Maps

927 maps found.

1946, Stone Ref. NPO840206
1898, Stonely Ref. RNE840602
1898, Stone Ref. RNC840209
1895, Stone Ref. RNE840207
1895, Stone Ref. RNE840209
1896, Stone Ref. RNE840222
1879 - 1881, Stone Ref. HOSM35250
1919, Stonely Ref. POP840602
1946, Stonely Ref. NPO840602
1921, Stone Ref. POP840206
1921, Stone Ref. POP840208
1919, Stone Ref. POP840219
1920, Stone Ref. POP840222
1897, Stone Ref. RNE840206
1899, Stone Ref. RNE840208
1947, Stone Ref. NPO840207
1946, Stone Ref. NPO840209
1897-1898, Stone Ref. RNC840222
1947, Stone Ref. NPO840208
1946, Stone Ref. NPO840218

Books

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Memories

1,097 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Happy Times

During the last war my father served in the Merchant Navy and saw Aberdaron from the sea, that was to be the beginning of many trips and a life-long love of the village. I started going to Aberdaron at about the age of six and have been ...Read more

A memory of Aberdaron by Susan Bailey

Stepping Back In Time

It started when my mother was dying, when we asked her about the family history, and she gave us names and dates. Her family came from France in late 1500. They were Hugenots and they were Puritans, and were chased out of ...Read more

A memory of Cinderford in 1995 by Brenda Mccartie

The Shore Of Wood And Glass

Eynort shore is not the prettyist in the west, but it's washed up some odd things from time to time, Both myself and my brother have found messages in a bottle, and a least half a dozen bombs or old test missiles which all ...Read more

A memory of Eynort

My Early School Years In Mill Hill 1943 1950

I have few memories of my primary school which was in a private house in Croft Close a turning off of Marsh Lane, but I do remember being very happy there. This was during the latter war years. However I ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by Ron Sargeant

Two Days Full

My husband and I were visiting the UK in 2019 and checking out areas ancestors had lived in. One of these was Corfe Castle, specifically Ower Farm. When we arrived in Corfe we noticed the visitor center, went in and I asked if there ...Read more

A memory of Corfe Castle by Sara Renee Soule Chapman

My Childhood Home And Its Spelling

I do remember that the signpost on the main road pointing towards Bratton had it as 'Bratton Seamore". My first home was Bratton Hill Cottage, since demolished and the land developed. My Father worked for ...Read more

A memory of Bratton Seymour by Steven Brunt

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

60 Years On And I Still Love It!

My Auntie May Howard and her husband Frank, from St. Helens, had a wooden holiday bungalow she called Homestead in Dee Avenue Talacre - it was definitely 1961 onwards and possibly just before that and the community centre ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by joan.bohan

Sunny Hillzzz

I'm always alone on these sunny hills. In this dream, it's always sunny and bright. There only huts on the hills stone huts but they're so small. And I've got my own big green house as well that is full of a few plants... Not a ...Read more

A memory of Sunny Hill

1965

1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more

A memory of Market Harborough by Keith Luckman

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Captions

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Caption For Keswick, Castlerigg Stone Circle 1889

The Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick was still erroneously being called the Druid Stones when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Keswick, Castlerigg Stone Circle 1889

The Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick was still erroneously being called the Druid Stones when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The King Stone, Rollright Stones C1965

The Rollright Stones, situated 3 miles north-west of Chipping Norton, are estimated to be over 3,000 years old.

Caption For Stonehenge, 1887

Another mystery regarding Stonehenge is that many of the stones have been dressed - again there is no precedent for such work in Britain prior to Stonehenge.

Caption For Stonehenge, 1887

Another mystery regarding Stonehenge is that many of the stones have been dressed - again there is no precedent for such work in Britain prior to Stonehenge.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King's Men C1960

Just north of Chipping Norton, in the parish of Great Rollright, lie the Rollright Stones, set in a circle about 100 feet in diameter.

Caption For Liskeard, King Doniert's Stone C1955

A few miles away from St Cleer's Well is the King Stone (actually two stones), which is also known as King Doniert's stone.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King's Men C1960

The integrity of the Rollright stones, which stand near the A34 in Oxfordshire, cannot be verified.

Caption For Avebury, The Stones C1955

The Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

Caption For Penzance, The Merry Maidens C1864

Situated near St Buryan, the Merry Maidens Stone Circle is of the Bronze Age; it is one of the most complete stone circles in Cornwall and consists of nineteen stones.

Caption For Duloe, The Stone Circle 1900

This is a small Bronze Age stone circle with only eight stones; it is only distinguished because of the size of the stones - one is nine feet high.

Caption For Liskeard, Cheesewring Long Tom 1908

At Cheesewring, a mile or two from St Cleer, there are dozens of mysterious stone monuments on the moor.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King's Men C1960

Just north of Chipping Norton, in the parish of Great Rollright, lie the Rollright Stones, set in a circle about 100 feet in diameter.

Caption For Duloe, The Stone Circle 1900

This small stone circle has only eight stones; it is distinguished because of the size of the stones – one is nine feet high - the fact that they are made of white quartz.

Caption For Avebury, The Stones C1955

The Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence, where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King Stone C1960

Next to the circle is the railed King Stone, badly deformed by weather and people.

Caption For Avebury, The Stones C1955

The Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

Caption For Liskeard, Cheesewring Long Tom 1908

At Cheesewring, a mile or two from St Cleer, there are dozens of mysterious stone monuments on the moor.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, Mayburgh Henge 1893

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, Mayburgh Henge 1893

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre.

Caption For Liskeard, King Doniert's Stone C1955

The taller stone (7 feet) in known as 'The Other Half Stone' and is a cross shaft with carved decoration but a broken-off head.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King's Men C1960

The integrity of the Rollright stones, which stand near the A34 in Oxfordshire, cannot be verified.

Caption For Colsterworth, The Village C1960

The square box of the Co-op building (straight ahead) does not sit well with the older stone houses.

Caption For Llanbedr, Two Long Stones 1892

Near Llanbedr, about 3 miles from Dyffryn in Wales, are two standing stones, one over 10 feet high.