Maps

1,865 maps found.

1898, Tusmore Park Ref. HOSM62702
1886, Brocklesby Park Ref. HOSM39070
1896 - 1935, Brookmans Park Ref. HOSM39147
1895, Lambton Park Ref. HOSM70697
1882 - 1883, Rapsgate Park Ref. HOSM57456
1920, Upton Park Ref. POP858149
1920, Wallands Park Ref. POP859886
1920, Wandle Park Ref. POP860333
1923, Waterloo Park Ref. POP861811
1919, Rye Park Ref. POP823238
1919, Weston Park Ref. POP866361
1923, Wheatley Park Ref. POP867034
1919, The Park Ref. POP846485
1919, Thornhill Park Ref. POP847206
1945, Bedford Park Ref. NPO636244
1919, Woodloes Park Ref. POP873758
1920, Woodway Park Ref. POP874146
1947, Aldersey Park Ref. NPO621274
1947, Arden Park Ref. NPO626401
1940, Ashley Park Ref. NPO627784

Books

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Memories

4,372 memories found. Showing results 231 to 240.

Dolobran Road, Sparkhill

I lived on Dolobran Road Sparkhill from 1956 (DATE OF BIRTH) to around 1962 when we moved to Northfield. We were the only double fronted house on the street and we fronted Lime Grove where my grandmother lived at Number 1. ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook by Karen Bevis

Going Back For A Visit After 60years In Us

I moved to Elm Park in 1953 lived on Woodcoat Ave until about 1965. Went to Benhurst then Suttons then Ford Trade School when I was 16. I had many friends including Colin Styles,Jumbo Jarvis,Gilbert ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park by Tony Newman

Rutland Road

Hi, came on this site by accident, I was born at 12 Rutland Rd in 1966 and had wonderful memories of playing in the street ( unheard of now ) and the jubilee park and library, off to the "top shops " on Allenby road, anyone remember ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Roger Wall

Born In Belvue Road

Lived in Belvue Road until 1970. Attended Northolt Primary by Target roundabout . Remember well the headmistress Miss Wayman and teachers Miss Bottomley and Mrs laprake. Also remember the male teacher with Percy the plimsoll. ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Maureen Bloxham

The Village Bobbies' Car

My late father, Tom Jenkinson, was the village policeman in Repton from the early 50's until near his retirement in 1973. This photograph shows his car parked with others by the Arch. The old Ford Squire 60ARB.. I was very ...Read more

A memory of Repton in 1955 by Shelagh Barlow

Kingsbury Pool And Area

Hello. I lived in Kingsbury from 1943 until 1962 when I moved to Canada. I lived off Old Church Lane. We walked to the pool with our sixpence and had to stand in line for what seemed hours - as they only would allow a ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1962 by June Smith

West Wittering In The 1940s And 50s

My first memories are of playing on the huge expanse of sand at West Wittering and the bombing tower which used to be there after the war. We stayed on the beach till late and were put to bed in the back of ...Read more

A memory of West Wittering by Marianne Stevens

By The Cut

born in 1948 in a place called Cappenfield near Bilston, just off Dudley street, just four houses in a row surrounded by fields,, the canal, or cut, as we all called it ran alongside, and it narrowed down to what we called the stop,it was ...Read more

A memory of Tipton by John Groucutt

Anyone Remember Us Spennewyn’s ?

Hello all, My name is Steven Spennewyn. I grew up in Southall living in Dagmar Road being born in 1955. I went to Clifton Road Junior School and Dormers Wells Secondary Modern School. I have fond memories of ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Steven Robert Spennewyn

Happy Days

Having grown up in Harrow during the 1950s and 60s, how well I remember my trips to Universal Stationers, seen here at the top of Station Road close to its junction with College Road. As a child I was always fascinated with stationery ...Read more

A memory of Harrow by Chris Kennett

Captions

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Caption For Aislaby, The Village C1955

A solitary car is parked outside the New Inn on the left in Aislaby, a small village near Whitby, just off the road that leads to Middlesbrough.

Caption For Epsom, Woodcote Park 1927

Formerly Epsom's grandest house, Woodcote Park was bought by the RAC in 1911.

Caption For Cambridge, 1914

There may not be anything in the way of a garden, but the flower boxes and tubs certainly help to brighten up what otherwise appears to be a parking place for bicycles and hand carts.

Caption For Gloucester, Raikes's Sunday School 1923

St Catherine's Knapp, Park Street, is reportedly the site of the first girls' Sunday school, founded by Robert Raikes.

Caption For London, Home Office C1890

The entire building, completed in 1875, included the Foreign Office and the India Office on the St James's Park frontage.

Caption For London, Chelsea, Cheyne Walk C1890

Rowing on the river was a popular weekend activity; from here rowers could go across to the attractive Battersea Old Church, or downstream past the natural bank where Battersea Park has now been developed

Caption For Chawton, The Village C1955

It was in this house on the left that Jane Austen wrote Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion.

Caption For Cambridge, 1914

There may not be anything in the way of a garden, but the flower boxes and tubs certainly help to brighten up what otherwise appears to be a parking place for bicycles and hand carts.

Caption For Kendal, Grammar School 1891

Kendal has always been an important service centre for the southern Lake District, and today is the headquarters of both the South Lakeland District Council and the Lake District National Park Authority

Caption For Shrewsbury, The Castle C1960

Today it overlooks the railway station, whose car park we can see here.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1927

Daimler taxis are parked outside the Bull Hotel (left) and the Town Hall clock is at noon (centre0 which is borne out by the shadows from the south and shop blinds shading the windows.

Caption For Chesterfield, Church 1914

The iron railings probably went for wartime salvage, and a part of the gardens disappeared to make way for car parking.

Caption For Chesterfield, Holy Trinity Church 1914

When Holy Trinity became an ecclesiastical parish in its own right in 1841 it included the West Park area, though this was taken away when the boundaries were adjusted in 1908.

Caption For Harrogate, View From Prospect Hotel 1902

A room at the Prospect cost from 4s 6d, with dinner at 6s a head, which put it in the same price as the Grand in Cornwall Road, but more expensive than the West Park, where rooms were from 3s, and dinner

Caption For Wilton, The Square C1965

In this view of the Market Place, the vehicles in the car park are typical of the period, and the van in the centre probably came from RAF Chilmark nearby.

Caption For Reigate, Bell Street 1936

On the left is Reigate Park. Today there is substantially more traffic.

Caption For Aldershot, Bathing Pool 1931

As well as public parks and memorial gardens, Aldershot is famous for its enormous open-air swimming pool, which covers an acre and can hold a million gallons of water.

Caption For East Grinstead, High Street C1965

Even at this time it was difficult to find a parking space here. The van was registered in East Sussex in 1962.

Caption For Aldershot, Bathing Pool 1931

As well as public parks and memorial gardens, Aldershot is famous for its enormous open-air swimming pool, which covers an acre and can hold a million gallons of water.

Caption For Helmsley, The Square C1955

The ancient, ivy-covered Black Swan Hotel dominates this view of the Square at Helmsley, the attractive castle-crowned capital of the North York Moors National Park.

Caption For London, St Marylebone Parish Church C1965

This church in busy Marylebone Road is best seen as the climax of a vista from Regent's Park opposite. The architect was Thomas Hardwick, and work was completed in 1817.

Caption For Whitworth, The Memorial Park 1951

The cenotaph can be seen to the left of centre of the park, which is on Market Street. The memorial is dedicated to Whitworth men who died in the two World Wars.

Caption For Accrington, The Rock Gardens, Oak Hill Park 2004

Here we see one of the inscribed stones, restored for the centenary of the park in 1993.