Maps

453 maps found.

1921, Brook Green Ref. POP651925
1920, Brook Street Ref. POP652008
1919, Brook Waters Ref. POP652018
1902, Grindley Brook Ref. RNC722544
1940, Jarvis Brook Ref. NPO744923
1947, Elcock's Brook Ref. NPO700314
1947, Luzley Brook Ref. NPO770816
1896, Potters Brook Ref. RNE810135
1896, Perrott's Brook Ref. RNE805236
1902, Quina Brook Ref. RNC812436
1903, Load Brook Ref. RNC760097
1947, Brook Bottom Ref. NPO651813
1946, Brook End Ref. NPO651827
1945, Brook Green Ref. NPO651926
1896, Halton Brook Ref. RNE725819
1898, Elcock's Brook Ref. RNE700314
1897, Englesea-Brook Ref. RNE701372
1895, Brook Street Ref. RNE652007
1895, Brooks Green Ref. RNE652161
1896, Brook Bottom Ref. RNE651810

Memories

519 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.

2up And 2down!

My father was born in Ford Street Hockley Brook Birmingham in 1936. He was the youngest of 6, 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Ford Street consisted of a row of houses on one side and factories on the other side. The houses were 2 up ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1940 by Raymond Parlett

Bernard Knowles Brook

My grandmother was Lydia Brooks, her father was Bernard Knowles Brook. She lived with my mum and me at Burton Agnes Hall gatehouse until her death in 1949. My mother was Eedna Brook Wilson, born in 1904. Lydia Brook married ...Read more

A memory of Keadby in 1900 by Edward Horsley

Central House Kemerton

My father Raymond John Price, known as John, was born in Central House on the 8th 0ctober 1918, his father was George Price and mother was Sophia Jane Price. My father was called up to served in the Royal Navy during the ...Read more

A memory of Kemerton in 1952 by Nicholas Price

St Andrews Church

I can remember the old St Andrews in Brook Road, which was demolished and the new church built in its place. Wonderful old building, tiny spiral stairs to the balcony level, beautiful. Shame I have no pictures.

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1960 by Rosie Bishop

Brook Side

I lived by the brook as a child and spent time catching sticklebacks which I then brought in to watch TV! The brook used to regularly flood the cottages at ground floor level. But recall many happy times in the village and at the village school.

A memory of Rolleston on Dove

Keir Hardie Way

I grew up in Keir Hardie Way, near Barnhill School & The Greenway from 1953 - 1966 (we then moved to Surrey). I went To Hayes Park School then Mellow Lane School. Keir Hardie Way, Atlee Road, Bondfield, Kingshil Avenue etc.. ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Beverley Thouless

The Cross

Most of the names state the obvious. This is an important crossroad. Turn right to go to Mill Green along Mill Lane. Turn left to go to Vye's Stores (pre-1960) and then to the Church in Church Lane or down Brook Lane, where we assume the ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by Michael Mitchell

Staying

My nan and grandfather lived at Lindsay Cottage, Milton Combe. My grandfather was head gardener at Drakes Abbey, a short walk. I stayed with them every year for ten years from 1960. My nan used to send me up for milk at the dairy ...Read more

A memory of Milton Combe in 1960 by Kevin Searle

Ten Happy Years

I moved to Watchfield in 1940 and left in 1950. My dad, Mr Woolman, worked for the army and had his office in Homelees Farm in the camp. What a change has taken place at Watchfield. Gone are the places we could play in safety. ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1940 by Jennifer Morris Nee Woolman

Lyndhurst School

Well, about 1959 ish! The headmaster was Mr Fennel, teachers Mr Anderson, Mr Philips and Mr Ladds, air force moustache and all! who was my class teacher. Classmates Bernard Dunden Dave Catt. PE teacher taught nothing but ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood in 1959 by Dave Wallace

Captions

253 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.

Caption For Cosby, The Brook C1965

The brook here somehow appears to be little cared for, with its chipped concrete posts arrayed along weedy banks.

Caption For Warwick, St Mary's Church, Northgate Street 1892

In the chapter house is the tomb of Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke.

Caption For Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe Church 1887

In front of the high altar is a brass to John Brooke and his wife Johanna. She was the daughter of Richard Amerycke, collector for Customs and patron of John Cabot.

Caption For Anstey, Pack Horse Bridge C1960

On the south-east side of the village the five-arch stone bridge, perhaps of the 16th century, steps quietly across the very reedy Rotherby Brook.

Caption For Chatham, Town Hall C1955

Now it is known as the Brook Theatre. The architect who designed it, G E Bond, also built the Grade II listed Chatham Theatre Royal in Manor Road in 1899.

Caption For Wimborne, River Allen From East Brook Bridge 1908

The Rising Sun pub (right) still stands alongside the Allen at East Brook.

Caption For Bozeat, High Street C1955

Note the Brooke Bond Tea advertisement – its packets included picture cards, collected eagerly by myself and numerous other children in the 1950s.

Caption For Budleigh Salterton, The Beach 1925

This charmingly-situated little watering-place lies in a sheltered valley, and its garden-girt villas are further beautified by a sparkling brook, spanned by numerous rustic bridges.

Caption For Mundesley, Brooke Cottage 1921

Brooke Cottage was the place to visit for parents and children alike if they had a sweet tooth, for it was formerly the village sweet shop and store. Next door there was a shoe shop and cobbler's.

Caption For Little Baddow, Grace's Walk 1906

This point - where Grace's Walk crosses Sandon Brook - has a ghost story attached to it: Lady Alice Mildmay (d1615), child-bride of Sir Henry, supposedly drowned herself in a pond here after he was unkind

Caption For Dinas Powys, Mill Road C1960

On the horizon, beyond the similarly derived Mill Brook Road, stands the imposing Ardwyn.

Caption For Selsey, Lifeboat House 1930

Today, it is still almost entirely enclosed by water - the English Channel lies to the south-east and south-west, Pagham Harbour to the north-east, and a brook, known as the Broad Rife, to the north-west

Caption For Daventry, Sheaf Street C1965

Brook Street, however, was largely demolished, as we can see from the void in the distance.

Caption For Anstey, Pack Horse Bridge C1960

On the south-east side of the village the five-arch stone bridge, perhaps of the 16th century, steps quietly across the very reedy Rotherby Brook.

Caption For Glastonbury, High Street 1909

Then, the tall building belonging to Brooks & Sons the Drapers, who boast of being established in 1831, has been replaced by the Post Office, which has a datestone GR 1938.

Caption For Barry, Broad Street 1899

We are looking towards the corner of Island Road, with Brook and Williams's printers and bookbinder's shop and works on the right; this block of shops later became one of the first department stores in

Caption For Sutton, Stonecot Hill C1955

The line of concrete lamp standards, surmounted by the new sodium streetlights, delineates the edges of the A24 as it ascends from its crossing over the Pyl brook towards Morden.

Caption For Glastonbury, High Street 1909

Since 1909, Brooks and Sons and the house to its left have been demolished, and the Arches Way road formed. To the right, the finial belongs to The Avalon Club of 1897.

Caption For Fairhaven, Pollux Gate C1955

On the right by the pillar box is a circulating library; across the street is the Lantern Bakery, next door to H Brooks, grocer and Italian warehouseman.

Caption For Sabden, The Caravan Site C1965

Beside Sabden Brook stands the church of St Nicholas, built in 1846. A countryside of varied beauty accounts for the caravan site.

Caption For Castle Combe, Village 1904

Here we see the By Brook flowing placidly past the rows of exquisite cottages, with their steep stone-slated roofs and dormers. A man sits on the bank with his granddaughter enjoying the tranquillity.

Caption For Warwick, St John's 1892

James I awarded it to Sir Fulke Greville, who was also given the title of Baron Brooke of Beauchamp Court.

Caption For Otterton, The Village 1906

Otterton's brook seems to be dry in this photograph, as it sometimes is during long dry summers.

Caption For Anstey, Pack Horse Bridge C1965

The 16th-century stone bridge steps quietly by way of its five arches across the reedy Rothley Brook; the original roadway into the village is now reduced to a footpath.