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Maps

7,034 maps found.

1899-1900, Greenway Ref. RNC721930
1902, Merry Hill Ref. RNC778364
1899, Lane End Ref. RNC752082
1902, Palmers Cross Ref. RNC799641
1902, Cinder Hill Ref. RNC668980
1899-1900, City Ref. RNC669047
1897-1902, St James Ref. RNC823930
1903-1908, Risby Ref. RNC817108
1902-1903, Rose Hill Ref. RNC819969
1924, Beswick Ref. POP639310
1899-1900, Waterton Ref. RNC861970
1919, Broom Hill Ref. POP652269
1922, Bryn Celyn Ref. POP653643
1924, Coniston Ref. POP676591
1924, Goxhill Ref. POP718299
1919, Old Town Ref. POP797218
1921, Palmers Cross Ref. POP799641
1921, Spring Hill Ref. POP836747
1922, Pitcot Ref. POP806689
1924, Melbourne Ref. POP777769

Books

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Memories

22,896 memories found. Showing results 421 to 430.

The Old Villa

i lived in the villa in the 60s i still remember mr burlinson and his cart emptying the loos in the back lanes we used to play at the hilly or the depo, we had the bonfire next to nobles and the school we were called the squarees ...Read more

A memory of Grange Villa in 1960 by Robert Barrass

My Early Years

my memories relate from the very early forties till the early eighties. I was born in Andover in 1937.My mother was a Lambourne and was born in Thruxton in 1903 at Rose cottage which is just to the left of the "George" looking ...Read more

A memory of Thruxton in 1940 by Ronald Hodgson

The Most Beautiful Place To Grow Up

I just ‘stumbled’ across this site whilst looking for information about Shaldon. How lovely to recall childhood memories. Viewing the photographs, the shot of the Ness House c1955. I grew up there; we lived at ...Read more

A memory of Shaldon in 1959 by Anthony Brinsley

1964 To 1987 In Shield Street

I Lived at 2 shield Street between 1964 and 1987 the people who lived in the street are all gone now but they were true Allerdonians. Anyone reading this will remember the likes of Jack & Peggy Warwick , ...Read more

A memory of Allendale Town by Lee Dodd

A Rochdale Childhood

My first memory of Rochdale town hall was seeing the King and Queen on the balcony in 1937 when they were on their coronation tour. Another visitor seen there was Gracie Fields. During my childhood, (1930-1945) I ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale in 1945 by Edith Unsworth

The Dolby Family

My family, the Dolbys lived next door to Deighton's Butcher Shop (c1926). My father, Richard Edward Dolby worked as a groom for Colonel Staniforth. My mother, Winifred, was a teacher at Green Hammerton School for over 20 years. We were: Frank, John, Mary, Ruth, Enid and Audrey.

A memory of Kirk Hammerton by Mrs. Mary Jenkins

St Nicholas School

Formerly St Nicholas School.  I attended St Nicholas School from 1952 until 1956. I have a photograph taken in 1955 where at the age of 7 I was on the football team, The sons of the singer Joan Regan attended the school and ...Read more

A memory of Mickleham in 1955 by John Wordsworth

The Rubble On The Beach

I spent my teenage years in Dunwich, and in retrospect they were wonderful. Freedom, long walks, the beach and sea, cliffs, marshes and the old tank defences from WWII. My best friend Justin North, who lived at 'Marshside' ...Read more

A memory of Dunwich in 1966 by James Ritchie

Dunwich Monastery Gateway

My earliest memory of Greyfriars in Dunwich was probably driving down the hill in my grandfather's old car in 1960 as he brought me to my new home at The Barne Arms Hotel. I had been at boarding school at Dollar in ...Read more

A memory of Dunwich in 1965 by James Ritchie

The Cambridge Ghost

See my memory regarding this wonderful old bit of Victorian architecture, linked to the 1891 photograph of the Cambridge. In my day, 1969, it was mostly full of civilian patients although there was a fair sprinkling of ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1969 by James Ritchie

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Captions

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Caption For Porthleven, The Harbour 1904

This working port is at the centre of the sweep of Mount's Bay.

Caption For Worcester, The Old Water Tower 1906

Situated at Barbourne, the tower originally formed a vital component of the waterworks, built in 1770. A waterwheel lifted water from the Severn to a storage tank at the top of the tower.

Caption For Bulphan, Fen Lane C1955

The second element of Bulphan's name is the word 'fen'.

Caption For New Brighton, Tower And Sands 1900

Based on Blackpool Tower, New Brighton' tower was built between 1897 and 1900 at a cost of £120,000.

Caption For Leeds, Infirmary 1894

Completed in 1868, the Infirmary was designed by Gilbert Scott, whose other major work at this time was the hotel at St Pancras Railway station in London.

Caption For Exeter, In The Port 1896

The Exeter Ship Canal, five miles long, reaches the sea at Topsham, and was built in 1564-6 after the building of a bridge at Countess Wear stopped the use of the river for trade.

Caption For Farnham, South Street 1904

South Street, extending over the River Wey Navigation to the station, did not exist until after the arrival of the railway in the town in 1848-1849.

Caption For Church Minshull, The Old Mill C1955

Now used as a forge, the old mill was originally used for the grinding of corn.

Caption For Broughton Astley, Ye Olde Bulls Head Inn C1967

The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.

Caption For Groby, Old Hall C1960

The Greys of Bradgate fame and the Ferrars have lived at the Old Hall; Lady Elizabeth Ferrars married Sir Edward Grey, later Lord Ferrars.

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And Moot Hall C1950

The Market Square is at the junction of the High Street, Abbey Street and Chapel Lane. Chapel Lane was formerly Hogmarket, and is now called St John's Place.

Caption For Widnes, Victoria Square C1950

One of the new towns acquired by Cheshire following the border change in 1974, Widnes developed in the 1800s along with the new chemical industries.

Caption For Swanage, The Globe 1894

The Globe at Swanage was carved out of a great mass of Portland Stone, ten feet in diameter and forty tons in weight.The Globe is positioned to represent the position of the earth in space, with nearby

Caption For Tamworth, Castle 1949

Soon after the Conquest, the Normans built a wooden motte and bailey castle at Tamworth on the site of the Mercian fortifications of 913.This was replaced by the shell-keep and tower, which still

Caption For High Salvington, The Mill C1955

This is Old Durrington wind- mill, photographed at a time when the site was used as a tea garden. Only two sails were on the mill at this time.

Caption For Bristol, The Quay 1887

This meant that once again Bristol could compete for trade; throughout much of the 19th century it had lost business owing to high dock charges levied by the money-grabbing dock company.

Caption For Broughton Astley, Ye Olde Bulls Head Inn C1967

The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.

Caption For Sidmouth, Looking West 1924

In the early years of the 19th century the impoverished Duke of Kent came to live at Woolbrook Glen.

Caption For Nunney, The Castle C1960

At the north end of the village is a tall oblong keep set in a neat moat with massive towers at each angle, which was licensed in 1373 for John de la Mare, Sheriff of Somerset.

Caption For Bilsborrow, Hall C1960

Built in 1914 of local Longridge stone, this was the home of Sir John Townley and his family from 1947. Stone-framed windows, oak panels and a long drive suggest an earlier period.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Silver Street 1906

Appropriately still running beside trees at Burley Villas and Abbeyfield (centre), Silver Street was named in the Middle Ages for the Latin word for a wooded setting, rather than the precious metal.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Shell Mex Buildings And Gardens C1965

The Hemel Hempstead to Harpenden railway line was closed in 1959.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Dixons, Maylands Avenue 2005

The Hemel Hempstead to Harpenden railway line was closed in 1959.

Caption For Shallowford, Izaak Walton's Cottage 2005

Stafford was next involved in national politics when William Howard, Viscount Stafford (1614-80), became one of the victims of the so-called 'Popish Plot' invented by the notorious Titus Oates.