New upload of archive photos of Britain - September 2021

In Summary

Featured Photo of Derbyshire

Featured Photo of Cambridgeshire

Our favourites in this Release

Green Lane c.1955, Linton — Linton, Green Lane c1955
Ref. L459040

Bath Street c.1955, Ilkeston — Ilkeston, Bath Street c1955
Ref. I37042

St John's College From Old Bridge c.1860, Cambridge — Cambridge, St John's College from Old Bridge c1860
Ref. 683

Derwent Hotel c.1955, Whatstandwell — Whatstandwell, Derwent Hotel c1955
Ref. W347010

The Bell Hotel c.1955, Stilton — Stilton, the Bell Hotel c1955
Ref. S673013

High Street c.1955, Chatteris — Chatteris, High Street c1955
Ref. C210005

Great Rocksdale Wesleyan Brass Band c.1900, Peak Dale — Peak Dale, Great Rocksdale Wesleyan Brass Band c1900
Ref. P235301

View From The Cathedral West Tower c.1955, Ely — Ely, view from the Cathedral West Tower c1955
Ref. E34069

Old Hall, The Yha c.1955, Elton — Elton, Old Hall, the YHA c1955
Ref. E131008

Featured County: Derbyshire

In this release are 462 newly digitised photos of 85 Derbyshire towns, cities and villages.

Next page of Derbyshire places

Featured County: Cambridgeshire

In this release are 352 newly digitised photos of 51 Cambridgeshire towns, cities and villages.

Other Counties: Across the UK

In this release are 432 newly digitised photos of 330 UK towns, cities and villages.

Next page of new photos

Overseas Locations

In this release are 104 newly digitised photos of 61 foreign towns, cities and villages.

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.