Photos

279 photos found. Showing results 581 to 279.

Maps

1,651 maps found.

1896, Foxwist Green Ref. RNE709006
1896, Helsby Ref. RNE730845
1896, Gibb Hill Ref. RNE713324
1897, Gorstella Ref. RNE717939
1897, Dodleston Ref. RNE691493
1897, Duddon Ref. RNE694608
1896, Davenham Ref. RNE688893
1896, Delamere Ref. RNE689743
1897, Handbridge Ref. RNE726340
1902-1903, Rhuddall Heath Ref. RNC816049
1921, Higher Wych Ref. POP734291
1923, Frodsham Ref. POP709616
1923, Gorstage Ref. POP717934
1923, Dutton Ref. POP696071
1923, Hartford Ref. POP727802
1924, Hollowmoor Heath Ref. POP738294
1924, Hoole Ref. POP740014
1924, Hooton Ref. POP740048
1923, Huxley Ref. POP742911
1923, Gravel Ref. POP719400

Books

19 books found. Showing results 697 to 19.

Memories

2,053 memories found. Showing results 291 to 300.

Davidson Road

I remember the road very well; I went out with a young lady who lived in the road and went to the school, although she left in 1948. I met her at a club in West Croydon where she and her sister went in the evenings. Their names were ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Alan Lucas

West Felton

My great grandmother and father were born in West Felton in the 1880's and married in the Church in 1901. Gt grandad was Cornelius Lewis, he left the village in 1901 and was living in Llangollen with his half sister and ...Read more

A memory of West Felton in 1900 by Carolyn Hutchison

Moving To Prudhoe 1947

We moved to Prudhoe in 1947, I was 12 years old. My dad, Bill Turner RSM, took over the Drill Hall in Swallow Close. I thought it was wonderful as we had relatives in Prudhoe, plus a grandma, Mary Ann Turner. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Corbridge in 1947 by Marie Bugden

How I Miss The Royal Air Force Humour!

The building you can see behind the tree left of photo was the main guardroom. At the back was the offices of the RAF Police and the RAF Regt. Opposite their office entrance was a grassed area where we had a ...Read more

A memory of Brampton in 1979 by Dot Laird

Living In Littlehampton

I was lucky to be born in Littlehampton in Manning Road, before moving to Howard Road with my two brothers and two sisters. We have lots of memories about growing up on the river bank, west beach and the main beach, ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1968 by Shirley Smith

I Know All The Memories Of Tynemouth

I was born in North Shields and know all the photos shown ...was my school holidays. I married my husband, a Northumberland Fusilier from Haltwhistle in January 1959 and in April we left from Newcastle on ...Read more

A memory of Tynemouth in 1959 by Patsy Norman Nee Quinn

Camp & Fish

Beach Path c1950 What a wonderful place to camp and fish in the 1950's and 60's. Plenty of fish and sea birds and so very peaceful. In recent years the old railway track Hooton-West Kirby line, which ran alongside Thurstaston ...Read more

A memory of Thurstaston in 1950

Marsh's Pie Shop

Marsh's pork pie shop was opposite Labour Club Number One, at the end of Old Whint Road. The pies were known as the best in the world and we kids at Jagger's (Richard Evans Junior School, West End Road) used to sing 'Marsh's, they ...Read more

A memory of Haydock in 1960 by Ann Atherton

Childhood Memory

I recall moving house from the Spike, Blaydon, to a newly built house in Linden Road, Blaydon. The steps leading down from the gateway where not quite finished so my Dad had laid wooden planks down so my mum could get down to the ...Read more

A memory of Blaydon in 1955 by Isobel Dunbar

Happy Times

I used to visit Bedfield every summer, and stayed at Joan and Jack Fairweather's house with my mum and brother, Jeremy. The house was one of the council houses just up the road from The Dog pub. We used to go and get a jug of beer ...Read more

A memory of Bedfield in 1956 by Jenny Gould

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 697 to 720.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

The old Northamptonshire Union Bank on the right of the picture is now the Nat West, though fortunately the facade remains intact.

Caption For Lacock, Corner House, Church Street C1955

Little has changed of this view of the corner of Church Street and West Street since the houses were built.

Caption For Nottingham, St Peter's Church 1890

Peter's Church to Trent Bridge and to the railway station, then on Station Street. Horse buses ran to West Bridgeford.

Caption For Coniston, The Village 1929

A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.

Caption For Honiton, New Street 1904

This is a quiet scene away from the bustle of the main road from London to the West Country. The Methodist chapel is on the left, whilst ahead is a railway bridge.

Caption For Machynlleth, Pen Y Bont 1901

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north west corner of Powys, so far that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and 10 miles from the sea.

Caption For Hastings, Castle Ruins 1890

The remains of Hastings Castle, the first built by William the Conqueror, crown Hastings' West Hill, with superb views over the town and out to sea.

Caption For Chailey Green, The Village C1965

Looking West c1965 This peaceful view looks along the road through this quiet village beside the confluence of the Rivers Dudwell and Rother, renowned for its splendid collegiate church.

Caption For Praa Sands, 1927

A mile to the west of Praa Sands is Prussia Cove, a narrow inlet which takes its name from John Carter, an 18th-century smuggler whose nickname was the King of Prussia.

Caption For Kynance Cove, 1895

A big sea is running into the famous cove, as if to emphasise the rugged grandeur of the west coast of the Lizard.

Caption For Whitby, Khyber Pass 1925

The coming of the railway put Whitby on the tourist map; its harbourside streets, ruined abbey, and souvenirs made from jet, which is a fossilized wood found locally, all proved a magnet for holidaymakers

Caption For Nantwich, Parish Church, The Choir 1898

This photograph, looking west from the altar, gives a good impression of one of the glories of Nantwich's church – the wonderful carving detail in the choir.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The King Stone, Rollright Stones C1965

The Rollright Stones, situated 3 miles north-west of Chipping Norton, are estimated to be over 3,000 years old.

Caption For Bath, The Circus 1896

A walk up Gay Street, named after Robert Gay, who granted John Wood the lease on this hilly area north-west of the old city, leads to one of the most celebrated pieces of this remarkable city's townscape

Caption For Newbury, Bartholomew Street C1965

Bartholomew Street, on the southern side of the town centre, was originally called West Street. This general view shows the street about 40 years ago.

Caption For Aylesford, Kits Coty House 1898

To the west of the A229 is Kent's most famous Neolithic burial chamber. The capstone measures 13 feet by 9 feet, and the earthen mound, which covered the stones, was 170 feet long.

Caption For Nottingham, Chapel Bar C1950

This was the site of the ancient gateway into Nottingham from the west until 1743.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1904

East Street and West treet form part of the old coaching route between Exeter and Dorchester.

Caption For Okehampton, Castle 1912

Alongside the West Okement river, these romantic ruins are all that remain of the late Norman castle, rebuilt around 1300.

Caption For Annfield Plain, Front Street 1951

Annfield Plain, to the north-west of Durham, was one of several towns to attract industrial development as the number of active pits declined.

Caption For Wymondham, The Market Place And Cross C1965

Nine miles south-west of Norwich, Wymondham is noted for its fine priory church.

Caption For Dartmoor, River Dart, Dartmeet 1890

Dartmeet is at the confluence of the East Dart, just visible at centre left, and the West Dart.

Caption For Ely, View From The West Tower C1955

The distant green fields and trees are now replaced by in-fill housing.

Caption For Storrington, The Weald C1955

The downs to the west of the Arun are notably more wooded than those to the east, which are remarkably open and treeless.