Maps

240 maps found.

1924, Afon-Wen Ref. POP620475
1947, Afon Eitha Ref. NPO620187
1897, Afon Eitha Ref. RNE620187
1903, Afon Wen Ref. RNC620443
1899, Afon Wen Ref. RNE620443
1947, Afon Wen Ref. NPO620443
1896, Afon-Wen Ref. RNE620475
1921, Afon Eitha Ref. POP620187
1922, Afon Wen Ref. POP620443
1947, Afon-Wen Ref. NPO620475
1902, Afon Eitha Ref. RNC620187
1922, Glan-Yr-Afon Ref. POP714407
1924, Glan-Yr-Afon Ref. POP714410
1947, Glan-Yr-Afon Ref. NPO714402
1899, Glan-Yr-Afon Ref. RNE714402
1896, Glan-Yr-Afon Ref. RNE714410
1898, Glan-Yr-Afon Ref. RNE714407
1897, Glan-Yr-Afon Ref. RNE714413
1910, Afon-Wen Ref. HOSM35603
1888, Afon Merch Ref. HOSM70791

Books

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Memories

30 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

1861 Leese Hall, Near Leeming Area

Hi, does anyone know of a Leese Hall, I presume on the Leese Road (which is still present running along the A1 on google maps). My relative, through marriage to my great aunt; I'm helping trace his family - the ...Read more

A memory of Pickhill by Hayley Forsyth

A Fondly Remembered Childhood

I was born in 1942 and and spent my childhood in Walthamstow, which up to the time I left in 1967 was predominantly a white working class area in north-east London; I went to Chapel End Infants and Junior Schools ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow by Roy Beiley

A Village I Love

I was born in Edlington in 1940 but was soon given to my aunties Joan and Lilley Desborough to be looked after as my mother already had a child by my future step dad. I lived at 39 St. Thomas Road, second to end house, my next ...Read more

A memory of Stainforth in 1946 by Bryan Maloney

A Fine Romance!

I remember many happy days at Monkton Park Swimming Pool, with my parents and friends. We would take a picnic and spend the day there. The sun always seemed to be shining on those days and people came from miles around to use the ...Read more

A memory of Chippenham in 1962 by Margaret Woolford

A Fine Summers Evening Shattered

Sunday 25th of June 1944. A lovely summers day but at 9 o'clock in the evening the air raid siren sounded and a few minutes later a V1 flying bomb came roaring over the housetops, apparently going to miss us - ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1944 by John Grant

Afan Colliery

This is the old afan colliery in full swing until the late 60's early 70's. This picture was taken from the Bwlch Road looking over Jersey Road. The lone white building is the old vicarage.

A memory of Blaengwynfi in 1968 by Philip Loveday

Cyfyng Chapel School

In reply to Christine Conroy re. Cyfyng chapel/school, in the Wybrnant valley, Penmachno. Despite being a few yards on the Dolwyddelan side of Afon Wybrnant, the 'border' betwen Penmachno and Dolwyddelan parishes, Cyfyng ...Read more

A memory of Penmachno by Vivian Parry Williams

Eglwys Penycae

Ni chlywais erioed am unrhyw eglwys mewn dyffryn ym Mhenycae. Roedd pant lle roedd Nant y Grogfryn yn cyfarfod â'r Afon Eitha, ond 'Pentre' oedd yr enw ar yr ardal hon. Mae eglwys Pen y cae ymhell uwchben yr afon. Cofio mynd i chwilio ...Read more

A memory of Penycae in 1957 by Elen Evans

Great Grandfather's Naval Service

My great-grandfather John King served as an AB on HMS 'Royal Adelaide' from 11th August 1867 to 12th May 1868. His service record was marked 'Shore C S expired'. He joined the navy in 1856 aged 15 years and 9 ...Read more

A memory of Devonport in 1860 by James Sullivan

Happiness

Hi in the seventies every summer my late husband, myself and our three children stayed in an old caravan on Plas Hen farm,and they were the happiest of times. We could walk down Lon Geod to go to Afon Wen beach,and a more lovelier walk is ...Read more

A memory of Chwilog by Kathleen Pyke

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Captions

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Caption For Maesteg, General View C1955

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.

Caption For Machynlleth, The Corris Railway 1899

Corris, which gave its name to the Welsh narrow-gauge railway line, is a slate-quarrying village in the valley of the Afon Dulas.

Caption For Llantwit Major, Nash Point Lighthouse C1920

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.

Caption For Llantwit Major, Nash Point Lighthouse C1920

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.

Caption For Blaenau Ffestiniog, General View 1903

This finely-composed study shows the Afon Bowydd, the road bridge, the railway bridge, the ranks of terraces of Blaenau, and the mountains beyond.

Caption For Llanrwst, Y Bont Fawr Bridge And The Victoria Hotel 1892

This beautifully proportioned stone bridge (Y Bont Fawr means 'the big bridge'), built over the Afon Conwy in 1636, has been a well-known beauty spot and subject for artists for centuries.

Caption For Pwllheli, General View 1891

Set on the south coast of the Lleyn peninsula, at the mouth of the Penrhos river, it was once a thriving commercial port; but the sea threw a sandbank across the mouth of the Afon Erch, causing the maritime

Caption For Ashford, High Street 1901

Centre left of the picture we can see a Bon Marché shop; the Bingo Hall now stands on this site.

Caption For Stanion, The Church C1960

Inside the church is a bone: according to legend, it is a rib from a cow that provided all the milk for the village!

Caption For Rochdale, Carr Wood Waterfall 1895

Later the race served a bone mill and a small woollen and cotton mill nearby.

Caption For Quorn, High Street C1965

The village sits astride the A6, only two miles north of Mountsorrel, and although deeply embedded in granite country, the buildings in the photograph lack any of that hard-edged quality.