Places

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Photos

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Books

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Memories

676 memories found. Showing results 291 to 300.

West Horsley Previously Under Ockham

The Barley Mow, we went up there for my sister's hen night, and ended up at the caravan park down Green Lane. I have just visited it, well last year actually, and didn't realize it was such a lovely park, ...Read more

A memory of West Horsley in 1970 by Loraine Roles

Visits To Rusper

My grand parents lived in Rusper for many years and their house was next to the butchers' shop on the same side of the road as the church. I can remember visiting my grandparents, as a school boy and my grandfather was a local ...Read more

A memory of Rusper in 1940 by Peter Foster

School Holidays In Wartime Shutford Nr Banbury Oxon

My earliest memories of Shutford date back to around 1944, when as an eleven year old schoolboy I spent summer holidays with my grandfather Fred Turner (son of plush weaver Amos ...Read more

A memory of Shutford in 1944 by Brian Grainge

Growing Up In Dovercourt

I have been trying to remember the exact dates when we lived in Dovercourt but I think it was something like 1953-57, while my father worked for the railway at Parkeston Quay. We first rented a place in Shaftesbury ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt in 1955 by Robert Dingwall

Moss Hall, Gresford

I am just remembering Moss Hall and Mr and Mrs Yaylor and their son Stan who lived in a cottage near the copse, and how at a night time you would stand outside and listen to badgers crying, it was really such an amazing place, ...Read more

A memory of Gresford in 1965 by Philip Kersey Smith

Ring Of Bells

I have a will dated 1865 for Robert Rood "of the Grape Vine Inn known by the ancient name of Brakeland". He bequeathed the property to his wife Mary Rood and it suggests the property was owned and bequeathed to him by his father Thomas ...Read more

A memory of Meare by Andrew Plumbly

German Aircraft

In the early 1940s my father was a coastguard stationed at Barry Island. I was about 5 years old and I vividly remember that one day I was sat on my 3-wheeled bike at the top of the hill and a German aircraft flew over at a ...Read more

A memory of Barry Island in 1940 by Derek Cousins

Grammar School And All That!

I remember the Grammar School well - I got transferred from Mexborough Tech because I had failed my 11+ Then I actually got to TEACH at the Grammar School whena student when the music teacher was ill for a ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne in 1956 by Terry Ladlow

Trace Old Inhabitants Of Tonyrefail

Please excuse me for contacting you this way. Whilst renovating an old house, we came across an interesting legal document. It is dated 1881. Basically it relates to an agreement between Hopkins Rowlands, ...Read more

A memory of Tonyrefail in 1880 by Gerry Bedford

Memories

I can remember as a child staying in Tower caravan park, and also in the little roads leading up to the park which were all named after cars. The big old carts coming round couple of times a week to empty the toilets as at the time ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick by Judy Parker

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 697 to 720.

Caption For Kettering, Montagu Street C1950

The building and its tower, distinguished by its tracery and four gables, date back to 1892.

Caption For Rothwell, Market Place C1950

Rothwell's history dates back to long before the Danish invasion of the Dark Ages. 4,000 years ago Bronze Age settlers came to this area, followed by the Romans.

Caption For Blackpool, North Pier And Fountain 1890

The oldest of the town's three piers, this one dates from 1863, and when it opened was known simply as Blackpool Pier.

Caption For Leeds, Briggate 1951

On the left is Leeds' oldest shop, which dates from 1613 and is receiving a face lift.

Caption For Conisbrough, The Church 1895

Though St Peter's dates from Saxon times, it is believed that Hamelin Plantaganet might have also have rebuilt the church, as much of the stonework is 12th-century.

Caption For Wanborough, The Harrow Inn, High Street C1965

The Harrow is the oldest public house in Wanborough, dating back to at least the 18th century.

Caption For Malmesbury, The Abbey, The South Porch 1924

Malmesbury Abbey`s unique south porch, dating from the mid 12th century and built in the Romanesque style, is decorated with thirty-eight fine sculptures depicting detailed and elaborate images, some

Caption For Pembrey, Llando Terrace C1955

From the partial billboard on the gable end, it was obviously a retailer of the News of the World, which at this date, it may be interesting to recall, was a working class but quite serious broadsheet,

Caption For Britford, St Peter's Church 1906

on the Avon in an extensive and complex area of water meadows and carriers which control the flow of the river downstream.The parish church is extremely old and surprisingly large, with parts dating

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Caption For Westham, C1965

It has the oldest dated bell in Sussex, 1369, which is of Dutch origin.A young girl waits patiently in the field for photographer to finish.

Caption For East Harling, The Square C1965

Shops and private houses of all dates surround the large Market Square.

Caption For Eastleigh, North Stoneham Church C1955

Much of the town dates from between 1890 and 1939, and many of its residents were employed by the railway.

Caption For Seaton Carew, The Green C1955

An old Ford Prefect and a motor scooter help to date the view.

Caption For Abingdon, The Market Place C1955

The origins of St Nicholas' Church date back to the 12th century.

Caption For Souldern, The Village C1960

Jack Callow moved to Bates Lane in 1929, and here he opened a shop, which became known as Callow's Stores.

Caption For Coulsdon, Public Library C1955

The Library and adjacent buildings on the left are of more recent date than those on the right because there was a regular problem with flooding on this side of the road, caused by the local Bourne stream

Caption For Llandough, St Dochdwy's Church C1955

The church has a chalice and paten dating back to the 16th century, and in its grounds stands the 10th-century cross of Irbic.

Caption For Wokingham, Nine Mile Ride Post Office 1909

At this date, a dog could safely stand and wait in the road until the next traveller came into view.

Caption For Marlborough, High Street C1950

The building beyond, 2-4 High Street, is dated 1739, and was at that time a milk bar.

Caption For Goring By Sea, Bull Inn C1960

Although the suggested dates for the original building range from the 17th to the 18th centuries, two Tudor windows were discovered during more recent alterations.

Caption For Knowle, High Street C1965

It is the oldest existing building on the High Street, the earliest part of it dating from around 1400.

Caption For Worston, The Village 1921

The building on the left was a non-conformist chapel and bears the date 1668, whilst hidden at the end is the Calf's Head.

Caption For Bath, Roman Bath, King's Bath, Main Spring 1907

The King's Bath, seen here, dates from 1597, but little survives of the original.

Caption For Southampton, Tudor House 1908

Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.