Maps

520 maps found.

1897, Aberkenfig Ref. HOSM35561
1897, Blackmill Ref. HOSM38042
1897 - 1914, Kenfig Hill Ref. HOSM39315
1897, Brynmenyn Ref. HOSM39327
1897 - 1914, Litchard Ref. HOSM51373
1897, Llangeinor Ref. HOSM51873
1897 - 1913, Llangewydd Ref. HOSM51881
1897, Pencoed Ref. HOSM56370
1897 - 1914, Cefn Cribwr Ref. HOSM62215
1897 - 1914, Newton Ref. HOSM42872
1897 - 1898, Evanstown Ref. HOSM44979
1897, Abergarw Ref. HOSM35551
1922, Cefn Cross Ref. POP665301
1922, Cymdda Ref. POP687324
1922, Blackmill Ref. POP642742
1947, Tylagwyn Ref. NPO855517
1947, Shwt Ref. NPO831008
1899-1900, Nant-Y-Moel Ref. RNC787778
1922, Llangeinor Ref. POP758877
1922, Pencoed Ref. POP803131

Books

2 books found. Showing results 73 to 2.

Memories

348 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

A Happy, Friendly Place For A Boy To Grow Up ...

Born in Woking in 1945 I lived in New Haw from 1947 to 1964, firstly at Warren Road and then from 1949 in Braeside. I remember Mrs Crab at West Byfleet Primary who taught me to read; I remember Mr Bean ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1947 by David Imisson

Early Years In Hindley

What - no memories of Hindley? I was born in 1935 (nee Pennington) at a house in Liverpool Road, just up from the Strangeways Pub (The Paddock). The area was called Navvies' Lump, and although the address was "Liverpool ...Read more

A memory of Hindley in 1930 by Edna Booth

Turriff Aberdeenshire 1851

My great-great-grandparents show up, at Turriff, in the Scotland Census of 1851 :- Address: Bridgend of Gask (I wonder where this place/croft was?). The Head of the Household was James Urquhart ,'Farmer of 4 acres and Day ...Read more

A memory of Turriff by R Urquhart

Holidays With Grandad

Thank you for showing the photo of Bank Houses, the house on the right was where my grandad lived and I spent a lot of very happy holidays there. His garden was aways full of lovely things to eat and as I lived in an ...Read more

A memory of Somersham in 1954 by Pamela Binns

Calceby My Soul Mate

Calceby... I came to live here in 1947, not a country girl by birth, having lived in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, for the first fourteen years of my life. This hamlet was to become my home for the next three years, isolated ...Read more

A memory of Calceby in 1947 by Barbara Johnson

Canter Across The Canal

It must have been around the late 1960s, early 1970s when my sister and I used to ride our ponies down to Avoncliff. We lived a short distance away in Upper Westwood and our mother liked us to ride along the tow path as it ...Read more

A memory of Avoncliff in 1970 by Frances Nelson

Wartime Years In Llanarmon Yn Ial

Shortly after the outbreak of war, my Father who had a pet shop in Wallasey, evacuated the family to Llanarmon.  We consisted of Dad, Mum, my brother Ray and myself. We moved into Rose Cottage in the ...Read more

A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1940 by Don Thurlow

Pastures Avenue, Nottingham

I remember Clifton in a different light. We lived at 17 Pastures Avenue during 1966/7, my brother or one of them, he's the youngest, was born there. I met my half sisters and brothers there. I have always liked ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1967 by Jean Smith

School Days

I lived in Ridgeway, Langwith Junction. Mum would give me a shilling to go to the pictures matinee at the Empire on Saturday morning. It cost 7 pence to go in and 5 pence for sweets, it would be packed with kids, you coudn't hear ...Read more

A memory of Langwith Lodge in 1952 by Graham Launders

My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton

My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their ...Read more

A memory of Skipton in 1952 by Trevor Jackson

Captions

154 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Malmesbury, River Avon From Daniel's Well C1955

This branch of the river passes through the Mill Brewery, at this time owned by Linolite Limited, and on to the weir by St John`s Bridge and the Avon Mill, eventually joining the other

Caption For St Germans, The Quay C1955

The fine viaduct behind was built across the River Tiddy in 1908 to replace an earlier bridge, and still carries the main line railway.

Caption For Worcester, New Road 1906

Only in 1781 did the construction, a little way downstream, of Worcester Bridge and New Road provide a direct route.

Caption For Ashover, Eastwood Grange C1955

Baslow, situated 8 miles west of Chesterfield and 12 miles south of Sheffield, was once a part of the parish of Bakewell, but became independent in July 1869, taking with it the hamlets of Bridge End

Caption For Fleckney, The Grand Union Canal C1965

The canal bypasses Fleckney on its eastern side; the photograph looks north east across Second Lock, towards Kibworth bridge and Bridge House, as the waterway winds towards Newton Harcourt

Caption For Middlesbrough, The Transporter Bridge 1913

The transporter bridge was designed and built by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co and was opened for traffic in 1911.

Caption For Widnes, High Level Road Bridge C1965

Today the maintenance of the bridge and its approach roads consume about a third of Halton's entire highways budget.

Caption For Runcorn, The Two Bridges 1929

The transporter bridge and the railway viaduct.

Caption For Killin, Mill On The Dochart 1890

At Killin are the dramatic Falls of Dochart, a series of rapids carrying the river under the bridge and through the village.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Hart's Yard 1919

Fry's Gardens, otherwise Bridge End Gardens, were initiated by Francis Gibson, a member of a well-known Quaker family.

Caption For Dulverton, The River Barle 1934

The River Barle appears here little more than a placid stream, but in 1953 a devastating flood swept through Dulverton from the hills above, inundating the bridge and destroying the cottages at the far

Caption For Saffron Walden, Bridge End Gardens, The Dutch Garden C1950

This small garden is to be found in Bridge End Gardens.

Caption For Bickleigh, The River Plym 1890

Bickleigh lies between Shaugh Bridge and Plymbridge in the valley of the Plym.

Caption For Marlow, From The Lock 1890

This view, taken from Lock Island, looks towards the beautiful suspension bridge and the 1832 parish church which replaced the medieval one.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle 1914

Two of the girls have come down from the bridge and are inspecting the ruined south-west towers.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, Newtown C1955

The Bridge End public house (right) has much more recent origins.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1960

The High Street runs down from the A40 to Burford Bridge and the River Windrush.

Caption For Walton On Thames, Church Street 1923

Two little girls slake their thirst at the drinking fountain in the middle of the crossroads leading on the left to Walton Bridge, and on the right to Hersham, Esher and Cobham.

Caption For Levenbridge, The Bridge And Falls C1955

The River Leven flows through Stokesley, Hutton Rudby and Crathorne before passing under Leven Bridge and joining the River Tees at Yarm.

Caption For Crickhowell, The Bridge 1893

In the centre the long white building is the 16th-century Bridge End Inn, at the junc- tion of New Road and Bridge Street.

Caption For Water End, The Village C1955

At Water End, the River Gade runs under the fine three-arched bridge and through water meadows shaded by beech, willow and oak trees.

Caption For Bourne, North Road C1955

This is the extremely busy A15 main road heading north to Folkingham, Lincoln and eventually the Humber Bridge and south (the way we are facing) to Market Deeping and Peterborough.

Caption For Dublin, Sackville Street 1897

When O'Connell Bridge was built in 1790 it was known as Carlisle Bridge, and altered for ever the original concept of O'Connell Street as an elegant residential area.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle 1914

Two of the girls have come down from the bridge and are inspecting the ruined south-west towers.