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Photos

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Maps

494 maps found.

1847 - 1938, Kents Bank Ref. HOSM70576
1887, Holbeach Bank Ref. HOSM48673
1879, Ash Bank Ref. HOSM36272
1894, Hale Bank Ref. HOSM47375
1882, Ketley Bank Ref. HOSM49788
1874 - 1899, Chirk Bank Ref. HOSM40845
1898, Inglewood Bank Ref. HOSM49353
1897, Meal Bank Ref. HOSM58635
1901, Gorsey Bank Ref. HOSM46595
1880, Creamore Bank Ref. HOSM42208
1886, Bush Bank Ref. HOSM39654
1947, Wardle Bank Ref. NPO860618
1947, Warton Bank Ref. NPO861219
1897, Creamore Bank Ref. RNE682894
1897, East Bank Ref. RNE696887
1896, Far Banks Ref. RNE703210
1896, Fern Bank Ref. RNE704524
1897, Gallantry Bank Ref. RNE710706
1897, Dean Bank Ref. RNE689171
1895, Broomhill Bank Ref. RNE652485

Books

25 books found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Memories

9,978 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.

Fivehead Parish Somerset

My wife and I visited your lovely church in July 1982 where we discovered that our family bible was used on the pulpit every Sunday. The Bible was donated by my ancestor, Mary Corpe in approx. 1854. We were told Mary ...Read more

A memory of Fivehead in 1982 by Robert Corpe

Working In Dartmouth Road

I worked at the gas board showroom on Dartmouth Road. It was next door to the bank on the corner of London Road. As well as selling gas appliances and receiving payment on gas bills we used to sell bags of "shillingsis!" ...Read more

A memory of Purley by Raymond Day

Number 2 Montague  Terrace

Barbara Brian.  I loved reading your memories of Montague Terrace and I thank you for them. Were you the young Miss Andrews that rode that posh bicycle and lived behind the shop and did your dad at times teach tap ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke in 1930 by Frederick Cannock

Those Lazy Hazy Days Of Delamere

I have so many memories of Delamere but unlike the others who have written on this page my recall of the names are not so good.  I tend to see things as pictures (and have a good memory for faces) and have vivid ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1966 by Jane Castrignano

Lloyds Bank Manager

Thinking of Lloyds Bank I wonder if anyone remembers the uncle from 'Only Fools and Horses', he was the bank manager at Lloyds in Byfleet, in more recent years (1970s) he would always chat to everyone once he had started on the ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet in 1970 by Christine Woodruff

Childhood Memories

We moved into Tighnabruaich when I was almost 8 yrs old. Our 1st house was on the Ardmarnock Est between Millhouse and Otter Ferry. We stayed there for around a year before moving into Corra Farm on the Ardlamont Est near ...Read more

A memory of Tighnabruaich in 1970 by Tim Hosey

Evacuation Ww2

I recall being evacuated to Llansaint from London as a child of 7. I lived in a small sweet shop in the the village with a family named Phillips, or Philips. I am now 74 so my memories are not too sharp with regards to names and ...Read more

A memory of Llansaint in 1941 by James Hepting

Maelog Lake Hotel

A schoolfriend of my former wife (now sadly deceased) married a Rhosneigr man and lived in the village. In order to visit them  my wife, I and our year old daughter visited Rhosneigr first in 1971, again in 1973 and for the last ...Read more

A memory of Rhosneigr in 1971 by Colin Carey

Clifton Park

I used to live in tree-lined Lister Street. All I had to do was climb over the back wall to the rear of my house to get into Clifton Park. I remember Sunday School held at the Bandstand: 'Sunshine Corner always jolly fine, is for ...Read more

A memory of Rotherham in 1940 by John Wigglesworth

Windsor Road

We moved to Bromley Cross about 1947 just before my sister Virginia was born, it was a lovely new prefab, but I don't remember much about the inside of it apart from the wood-burning stove, that sticks in my mind for some ...Read more

A memory of Bromley Cross in 1947 by Julie Christo

Captions

2,019 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Caption For Sandhurst, Church 1939

St Michael's dates back to 1853 and was designed by Street, but was later enlarged.

Caption For Hinxton, The Ford C1960

A farm van fords the river on the back road to Hinxton from Duxford. The footbridge is often in use when there are flash floods. Further upstream is a watermill that is still in working order.

Caption For Darlington, Victoria Road 1903

This photograph shows Victoria Road and the approach to Bank Top railway station.

Caption For Huntingdon, The Bridge From Castle Hill 1898

The sturdy building on the opposite bank of the river was put up in the 1850s as a flour mill; later it was used for textiles. After a period of dereliction, it was converted into apartments.

Caption For Maiden Newton, The Mill 1906

There are records of settlements here dating back to the Roman occupation. This mill became a carpet factory in the 20th century.

Caption For Newchurch, All Saints' Church And The Pointer Inn C1955

The church dates back to the Norman Conquest, though it contains additions from most historic periods.

Caption For Dovedale, Reynards Cave 1914

A family group prepare their picnic on the banks of the River Dove beneath the natural arch known as Reynard's Cave.

Caption For Ilkeston, Bath Street C1955

Another view of Bath Street, looking back towards the church.

Caption For Chepstow, The Race Course 1938

Judging from the discarded betting slips, the punters had not backed Harry Wragg to get the better of Gordon Richards in the first race.

Caption For Deal, From The Pier Pavilion 1899

Deal is an elegant town, and nowhere is this clearer than in this view, taken from the Pier pavilion looking back to the town.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1908

In the 1900s these included a tobacconist's, a bank, and two butchers. It now houses the regimental museum of the Green Howards.

Caption For Oxford, Addisons Walk, Magdalen College 1937

The tree-shaded Magdalen Walks along the bank of the Cherwell are truly delightful and a perfect way to study the changing seasons.

Caption For Avebury, The Circle C1955

The entire complex comprises an outer circular bank with an inner ditch. Inside was a great stone circle enclosing two smaller circles.

Caption For Wyre Piddle, The Anchor C1965

So many towns and villages in Worcestershire are beautifully set on the banks of the county's rivers - as Wyre Piddle is on the Avon.

Caption For Reading, St Mary's Butts 1912

The church dates back to Saxon times.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Angel Hotel 1929

This photograph was taken back in the days when an open space in a town did not have to be completely covered by cars! The Angel Hotel was immortalised in Dickens' 'Pickwick Papers'.

Caption For Wargrave, High Street 1950

The village of Wargrave has an Edwardian feel to it, but its origins date back many centuries. The Bull, seen on the left, was once a popular coaching inn, close to the busy Bath Road.

Caption For Plymouth, Pier 1892

Further back, to the right of the triangular buttress, is the site of the Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club and beyond that, the Cattewater.

Caption For Walsingham, The Old Pump 1922

This old dome-shaped weather-beaten pump dates back to medieval times, and is situated at an important junction in the middle of this historic town.

Caption For Machynlleth, The Corris Railway 1899

The railway was a working narrow gauge route running passengers up to the Corris quarries and bringing slate back.

Caption For Ingoldmells, Moores Holiday Estate Camp C1955

This photograph was taken along Roman Bank - which is not Roman at all – and the scene is totally different today.

Caption For Crawley, The Village 1903

Between the 1901 bank on the left and the foreground is now the Imperial Cinema of 1928.

Caption For Poole, Sunset At Rockley Sands C1965

Campers drift back to their caravans after watching one of Poole Harbour's famous sunsets.

Caption For Dovedale, Reynard's Cave From Above C1864

The wooded slopes in the background are on the Staffordshire bank of the Dove, and rise to Air Cottage on the top of the hill opposite.