Maps

346 maps found.

1898, Ford's Green Ref. RNC707743
1920, Ford's Green Ref. POP707742
1940, Ford's Green Ref. NPO707743
1895, Ford's Green Ref. RNE707743
1898, Ford's Green Ref. RNE707742
1901, Ford's Green Ref. RNC707742
1920, Ford's Green Ref. POP707743
1946, Ford's Green Ref. NPO707742
1902, Ford Ref. RNC707558
1919, Ford Ref. POP707563
1947, Ford Ref. NPO707555
1946, Ford Ref. NPO707573
1946, Ford Ref. NPO707577
1946, Ford Ref. NPO707578
1897, Ford Ref. RNE707558
1895, Ford Ref. RNE707564
1898, Ford Ref. RNE707574
1895, Ford Ref. RNE707575
1897, Ford Ref. RNE707579
1895, Ford Ref. RNE707582

Books

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Memories

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Plymouth College

Whilst this is the best known photograph of Ford Park Cemetery in the late nineteenth century it is also one of the best of Plymouth College (seen in the top right), because it was taken at a time when the school still owned all ...Read more

A memory of Plymouth in 1880 by Chas Tope

Wonderful Memories

What an unexpected pleasure it was stumbling quite by accident upon this website this evening! I was born in Croydon in 1948 and lived in West Croydon till 1955. I have very vivid memories of the high street, even of being ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1954 by Yvonne Kolessides

Ford Family In Hanbury 1700s On

We travelled from Sydney, Australia in 2006 to Hanbury, looking for traces of our Ford Family who had lived in the area around 1800.  Our particular ancestor was a convict, John Ford, "Alias Tonks", b. ...Read more

A memory of Draycott in 2006 by Lesley Ford

Ford Dealership

It's not really a memory I have of this picture, but my 1956 Ford Popular was supplied by the Ford Dealership, A & S White of 37 St. Mary Street, seen on the right in this picture.  Now apparently a Weatherspoons Pub.

A memory of Bridgwater in 2007 by Greg Pryce

Central Stores

The large 3-storey building to the right of centre, was the village grocery store at 91 Lane Head Road. My father purchased it in 1961 from Frank Armitage. He sold it in 1984 when he retired. At the rear were stables, groceries used ...Read more

A memory of Shepley in 1963 by Glen Cheney

Growing Up In Westend In The 70s And 80s

I was born in 1965 and grew up in Westend.  I moved  to America in 1988 and have only been back to visit once since then back in 1989/90.  I can't really imagine how much the village has ...Read more

A memory of West End by Andrew Barnett

History Of Clayton Family 1700s

Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She ...Read more

A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by Orrin Clayton

On Our Way To Longleat.....

After walking the footpath from Rodden Farm we would end up on the main Frome /Warminster road, not far from the start of Friggle Street. This was our route to Longleat we often took on foot during our school holidays. ...Read more

A memory of Elliots Green in 1980 by Jt Davies

Growing Up In Lower Belvedere

My first real memory of Belvedere was that of starting school at St Augustines Primary around 1954. I can recall a wind up gramaphone which the teacher would frantically wind up to keep the music playing, even a ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1950 by Ken Mulley

Crescent Way 1963 To 1968

My family lived at 3 Downsway just off Southlands Avenue.  I had two older brothers when we arrived and by 1966 I had two more and a sister. My older brothers and I attended Warren Road Primary and I remember many of my ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood in 1963 by Peter Browning

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Captions

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Caption For Battle, High Street 1921

The Ford Service Depot on the right, with the two Fords parked nearby, is still a car showroom.

Caption For Ford, Ford Castle C1950

Along with Etal, Ford Castle once formed a second line of defence against the Scots; the front line consisted of the fortresses at Wark, Berwick and Norham.

Caption For Harlow, The Ford 1903

A fine view of a ford which was situated just outside Old Harlow.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Winchester Road C1965

Once a village, Chandler's Ford has now been swallowed up by the suburbs of nearby Southampton and Eastleigh.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Winchester Road C1965

Once a village, Chandlers Ford has now been swallowed up by the suburbs of nearby Southampton and Eastleigh.

Caption For Geddington, The Ford C1955

This delightful traditional English village scene of the ford and the church in the background has changed very little since the photograph was taken.

Caption For Thornton Cleveleys, Raikes Road C1955

There were six fords over the river Wyre: one was at Buck's Lane, Little Thornton, leading to Hambleton and Banks Farm.

Caption For Stourbridge, Hagley Road C1950

Two car dealerships feature in this scene - Stour Valley Motors selling Austins (centre right), and just beyond it, a Ford dealer.

Caption For Andover, Bridge Street 1913

In 1758 the old bridge was restricted to pedestrians and horses by a bar and lamp directing wagons and coaches behind the railings into the ford.

Caption For Basildon, Industrial Estate C1965

The Ford Tractor Plant—resplendent with its 600,000 gallon water-tower (right)—occupied the whole of the No 3 Industrial Estate.

Caption For Ormesby, The Market C1965

Here we see a small modern shopping centre with a necessary car park, containing some interesting models of yesteryear - for instance Ford Anglia and Ford Cortina, Austin, Rover, Vauxhall Velox and Triumph

Caption For Great Dunmow, Braintree Road C1955

The bus in the distance has just passed Ford Bridge. Once called Stratford (the `street ford`), this was where the Roman road crossed the River Chelmer.

Caption For Basildon, Industrial Estate C1965

The Ford Tractor Plant—resplendent with its 600,000 gallon water-tower (right)—occupied the whole of the No 3 Industrial Estate.

Caption For Winchelsea, The Friary 1906

The novelist Ford Madox Ford once lived in a house on the left beyond the bay window, The Little House.

Caption For Bridport, West Street C1965

Opposite, the Port Bredy Guest House takes its name from that used for the town in the Wessex novels of Thomas Hardy. Victoria Grove branches off between the trees (right).

Caption For Bridport, West Street C1965

Opposite, the Port Bredy Guest House takes its name from that used for the town in the Wessex novels of Thomas Hardy. Victoria Grove branches off between the trees (right).

Caption For Swavesey, High Street C1965

The quiet High Street, populated only by a Ford 105E Anglia, a Wolseley Hornet, a Ford Consul, and (peeping out of the corner on the left) a Fordson tractor, is a far cry from the days when Swavesey

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Bournemouth Road C1960

We are approaching Chandler's Ford from Southampton along Bournemouth Road, altered from Southampton Road to avoid confusion with another road of that name.

Caption For Sutton, Car In The Ford C1955

This Ford is spanned by a 14th-century packhorse bridge classified as an ancient monument.

Caption For Poulton Le Fylde, Shard Bridge C1955

Previously farmers had to ford the river Wyre at what was called Aldwath.

Caption For Abergele, On The River Gele 1890

This unidentified ford is possibly located where the A55 expressway now passes the town. The water level seems very low, luckily for the lady with the long skirts.

Caption For Goathland, Darnholm 1953

The shallow ford at Darnholm, a tiny hamlet just up the road from Goathland. For decades the place has been a favourite with those who like nothing better than to 'bimble around' by the waters edge.

Caption For Standon, Old Paper Mill C1965

The rags were then cut up and pounded to form the fibres in the paper. In 1865, the mill was converted to a saw mill and later to an engineering workshop. It is now a private residence.

Caption For Settrington, The Village C1955

The ford and footbridge are in the centre of the estate village of Settrington, three miles east of Malton.