Maps

115 maps found.

1921, Beech Ref. POP636348
1946, Bough Beech Ref. NPO646741
1947, Beech Hill Ref. NPO636386
1920, Carshalton Beeches Ref. POP663245
1921, Beech Lanes Ref. POP636411
1899, Hampton Beech Ref. RNE726226
1899, Perry Beeches Ref. RNE805246
1946, Perry Beeches Ref. NPO805246
1896, The Beeches Ref. RNE846296
1940, Beech Hill Ref. NPO636391
1947, Beech Lanes Ref. NPO636411
1945, Carshalton Beeches Ref. NPO663245
1921, Hampton Beech Ref. POP726226
1901, Hampton Beech Ref. HOSM54759
1907, Bough Beech Ref. HOSM38403
1897-1898, Marden Beech Ref. RNC774489
1902-1903, Hampton Beech Ref. RNC726226
1898-1899, The Beeches Ref. RNC846296
1901-1902, Beech Lanes Ref. RNC636411
1920, Bough Beech Ref. POP646741

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Memories

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The Magic Of Angmering On Sea Holidays In The 60's

My family had wonderful holidays at my aunts house called 'silba' in Golden Acre near the beach. My two brothers, sister and Mum and Dad spent such happy holidays here. We spent most of our days on the ...Read more

A memory of Angmering

The Happiest Holidays Of My Life

me and my brother,mum and nan always went to Jaywick for our holidays, and stayed in a bungalow near gorse green, my brother and I used to go to the top of our road and ride the double bikes with the canopies for ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1971 by Anna Steel

The Den

My goodness, such a long time ago. I lived in Aberdour from birth till I was 6 years old...way back in the early 50s. I remember, mostly through photographs, the present Queen's coronation; there was a fancy dress competition and I was ...Read more

A memory of New Aberdour in 1953 by Ishbel Byrne

The Church My Parents Were Married In

My parents married in this church in 1951, mum had been brought up in the village from birth by her parents (David and Gwen Bowen) and after marrying my dad, moved up to Sheffield. It was a quaint village from ...Read more

A memory of Ferryside in 1973 by Emma Bennett

The Bench

it was the place to be with all your mates and your radio blasting out the top hits of the 60's,the yellands at the post office would not agree though,but oh my did we love that bench it was our place to be for social activity and our ...Read more

A memory of Great Haywood by Peta Helen Smith

The Beach

This is The Beach at Hannafore (West Looe).

A memory of Looe by Carlton Fulthorpe

Templesheen

my sister has lived her for almost 30 years. you can just see the large house on left in distant . the road now is private and with gate shut off at the end. I occasionally stay here for small break and love just walking down to the beach ...Read more

A memory of Elmer by Janet Ingate

Templesheen

my sister has lived her for almost 30 years. you can just see the large house on left in distant . the road now is private and with gate shut off at the end. I occasionally stay here for small break and love just walking down to the beach ...Read more

A memory of Elmer by Janet Ingate

Tanktops And Bellbottoms

Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone we ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by dannytaylor1954

Summer Holidays In Westgate On Sea

I wonder if anyone is old enough to remember Westgate on Sea before the war! Our family would go there every year for 2 weeks and stay at a guest house not far from where the railway crosses the road that ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea in 1930

Captions

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Caption For Badbury Rings, The Avenue Of Trees 1936

The long avenue of beech trees which lines the road beyond Wimborne, towards the ancient hillfort of Badbury Rings, is one of the finest sights in England.

Caption For Pangbourne, Whitchurch Lock C1949

The chestnut palings are now a smart well-trimmed beech hedge.

Caption For Compton Bishop, Crooks Peaks Guest House C1960

To the west of Compton Bishop, the former Crooks Peak Guest House is now a private house, almost invisible behind high beech hedges.

Caption For Whitby, The Viaduct 1884

Although Beeching axed the trains on this line, he left this magnificent structure as it was.

Caption For Ixworth, High Street C1965

The large house is The Beeches, and beyond it is the office of Mulley's Motorways.

Caption For Chanctonbury Ring, 1894

It is now festooned with beech trees, planted in 1760, and for which it has a local reputation.

Caption For Stone, High Street 1900

The old parish included the townships of Beech, Kibblestone, Hilderstone and Normacott, and in 1811 the population was around 6,000 people.

Caption For Chanctonbury Ring, 1894

It is now festooned with beech trees, planted in 1760, and for which it has a local reputation.

Caption For Cranham, 1907

The spectacular beauty of the beech woods near the village of Cranham, particularly in autumn when the foliage changes colour, has long attracted visitors.

Caption For Holford, Beeches 1897

Native to this country, beeches were planted for shelter, ornament and, of course, their timber.

Caption For Badbury Rings, The Avenue Of Trees 1936

The famous avenue of beech trees, planted in 1835, extends over two miles of undulating countryside to form an imposing approach to the northern entrance to Kingston Lacy Park.

Caption For Overstrand, The Cliff Café C1965

The pre-Beeching Act railways meant that people were able to visit a vast array of holiday destinations.

Caption For Sutton, Christchurch Park 1903

View 49180 looks west from the junction with Langley Park Road along Christchurch Park, with the well-known copper beech trees newly planted in the verges.

Caption For Ide Hill, C1965

This small hamlet, with its modest houses clustered around a village green, was known as 'the dome of Kent' from a crown of beech trees surmounting its position high up on the sandstone ridge overlooking

Caption For Sandsend, The Village 1901

The railway line was axed during the Beeching era, and the sturdy bridge was lost at that time.

Caption For Hawkley, Hawkley Hanger 1901

With its spectacular beech hangers, green hills and downland, it is not surprising to learn that this corner of east Hampshire is known as 'Little Switzerland.'

Caption For Langdon Hills, Entrance And Keepers Cottage C1950

Whitebeam, Turkey oak, beech, poplar, sycamore and alder abound here.

Caption For Levens, Hall, The Gardens 1891

Here the beech and box are coaxed into strange and wonderful shapes, including chessmen, birds, beasts, a lion and a judge's wig.

Caption For Heckmondwike, Market Place And Westgate C1950

The last train to run from the town was in October 1963, which was even before the Beeching cuts.

Caption For Willaston, The Green C1950

The copper beech, whose leaves we can just see on the left, was planted in 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V.

Caption For Cranham, The Woods 1907

This large area of deciduous woods, in which beech predominates, is a favourite with walkers.

Caption For Badbury Rings, 1899

Above a great double avenue of beech trees, which line the road from Wimborne, lies the huge hillfort of Badbury.

Caption For Baslow, Bridge C1870

Riverside beeches frame Baslow's three-arched medieval bridge at Nether End, as it strides across the River Derwent with elegant ease.

Caption For Rochdale, Healey Dell 1898

Oak, birch and beech trees predominate and there are over 400 species of flora and over 60 species of birds.