New upload of archive photos of Britain - January 2020

In Summary

Featured Photo of Greater London

Featured Photo of Cornwall

Our favourites in this Release

Old School House 1906, Harrow On The Hill — Harrow on the Hill, Old School House 1906
Ref. 53641A

Grenville Hotel c.1930, Bude — Bude, Grenville Hotel c1930
Ref. B242087

The Library c.1955, Romford — Romford, the Library c1955
Ref. R52301

Station Road c.1955, Harrow On The Hill — Harrow on the Hill, Station Road c1955
Ref. H27035A

The Harbour c.1955, Mevagissey — Mevagissey, the Harbour c1955
Ref. M68145

Wheal Edward Engine House c.1955, Botallack — Botallack, Wheal Edward Engine House c1955
Ref. B796303

Mansion House & Cheapside c.1949, London — London, Mansion House & Cheapside c1949
Ref. L1305352

Palace, The Maze c.1950, Hampton Court — Hampton Court, Palace, the Maze c1950
Ref. H17312

Station Road c.1960, Belmont — Belmont, Station Road c1960
Ref. B910018

Composite c.1950, St Keverne — St Keverne, Composite c1950
Ref. S25007

Trewellard Hotel c.1960, Pendeen — Pendeen, Trewellard Hotel c1960
Ref. P27325

c.1950, Helston — Helston, c1950
Ref. H69029

Featured County: Greater London

In this release are 289 newly digitised photos of 75 Greater London towns, cities and villages.

Featured County: Cornwall

In this release are 93 newly digitised photos of 41 Cornwall towns, cities and villages.

Other Counties: Across the UK

In this release are 370 newly digitised photos of 300 UK towns, cities and villages.

Next page of new photos

Digitising the Archive

Our digitisation project has been a huge challenge, undertaken at enormous cost, without public funding. We have used state of the art technology to ensure we have captured the very finest details from every subject.

The original materials worked with have covered the gamut: hand-written ledgers and collodion glass plates, platinum, albumen & gelatin-silver prints, small format film and most things in between.

Even with the best technology and processes, handling so many delicate and varied materials has made this a slow, laborious and complex task.

Learn more about this project.

One of the digital scanners used to process the original images.

The Frith Digitisation Team in 2015.