandmother and mother. Ladies dressed in black ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Jacky Hughes

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 481 to 504.

Caption For Marazion, From The Mount 1895

This is a timeless view, for there are no people or traffic to indicate the date.

Caption For Newmarket, The Grandstand, Rowley Mile Racecourse 1922

Newmarket's connection with the sport dates back to the time of Charles II, although it was not until the reign of Victoria that horse racing received its biggest boost, promoted by her son the Prince

Caption For Eype, The Village C1955

The 1860-dated plaque is on Eype School (far left).

Caption For Greystoke, The Church 1893

Greystoke Church dates from 13th century.

Caption For Cardington, The Village C1960

The house is called Brook House; there is an inscription above the crest over the porch (just to the right of the road sign) that dates the building to 1574.

Caption For Churchtown, The Punch Bowl Inn C1955

St Helen's Church, from where this photograph was taken, aptly deserves its epithet 'Cathedral of the Fylde': it is a magnificent building whose earliest parts date from the 12th century

Caption For Little Waldingfield, Church 1906

The south porch dates from 1466. 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 Sandbach, The Black Bear Inn And Market Place C1955

The Saxon crosses are just behind the Black Bear pub on the left, which has the date of 1634 just above the entrance. The structure on the right is the war memorial.

Caption For Worcester, Friar Street 1891

Though its front dated from 1480, No 32 was where visitors to the Franciscan friary (founded in 1239) lodged. We must be thankful that a number of the buildings in this street have been preserved.

Caption For Axmouth, 1918

The village probably dates from Saxon times, and it was a royal manor of King Athelstan, Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror.

Caption For Thaxted, Stoney Lane C1955

The cluster of timbered houses are of late 15th century date.

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street 1920

Much of this scene has been redeveloped, although the building with a carved date of 1893 above Hepworths survives.

Caption For Chartham, The Church And Green 1903

St Mary's Church by the charming village green is home to a famous brass dating back to 1306 of Robert de Setvans portraying a military knight.

Caption For Kingswinford, Parish Church Of St Mary C1965

It is thought to date from around 1120. More recently, George Woodall (1850-1925) was buried at St Mary's.

Caption For Shirley, Longmore Road C1965

The name means 'long heath', and it was recorded in a deed dated 1426, now at Stratford Records Office.

Caption For Clitheroe, From Castle Street 1921

Carrying the town's clock is the Carnegie Library, dating from 1905, and behind, in Church Street, is the 19th-century Town Hall.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1960

The town, once an important centre for the woollen trade, has many fine golden Cotswold stone buildings dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when many affluent wool merchants made their home here

Caption For Southampton, The Civic Centre C1955

The building dates back to the 1930s; soaring above it is the distinctive 182-ft high tower, visible from many parts of the city.

Caption For Sleaford, Monument C1950

This view looks north along South Gate past the extraordinarily grandiose statue in its towering medieval-style spired canopy to a 19th-century MP, Henry Handley, which dates from 1850.

Caption For Fittleworth, The Swan Hotel 1914

The Swan, near the river in Lower Fittleworth and recorded in a document dated 1640, is possibly one of the two alehouses mentioned earlier in 1536.

Caption For Machynlleth, Pentrerhedyn Street C1955

This picture has several features to date it at around 1955. Firstly, the black car near the café is a 1950s or 1960s model, and the petrol pumps on the right are of that era.

Caption For Corringham, Bull Inn C1950

The Bull dates largely from the 17th century, though the wing on the right, with its projecting gable, is two centuries older.

Caption For Horndon On The Hill, The High Street C1960

It dates from the 15th century. The bell on the sign bears the motto 'I call for the living, I toll for the dead, I scatter the lightning'.

Caption For Upper Dicker, The Plough Inn C1950

This Shepherd Neame pub pre-dates Horatio Bottomley's era, and includes 18th- and earlier 19th-century ele- ments.