Maps

241 maps found.

1898, Esk Valley Ref. RNE701905
1896, Gleadless Valley Ref. RNE714717
1895, Hughenden Valley Ref. RNE741841
1899, The Valley Ref. RNE846556
1898, Rose Valley Ref. RNE819990
1947, Rimswell Valley Ref. NPO816897
1947, Primrose Valley Ref. NPO810963
1947, Llyfnant Valley Ref. NPO759793
1946, Trent Valley Ref. NPO852714
1947, Elan Valley Ref. NPO1190915
1899, Artists Valley Ref. RNE627205
1919, Hughenden Valley Ref. POP741841
1920, Buckland Valley Ref. POP654774
1919, Bourne Valley Ref. POP646917
1921, Dovey Valley Ref. POP692458
1922, Lledr Valley Ref. POP1190913
1947, Buckland Valley Ref. NPO654774
1947, Gleadless Valley Ref. NPO714717
1947, Golden Valley Ref. NPO717280
1897, Swiss Valley Ref. RNE844021

Books

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Memories

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I know records will prove me wrong, but summer seemed to start around the beginning of May and last until getting on to Bonfire night. We walked to Witton-le-Wear night after night to swim then walked home or, if we were lucky, got a lift ...Read more

A memory of Howden-le-Wear by David Quinn

Looking At The Tyne As In Tyne Valley C1955 Ref P265001

This image of Prudhoe and the Tyne Valley is very interesting because the Northern or Ovingham side has not changed greatly. Field boundaries etc are as I look at. But the southern side where the ...Read more

A memory of Prudhoe by Robert Forsythe

Treowen Road

I was born in March ,1947 at 69,Treowen Road.It was a terrible winter,and the midwife who delivered me (Nurse Maiden) had to enter the house through the upstairs bedroom window because the snow was pilled up so high. I lived in treowen ...Read more

A memory of Crumlin in 1947 by Chris Hughes

History Of Clayton Family 1700s

Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She was ...Read more

A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by Orrin Clayton

1959 To 1964

In the bottom left corner of the photo is a row of four white bungalows. My father --Ron Bartlett built these and several others on the estate from about 1959 onwards. We lived in the top one. The house immediately to the right of ours ...Read more

A memory of Mochdre by Colin Bartlett

Dinham Weir

The Ludlow weirs were navigation Flash Lock weirs until the railways came to the Teme valley. Sailing Trows from the Severn worked up the river with wheat for the mills from Gloucester returning with flour for the villages and iron bar from ...Read more

A memory of Ludlow in 1860 by Max Sinclair

Little Sutton In 1950s And 1960s

What memories your comments conjure.  How I loved the 'rec'  as a child.  We started on the 'baby swings' and progressed to the 'big swings' and see-saw and round-a-bout.  The old shelter there was a favourite ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Janet Lee

Delamere By Sid Grant

The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.  My time spent there was from age ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1930 by Sid Grant

Bamford Parish Church No One Cares Anymore

A churchyard  is a place where families can be near their deceased loved ones, a calm and beautiful place surrounded by trees and flowers, but that is not the case in Bamford churchyard. The grass and weeds ...Read more

A memory of Bamford in 2009 by A C

Not So Quiet Evacuation

I vaguely recall my late father and mother telling me that the family made a temporary move from Wallasey, Wirral to Pantymwyn during the Second World War, renting a house (part of a farm) owned by a Mr Jones. It was a vain ...Read more

A memory of Pantymwyn in 1940 by Chris Jones

Captions

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Caption For Chalford, The Valley And Hill C1960

Lovely at all times of the year, the Golden Valley where Chalford clings on its hillside is indeed glorious when autumn touches its many wooded steeps and slopes, dips and dells with a golden

Caption For Aberdare, 1937

We are looking down on Aberdare, a town set amid beautiful scenery at the head of the Cynon Valley. On the far right, the road continues over the top to Maerdy.

Caption For Dulverton, 1892

Turning north into the upper Exe valley, we enter the Exmoor National Park at Dulverton, on the Exford Road in the tributary valley of the River Barle.

Caption For Seaton, The Beach 1935

Holidaymakers and day trippers have been drawn to the sandy beach at the mouth of the Seaton valley.

Caption For Troutbeck, The Valley C1880

The Troutbeck valley is one of the quietest in the Lake District, and in this view, taken from the old coach route between Windermere and Penrith, the essentially rural nature of much of the district

Caption For Troutbeck, The Valley C1880

The Troutbeck valley is one of the quietest in the Lake District, and in this view, taken from the old coach route between Windermere and Penrith, the essentially rural nature of much of the district can

Caption For Capel Curig, Bridge C1870

The lake of Dyffryn Mymbyr lies in a broad, windswept upland valley. It is almost divided into twin lakes by a central delta.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pier 1897

From the ever-green valley of the Bourne (whence arose the nucleus of this resort) Bournemouth stretches for miles in either direction upon the sandy cliffs and pine-clad table-land of a gently curving

Caption For Hope Under Dinmore, The Village C1955

The word 'hope' was an old Welsh word meaning a valley and so here we have the settlement in the valley under the hill fort, 'mawr' being a reference to the ancient hill fort at one end of the hill

Caption For Bacup, St James Street 1961

The town stands on the young River Irwell, in the Rossendale Valley - the name Bacup means 'in the valley by the bridge'. Bacup is the home of the famous Britannia Coconut Dancers.

Caption For Alfriston, Cuckmere Valley From High And Over C1960

High and Over, or Hindover, is a vantage point on the South Downs, overlooking the Cuckmere river valley. A

Caption For Devizes, On The Canal 1898

Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley. From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down the extraordinary flight of 29 locks at Caen Hill to the valley below.

Caption For Broadwas, Butts Bank Farm C1955

Broadwas is a pleasant village in pastoral Teme Valley farmland, six miles west of Worcester. This handsome farmhouse survives unaltered and unspoilt today, though no longer part of a working farm.

Caption For Hope Under Dinmore, The Village C1955

The word 'hope' was an old Welsh word meaning a valley and so here we have the settlement in the valley under the hill fort, 'mawr' being a reference to the ancient hill fort at one end of the hill

Caption For Waterrow, The Village C1955

Climbing westwards, the Taunton to Barnstaple road crosses the well-treed and young River Tone Valley at Waterrow.

Caption For Cross Hills, View From The Ravenstones C1965

The view from the gritstone escarpment of the Ravenstones above Cross Hills, near Keithley, overlooks the broad Aire Valley and towards the distant limestone uplands of Craven.

Caption For Bacup, St James Street 1961

down; Bacup, which was off the beaten track, was looking for residents to commute to work in Burnley, Manchester or other towns.The town stands on the young River Irwell, in the Rossendale Valley—the

Caption For Troutbeck, The Valley C1880

The Troutbeck valley is one of the most peaceful in the Lake District, and in this view, taken from the old coach route between Windermere and Penrith, the essentially rural nature of much of the district

Caption For Bargoed, High Street 1951

Bargoed was once a village; it is situated in a long valley. The population grew in the 19th century, especially after the opening of the colliery here in 1897.

Caption For Chesham, Stanley Avenue 1906

Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.

Caption For Rottingdean, Village Pond C1955

Rottingdean, the valley of Rota's people, is cut off from its vast neighbour, Brighton, by steep chalk downs and sea cliffs.

Caption For Flatford, The Manor House C1960

This Grade I building, now called Valley Farm, is the Warden's House of the Field Studies Council, who run environmental and arts courses at Flatford Mill, Willy Lott's House and Valley Farm.

Caption For Betws Y Coed, The Llugwy Valley From Above Miners Bridge 1891

This famous resort on the Holyhead road, in the narrow, deeply-glaciated valley of the river Conwy, became popular when it was reached by the railway in Victorian times.

Caption For Little Sutton, Rivacre Baths C1935

Rivacre Valley Swimming Pool was one of the main attractions within the 45-acre site that comprised Rivacre Valley.