New upload of archive photos of Britain

In Summary

Our favourites in this Release

Castle Square, 'the Hole In The Road' c.1968, Sheffield — Sheffield, Castle Square, 'The Hole in the Road' c1968 Ref. S108230

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

Hunters Lodge Hotel c.1955, Axminster — Axminster, Hunters Lodge Hotel c1955 Ref. A88040

The Village c.1960, Alveley — Alveley, the Village c1960 Ref. A414006

Variety Club c.1965, Batley — Batley, Variety Club c1965 Ref. B642047

Duck Bridge c.1965, Danby — Danby, Duck Bridge c1965 Ref. D95027

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

Market Place c.1965, Thirsk — Thirsk, Market Place c1965 Ref. T306097

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

Woods c.1935, Colemere — Colemere, Woods c1935 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 205 newly digitised photos of 90 Devon towns, cities and villages.

Next page of Devon places

Other Counties: Across the UK

In this release are 253 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.