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Photos

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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1895, World's End Ref. RNE874558
1945, East End Ref. NPO697170
1940, World's End Ref. NPO874558
1895, North Street Ref. RNE793954
1946, Wood End Ref. NPO872450
1895, East End Ref. RNE697170
1909, Balderton Ref. HOSM36764
1908 - 1909, Belgrave Ref. HOSM37425
1898, Dunkirk Ref. HOSM44005
1897 - 1898, Picton Ref. HOSM56620
1897, Hapsford Ref. HOSM47582
1902-1903, Moorside Ref. RNC783533
1923, Woodhouses Ref. POP873520
1947, Clutton Ref. NPO671380
1947, Coddington Ref. NPO673197
1902-1903, Waverton Ref. RNC862330
1947, Elton Ref. NPO701096
1947, Hapsford Ref. NPO726637
1923, Anderton Ref. POP625623
1923, Clive Ref. POP670823

Books

19 books found. Showing results 337 to 19.

Memories

2,057 memories found. Showing results 141 to 150.

Working For City Education

My memories refer to 1960 through to 1963 (I think!). I was in charge of String Tuition for the Education Department with our HQ in the Guildhall and a storage room for instruments in the bowels of the building. I ...Read more

A memory of Cambridge in 1960 by Ray Lowrey

Village Shop

I lived in the bungalow at the end of the spinny on West Avenue in the late 1960s and went to Highcroft School from age 4 to 5, which was an old Victorian building which always smelt of tomato soup and stood on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1960 by Mark Waters

Dartford

Is West Hill Hospital still at the top of West Hill? And do some of you remember the trams going from the Dartford libary and up West Hill? I cannot remember how far they went to.

A memory of Dartford by Danny Bowman

A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

Six Weeks In Pontypool

I was evacuated with my school to Pontypool on 1st September 1939. I was taken in with my friend Jim Baker, by a retired miner and his wife, and spent six weeks in what was alleged to be the smallest house in Pontypool. I ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1930

Walks To Morlais

I was about 14 and my friend Alan Davies and I used to walk from Twynyrodyn on a Sunday morning to Morlais Castle. There we would wonder and speculate about its history and what battles were fought there. How many people ...Read more

A memory of Merthyr Tydfil in 1959 by Peter Lewis

Wonderful Times And Great Friends

I remember living in Galesbury Road in the 1950s and going to Swaffield Road School, moving into Domelton House, Wendlesworth estate in the late 1950ss was luxury, central heating, a real bath and inside loo, ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by Leslie Mc Donnell

Gren Man Pub Wormley West End

Family research. Robert Akers owned the Green Man Pub in Wormley West End in the 1700s. I would appreciate any information on the pub concerning exact location, pictures or just general information. Many thanks

A memory of Cheshunt by Michael Akers

My Chatham

Born and bred in Grove Road off Luton Road, went to the schools of All Saints and Fort Luton. I found Chatham to be a friendly town with memories of seeing Arther English at the Empire, seaside at the Strand, being a 19th Medway west ...Read more

A memory of Chatham by Kenneth Blackman

A Family Wedding At St Peter's Church Hammersmith

A few hundred yards west of Furnivall Gardens is St Peter's Church - the oldest and grandest church in Hammersmith. This is where my great-grandparents married on 27th September 1873: William Henry Howard and Jane Esther (or Hester) Goodwill.

A memory of Hammersmith in 1870 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

1,993 captions found. Showing results 337 to 360.

Caption For Carlton In Lindrick, High Road C1965

Two miles south of Langold, Carlton in Lindrick is a village of two parts, the original village to the south and a large former colliery village with hard red brick semi-detached houses.

Caption For Colchester, Holy Trinity Church 1892

The west tower, the church's most important feature, is Anglo-Saxon of the mid 11th-century.

Caption For Whitby, From Tate Hilll 1885

Taken long before the days of amusement arcades and the bandstand, this photograph shows that Pier Road and the Crag consisted solely of dwelling houses, probably occupied mainly by the fishing community

Caption For West Bromwich, High Street 1963

West Bromwich was one of four Staffordshire county boroughs created in 1889; the others were Hanley, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, Beach 1930

Such is the unbroken nature of the West Dorset coastline that artificial harbours had to be constructed at Lyme Regis and West Bay.

Caption For Exeter, High Street 1900

Exeter was the furthest west that the Romans ventured. They halted on the banks of the Exe in about 50AD and founded the town of Isca.

Caption For Carew, The Celtic Cross C1960

An inscription on the west face of Carew's Celtic cross commemorates Maredudd ap Edwin, joint ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south west Wales, who died two years into his reign

Caption For Brighton, The Parade 1894

As we look toward West Pier from the west, we see the landward pavilion at the right, then the tower of the Metropole to its left. Nearer the camera are a range of somewhat disparate stucco fronts.

Caption For Newbury, The Church From West Mills C1950

This picture of it was taken in West Mills, where the tower and west door suddenly loom large between tightly packed houses and cottages.

Caption For West Bromwich, High Street 1963

West Bromwich was one of four Staffordshire county boroughs created in 1889; the others were Hanley, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

Caption For Dublin, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Nave West 1897

Another fine study, this time looking west along the nave to the west front. The flags shown in the previous picture are seen near the Gate. This view is taken from near the choir and pulpit.

Caption For Bridport, West Street C1955

As its name implies, this lovely Georgian town was once a port, though its harbour is now two miles away at West Bay.

Caption For Lavendon, The Parish Church C1965

The busy A428 Northampton to Bedford Road winds through the village from west to east, curving round the parish churchyard's rubblestone retaining walls.

Caption For Parham, East Lodge 1894

Just west of Cootham, the main road curves away north-west to by-pass the Parham estate, whose east drive continues straight ahead.

Caption For Gatley, Gatley Road C1955

Once a small village just a few miles west-south-west of Stockport, Gatley was chosen in the 1840s as the site for the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, Beach 1930

Such is the unbroken nature of the West Dorset coastline that artificial harbours had to be constructed at Lyme Regis and West Bay.

Caption For Hythe, School Of Musketry 1903

Standing in Military Road, north-west of Red Lion Square, is the School of Small Arms, the main school of army musketry, founded here in 1854.

Caption For Eastgate, The Waterfall C1955

Eastgate lies to the west of Stanhope on the A689.

Caption For Benhilton, All Saints Church C1955

This view is taken from the west, near the north-east corner of the Green, at the foot of Angel Hill. The fine west tower of All Saints dominates the scene.

Caption For Farnham, The Borough C1955

The photographer is further east than he was when he took F11038, looking west along The Borough towards West Street.

Caption For Burnham On Sea, The Beach 1913

Nowadays it has views north-west to Steep Holm island and depressing views west to the troubled Hinckley Point nuclear power station.

Caption For London, The Princess Beatrice Hospital C1950

This building in Earl's Court's Old Brompton Road was partly designed by Sir Aston Webb, and opened in 1930.

Caption For Newnham, The Clock Tower C1955

The clock tower dates from 1875, by which time Newnham had long ceased to be the most important Gloucestershire town on the west bank of the river.

Caption For Penrith, Hugh's Crag Bridge 1893

The line was opened in 1864 to link the iron industry of West Cumberland with coal from the West Durham coalfield, but it soon became popular with tourists visiting Keswick and the northern Lake District