Maps

181,031 maps found.

1884, Murchington Ref. HOSM54412
1887, Stover School Ref. HOSM60688
1886, Woodland Ref. HOSM65044
1896, Middridge Ref. HOSM53690
1884, Mochdre Ref. HOSM53887
1891, Londonderry Ref. HOSM52195
1891, Thrintoft Ref. HOSM61753
1891, Yafforth Ref. HOSM65351
1884, Creaton Ref. HOSM42306
1884, Hollowell Ref. HOSM48727
1884, Watford Ref. HOSM63541
1899, Welford Ref. HOSM63740
1895, Chirton Ref. HOSM40848
1885, Edingthorpe Green Ref. HOSM64905
1897, Marston Ref. HOSM53243
1897, Moulton Ref. HOSM54193
1897, Oakmere Ref. HOSM55530
1897, Rudheath Ref. HOSM58254
1882, Barford Ref. HOSM37002
1884, Chedgrave Ref. HOSM40768

Books

442 books found. Showing results 4,249 to 4,272.

Memories

29,033 memories found. Showing results 1,771 to 1,780.

Huntly

I went to the Gordon Schools until I moved to England in 1972, they were the best days of my life. My uncle George Robertson owned the painting and decorating shop in Castle Street. I remember the picnics down by the Deveron in the summer. ...Read more

A memory of Keith by Christine Bremner

Living In The Village

We moved to Compton Bassett in 1957 when I was 11 and lived there until my father died in 1986. My parents were George Edward (Ted) Jones and Lucy. First we lived in Dugdales Farm house with Mr and Mrs Monck, and then ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1957 by Jennifer Mera

Fynn From The Black Dog

I'm also related to Mr William Fynn ( of sorts!) who ran the Black Dog. He passed away in 1912 after an unsuccessful operation. His wife Rosanna born in Lancashire was of Scottish heritage. Grace was her niece ...Read more

A memory of Horndon on the Hill by Denize Selby

Broken Arm

My little brother broke his arm while playing by the church, as a big gust of wind picked him up and blew him into the wall, believe it or not.

A memory of Alverstoke in 1975 by Gail Sales

Etchingham Banks

I lived on Wedds Farm from around 1948 to 1963. My father, George Couzens, a wartime Battle of Britain fighter pilot, was manager of the farm which was owned by Mr A. Howeson. They had met in the RAF during the war. I believe ...Read more

A memory of Ticehurst in 1957 by John Couzens

Doseley

When my dad Derick John Jones was born in 1944 he lived in a row of houses called Dill Doll Row or Dill Da Row as some people called them, they were situated at Sandy Bank, Doseley, just behind the Cheshire Cheese pub at Doseley. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Doseley in 1944 by Angela Mathison

2008 Holiday

I visited the church in 2008 with my mom, and husband, as this is the church where her dad Albert George Blythe married her mom, Matilda Elkin. It was a beautiful church, so peaceful and quiet. We walked around and saw some ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 2008 by Trish Coe

Woolen Mill

My grandparents George and Sarah Ruddick lived in Heads Nook. He worked as a guard on the railways, she worked in a small room repairing woollen blankets in the Mill. They lived in Glenn Terrace, Heads Nook. I have many happy ...Read more

A memory of Heads Nook in 1940 by Anne Hirst

The Station On The Willows

My grandfather and grandmother Dixon lived in the station house. My grandmother had a marquee on the Willows, from memories of conversations with my mother who lived there also for 4 or 5 years, on Sundays she would serve ...Read more

A memory of Ryton by Irene Oxley

A Magical Time

My name is Peter Weeks and I lived on Llanwoanno Road. Every Sunday I would cross this bridge with my elder brother Kenneth, on our way to the Baptist Chapel. This was the time of steam trains. We could hear the trains comming ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash in 1964 by Peter Weeks

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 4,249 to 4,272.

Caption For Penrith, Lowther Lodge 1893

This castellated building dating from 1877 was designed for Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale to guard the entrance to the drive up to Lowther Castle.

Caption For Bolton By Bowland, The Green 1921

We see the Green from the far side.The village (the name means 'the dwelling by the bow of the river') has two greens; because it was all part of the Pudsay estate, there was no pressure to expand

Caption For Measham, The School C1965

In the mid to late 1950s, this pattern of school building was springing up everywhere.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Hill Lane And Castle 1906

Another interesting scene of the town taken from the steps in Hill Lane looking towards the castle.

Caption For Launceston, Dunheved Cross 1906

The top part of the cross was discovered in the 19th century at Tresmarrow Farm, and was put in the town museum.

Caption For Liverpool, Lime Street 1890

George's Hall dominates the left side of our photograph, and the London North Western Hotel the right side.

Caption For Teffont, St Edward's Church C1960

Teffont, 10 miles west of Salisbury, is the combination of the villages of Teffont Evias and Teffont Magna; both have small churches maintained and still in use by the whole combined parish of

Caption For Brierley Hill, Delph Locks C1965

The reasoning behind the construction of the Dudley and Stourbridge Canals was for the transportation of coal from pits around Dudley to the glass works at Stourbridge, and for the export of coals

Caption For Manchester, Market Street 1889

In this picture things have quietened down a little, and the policeman on point duty has only one waggon and several horse-trams and horse-drawn omnibuses to dodge.

Caption For Westhoughton, Market Street C1950

On the northern edge of the Wigan coalfield, local pits once provided employment for over 2000 miners, but by the late 1940s the mines were just a memory.

Caption For Dublin, Glasnevin Cemetery, Honest Tom Steele Monument 1897

Honest Tom Steele's monument is near the entrance of the cemetery. Many of the tombs carry shamrock, Irish harp and wolfhound motifs, indicative of the Young Ireland Movement.

Caption For Bakewell, C1955

Here we see another view of the Wye valley. Again, trees and attractive small fields give a vivid impression of the glorious nature of the Derbyshire Peak District.

Caption For Berkhamsted, Ashridge College C1965

An anonymous offer of £20,000 had been received, which would enable part of the land to be bought for the National Trust.

Caption For Chelmsford, High Street 1895

The tenements could only expand lengthways along their own ‘backsides’, and most buildings had a jumble of outhouses, barns and sheds at the rear.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Kodak House 2005

As one of the town's major employers, Kodak gave £10,000 for a new children's playground to be built in Gadebridge Park to replace the one lost by the construction of the Plough roundabout.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street, Clare Cross 1898

The detailing is borrowed from the eight blank panels in the Medici chapel in Florence; on these panels are carved the names of the town's dead of the First World War.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Pier Avenue 1921

The total cost of the building was £7,465.

Caption For Basildon, Long Riding C1960

The centre of Basildon has served the local community well since the 1950s, and remains a popular place to shop.

Caption For London, Waterloo Bridge 1895

Gulls forage for food in the frozen wastes.The ice has broken and the waters of the river released.

Caption For Moelfre, The Bay C1955

On this bright summer's day, the car park in the heart of the village is packed full of cars.

Caption For Landkey, Church C1885

The thatched linhay was ubiquitous at the time of this picture. Today, they are hard to find. Are the cows thin versions of the shorthorn, the standard milk cow of the era?

Caption For Taunton, Park Gates 1906

Crossing Mary Street from the southern end of the High Street brings the explorer of Taunton to Vivary Park.

Caption For Kingston St Mary, The Village C1960

Travellers from Taunton to the Quantock Hills usually go by way of Kingston - and a very picturesque route it is.

Caption For Wymondham, The Green Dragon, Church Street C1965

It is a tragedy of our century that the elevations of many of our finest buildings are defaced by the necessities of modern life. If only Mr Bird could have sited his garage elsewhere!