Maps

7,210 maps found.

1898-1900, Littletown Ref. RNC758357
1899, Kenn Ref. RNC746130
1899-1900, Merton Ref. RNC778457
1898, Chapelton Ref. RNE666661
1946, Willand Ref. NPO870348
1898, Lea Ref. RNE753769
1898, Castle Ref. RNE663675
1898, Westown Ref. RNE866417
1898, Waddon Ref. RNE859336
1898, Ashill Ref. RNE627695
1946, Worston Ref. NPO874692
1898, Crook Ref. RNE683935
1898, Hampton Ref. RNE726220
1898, Pennsylvania Ref. RNE803844
1895, Shop Ref. RNE830530
1898, Shortmoor Ref. RNE830666
1898, Smallbrook Ref. RNE833110
1898, Puddington Ref. RNE811400
1898, Redhills Ref. RNE814858
1898, Petton Ref. RNE805511

Books

32 books found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Memories

314 memories found. Showing results 91 to 100.

I Would Like To Make Contact With Any Old School Mates

Hello to all, I was at Warnham Court in 1963 to 1970 (or thereabouts) My dormitory was Wran. I would very much like to make contact with anyone who may just be able to remember me. ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1963 by Andrew Keith Murfet

Memories Of Bedfont

These memories relate to about 1963-1966/7. My dad was a car salesman for more years than I care to remember, and worked at the car sales place in Bedfont. We knew a lot of people in the area (none, alas, on this site so far), but ...Read more

A memory of Bedfont in 1963 by Steve Hamilton

St Mary Chuch

I live in the USA, but my home was St Marychurch, a special place run by Catholic nuns during World War 2.  I was barely two years old, and I was brought there with my five-year-old sister by my aunt, because my father was killed ...Read more

A memory of St Marychurch in 1943 by June Gatewood

Clog Dancing At The Two Rivers Folk Festival

I went to this folk festival for the first time this year and got some memories that I will never forget!  Exciting music and dance memories at the entertainment venues around Chepstow plus a never to be ...Read more

A memory of Chepstow in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Our House!

How funny! We now own and live in this house. It has barely changed since this photograph, although it is no longer a guest house and its name is different. There are some barns and a coach house in the background which have been ...Read more

A memory of Ottery St Mary in 1960 by Robert Baker

Memories Of A Four Year Old

My memories of Court Hall School started in 1955 when I went with my brother from our London home, at the tender age of four and five. My father was told not to visit us for 3 months and so we were left. The head was ...Read more

A memory of North Molton in 1955 by Rebecca Pinniger

Younger Days

I was born in Newton-le-Willows in 1946 and 21 years later married Jackie Emms from Newton-le-Willows also. During that time we would often spend the evening having a drink in the "Leigh Arms" cocktail bar (see photo). In 1967 ...Read more

A memory of Newton-le-Willows in 1946 by Ron Platt

Courtenay Park Salcombe

This view of Courtenay Park is quite poignant for me.  It shows houses at the lower end of Devon Road and also the land on which Egremont Terrace was later built. My parents lived in no. 10 Egremont Terrace from the late ...Read more

A memory of Salcombe in 1950 by William Lapthorn

Memories Of Good Times

Coming across this picture sparked memories of such happy times I had as as a child spending my summer holidays in a chalet at Seaview. It was not unusual to stay for four or more weeks in one of the chalets and spend ...Read more

A memory of Swalecliffe in 1958 by Roger Steer

Holiday Memory

In the previous two years we'd had our holiday in South Devon, but in 1958, for some reason, my father decided we would stay in Lerryn, & booked himself, mother & I into a B&B (possibly The Old Forge?) by the river. I was 11 ...Read more

A memory of Lerryn in 1958 by Anthony Kerrison

Captions

227 captions found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Caption For Swansea, General View From Hill 1893

There is also very great trade for coal which they export to all the ports of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and also to Ireland itself so that one sometimes sees a hundred sail of ships at a time loading

Caption For Newark, Castle And Footbridge 1890

Covering three acres, it controlled the point where the Fosse Way crossed the River Devon.

Caption For Newark, Devon Bridge 1909

The Devon is in reality a branch of the Trent, but it played a vital role in Newark's commercial success.

Caption For Swansea, Oil Tanker With Tug, King's Dock 1925

There is also very great trade for coal which they export to all the ports of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and also to Ireland itself so that one sometimes sees a hundred sail of ships at a time loading

Caption For Lynmouth, Countisbury Hill 1929

LYNMOUTH, set on the rocky north coast of Devon, was 'discovered' in 1812 by the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who stayed here with Harriet Westbrook, his first wife.

Caption For Bideford, The Quay 1890

Bideford was a busy little quay both for traffic up and down the Taw and Tamar rivers, and for general coasting trade between the north Devon and north Cornwall ports, the Bristol Channel and South

Caption For Littleham, Cottages 1890

ONE of the great joys of Exmouth is its beautiful setting, caught magnificently between the sea, the long Exe estuary and the wilder countryside of heath and cliff that so defines east Devon, offering

Caption For Exmouth, General View 1890

Exmouth is Devon's oldest resort, and still displays its heritage with pride.

Caption For Yarcombe, Yarcombe Inn C1955

The medieval church has some particularly grotesque gargoyles - one depicts Judas Iscariot being eaten by a demon.

Caption For Eccleston, Eccleston Ferry 1895

Here we see holidaymakers being carried across the Dee on the chain ferry.

Caption For Newark, The Ossington Coffee Palace C1965

As well as the coffee tavern, the building provided clubrooms, a library and a bowling alley to distract the citizens from the Demon Drink.