Maps

1,651 maps found.

1898, West End Ref. RNE864077
1898, West End Ref. RNE864082
1895, West End Ref. RNE864085
1947, West End Ref. NPO864036
1946, West End Ref. NPO864049
1946, West End Ref. NPO864056
1940, West End Ref. NPO864059
1940, West End Ref. NPO864069
1947, West End Ref. NPO864073
1946, West End Ref. NPO864077
1945, West End Ref. NPO864078
1945, West End Ref. NPO864083
1947, West End Ref. NPO864086
1947, West End Ref. NPO864104
1898, West End Ref. RNE864033
1895, West End Ref. RNE864044
1895, West End Ref. RNE864047
1898, West End Ref. RNE864056
1895, West End Ref. RNE864059
1895, West End Ref. RNE864064

Books

19 books found. Showing results 73 to 19.

Memories

2,049 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

The Kennet

The river is the Kennet and this view shows the junction of the Kennet river (from low level bridge on the right) and the Kennet and Avon Canal (towards the locks straight ahead). The tributary to the left is towards the West Mills flour mill (water powered). The view is upstream (West).

A memory of Newbury by Claire Allen

A Source Of Barlick Information

Anyone interested in West Craven, including Barnoldswick, should do a Google search for the term oneguyfrombarlick. You will soon find the largest local history website in the UK which contains masses of ...Read more

A memory of Barnoldswick by Stanley Graham

Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle

My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction ...Read more

A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

St.Matthias Youth Club 1950s

I was born in December 1939 in Redhill Hospital which then changed to Edgware General. My parents Bill and Gladys Wyness lived in Marlow Court, Colindeep Lane and my maternal grandparents lived in Chalfont Court also in ...Read more

A memory of Colindale by sandymills03

Good Times

I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn by John Weeks

Evacuee

My name was Evelyn Smith "Eve".  I was evacuated to my uncle and aunt's home during the war.  My uncle was Sidney Smith - he was station master.  We lived at 3 Coombe Lea.   Miss Richardson was our school teacher - a really beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Tipton St John in 1940 by Eve White

Old Post Office

My Great Aunt Alice Reynolds owned this cottage and ran the Village Post Office from here, until 1971.  This explains why there is a telephone box in the garden!   My mum and her two sisters were evacuated here in the war, then ...Read more

A memory of Easton Royal by Hazel Fraser

Rochester Dwellings.

I used to live in 10 U Block. I was born in 1935 and now at 87, I live in Katsuura, Japan. When the war broke out in 1939 I was evacuated to Dukes Wood Boarding School in Hexham. An excellent school where I received an excellent ...Read more

A memory of Walker by John Curran

Summer Memories Of Picktree Village

In the late 1950’s and as a young boy around 8 or 9 living in the west end of Newcastle, I used to visit my Auntie Bella and Uncle Ted regularly. They lived at Number 3 Picktree Cottages, a short row of picturesque ...Read more

A memory of Picktree by Ben Haddon

Lulu In West Molesey

I lived in West Molesey, as a schoolboy in the 1960s. Around 1967, Lulu attended a party at the house of one of my friends. She lost an earring at the party, and went back the next morning to find it. I happened to be there ...Read more

A memory of West Molesey by John Curtis

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For York, Hemmens's Shop 1909

It was demolished in 1939, and an office block now stands on the site.

Caption For Caernarfon, Castle Square 1906

Dominating Castle Square ('Y Maes' in Welsh) at the west end of the town, stands the great bulk of the castle.

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Road 1899

At the west end of Lumley Road there were a few shops in 1899, but the view is utterly transformed now from Roman Bank, a reference to the old Roman sea wall.

Caption For Lewes, Cliffe High Street 1894

St Thomas Becket church is at the east end of Cliffe High Street, which runs west to cross the Ouse into School Hill and Lewes proper.

Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1913

This view is looking north-westwards from the junction with North Allington, at the bottom end of South Street.

Caption For East Grinstead, High Street 1890

On the left is the post office, run by Fred Maplesden, who was also printer and publisher of the East Grinstead Household Almanack.

Caption For Morecambe, West End Promenade 1903

Here we see the area at the start of the West End Pier.

Caption For Tenterden, High Street 1900

The main body of the church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, and was here in 1180.

Caption For Bedford, Embankment Gardens 1929

This view is taken from the east end of Embankment Gardens, where there was a matching urn to that at their west end.

Caption For Colwell Bay, The Front C1955

Colwell Bay, just west of Yarmouth, has a good mile of sand sheltered by the low cliffs behind.

Caption For Frome, Oldest House 1907

At the south end of Cheap Street, seen on the right, were the premises of H R Hughes; the building has a narrow three-sided front and a stone-tiled roof, also with three planes.

Caption For London, Temple Bar C1870

This gateway entrance to the City at the west end of Fleet Street was designed by Christopher Wren.

Caption For Finedon, Church Hill C1955

Finedon has had a market charter since at least 1294 and the older part of the town, pictured here, lies at the west end.

Caption For London, Piccadilly Circus C1895

It is hard to believe that this elegant corner of the West End is now smothered with giant neon advertisements.

Caption For Morecambe, The West End 1896

The southern part of Morecambe (referred to as the west end), towards Heysham, soon developed as the more genteel side of the resort, with smart hotels; it was thought to be a little superior.

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1904

At the west end of the High Street, London Road curves away north-west downhill.

Caption For Misterton, The Church 1960

It is situated in the drained fenland and carrs (copses) to the west of the River Trent, through which meanders the River Idle on its way to meet the river at West Stockwith.

Caption For Redruth, Fore Street 1922

Today, it would be difficult to stand for long in the middle of this road junction at the bottom of town; here West End meets Fore Street and Penryn Street (right).

Caption For Morecambe, West End Promenade C1950

We are looking at the area that was between West End and Central Piers just before they both fell foul of the weather.

Caption For Milborne Port, Ven House C1955

The Village 1959 At the west end of the village, at the junction of Gainsborough Road with the A30, is this former school of the 1880s, built in rock-faced rubble stone and ashlar dressings.

Caption For Maidenhead, Technical School And New Drill Hall 1903

Along the Marlow Road at the west end of Kidwell's Park is the former Technical School, dated 1895.

Caption For Southwell, The Minster C1960

The route leaves Newark and heads six miles west to the small and delightful town of Southwell, whose minster church had been founded by the Archbishop of York before AD956.

Caption For West Kirby, The Promenade C1965

We are looking south along West Kirby's busy Promenade, with the marine lake to the right.

Caption For Culham, The Stores C1965

At its west end the village had a post office and stores.