Photos

279 photos found. Showing results 361 to 279.

Maps

1,651 maps found.

1897, Winnington Ref. HOSM64779
1897, Clive Ref. HOSM64783
1897, Rushton Ref. HOSM58311
1897, Bickley Ref. HOSM37663
1897 - 1909, Ledsham Ref. HOSM50992
1902-1903, Meadowbank Ref. RNC776043
1902-1903, Huntington Ref. RNC742429
1924, Balderton Ref. POP630797
1921, Bickley Ref. POP639619
1923, Bryn Ref. POP653582
1902-1903, Woodbank Ref. RNC872823
1902-1903, Handley Ref. RNC726352
1902, Threapwood Ref. RNC847620
1902-1903, Clifton Ref. RNC670655
1902-1903, Clive Ref. RNC670823
1902-1903, Overton Ref. RNC798832
1924, Dunkirk Ref. POP695527
1923, Tiverton Ref. POP848975
1947, Huntington Ref. NPO742429
1947, Hargrave Ref. NPO727292

Books

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Memories

2,049 memories found. Showing results 181 to 190.

Swallow Cottage

William Stonard and Alice West lived in this house (called "Swallow Cottage"). They lived here from before 1901, through to William's death in 1935. William Stonard is my great-great-grandfather on my mother's side. Alice, his wife, was the village midwife.

A memory of Pirbright in 1890 by Raymond Davey

Memories Of The 'pedaloes'.....

As a child in the fifties I remember staying at 'Elasrofton' on West Front Road and getting very tired pedalling the pedaloes shown around the lagoon. For a small boy they definitely had 'windage' and the Lagoon often had ...Read more

A memory of Pagham in 1955 by Derek Ashford

The White Hart In 1881

I've been researching my ancestors and discovered that my great-great-grandfather, William Fox, was living at the White Hart in High Road, West Wickham, in 1881 with his daughter Mary Ann Reading and her husband John ...Read more

A memory of West Wickham in 1880 by Roger Lancaster

Thos Were The Days

I have read all the letters and they have bought back so many memories. My sister and I were born in Hillingdon and from 1961 we used to go to Burtons dance hall on Tues, Friday and Saturday nights. We would also go to The Blue ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1961 by Linda Millett

Happy Days

Oh the memories stored away!! Charlie's opposite Cove Green, going there for sweeties on a Sunday, Cove Green (not as good as Tower Hill swings though!), Mundays closing at 1pm on Sundays, Thorntons with its yellow facade, and wool etc, I ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1965 by Ann Mozdzer

Wellock

My great great great grandmother Margaret Wellock was born in this village in 1811. She married Mathew Edward Bywell from Middleham and lived most of her life in West Witton. She later lived in Aysgarth were she died and is buried in ...Read more

A memory of West Burton by Jackie Bowkett

Great Memories Of This Area

Really it was 1961-66. I worked as a Geologist for the United Steel Companies based in Rotherham. I visited Haile Moor and Beckermet Mines every two or three weeks for 5 years and came to love the area and its people ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill in 1961 by Geoff Potts

Happy Days

My sister and I used to visit our grandparents, Harry and Lily Bliss, who lived on Sandringham Drive, West Monkseaton. We would come down from Scotland in late June and stay for two weeks. Favourite memories include the Spanish ...Read more

A memory of North Shields in 1958 by Carolynne Briggs

School And Before

I lived in Holly Street, North Kilbowie, I was born there 1949. My gran and grampa moved into 1 Holly Street in 1939 before the Second World War. The stories they knew about the blitz were funny as well as tragic. I lost my ...Read more

A memory of Clydebank in 1954 by John Mac Dougall

County Oak Tushmore Sports And Social Club

So named because members were from north of Crawley on the main A23 Brighton Road, not big enough to be a village, but a hamlet stretching half a mile north and south of todays Manor Royal Estate ...Read more

A memory of Crawley in 1954 by Tony Tester

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 433 to 456.

Caption For West Stockwith, Basin, The Lock 1958

The Chesterfield Canal, the Mother Drain and the River Idle all reach the River Trent at West Stockwith - the canal is the most southerly of the three.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1949

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north-west corner of the Town Hall.

Caption For Arlington, The Cuckmere C1955

Two miles south-west of Michelham Priory, further downstream along the Cuckmere River, we reach Arlington, another scattered village of farmsteads bisected by the meandering river.

Caption For Dunsfold, Post Office C1955

Dunsfold, north-west of Alfold, has a very large rectangular green, and the parish church of about 1270 is half a mile to the west.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Plough Inn C1960

The old village consists of a number of small, picturesque thatched and timber-framed cottages to the west of the church and along a lane running west from the river bridge.

Caption For Thorpe Arnold, St Mary's Church C1955

In a well-treed setting, the church is seen from the west.

Caption For Saddington, St Helen's Church C1955

Situated on the south-west side of the village, the church was heavily restored by Frederick Peck of Maidstone in 1872.

Caption For Chichester, Canon Lane Archway, South Street 1890

It is appropriate that our east to west town tour should start in the cathedral city of Chichester, the county town of West Sussex and one with a very long history.

Caption For Chesham, The Church 1897

St Mary's Church is on rising ground west of the town, with Lowndes Park to its north and east and The Bury to its west.

Caption For Worcester, The Cathedral Quire 1891

This view of Worcester Cathedral was taken looking west along the length of the quire and nave to the great west window.

Caption For Bognor Regis, The Parade 1892

Further west the photographer looks east along the Parade with the ornate iron archway into the former Esplanade Park.

Caption For Southampton, Westgate 1908

Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.

Caption For Bridport, St Swithun's Church 1897

St Swithun's Parish Church at Allington, now in the north-west corner of the extended Bridport borough, was consecrated in 1827 to replace the original medieval church to the west of the Vicarage, in what

Caption For Ealing, Grammar School, The Green C1955

On the west side, Middlesex County Council built Ealing County Boys School in 1913 in Queen Anne style.

Caption For Harlow, West Walk C1965

West Walk was reserved for banks, solicitors, estate agents, a cinema, and small specialist shops.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Aerial View C1955

Southend Pier and Views to the West

Caption For Amberley, Castle Courtyard 1896

The Castle Gatehouse 1898 The tour moves west to a remarkable building.

Caption For Conwy, Castle 1913

The north and west curtains faced the town and were considered vulnerable to assault should the town fall.

Caption For Bridport, St Mary's Church 1897

This is St Mary's Parish Church, seen from the north-west, showing the two bays of the nave and aisles extended in 1860 (right).

Caption For Pennard, The Castle 1893

Pennard stands high above a tidal creek some eight miles west-south-west of Swansea.

Caption For Colchester, High Street 1891

These views show the town from the 1890s to the 1960s; they record both the many changes that have taken place and also, paradoxically, how much of the old town survives.

Caption For Chigwell, West Hatch School C1960

According to Nicolas Pevsner, West Hatch Technical High School was built between 1957 and 1967 to designs by H Connolly.

Caption For Virginia Water, The Waterfall C1955

This evocative photograph is taken west of Chertsey on the A30 London Road at its junction with Christchurch Road, the B389, which lies beyond the policeman on points duty and to the left of the