Maps

273 maps found.

1921, Wainscott Ref. POP859528
1946, Hale Ref. NPO724846
1895, Borstal Ref. RNE646346
1946, Wainscott Ref. NPO859528
1896, Fenn Street Ref. RNE704398
1896, Cliffe Ref. RNE670587
1895 - 1896, Frindsbury Ref. HOSM70382
1895 - 1896, Cooling Ref. HOSM41807
1895 - 1896, Cuxton Ref. HOSM71297
1895 - 1906, Isle Of Grain Ref. HOSM49605
1895 - 1896, Wainscott Ref. HOSM63233
1896, Twydall Ref. HOSM46219
1921, Moor Street Ref. POP783242
1921, Lower Rainham Ref. POP769673
1921, Cliffe Woods Ref. POP670604
1921, Brompton Ref. POP651656
1920, North Halling Ref. POP793441
1946, Cooling Ref. NPO676828
1946, Cooling Street Ref. NPO676831
1946, Broad Street Ref. NPO650818

Books

2 books found. Showing results 49 to 2.

Memories

72 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

50 High Street

Although not so far back as 1890 I remember often being in the room with the large casement windows on the left hand side, in the 1950s and 60s. This was my father's office at his dental practice at 50 High Street. The surgery ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge in 1958 by Rodney Warrener

Croft Farm

My memory is a life time!  I first came to Croft Farm, just above Lumbutts when I was 18 months old.  My dear, dear Aunty Kath and Uncle Geoff lived there then.  She was my mother's, sister's, sister-in law - so absolutely no blood ...Read more

A memory of Lumbutts in 1965 by Catherine Cowperthwaite

Shoulder Of Mutton Public House

When I first had a memory of this corner of Newton Road and Buckingham Road, the brick-built extension was no longer standing, only the cottage part of the public house. I used to love standing in front of it ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1960 by Alan Webb

School Of Despair

Seduced by the professional expertise of our family doctor, my late mother was persuaded to send me away at age 7 to the Ogilvie School which promised a health giving regime for children who were thought to be of ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1952 by Frank Hall

Memories Of Romford

I was born in 1940 at Recreation Avenue, London Road and have many happy memories of my birthplace. I attended London Road Junior School from 1946 to 1951 and remember three teachers as they were all vegatables, ie the ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1952 by Bernard Strutt

Gillingham Tech

I lived in Wigmore - the prefabs - and after passing the 11+ went to the Tech. I believe this was once Rochester Tech but had now started up in Gardener Street. We were the first year to attend in Gillingham and it was also the ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1954 by Robin Sheridan

Living In Streethouse

I lived at 136 Meadway, out of the back door, down the garden and on to fields. My Aunty Lucy never locked the door when we went to shop, you could trust people then, happy days.

A memory of Streethouse in 1960 by Michael Brown

North Acton, Victoria Road, Phillips Mapmakers

Does anyone else remember Phillips the Mapmakers in Victoria Road, North Action? I started there straight from school as a trainee (cartographer). I was only there 6 months before the bright lights and ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 1964 by Susan Coleman

M Y Grandparents

I visited Halling frequently as a child, as my grandparents, Bill and Ethel King, ran the public house The Plough. I spent hours at the front window over the pub looking at the River Medway as it curved around the bend.

A memory of Halling in 1930 by Pauline Hart

My Fond Childhood Memories

My mother was born in Streethouse and my father moved there as a young boy. Although we lived in Normanton I spent many happy hours in Streethouse as many of my family lived there (some still do). I remember the long ...Read more

A memory of Streethouse in 1950 by Joan Hill

Captions

77 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Chatham, Town Hall C1955

Sitting lofty and proud on the road to the famous dockyard, this majestic building, built in 1900, was once the centre of the town's administration until it moved to Strood during an amalgamation of Medway

Caption For Hartfield, The Village 1906

It is a delightful village on the northern edge of Ashdown Forest above the river Medway.

Caption For Leigh, The Old Oak Tree And Green C1960

Medway, and is another contender for the 'most attractive village in Kent' title.

Caption For Cowden, The Village C1960

This beautiful village is situated on the Sussex border on a headstream of the Medway river.

Caption For Hartfield, 1906

We are on the upper River Medway north of the Ashdown Forest, near the Kent border.

Caption For Queenborough, High Street C1955

On the right is an Ind Coope pub, The Old House at Home, a landmark for bargees on the River Medway.

Caption For Hadlow, The Post Office Corner C1960

In this village churchyard there is a 19th-century memorial to thirty hop pickers who drowned when their cart slipped over a crumbling bridge and dragged them into the depths of the River Medway.

Caption For Loose, Village 1898

Two miles south of Maidstone, this little secretive village perched on a hillside once had thirteen watermills within its boundaries, powered by the two main streams flowing into the River Medway.

Caption For Maidstone, High Street C1870

The county town of Kent stands on the banks of the River Medway.

Caption For Leeds Castle, 1892

The county town of Kent stands on the banks of the River Medway.

Caption For Allington, The Castle C1965

Enclosed by a bend in the river Medway, the castle was founded in early Norman times and rebuilt during the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, a Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Caption For Maidstone, Allington Lock 1898

The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.

Caption For Isle Of Grain, Post Office C1955

Set between the Thames and the Medway, Grain was once an island.

Caption For Snodland, Mulberry Cottage C1965

The village stands on the River Medway in a somewhat blighted industrial landscape.

Caption For East Farleigh, The Bridge 1898

With its five arches, this ragstone bridge over the River Medway is said to be the finest medieval bridge in the south of England.

Caption For Aylesford, Village From The River C1960

One of Kent's most ancient villages, Aylesford occupies a strategic crossing of the Medway, and dates from the time of the Saxons.

Caption For Hartfield, 1906

We are on the upper River Medway north of the Ashdown Forest, near the Kent border.

Caption For Rochester, Castle Grounds 1908

Founded by the Romans, where Watling Street bridged the Medway, Rochester has been important for nearly 2,000 years.

Caption For Penshurst, Village 1891

The charming village of Penshurst lies in a valley at the junction of the River Eden and the Medway; it is renowned for the stately mansion of Penshurst Place, the home of the Sidney family

Caption For Maidstone, Allington Castle 1898

This romantic-looking castle, set in a bend of the River Medway, was founded in early Norman times, and rebuilt in the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, the Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Caption For Penshurst, Village 1891

The charming village of Penshurst lies in a valley at the junction of the River Eden and the Medway; it is renowned for the stately mansion of Penshurst Place, the home of the Sidney family since the

Caption For Maidstone, Allington Castle 1898

This romantic-looking castle, set in a bend of the River Medway, was founded in early Norman times, and rebuilt in the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, the Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Caption For East Farleigh, River Medway 1898

The village sits high above the flood plain of the Medway.

Caption For Penshurst, Village 1891

The village stands at the confluence of the rivers Eden and Medway and was originally known as Penchester.