Places
36 places found.
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- Poplar, Middlesex
- Bow, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Stepney, Middlesex
- Alton Towers, Staffordshire
- Isle of Dogs, Middlesex
- Limehouse, Middlesex
- Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Barjarg Tower, Dumfries and Galloway
- Bromley, Middlesex
- Stratford Marsh, Middlesex
- Tower Hill, Merseyside
- Tower Hill, Essex
- St George in the East, Middlesex
- Wapping, Middlesex
- Globe Town, Middlesex
- Old Ford, Middlesex
- Cubitt Town, Middlesex
- Tower Hill, Cheshire
- Tower Hill, Surrey
- Bow Common, Middlesex
- Mile End, Middlesex
- Millwall, Middlesex
- Ratcliff, Middlesex
- Warmley Tower, Avon
- Tower Hill, Hertfordshire
- Tower End, Norfolk
- Tower Hamlets, Kent
- Tower Hill, Devon
- Tower Hill, West Midlands
- Blackwall, Middlesex
- North Woolwich, Middlesex
- Hackney Wick, Middlesex
- Shadwell, Middlesex
- South Bromley, Middlesex
- Tower Hill, Sussex (near Horsham)
Photos
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Maps
223 maps found.
Books
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Memories
637 memories found. Showing results 601 to 610.
Blackfriars
I too had an aunt who lived there. In its time, it has had a house on top of the tower and a house on the wall attached to the left. The house on top by then had disappeared. Through the archway was a line of small cottages ...Read more
A memory of Great Yarmouth in 1930 by
Lee Tower
The Tower also had a bowling alley and the restaurant was a Chinese. As a teenager I worked up enough courage to ask a girl for my first dance at the Tower's ballroom. We used to park our motorbikes outside the "Bluebird Cafe" ...Read more
A memory of Lee in 1965 by
Schooldays In Bexleyheath
I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants school in North Street? I remember the excitement of the ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by
Growing Up In Grappenhall 1980s And 1990s
Having grown up in Grappenhall I've seen it develop with time, but its managed to keep its identity, even though there's been a growing demand for redevelopment in the area. Within the space of a few ...Read more
A memory of Grappenhall in 1990 by
High Street Ruislip
On the left is the Swan pub, on the right Barbara's Pantry. My grandmother Hilda Carter used to come up to Ruislip, to Bishop Winnington's on Saturdays from East Dean (near Eastbourne) to teach elocution to my sister and me and ...Read more
A memory of Ruislip in 1950 by
Mr And Mrs A Garland
I remember spending many happy times in Shipley, staying with my grandparents, Mr and Mrs A Garland, or Arthur and Edith (Arlie) Garland, at 16, Church Close, Shipley, Sussex. I used to walk the dog with my grandad ...Read more
A memory of Shipley by
Happy Childhood
We moved from Balham to Burgess Hill in 1956. My parents had bought 267 Junction Road and then proceeded to renovate the house as it was in a shocking condition. Both my parents worked in London so I walked to my grandparents' ...Read more
A memory of Burgess Hill in 1959 by
Golders Green
I lived in Temple Fortune about a mile north of Golders Green up the Finchley Road, along which passed buses and trolleybuses going up to Finchley and Barnet, and south to Baker Street, Trafalgar Square and London. In the 1940s ...Read more
A memory of Golders Green in 1953 by
Childhood In Affetside
Born at Baxterhead Farm in 1938, later lived at Butcherhead Farm. Attended village school, teacher Miss Davies, at playtime end she would blow a cuckoo whistle. Had to go to Sunday school but had to walk to Hawkshaw with ...Read more
A memory of Affetside in 1940 by
Woolies
In 1958 I was a pupil at Blackpool Grammar School for boys. It was in Raikes Parade. At lunchtime, some of us would sneak out of school and go down Church St and end up in Woolworths which was housed in that beautiful Art Deco building near ...Read more
A memory of Blackpool by
Captions
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Now the name is used by a new tower block which stands on the site.A horse-drawn carriage can be seen close to the shelter, the only form of transport in sight.
The relatively more recent tubular steel railway bridge, built by Robert Stephenson in 1850, with stone towers sympathetic to the castle's appearance, is a modern reminder of the continuing
Unfortunately, in February 1930 the church was destroyed by fire, and only the west tower and the vestry survived.
Situated just behind the clock tower, the bus station was opened in 1960 on a site that had previously been occupied by houses for railway workers.
In the distance on the extreme right we can just see the 16th-century tower of the parish church of St Bartholomew.
Perched on the tower parapet of the church is a bell-cote, which houses its Sanctus bell. The timber-framed, part jettied house on the right is one of a row of three.
The 16th-century tower of the church of St Nicholas and St Teilo rises above the rooftops of leafy Penally. The tree line follows the line of the Tenby Pembroke railway track.
The large cupola adorns the Co-operative building and beyond, the clock tower identifies the Town Hall.
It was largely demolished in the late 1970s apart from the clock tower.
To the left are Abbey House, the Cathedral, the Norman tower and St Mary's.
The lofty tower of the 14th-century All Saints church rises behind the Archbishop's Manor House and grounds.
The 15th-century flint tower of the parish church still dominates the long street, which retains vestiges of a Georgian heritage in some of its buildings, although the Victorians were responsible for desecrating
The parish church is of flint, with a large west tower. A
The small tower on the right with the angled roof is the Portcullis Gate; its upper part was added in the 1880s.
It was built at various periods between the 11th and 13th centuries, and its great central tower was rebuilt between 1465 and 1495 after lightning and fire had destroyed its predecessor.
The elaborate baroque-style tower on the left belongs to the Central Methodist Church of 1905.
19th-century cockfights in the churchyard of St Mary Major were a source of complaint for the head- mistress of Ilchester's 'little' school, established in the building that obscures the church tower
Designed on the courtyard plan with a turreted tower house at each corner, this building echoes Wallace's work at Pinkie (1613), the King's Lodging, Edinburgh Castle (1615), and the north range at Linlithgow
To the left of the gatehouse can be seen the royal palace of James V, which abuts James IV's Prince's Tower.
The tower is 15th-century, but most of the remainder of the building was rebuilt in the 1850s. The interior has many interesting monuments to the L'Estrange family, who owned nearby Hunstanton Hall.
Brydon certainly caught the spirit of Baldwin's Adam-esque masterpiece, only departing from it in the Baroque towers at each end.
In the background is the tower of the celebrated church of St James. Rich in historic detail, it features a Norman doorway and some fine old bench-ends embellished with carved symbols of the Passion.
The body of the church used to stand separate from the older tower, and the space between was occupied by cottages until a council chamber was built in 1851. This is now the choir vestry.
The body of the church used to stand separate from the older tower, and the space between was occupied by cottages until a council chamber was built in 1851. This is now the choir vestry.
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