Maps

119 maps found.

1901, Colne Ref. RNC675707
1924, Colne Ref. POP675706
1898, Colne Ref. RNE675706
1947, Colne Ref. NPO675706
1898, Colne Ref. RNE675707
1920, Colne Ref. POP675707
1946, Coln Rogers Ref. NPO675701
1895, White Colne Ref. RNE867659
1946, Colne Ref. NPO675707
1895, Wakes Colne Ref. RNE859589
1896, Coln Rogers Ref. RNE675701
1919, Coln Rogers Ref. POP675701
1924, Colne Edge Ref. POP675712
1945, Wakes Colne Ref. NPO859589
1947, Colne Edge Ref. NPO675712
1945, Colne Engaine Ref. NPO675713
1921, Earls Colne Ref. POP696533
1921, Wakes Colne Ref. POP859589
1903-1904, Colne Ref. RNC675706
1945, White Colne Ref. NPO867659

Books

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Memories

127 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

The Fairway

I was born at 28 The Fairway in 1946. There was (is) a wide grassed area down the centre of the road making it a kind of dual carriageway. In the years following the 2nd World War there were, "Pig bins", on several sections of the grass ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by David Jagger

The Village Was Home

I was born in 1950 at Orsett Hospital, a few minutes before my twin sister and on my mothers birthday no less. We lived at 28 St James Avenue East until 1968. The house was in fact that of my maternal grand parents and my ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by Chris Doggett

Schooldays In Dearne

It's incredible how one can recall memories from a remarkably long time ago. In fact, I still remember that on my fourth birthday, I received two identical birthday cards from different people. I can even remember the ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by Dennis Ford

The Good Old Days

In the mid 1950's I used to work as a young school boy on a Saturday morning for the butcher ( I think his surname was Finch) just out of shot on the extreme left of the picture. I used to ride a delivery bicycle, small wheel ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1954 by David Roth

Merland Rise Infant School

I remember well receiving the Silver Jubilee coin (still have it!) when my sister and I had just started at Merland Rise Primary School. The headteacher became Mrs. Pepper but I can't recall the name of the ...Read more

A memory of Tattenham Corner in 1977 by Melanie Watson

The Great Children's Summer Garden Party

During the1950's, long before the introduction of Green Shield and other reward stamps, members of the Co-operative Society in the days before the Co-op as we know it today, earned tin coin cash money to ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

Derry Hill Wiltshire

I did not live in Derry Hill, but rented a cottage there, Primrose Cottage, in 1990. I was introduced to Wiltshire in the 1980s by my husband's mother who had been based near Pewsey in the Land Army during the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Derry Hill in 1990

Looking Back To The Early Days

I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harold(Harry) Barnes

Fish Strand Quay

Yes, I 'grew up' on Fish Strand and still use it to this day. My father kept various boats off the quay and we always had a dinghy moored there, and we still do, my father is now in his 90s and I have 2 grandaughters. I ...Read more

A memory of Falmouth in 1958 by Steve Turvey

Netherthong In The First World War Part 3

Private John Henry Hoyle was born in Wilson Square in 1879 and he joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Teacher Battalion) in January 1916. He was reported as missing and his body was found on March ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong by Michael Meitiner

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Captions

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Caption For Colne, Parish Church C1955

The oldest building in Colne is the church.

Caption For Bury, Fleet Street 1895

It was from the Old Boar's Head in Fleet Street that travellers could take a coach to Colne or Manchester.

Caption For Colne, Parish Church C1955

We move to the third of our three rivers, and go high into the hills to find Colne Water.

Caption For Lechlade, The Mill And Lock Gates C1955

Water and water power have had a strong influence on the development of the town, which is hardly surprising, as it stands at the confluence of three rivers, the Thames, the Coln and the Leach.

Caption For Nelson, Leeds Road C1955

The Corporation once operated a light railway to Barrowford and Colne from here.

Caption For Nelson, Leeds Road C1955

The Corporation once operated a light railway to Barrowford and Colne from here.

Caption For Colchester, Castle Gardens 1904

The high chimney on the left belonged to a factory on the River Colne upstream from the watermill, and was also demolished.

Caption For Wivenhoe, View From The Quay C1960

These charming houses are at the east end of the quay; the left-hand one, Ferry House, is a reminder of the Colne ferry that crossed the river here.

Caption For Colchester, The Park Lodge C1960

This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.

Caption For Bluntisham, Colne Road C1955

We are looking towards Colne with the road up to the Heath on the left.

Caption For Colchester, North Hill C1960

This view gives a good idea of the height of the main part of the town on its ridge above the River Colne valley.

Caption For Cowling, The Village C1953

This view looking east down Colne Road in the main street of the village of Cowling, near Keighley, shows the prominent monuments of Wainman's Pinnacle and Lund's Tower on the escarpment of Earl Crag on

Caption For Colchester, Castle Gardens 1934

This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.

Caption For Wivenhoe, High Street C1960

Wivenhoe is situated on the River Colne.

Caption For Colchester, North Bridge C1960

The present cast-iron North Bridge over the Colne was built in 1843 and widened in 1903-08.

Caption For Fairford, River Coln C1948

Fairford was the birthplace of the 19th-century Christian reformer and hymn-writer John Keble, who would often walk along the banks of the River Coln seeking inspiration for his verse.

Caption For Colchester, East Gate C1955

To the east, beyond the town hall, houses grew up along the road out of the town as it descended off the ridge towards the River Colne.

Caption For Halstead, High Street 1952

This town, which stands above the Colne in the north of the county about five miles from Braintree, was once famous for its silk and crepe.This wonderful post-war view looks up the High Street, with

Caption For Earls Colne, High Street 1961

Earls Colne is a large industrial village on the A604: silk-winding, brick-making, seed-growing, and iron-founding have all taken place here.

Caption For Colne, Albert Road C1955

Beside the memorial to the dead of two world wars is a statue to another of Colne's brave sons, Wallace Hartley.

Caption For Colchester, The Castle Grounds C1960

This view is looking north past the keep to the start of the descent from the ramparts to the River Colne below.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1900

Other systems that closed down in 1934 were Colne, Derby, Middlesborough, Nelson, Northampton, Guernsey, Rhondda and Torquay.

Caption For Sible Hedingham, View From Churchyard C1960

Sible Hedingham is a large village in the Colne Valley.

Caption For Fairford, The Bridge C1960

The River Coln flows through Fairford on its way to meet the Thames just a few meandering miles on.