Places

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Photos

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

676 memories found. Showing results 411 to 420.

The Mystery Bridge Across The Mill Brook In Baguley.

The Mystery Bridge across the Mill Brook in Baguley. I was born in September 1946 and lived in Overdale Road Benchill before moving to Fouracers Road in Baguley about 1951. The Lanes, Farms ...Read more

A memory of Wythenshawe by christopher.bowden

My Memories When I Was Young In Stroud 1950s

It was amazing to look back at some of these photos..remembering them well. We as a family lived at 35 stratford road which was then a council house owned by the fire brigade, father worked in the fire ...Read more

A memory of Stroud by william007roberts

Burnt Yates

I first came across Burnt Yates while looking over the UK for towns with funny names, Burnt Yates stood out as by far the best. I then later did a presentation on it for my civics final in school. Me and my friends are currently doing ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Yates by pontaclott4

Happy Days

I am the dark haired young man sitting upright in the boat in the bottom left hand corner of the photograph taken in 1961. The boat was the Judith Mary built by Percy Mitchell for my late father, Spencer Clarke, in Portmellon in 1949. ...Read more

A memory of Gorran Haven by graham.jsclarke

Rothwell Childrens Home Leeds

I would like to hear from anybody that was in Rothwell Childrens home in 1947 - 1950 . I was Barry Bates and my brother and sister was in there too . Maureen and Terry . We have a lot of bad memories of this ...Read more

A memory of Rothwell by barry.bts

Isaac And Margretta Griffiths

Isaac And Margretta Griffiths lived in Cefneithin, (Dyfed) in Tabor Villa on Carmarthen Road until 1939. From there they ended up living in West Bromwich in the West Midlands. As far as i understand it was my ...Read more

A memory of Cefneithin by zakpakk

Peckham Memories.

I was born in 1934 and lived at 26, Gatonby Street until I married in 1955 so I have a vast store of memories of "old" Peckham both before, during and after the war I went to school at Oliver Goldsmiths and two things in ...Read more

A memory of Peckham

The Ferry Boatman Disaster

Sad boat accident Monday morning 26th March 1877 at Ryton. There were two brothers named Scott who lived in a house on Ryton Island, this was just below Moor Court. (You can read about this in my other stories). The brothers ...Read more

A memory of Ryton

1940's History

I am trying to obtain information regarding a mid- air collision over Bracknell Berkshire in the 1940’s. Believed to be 1943 but could a few years away from that date. It is believed to be between a Hurricane and a ...Read more

A memory of Abingdon-on-Thames by stephenclark00

Childhood Years Early 70s

I remember going to Dartford with my mum and going to a shop called Kerr's Drapery in the High Street. I was fascinated by the way they gave change to their customers. The shop assistant would put money into a capsule ...Read more

A memory of Dartford

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 985 to 1,008.

Caption For London, Blackfriars Bridge 1890

Blackfriars Bridge, dated 1869, screens the now part-demolished railway bridge of 1864.

Caption For Sproughton, The Stores C1965

Lower House (right) and the former shop date from 1520-50.

Caption For Chipping Campden, High Street 1952

Just beyond the Market Hall behind the war memorial is the Town Hall, which dates back to the 14th century.

Caption For Oswestry, Llwyd Mansion C1960

The town therefore has few really old buildings - Llwyd Mansion is one of these, dating from 1604.

Caption For Blackheath, The Volunteer Arms C1955

The pub dates from about 1840, and used to have a later elaborate arched canopy, now long gone.

Caption For Coldharbour, Main Street 1957

Behind the pub and the house rears the wooded slopes of Anstiebury Camp, one of Surrey's finest Iron Age hillforts, dating from the second century BC; its ramparts enclose over 11 acres.

Caption For Cranleigh, The Village Hall C1960

It is dated 1935, and is a large timber-framed building of some quality, convincingly done.

Caption For Stafford, Gaolgate Street C1955

However, restoration work was carried out between 1854 and 1875, saving the Norman nave and chancel arch.The Norman-style font actually dates from 1856 and the reredos from 1910.

Caption For Birmingham, Aston Hall Park And Church 1896

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is the only church within city limits to be mentioned in the Domesday Book.The west tower and the spire date from the 15th century, though the latter was

Caption For Bibury, Bibury Court Hotel C1960

Dating from the 16th century, this fine Tudor country house was planned around three sides of a quadrangle with a protruding porch at the entrance.

Caption For Stockton On Tees, High Street 1951

On the right can be seen the parish church, which dates from 1712.

Caption For Saltfleet, Manor House C1955

It is said that Oliver Cromwell slept here after a Civil War skirmish at Winceby, so it would have to date from before the 1640s.

Caption For Downholme, The Church 1913

Inside the quaint little church of St Michael and All Angels is a George III coat of arms dated 1784, signed by the Richmond painter Robert Coatsworth; he helped to paint the scenery for the opening

Caption For Martlesham, The Hill C1955

The Red Lion (right) dates from c1580, and has an oriel window similar to those on the Ancient House in Ipswich.

Caption For Guisborough, The De Brus Cenotaph 1899

The cenotaph was presented to the priory by Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII; it can be dated by the carving second from right, which shows a cock on a reel , a rebus for James Cockerill, penultimate

Caption For Preston, War Memorial 1926

The original unveiling date in May 1926 had to be postponed because of the General Strike.

Caption For Symondsbury, Village C1940

Looking north, from the lane into the village from Miles Cross, 1868-dated Symondsbury School and tower of St John`s Church in the background can be seen.

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Mill C1960

There has been a mill on this site at Lower Slaughter since before the Norman conquest, though the building shown here dates from around 1800.

Caption For Framlingham, The Castle 1909

The gable wing dates from 1637, and the remainder from 1729.

Caption For Aylesford, From The Riverwalk C1960

The bridge is the oldest on the Medway, dating back to the 14th century, but the central span was enlarged in the 19th century to accommodate the increasing traffic on the river.

Caption For Friern Barnet, St James' Church C1965

In the 12th century Friern Barnet belonged to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and the church, notwithstanding extensive mid 19th-century additions, dates from around that time.

Caption For Abergynolwyn, The Village 1968

There is little apart from the Mini van parked in front of the terraced house on the bottom right of the picture to give away the date of this view, which looks north over Abergynolwyn.

Caption For Yateley, The Village And St Peter's Church 1906

The clock was made in Cromwell's time, and the lychgate dates back over 300 years.

Caption For Brampton, Naworth Castle C1955

It was an old Border stronghold, the oldest part of which is the Dacre Tower, an old pele tower, which dates from the 14th century.