Maps

1,865 maps found.

1903, Broadoak Park Ref. RNC651109
1897-1902, Blackheath Park Ref. RNC642559
1897-1899, Anchorage Park Ref. RNC625585
1902-1903, Aughton Park Ref. RNC628964
1908-1909, Badentoy Park Ref. RNC629989
1897-1909, College Park Ref. RNC675510
1897-1898, Barden Park Ref. RNC632953
1897-1909, Townhill Park Ref. RNC851228
1899, Aller Park Ref. RNC621621
1909, Middleton Park Ref. RNC779560
1905, Mill Park Ref. RNC780528
1902, Kenwick Park Ref. RNC746363
1898-1901, Kingsley Park Ref. RNC748145
1901-1902, Lodge Park Ref. RNC765845
1902-1903, Hope Park Ref. RNC740147
1896, Abbeydale Park Ref. RNE618434
1896, Adlington Park Ref. RNE619887
1897, Aldersey Park Ref. RNE621274
1895, Anchorage Park Ref. RNE625585
1947, Sedgley Park Ref. NPO827358

Books

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Memories

4,361 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Peveril St

I was born 12 peveril St battersea in1949 went to Bolingbroke school spent a lot of time in battersea park, in the 50s we moved out in the 60s due to slum clearance. Have so many happy memories of those days. My name is Derek strapp if anyone remembers me I would like to hear from them.

A memory of Croydon by Derek Strapp

Moor Road Park

I used to love playing on this park when I was a kid in the 70s because of the coppers hat and caterpillar seesaw don't see rides like that anymore but we had so much fun

A memory of Strelley by Susan Lee

Growing Up

My Father was the farm manager for Mr Oakes at the park farm. I spent a very happy childhood growing up there. Two brothers and one sister.What a childhood we have my dad loved that farm .My old mum would invite every trader in for a cup ...Read more

A memory of Riddings by Ian Worsfold

Sunny Hill Georgian Manor House

When my father got a job in Bristol after the war we moved to Bristol from Leeds but there was very little housing available. After a year of living with a family ‘in digs’ as it was called then, we were allocated ...Read more

A memory of Shirehampton by Jill Brown

"Bre's Tree" Linslade Bedfordshire

I lost my wife on new years eve 2021 following three years of her illness with vascular dementia. No one really told me how things would progress with this dreadful illness and so I just tried my hardest to cram ...Read more

A memory of Linslade by ducatee

Happy Holiday Memories

I spent most weekends and school holidays in my Nan's little caravan on Pantymwyn Caravan Park from about 1974. I remember going to Mr Rich's for a gas bottle, going to the water stand as Nan's van was a little old thing lit ...Read more

A memory of Pantymwyn by Sandra Loftus

Grosvenor Road And Urmston, Always A Place In My Heart.

I lived on Grosvenor Road, Urmston - the allotment end - from 1965 to late 1969 age 3 to nearly 8 years of age with my 2 brothers and parents (we then moved to Blackburn). My daughter has recently ...Read more

A memory of Urmston by magwat13

Mitcham

I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Norbury

Snapshots

As a very little boy we moved from Birkenhead in the North West, Merseyside to Luton. It was the 1950s and my Dad had a job in Vauxhall's. His brother Tom was already a General Foreman there and his younger brother John (that's what we all ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Gerard Fitzpatrick Howkins

Captions

2,180 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For London, Park Lane 1890

Park Lane, running from the western ends of Oxford Street and Piccadilly, was a narrow road down the side of Hyde Park.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1925

Since the park's inception the provision of pleasure boats has proved a major attraction.

Caption For Buxted, Park House 1902

This house was built by the three Medley brothers in c1750 in the grounds of Buxted Park, situated about two miles north of Uckfield.

Caption For Penarth, The Esplanade From Windsor Gardens C1955

The introduction of 'No Parking' markings along parts of the Esplanade was inevitable.

Caption For Preston, Avenham Park 1903

Both Avenham and Miller Park were started around 1864.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Park And Yewbarrow Crag 1936

The area known as Park Road Gardens was purchased by Grange Urban District Council from the Rev James Park in 1926.

Caption For Skegness, The Park 1910

The broad pathway on the left was the main route through the Park, leading from Scarbrough Avenue to Sea View Road, and is now the line of the present Park Avenue.

Caption For Moseley, The Lake, Moseley Private Park C1965

In 1896 Salisbury Road was constructed, bisecting Moseley Hall Park.

Caption For Accrington, Oak Hill Park 1899

Oak Hill Park was Accrington's second park, and the land was purchased bu the Corporation from Reginald Hargreaves for £12,000 in 1892.

Caption For Burnley, Scott Park 1896

Scott Park was opened on 18 August 1895; it was named after Alderman Scott, who had died in 1891 leaving £10,000 in his will to open a public park.

Caption For Wales, Wales Road C1955

This picture looks down the village of Wales towards Kiveton Park, both pit villages which boomed from 1867 during the heyday of the South Yorkshire coalfield.

Caption For Oakengates, Oxford Street C1965

The sign on the left of the picture indicates a free car park.

Caption For Langold, The Lake C1955

Immediately south- west of the village and approached via Church Street is Langold Country Park, dominated by a fine lake.

Caption For Accrington, Milnshaw Park 1897

Milnshaw Park was the first public park in Accrington, and was opened by Mayor John Emmanuel Lightfoot in July 1880.

Caption For Rochdale, Entrance To Broadfield Park C1955

The park`s first bowling green was opened on 1 July 1908 and the second in 1927.

Caption For Luton, Park Road 1897

This pleasant scene, just three-quarters of a mile from Park Square, is a good indication of the rural nature of the town and its economy at the time.

Caption For Rugby, Caldecott Park C1960

OPENED in 1904, Caldecott Park was designed by Mr Edward Thomas of Aughton, Lancashire, who won £20 for his plan (a triangular park with a large clump of trees in the centre) in a newspaper competition

Caption For Moseley, The Lake, Moseley Private Park C1965

In 1896 Salisbury Road was constructed, bisecting Moseley Hall Park.

Caption For Cardiff, Victoria Park C1965

Created by the acquisition of land once part of Ely Common, Victoria Park was opened on the occasion of the monarch's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

Caption For Overstone, The Swimming Pool C1955

Behind the thatched building are some of the fine trees of the park.

Caption For Burnley, Scott Park 1896

Scott Park was opened on 18 August 1895; it was named after Alderman Scott, who had died in 1891 leaving £10,000 in his will to open a public park.

Caption For Blackburn, Corporation Park, The Entrance 1923

Here we see the entrance lodge to Corporation Park.

Caption For Darwen, Bold Venture Park 1895

An ornate 19th-century fountain graces the park.This is one of three parks in Darwen, all very different.

Caption For Penarth, Alexandra Park C1955

Taking its name from the wife of Edward VII, the park was officially opened on 25 June 1902 – the date scheduled (but not kept) for his coronation.