Maps

927 maps found.

1898-1899, Stone Cross Ref. RNC840265
1901-1902, Stone Street Ref. RNC840401
1897-1899, Sarsen Stones Ref. RNC825601
1921, Stone In Oxney Ref. POP840364
1896, Watton At Stone Ref. RNE862097
1900, Frithelstock Stone Ref. RNC709552
1940, Stone Cross Ref. NPO840263
1940, Stone Cross Ref. NPO840264
1947, Stone Cross Ref. NPO840265
1940, Stone Hill Ref. NPO840334
1946, Stone Street Ref. NPO840400
1946, Stone Street Ref. NPO840402
1947, Welland Stone Ref. NPO862968
1947, White Stone Ref. NPO868352
1895, Frithelstock Stone Ref. RNE709552
1946, Frithelstock Stone Ref. NPO709552
1919, Lower Stone Ref. POP769766
1895, Stone Cross Ref. RNE840261
1895, Stone Cross Ref. RNE840264
1897, Stone Heath Ref. RNE840322

Books

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Memories

1,099 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

My Early Days

I was born in Abercych and lived there until I was 10 in 1947. I returned every year in the summer for over 20 years. My grandfather and his brother used to make coracles and did a lot of salmon fishing, and frequented the Nags Head ...Read more

A memory of Abercych in 1947

Swimming Above Stepping Stones Weir At Bothal

Our Mam being an Ashington lassie, we returned to her birthplace when Mam divorced my father who she met before the Second World War - that was when Mam was in London and working in 'service'. We were ...Read more

A memory of Bothal in 1949 by Wullie Harries

The Sunday Granada Matinees

How many of you out there remember the Sunday Granada matinees? On Sundays at the Grendada in between movies the rock bands that performed in that theatre included the Rolling Stones, The Saints, Plus One and The ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1956 by Clive Jeffrey

Happy Times

I lived not very far from Beaumont park and as a child I used to go there along with friends, my sister or my brother, I remember the huge slide that was there and the long metal rocking horse that was on the field. The park was ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield in 1973 by Jayne Harris

The Rone Clarke Family Rose Cottage Bristol Road Bournbrook Birmingham

My great-great-grandfather was CHARLES RONE CLARKE born 6 March 1837 at 13 Court, Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. He was a master woodturner and sixth great-grandson of Henry ...Read more

A memory of Bournbrook in 1860 by Sue Coates

Swimming Pool

Any of you remember the swimming pool that was built by the kids who where there, Mr Cliff was the instructor while that was being built, I got there just at the very end of it being built. After I was there for awhile I joined Mr ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield in 1952 by Wayne Burton

Years Gone By

I was born at 22 Victoria Street, Harthill and went to Harthill Primary School. I lived with my mum, Mary Carson, and grannie and grandad Margaret and Jimmy Carson until we left for England about 1954-55. I ...Read more

A memory of Harthill in 1947 by Catherine Foster

Netherthong First World War History Part 1

Netherthong War Memorial My full history of Netherthong can be seen on http://historyofnetherthong.co.uk 'We shall never forget.' M. Hirst, who lived at 33 Outlane, compiled a large book full ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong by Michael Meitiner

Wilton Memories

Like Gloria Friend, I spent a happy childhood in Hornchurch, attending Suttons Primary School where my mother (Mrs Wilton) was deputy head and Mr Occomore our headmaster. We were carefully drilled in our tables, phonics and ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1948 by Elizabeth Housego

Left And Forgotten

I am now 66 and my memory of beautiful Mile Oak is as clear today as it was 55 years ago. Sadly I was one of them naughty boys (as you villagers branded us). My crime was taking 2/6p off a windowsill back here in Folke stone, ...Read more

A memory of Mile Oak in 1955 by Danny Featherbe

Captions

2,173 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Lincoln, Jew's House And Steep Hill C1955

The Jew's House is another of Lincoln's surviving early medieval stone houses: the city has more than most.

Caption For Lincoln, Jew's House And Steep Hill C1955

The Jew’s House is another of Lincoln’s surviving early medieval stone houses: the city has more than most.

Caption For Ambleside, Stepping Stones 1888

Here a lady negotiates the stepping stones with trepidation.

Caption For Grantham, Angel And Royal Hotel 1904

The Angel Hotel is a remarkable late 15th-century stone-built inn, rebuilt on the site of a Knights Templar hostel where King John had held court in 1213; in this building Richard III signed the Duke of

Caption For Churchill, Clock Tower C1955

Amongst the stone used in its construction is a local pudding stone (or conglomerate) that creates an interesting mottled effect.

Caption For Thurstaston, Thors Stone C1960

Thor's Stone is a sandstone outcrop on the nearby common, a National Trust site.

Caption For Yetminster, View From Tarks Hill C1960

Yetminster rather resembles one of those lovely stone built villages in the Cotswolds, and has an unusual look for a Dorset settlement.

Caption For Garstang, Bridge Street C1955

Old rough-stone cottages line the street which leads up to the market place.

Caption For Lincoln, Steep Hill C1955

Steep Hill retains its stone flag footway and central roadway laid with stone setts.

Caption For Bewdley, Bridge 1904

Thomas Telford's stately bridge over the Severn was completed in 1801, a delightful mixture of stone and cast iron.

Caption For Avebury, The Stones 1899

This photograph shows the southern portal entrance with the Devil's Chair to the left; in the distance (right) are two stones left standing of the southern inner circle.

Caption For Moorsholm, High Street C1960

The village shop (right) stands slightly higher than the terraced houses on either side, and all are built in local stone.

Caption For Dorking, The Stepping Stones To Boxhill 1932

On our left as we approach Dorking from the north are the Stepping Stones.

Caption For Borrowdale, The Bowder Stone 1893

The Bowder Stone, a 2,000-ton boulder which was transported to near Grange-in-Borrowdale by Ice Age glaciers, has been a source of wonder tourists for centuries.

Caption For Camelford, Rough Tor 1894

The Tor has two granite outcrops which nature has evolved to form stacks of impressive bun-like stones; otherwise the moor is bleak and treeless.

Caption For Camelford, Rough Tor 1894

The Tor has two granite outcrops which nature has weathered to form stacks of impressive bun-like stones; otherwise the moor is bleak and treeless.

Caption For Reading, Berkshire County Council Buildings 1912

The ball-finialled gate piers belong to the Crown Court's forecourt, a sedate Italianate stone building somewhat dwarfed by Hall and Warwick's confident Shire Hall built for the County Council.

Caption For Deeping St James, Church Street C1965

The village itself is a mix of stone and local brick, as in the terrace on the right.

Caption For Plymouth, Drake's Island 1890

The nearby vil- lage of Kingsand still has a stone showing where the boundary used to lie.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, Mayburgh Henge 1893

Early accounts refer to a circle of standing stones inside Mayburgh Henge with four more large stones forming a circle in the centre.

Caption For Aylesbury, Walton Street 1901

The church is Holy Trinity by David Brandon, built in the 1840s in flint pebbles and stone, with further Victorian additions in brick and stone.

Caption For Stafford, The Public Library C1955

At the time the citizens of Stafford were assured that the medieval inn would be dismantled carefully and rebuilt elsewhere, stone by stone.

Caption For Lincoln, High Street 1923

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb

Caption For Ebbw Vale, Gorsedd Stones C1960

The stones for the Gorsedd Circle were quarried at the Trefil Quarry.