Maps

181,070 maps found.

1885, Fotheringhay Ref. HOSM45711
1887, Haddon Ref. HOSM47323
1899, Helpston Ref. HOSM48198
1885, Thornhaugh Ref. HOSM61629
1887, Yaxley Ref. HOSM65394
1896, Trotton Ref. HOSM62631
1896, Duncton Ref. HOSM44064
1908, Pevensey Ref. HOSM35046
1899, Clench Ref. HOSM39181
1899, Hilcott Ref. HOSM48523
1891, Cawthorne Ref. HOSM70197
1894, Eastcote Ref. HOSM44522
1905, Efford Ref. HOSM44652
1905, Mothecombe Ref. HOSM54176
1905, Mothecombe Ref. HOSM54597
1905, Staddiscombe Ref. HOSM60157
1900, Yealmbridge Ref. HOSM65397
1891, Badsworth Ref. HOSM36711
1891, Kinsley Ref. HOSM50294
1897, Llanharan Ref. HOSM52018

Books

438 books found. Showing results 2,881 to 2,904.

Memories

29,012 memories found. Showing results 1,201 to 1,210.

A Family Business.

I am the lady at the door with my husband Don Weston. The date is about 1959 because that is the year we had electricity in the village and started to sell ice cream. Hence the Walls sign. My parents Mr and Mrs Caesar Evans ...Read more

A memory of Bosherston by Claire Allen

Notes From The Frith Files.

This photograph shows the Red Lion pub set back from the junction of Malvern Road with Upton Road which is on the right.  The traffic island was soon to disappear as this main road section became a one way system by the early ...Read more

A memory of Powick

Sweet Shop Run...

this street is the scene of many a frantic cycle to the sweet shop (aka village shop) at the bottom of the hill, eager to hand over our week's pocket money to Mr Knight who ran the shop. This view is roughly from the pub on the corner ...Read more

A memory of Wherwell in 1985 by Sebastian Buck

Bassett House

The large oblong building on the left was Bassett House of which the ground floor was Waitrose. The Bassett Family lived at Hunters Lodge, Banstead and the three children grew up to represent England. Sheena in running and swimming ...Read more

A memory of Banstead in 1967 by Heather Lee

Fishguard, Dinas Head C1960

The author of Pembrokeshire book describes this pic as houses on the edge of the cliff. The buildings are actually an ex wartime camp containing a searchlight unit and some coastal guns. Now a caravan park.

A memory of Fishguard by Claire Allen

Family Connections.

One of my brothers worked at the fish shop 'Packman's' next to the greengrocers and the lady with the pushchair and small child is my sister-in-law and her children.

A memory of Sevenoaks by Claire Allen

Memories Of High Street

This is a very significant picture to me although taken a good many years after we left High Street for Mill Lane. My sister, Hilda and I were both born in one of the houses just beyond the white building, in our time that was ...Read more

A memory of Donington in 1930 by Winnie Nowaknee White

Pear Tree House Skeeby

After living in Richmond I bought and renovated Pear Tree House (on the right of this 1913 picture) in 1972.  The previous occupants had died and when I found the house it was covered in ivy and I understand at one time Funeral ...Read more

A memory of Skeeby in 1972 by Terry King

Lived Here In 1963 64

My dad was stationed here in the early 60's with the US Navy.  Although I was only 5 years old at the time the memories are still so vivid in my mind. So many thoughts and pictures are racing through my mind as I write this that ...Read more

A memory of Innellan in 1963 by Theresa Wilson

Summer Days

My Sister Carolynn and I practically lived at the pool in summer even before it was heated and was often a bit chilly. Walking through the park & over the waste ground with our costume rolled in a towel under our arm. Entering the ...Read more

A memory of Trowbridge in 1967 by Barbara Thompson

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Captions

29,398 captions found. Showing results 2,881 to 2,904.

Caption For Stanion, Home Farm Estate C1960

Seen from Kettering Road, this on land formerly belonging to Home Farm.

Caption For Bulphan, Fen Lane C1955

The second element of Bulphan's name is the word 'fen'.

Caption For Bromsgrove, High Street C1960

This section of the High Street is now pedestrianised, but the east side of the street is not greatly changed from this view. Timothy Whites is still a handsome building, though it is W H Smith now.

Caption For Northleach, The Green C1960

This Cotswold town has much in common with other old wool towns to the north and south of it, such as Chipping Campden and Cirencester.

Caption For Higher Bockhampton, Thomas Hardy's Birthplace C1955

Thomas Hardy, poet and novelist, was born in this cottage in 1840, writing his first few novels sitting on the window ledge of the upstairs right-hand room.

Caption For Chichester, Market Cross 1892

Situated at the junction of what were originally Roman roads, and distinguished by its flying buttresses, the cross is one of the Chichester's most famous landmarks.

Caption For Worth, The Church Lychgate 1906

Often described as one of the finest churches in the country, Worth church is a splendid and historic building.

Caption For Steyning, View From White Horse Lane 1914

The centre of Steyning includes rows of picturesque gabled houses and period buildings.

Caption For Chichester, West Street 1923

The graceful spire of historic Chichester Cathedral soars above the buildings of West Street. The spire collapsed in 1861 and was rebuilt under the supervision of Sir George Gilbert Scott.

Caption For Southport, From Water Chute 1908

This area of the fairground was redeveloped and incorporated into the King's Gardens, which were opened by HM King George V in 1913.

Caption For Southport, Peter Pans Playground C1955

The Gardens were part of a scheme to enhance Southport's image as a garden city.

Caption For Westdean, 1921

The village lies north of the Seaford road, which crosses the Cuckmere River at Exceat.

Caption For Kings Lynn, Saturday Market Place And Guildhall C1955

To the immediate right is the borough gaol of 1784. Lynn was founded by Herbert, Bishop of Norwich, in about 1100; it was known as Bishop's Lynn until it passed to the Crown in the time of Henry VIII.

Caption For Metheringham, The Church C1955

The church of St Wilfred is another of the hundreds of Lincolnshire limestone churches, and it has not changed in almost fifty years. The church was damaged by fire in 1599 and restored in 1601.

Caption For Wellingore, The Church C1960

All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.

Caption For Ampleforth College, Original House C1960

Ampleforth is probably best known for its Roman Catholic boys' school situated to the east of the village, founded by Benedictine monks in 1808 and based on their abbey.

Caption For Knaresborough, View From The Castle C1955

This is a classic view of Knaresborough from the road bridge over the River Nidd, here filled with pleasure boats.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pier 1897

Nearly a century after its foundation, the town was already dominating the skyline, and its beaches were among the most crowded on the south coast.

Caption For Chepstow, Beaufort Square 1957

This view of the square shows how it had been broken up, so to speak, and had lost the impression of openness.

Caption For Horning, The Old Wind Pump 1902

Broadland is strewn with relics of previous ages. Here an old wind pump, its sails still set against the breeze, takes on the character of a living tree with its roughly-hewn timber supports.

Caption For Wells, High Street 1961

Wells is, of course, famed for its superb cathedral and the Bishop's Palace. The town is also a very fine one, with much of its medieval plan intact.

Caption For Belfast, High Street 1897

It was now a shopping street, with the buildings of fairly recent date providing commercial office accomodation on the upper floors.

Caption For Monmouth, The Castle 1896

Here we see the overgrown and sadly-neglected ruin of Monmouth Castle as it looked in 1893.

Caption For Newport, Medina Quay 1913

This atmospheric photograph of the Medina at Newport gives some idea of the harbour at the height of its pros- perity.