New upload of archive photos of Britain

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In Summary

Our favourites in this Release

Sheffield, Castle Square, 'the Hole In The Road' c.1968 — Castle Square, 'the Hole In The Road' c.1968, Sheffield Ref. S108230

Peter Tavy, Mill 1906 — Mill 1906, Peter Tavy Ref. 55299

Alveley, The Village c.1960 — The Village c.1960, Alveley Ref. A414006

Axminster, Hunters Lodge Hotel c.1955 — Hunters Lodge Hotel c.1955, Axminster Ref. A88040

Batley, Variety Club c.1965 — Variety Club c.1965, Batley Ref. B642047

Danby, Duck Bridge c.1965 — Duck Bridge c.1965, Danby Ref. D95027

Bolton Abbey, And Stepping Stones 1893 — And Stepping Stones 1893, Bolton Abbey Ref. 33171

Salcombe, Fore Street 1951 — Fore Street 1951, Salcombe Ref. S44181

Thirsk, Market Place c.1965 — Market Place c.1965, Thirsk Ref. T306097

Colemere, Woods c.1935 — Woods c.1935, Colemere Ref. C872024

Featured County: Shropshire

In this release are 77 newly digitised photos of 31 Shropshire towns, cities and villages.

Featured County: Devon

In this release are 206 newly digitised photos of 90 Devon towns, cities and villages.

Next page of Devon places

Other Counties: Across the UK

In this release are 303 newly digitised photos of 235 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.