Maps

241 maps found.

1887, Highweek Ref. HOSM38606
1907, Slaidburn Ref. HOSM70986
1900, Abertrinant Ref. HOSM70333
1888, Pont-Y-Pant Ref. HOSM70703
1887 - 1900, Cefn-Yr-Owen Ref. HOSM70472
1900 - 1920, Mounton Ref. HOSM71207
1905, Monkscross Ref. HOSM52654
1903 - 1904, Gors Goch Ref. HOSM41003
1885 - 1905, Norton Ref. HOSM60792
1896, High Grange Ref. HOSM63582
1902 - 1904, Elan Village Ref. HOSM44794
1896 - 1897, Lower Sketty Ref. HOSM41331
1902, Netham Ref. HOSM36609
1885 - 1887, Newport Ref. HOSM64300
1886 - 1903, Newbold On Avon Ref. HOSM61074
1883 - 1901, Two Gates Ref. HOSM61193
1885 - 1886, Talley Ref. HOSM61280
1923, Talley Ref. POP844619
1900-1901, Talley Ref. RNC844619
1898, Talley Ref. RNE844619

Books

7 books found. Showing results 241 to 7.

Memories

499 memories found. Showing results 101 to 110.

Painting & Decorating

This is a picture of 'The Lodge', the gate house for the Westcliffe estate. In 1966 it was home to Mr & Mrs Reg Black, he was a painter and decorator at the hall, I worked for him as a trainee. In the summer we did ...Read more

A memory of Hythe by Graham Dunbar

Post War 45 47 As A Child Born In 42

I recentlty went into the Burtesett Village hall, had a cuppa, with my three sisters, and looked at the memorbilla and photos around the room. We had a great time. Spent some 45-60 minutes reminising. My father ...Read more

A memory of Burtersett by davidfreeman225

Mothers Home

blaen has always been special to me as it is the first thing you see when you walk into the house as mountain row is immediately above the railway station in ferndale and the big tip is above ferndale on the llanwonno road it used to ...Read more

A memory of Blaenllechau by porthbeach4me

War Time In Shirley

I was born in Croydon in 1936, and lived In West Way, Shirley. My mother could not bear to part with us, so we lived at home all through the war. A bomb was dropped into the garden next door. After six months it was discovered it ...Read more

A memory of Shirley by heather

O J Brown & Son Butcher

I have no memories of Blackwood as such. My interest started when I retired and took on my Genealogy! Anyway, I knew about Ossie Brown and the family butcher's shop in High St but especially his father, Arthur J Brown, my ...Read more

A memory of Blackwood by Cherryl Wharton

Desperate To Find My Grandad Jack Price And Siblings

I visited Bedlinog during the late 1960's when my Grandmother Elsie Price (ne Phillips) would travel from Windsor Road, Edwardsville with me and my identical twin sister Jane to visit my ...Read more

A memory of Bedlinog by lizhuntley07

Gilwern Mountain From Pant Y Beiliau

Looking across the Clydach Gorge from Pant-y-Beiliau Farm, before the Heads of the Valley Road was built. Brunant Farm in the middle of the picture. My grandparents’ house is in the middle left. The railway line ...Read more

A memory of Gilwern by Ian Wiggett

Waiting And Waiting. Where Was She?

There was a tremendous interest when this reservoir was officially opened by the Queen Mother. The local papers carried details of the scheduled times and events connected with this event. Not least of all, the ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley by brucehaycock

Fairdene School

I was a pupil at Fairdene School from 1960-1965. I had lived in New York until I was 6, so being a girl with a Yankee accent in a school for young ladies was quite a challenge! The two female headmistresses, Miss Turner and Miss ...Read more

A memory of Chipstead by familylock

Where I Grew Up....

- catching the Tillingbourne Valley Bus bus at the top of Newlands Corner to go to school in Shere and afterwards in Peaslake as a child - as a child being terrified and frozen when taken by my older sister sledging down the ...Read more

A memory of Newlands Corner

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Caption For Cromford, Black Rocks 1892

There are fine views across the Derwent valley from here towards Matlock and Riber Castle.

Caption For Saltash, The Royal Albert Bridge 1890

The rich fields of the Tamar Valley have long been the source of Plymouth's fruit and vegetables.

Caption For Steeton, The Tower C1955

Although it is set in the heart of the largely industrialised Aire Valley, Steeton retains its air of rural tranquillity.

Caption For Litlington, The Village C1960

This leafy flint village is situated in the Cuckmere valley near Alfriston. Nearby is one of the smallest Neolithic long barrows in Sussex.

Caption For Ribbesford, The Lido Café C1965

During the days of early popular motoring, the fine scenery in the valley of the Severn attracted many day-trippers from the urban areas of the Midlands.

Caption For Brighton, Devil's Dyke 1902

To the left of the flagpole can be seen a pier of the Dyke cable car, which stretched across the valley. This vertigo- inducing ride lasted from 1894 to 1907.

Caption For Seatown, Village And Beach 1922

The River Winniford (right), trickling down the valley from Chideock village, seeps into Lyme Bay through a bank of pebbles below the Anchor Inn (centre).

Caption For Bradwell, From Bradwell Edge C1955

This view across Bradwell shows the prominent chimney of the Hope Valley Cement Works at Hope, a valuable source of employment for local people.

Caption For Malton, Market Place 1959

Malton stands at the junction of many roads above the Derwent Valley south of the North York Moors, and has been an important market centre since the Middle Ages.

Caption For Addlestone, 'holly Tree' 1904

A beautifully-posed scene - all eyes are on the photographer - on a sunny day in the early years of the 20th century.

Caption For Willington, The Green C1955

Willington stands on the Trent and Mersey Canal in the Trent valley to the south of Derby.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Mountain 1888

Another view of Harrison Stickle, highest of the Langdale Pikes, this time from the valley at the bridge near the Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, a favourite haunt of walkers and climbers.

Caption For Barry Island, The Sands 1910

Barry Island was a popular holiday destination for the valley miners for their annual 'miners' fortnight'; suits, caps, full-length skirts and hats appear to be the order of the day.

Caption For Polegate, The Road To Jevington C1955

It has slowly become a dormitory village for the town of Eastbourne, whereas Jevington, hidden away in a dry valley and surrounded by trees, has retained its rural character and is possibly the most scenic

Caption For Grosmont, The Village C1965

Grosmont is now the northern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors steam railway, where it joins the Esk Valley line to reach Whitby.

Caption For Llandudno, Happy Valley 1913

Happy Valley was described as one of the best public parks or 'leisure grounds' in Britain, and was presented to the town by Lord Mostyn.

Caption For Hackness, The Park And Lake C1877

Just inland from Scarborough, along the Forge Valley, lies the peaceful village of Hackness.

Caption For Brynmawr, Alma Street And King Street C1950

The Heads of the Valleys Road had not been built when this picture was taken, as it shows the A465 old Merthyr road leading into King Street, Brynmawr.

Caption For Kilkhampton, Coombe Valley Mill 1929

The thatched mill house is deep in the valley about half a mile inland from the beach at Duckpool, and there is just a glimpse of the coast in this view.

Caption For Harpenden, Village Pond 1897

The pond was drained and grassed over during the twenties as the 'highway-valley' village grew into a 'garden-town'.

Caption For Sandplace, Looe Valley 1901

On the left is the railway line, which was built in 1860 to replace most of the canal up the valley from Looe to Moorswater.

Caption For Uley, Green And Church 1904

The church of St Giles, with its north tower and unusual octagonal spirelet, was rebuilt between 1857- 8 by S S Teulon, and overlooks the Uley valley.

Caption For Lincoln, Broadgate C1950

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley. Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

Caption For Rodborough, The Village C1960

Rodborough parish extends from Stroud to Minchinhampton on the south side of the Frome valley, and includes the hamlets of Butterrow, Houndscroft and Rodborough Common.