Maps

181,031 maps found.

1885, Stibbard Ref. HOSM60456
1885, Thursford Ref. HOSM61806
1906, Boslowick Ref. HOSM46522
1905, Venterdon Ref. HOSM63168
1899, Buck Hill Ref. HOSM38495
1899, Ratford Ref. HOSM57469
1905, Harewood Ref. HOSM47636
1878, Brea Ref. HOSM38751
1877, Releath Ref. HOSM57633
1877, Roseworthy Ref. HOSM58047
1878, Troon Ref. HOSM62532
1886, Harlton Ref. HOSM47671
1886, Lode Ref. HOSM52156
1886, Milton Ref. HOSM53793
1901, Over Ref. HOSM55974
1885, Pampisford Ref. HOSM56037
1886, Reach Ref. HOSM57531
1881, Kilchenzie Ref. HOSM49876
1883, Churchbridge Ref. HOSM40928
1883, Wimblebury Ref. HOSM64699

Books

442 books found. Showing results 4,969 to 4,992.

Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 2,071 to 2,080.

Alan & Hilda

Alan and Hilda Slater were my Uncle and Aunty and lived at the post office for many years and were quite possibly the funniest people I ever knew. Stanhill Post Office is reputedly haunted and Uncle Alan took every opportunity to use ...Read more

A memory of Stanhill by Steven Hargreaves

Ratfyn Power Station

In the 1950s I was in the Royal Engineers and came over from Germany to our school of military engineering at Chatham where we did a course in electrical power stations. We were then posted to Bulford barracks, and did our ...Read more

A memory of Bulford in 1954 by Norman Webb

Remembering Byfleet

I was born in Byfleet in 1950. We lived in Binfield Road. Later I moved to the hotel that was built where the village green is now. My mother Beatrice Stenning was the housekeeper, cook, maid and everything in between. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by Paulene Morgan

Hall Of Reepham

My HALL connection from East Yorkshire to Norfolk comes from my 2 x Grandfather Robert Hall born Hackford 1847 to Thomas Hall and Dorothy Mary Ann Juby. Robert's siblings were Jeremiah 1839, Amelia Sarah Ann 1841, John 1844, George ...Read more

A memory of Reepham by Wendy Hall

Searching For Day Family

Does anyone know of any folks with the surname of Day living in Northfleet? Day was my mom's maiden name, her first name was Thora. She lived next door to Arthur Greenslade, pianist, on Stonebridge Hill. I live in ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet by Clive Jeffrey

Fleur De Lys

My mother grew up in Lowsonford, her parents owned the Fleur de Lys, it was a wedding present from my great-grandad. My grandmother, Mrs Elizabeth Tarplee, started to make steak pies at the pub for the passing boats. My mother had ...Read more

A memory of Lowsonford in 1920 by Daphne Harding

Explosion At Ici Broom 11th February 1954

It is 56 years this week since my beloved husband, WALTER JOHNSTON was killed in an explosion at the ICI plant known as The Broom, at POWFOOT, Dumfriesshire.He was 26 years old, tall, handsome (Gregory ...Read more

A memory of Powfoot in 1954 by Janet Johnston

Mill Road

Well, I guess I don't really have a date to start from, I lived in Aveley Severn Road (Kenningtons). I was born 1964. I've been trying to find Tracey Fenwick, she lived in Ravel Road, but most of all I'm trying to trace Mr and Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1980 by Jan Laverick

West Street Shops

Shops on West Street in the 1960s were left to right: Merritts the butcher next door to Blackiston the butcher, famous for the specialty sausages, also had its own slaughterhouse and in the back garden an Anderson shelter used ...Read more

A memory of Midhurst in 1960 by Doug Murphy

New Lanark Mills

New Lanark World Heritage Centre, the Mills and Robert Owen's and David Dale's houses belonged to my grandfather the late Jack Williamson, his company was Metal Extractions. It is a travesty and a tragedy that his property was ...Read more

A memory of Lanark in 1973 by Catherine Ratter Scott

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 4,969 to 4,992.

Caption For Forest Row, Hartfield Road 1907

Forest Row, recorded in the early 14th century, lies three miles south-west of East Grinstead on the verge of Ashdown Forest.

Caption For Aylesford, Kit's Coty C1960

There has been much debate about the age and significance of these four giant stones a mile north of the village.

Caption For Eythorne, The Colliery C1955

This is one of a cluster of collieries which opened in east Kent just before the First World War. Villagers also found work at nearby Snowdown and Tilmanstone.

Caption For Lower Penn, St Anne's Church, Springhill Lane C1965

The village of Lower Penn was once owned by Lady Godiva, and was formerly known as Nether Penn.

Caption For Eyam, Village 1896

The twin-gabled cottages in the centre of this photograph are where the infamous plague first struck in 1665.

Caption For Bramshott, The Village 1901

Peeping through the trees in this photograph is the spire of Bramshott church.

Caption For Eastleigh, Leigh Road C1955

This corner of Eastleigh has changed significantly. The new buildings interposed with the older ones on the left-hand side of the street offer a rich mix of architectural styles.

Caption For Rhos On Sea, Rhos Road C1955

Rhos-on-Sea was the poorer cousin to nearby Colwyn Bay, yet it still manages an identity of its own.

Caption For Great Mitton, Post Office And Church 1921

The post office sign is visible over the lower window of the building immediately in front of the church.

Caption For Market Drayton, The Canal At Tyrley Locks C1955

Tyrley (pronounced Turley) Locks consists of a flight of five locks south of Market Drayton. Along with coal, the main products that were shipped along this canal were cheese and milk.

Caption For Badbury Rings, The Avenue Of Trees 1936

The famous avenue of beech trees, planted in 1835, extends over two miles of undulating countryside to form an imposing approach to the northern entrance to Kingston Lacy Park.

Caption For Astbury, Church C1955

One of the finest churches in Cheshire, St Mary's has a lovely setting overlooking the village green.

Caption For Beeston, Castle Entrance C1955

Although it had fallen into disrepair by the time of the Civil War, the castle was then refortified; it changed hands a couple of times during the war, and was finally slighted in 1645.

Caption For Blackpool, The Promenade 1947

The coming of the railway during the middle of the 19th century was the catalyst that sparked Blackpool's development as a holiday resort, and factory and mill workers flocked from

Caption For Blackpool, Central Promenade C1955

The coming of the railway during the middle of the 19th century was the catalyst that sparked Blackpool's development as a holiday resort, and factory and mill workers flocked from

Caption For Christchurch, High Street 1900

Christchurch (or Christchurch Twyneham, to give the town its old name) is one of the oldest settlements on the south coast, probably being in existence even before the Romans settled in the shelter

Caption For Corwen, Square C1950

The Glyndwr Hotel (left) speaks of the importance of his memory in this busy little town on the A5.

Caption For Framfield, Church Approach C1955

The Tudor houses which line the approach to the church of St Thomas a Becket make this corner of Framfield one of the most attractive scenes in East Sussex.

Caption For Chagford, Market Place 1906

Chagford is a tiny market town on the eastern slopes of Dartmoor, close to the upper reaches of the river Teign.

Caption For Plymouth, George Street 1889

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

Caption For Douglas, Victoria Pier 1907

In the years just after it opened, almost half of the passenger traffic from Heysham Harbour went to Douglas, Isle of Man.

Caption For Church Minshull, St Bartholomew's Church C1955

A close inspection of the brickwork of St Bartholomew's Church reveals the date when the tower was built - 1702. The main body of the church was completed two years later.

Caption For Cardiff, Maindy Stadium C1960

By the early 1960s memories of Maindy Stadium's relatively inauspicious opening in 1951 and, in particular, its poor running track surface were all but banished.

Caption For Cartmel, From Hag Lane 1897

St Peter's was originally a chapel of ease to Cartmel Priory, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 30 June 1745.