Acton Collection (page 2)

Ashford TN30 7 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Ashford TN30 7

Ealing W3 6 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Ealing W3 6

Staffordshire ST5 4 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Staffordshire ST5 4

Wyre Forest DY13 9 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Wyre Forest DY13 9

Babergh CO10 0 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Babergh CO10 0

Purbeck BH19 3 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Purbeck BH19 3

Wagoner, Shropshire - 3
Wagoner stands with his horse and cart at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm, near Church Stretton, Shropshire Date: 1987

Wagoner, Shropshire - 2
Wagoner stands with his horse and cart at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm, near Church Stretton, Shropshire Date: 1987

The Overhaul of Underground Rolling Stock owned by the London Passenger Transport, 1935-36
The Overhaul of Underground Rolling Stock owned by the London Passenger Transport Board is carried out at their Acton Works, Middlesex, 1935-36. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol

Church of St Mary, Acton, Ealing, London, c1800

The Brontes - Words Inspired By Hope That Won Renown, c1925. The Bronte sisters, Charlotte, (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848) and Anne, (1820-1849), poets and novelists

Dorfold Hall, Cheshire, 1915. Plate XXIX from Old English Mansions by Charles Holme [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1915]

Two women police officers outside a police station. On the left is a sergeant, on the right WPC Daphne Acton in the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Leopard - jumping from tree
LA-1722 Leopard - jumping from tree Panthera pardus Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Workhouse Infirmary, Willesden, north west London
Willesdens workhouse infirmary, erected in 1900-01 on Acton Lane, Willesden, north west London. It later became the Park Royal Hospital and then the Central Middlesex Hospital

Acton Reynald Hall, Shropshire

DEATH OF ISaC DAVIS, He was a gunsmith and a militia officer who commanded a company of Minutemen from Acton, Massachusetts, during the first battle of the American Revolutionary War

Steam train at Acton, West London, on the Great Western Railway. Date: circa 1920s

Two women police officers entering Bow Street police station
Two women police officers (Constable Sheila Acton and Sergeant Margaret Heald) entering Bow Street police station, London. A policeman stands at the top of the steps. Date: circa 1960s

William Aldridge (113)
WILLIAM ALDRIDGE Wheelwright of Acton, Middlesex, who lived for 113 years : he was 112 when this portrait was made. Date: 1584 - 1698

Castles / Acton Burnel / C18
Acton Burnel Castle in Shropshire. Date: 1780

High Street, Acton, London
High Street, Acton, Ealing, near Bedford Park, County of London, England. Date: 1902

Schoolboys help in shell making
Boys of the Acton and Chiswick Polytechnic School spending a holiday making shell caps at an engineering works at Willesden during the First World War. Date: 1915

Death Plaque of Corporal Henry Leonard Amess
Death Plaque in the name of 290043 Corporal Henry Leonard Amess, 1st/10th (T.F.) Battalion, Duke of Cambridges Own (Middlesex Regiment). Born Hammersmith, London. Enlisted Shepherds Bush, Middlesex

Advertisement, Napier car
Advertisement for the Alpine-tested 30-35 horsepower, six-cylinder noiseless Napier car. Date: July 1914

DEATH OF ISaC DAVIS, He was a gunsmith and a militia officer who commanded a company of Minutemen from Acton, Massachusetts, during the first battle of the American Revolutionary War

LORD ACTON (1834-1902). John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton. English historian. Oil on canvas, c1879, by Franz Seraph von Lenbach

Brake Trials
15th June 1908: Brake and shunting trials at the Great Western Railway depot in Acton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

A full-scale replica of Sputnik I is viewed by Isolde Dawe of Acton, London, at the UNESCO International Geophysical Year exhibition at the Royal Geographical Societys headquarters in Kensington

USA, Massachusetts, Acton. Reflection of autumn foliage in pond

Death of Captain Isaac Davis of the Acton militia at the North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts, 19 April 1775
BATTLE OF CONCORD, 1775. Death of Captain Isaac Davis of the Acton militia at the North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts, 19 April 1775. Wood engraving, 1775

Firefighters at scene of railway fire, West London
Firefighters at the scene of a railway fire, Acton Lane, West London

Firefighters using cutting equipment, West London
Firefighters using cutting equipment at the scene of a railway fire, Acton Lane, West London

Cub. the worlds first 1000hp aircraft engine, undergoing water brake test at Acton Date: 1921

Deltic test house Acton May 1950 Date: 1950

Development engine in test house May 1950 Date: 1950

Deltic engine at Acton test house Date: 1950

Acton test house testing Deltic T9-33 engine

Development engine on test at Acton Date: 1950

Prototype Deltic engine after the failure of the crane cable
Acton test bed, showing the prototype Deltic engine after the failure of the crane cable Date: 1950

Original test bed at Acton for Deltic development test Date: 1950

Development engine in test house Acton May 1950 Date: 1950

L48, the first six cylinder racing car, outside the new Acton Napier Motor Works Date: 1904

Boring, shaping and planing tools at the Napier Works, Acton 1904 Date: 1904

Light work machine tools at the Napier works, cton
Some of the light work machine tools at the Napier works at Acton in January, 1904 Date: 1904

Union Infirmary, Willesden, north west London
Willesdens workhouse infirmary, erected in 1900-1901 on Acton Lane, Willesden, north west London. It later became the Park Royal Hospital and then the Central Middlesex Hospital

Iron Acton, Gloucestershire
The Preaching Cross at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire

Bright Young People
Group photograph of William Acton, Mrs Arthur Bendir, Elizabeth Ponsonby, Harry Melville and Babe Plunket-Greene taken at the fancy dress ball hosted by David

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