Maps

181,031 maps found.

1895, Broomley Ref. HOSM39178
1895, Bywell Ref. HOSM39810
1896, Bradbury Ref. HOSM38560
1914, Redmarshall Ref. HOSM57592
1896, Sedgefield Ref. HOSM71023
1898, Audley Ref. HOSM36562
1879, Hulme Ref. HOSM49097
1878, Smallthorne Ref. HOSM59469
1886, Chiselborough Ref. HOSM40850
1886, West Stoke Ref. HOSM56540
1882, New Works Ref. HOSM54860
1881, Poynton Ref. HOSM57079
1881, Leaton Ref. HOSM61846
1881, Wappenshall Ref. HOSM63386
1902, Hanley Child Ref. HOSM39016
1902, Rochford Ref. HOSM57914
1883, Alderton Ref. HOSM35757
1919, Moreton Ref. HOSM54076
1898, Hermitage Ref. HOSM48298
1903, Thetford Ref. HOSM35310

Books

442 books found. Showing results 5,809 to 5,832.

Memories

29,069 memories found. Showing results 2,421 to 2,430.

Oakmere

I have found a painting  of Oakmere House, Potters Bar dated 1935. I believe the house is now a Beefburger Resaurant. There is a clearer view of the house from across the lake, there is the large pine tree & smaller trees on the right ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar in 1930 by David Walker

Fedsden

Fedsden a large white house just outlying the nearby hamlet of Roydon. Was it to become the nursing Hospital of the 1940's or a School in the 1950's? Is this the same place that Ralph Fowler was born? Any idea as to the current title and ...Read more

A memory of Roydon in 1900 by Rob Holliday

My Early Years In Salford

I was born in Salford, at 15 School Street in 1951. My first school was Stowells Memorial, I think the headmistress was a Miss Dent. There was a butchers shop one the corner with the same name as our family, but I don't think ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Jacqueline Timperley

The Friendly Pub

We used to live in the house opposite the Horse & Groom, it was called Yonder Cottage, I wonder if it is still there, it was a very friendly public house, and we spent many happy hours in the company of friends, which I will ...Read more

A memory of Tylers Green in 1940 by Rita Francis

The Old Bell Hotel

Well not my memories exactly, but those from my father's diaries. He was John Welch and married a Peggie Richens who had grown up in Warminster. They married in the Minster Church and he left immediately for the war. When he came ...Read more

A memory of Warminster in 1940 by Penelope Welch

The Capitol Cinema

I used to look forward to the weekend so I could pay my 'tanner' and go to the Saturday morning pictures at the Capitol (now Marks & Spencer I believe). I was born and raised in Barking, Sutton Road (off Movers Lane). Went to ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1956 by Peter Hutt

Nefyn Beach

The beach cafe shown in the photo entitled 'the anchorage' was owned and run by my aunts, the Misses Miriam and Evelyn Wales, whose father moved to Morfa Nefyn in the late 1800s to take charge of the cable station linked to Ireland. Also my ...Read more

A memory of Nefyn in 1940 by Pamela Stunt

A Little Bit Of Chudleigh History

When a boy, my father, Donald William Stevens, used to show visitors through the Pixie caves for 1/2d per person, with the light from a candle for illumination. After WWII he followed in his father's (William Henry ...Read more

A memory of Chudleigh by Richard Stevens

Walks

Brockworth oh Brockworth, what a lovely village! I grew up there and my dad used to take my brother Melvyn and I for walks up the hill. Castle Hill and Coopers Hill. I remember walks from 1975 onwards, especially on the lower slopes of Coopers ...Read more

A memory of Brockworth in 1975 by Derek Oram

Torpoint Memories

I was born in Tor House Torpoint in 1933.  Tor House was purchased by my Grandfather R S G Norgate, Royal Navy, in the early 1900s.  My Uncle Dr Robert Norgate inherited the property in 1934.  My Brother Joseph and I lived with my ...Read more

A memory of Torpoint in 1943 by Jessie Sichter

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 5,809 to 5,832.

Caption For Arundel, The Castle And Town Hall 1923

There are various family portraits inside the castle, some of them dating back to the Wars of the Roses.

Caption For Storrington, Church Street C1960

Sunlight floods the right-hand side of Church Street in this view of everyday life in a small Sussex town.

Caption For Kirkby Lonsdale, Market Square 1908

Local tradesmen pose for the cameraman in front of the ornate octagonal open Market Cross in the Market Place, centrepiece of this lovely little town which many people believe to be the most beautiful

Caption For Bladon, Sir Winston Churchill's Grave 1965

Sir Winston Churchill was buried in the churchyard of St Martin's Church on 30 January 1965. This photograph must have been taken soon after his interment here.

Caption For Clapham, The New Inn C1955

The New Inn at Clapham is a popular hostelry in the heart of the Dales Three Peaks Country, and a convenient starting place for the ascent of Ingleborough, which is 2,434 feet high.

Caption For Ilminster, The Market Place C1955

The colonnaded Market Hall, rebuilt in 1813, dominates the centre of Ilminster. The tall building to the left is the post office.

Caption For Kegworth, St Andrew's Church C1965

The now busy A6, along with the rapid growth of the nearby East Midlands Airport, compounds the traffic problems that Kegworth has seen since the M1 junction was put in a mile away.

Caption For Redcar, The Bowling Green C1960

A ladies' bowls match is in progress in the peaceful setting of Zetland Park, at the start of the Coast Road to Marske.

Caption For Warrington, Queen's Gardens 1901

The former private gardens of the residents of Palmyra Square were purchased in 1897 as a park to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and were opened to the public on the 17th of October 1898.

Caption For Southport, Pleasureland 1923

The Gardens were part of a scheme to enhance Southport's image as a garden city.

Caption For Torquay, Anstey's Cove 1896

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Caption For Rumney, Llanrumney Estate C1960

The final picture shows a brand new council estate; by the look of the gardens, no one has yet moved in. The only vehicle in the scene is a utility van, either gas or electricity.

Caption For Cheltenham, Pittville Pump Room 1901

Cheltenham entrepreneur Joseph Pitt benefited from an Act of Parliament that enclosed common land on the northern edge of the town.

Caption For Worcester, Shire Hall And Queen Victoria's Statue 1896

Carved from a 17-ton block of white marble from Carrara in Tuscany, Queen Victoria looks unamused as she grasps her orb and sceptre in front of the Shire Hall.

Caption For Dublin, Trinity College Chapel, West 1897

Today, this is the only interdenominational chapel in the Republic of Ireland.

Caption For Belfast, A View Of Cave Hill 1897

Belfast is pleasantly situated at the end of the lough that bears its name. This view looks westwards across the lough to Cave Hill, just to the north of the city.

Caption For Aberdour, The Stone Pier 1900

Aberdour in the Kingdom of Fife, lying between Burntisland and Dalgety Bay, is described in the 1906 Baedeker as 'a favourite little sea-bathing place, with an old castle and the ruins of a Norman church

Caption For Exeter, The Cathedral, The Nave Looking East 1896

The ribbed vaulting of the 300-foot nave is unique in England. It was completed by Bishop Grandison and rests on blue-grey columns of Purbeck marble.

Caption For Fowey, South Street 1908

The churchyard rails are on the left in this scene in the heart of the old town.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

Keay House—on the right—was home to Basildon Urban District Council from 1960 to 1965. It took its name from Sir Lancelot Keay, the first chairman of Basildon Development Corporation.

Caption For Harpenden, Village Pond 1897

This restful scene of the village pond in the High Street with its magnificent trees, thatched cottages and elegant pair of swans, fell victim to the sweeping expansionism and development of the 20th century

Caption For Ambleside, Market Place 1912

Here we see a busy scene at the height of the tourist season.

Caption For Prestbury, The Church 1901

Prestbury, close to Cheltenham Racecourse, has the reputation of being one of the most haunted villages in England.

Caption For Rushton, Triangular Lodge 1952

This remarkable triangular building was erected for the Roman Catholic enthusiast Sir Thomas Tresham in the 1590s as a physical manifestation of the Holy Trinity.