Maps

181,031 maps found.

1905, Bush Ref. HOSM39651
1905, Grimscott Ref. HOSM47136
1905, Hersham Ref. HOSM48210
1905, Grimscott Ref. HOSM50936
1888, Yettington Ref. HOSM65422
1903, Crickadarn Ref. HOSM42253
1903, Bungay Ref. HOSM34248
1903, Broome Ref. HOSM39159
1896, Rushden Ref. HOSM58289
1898, Asthall Ref. HOSM36429
1889, Signet Ref. HOSM59253
1892, Simonstone Ref. HOSM59280
1891, Ramsbottom Ref. HOSM57505
1891, Tottington Ref. HOSM62243
1884, Boxted Ref. HOSM38509
1883, Denham Ref. HOSM43004
1883, Horringer Ref. HOSM48943
1883, Norton Ref. HOSM55386
1884, Rattlesden Ref. HOSM57493
1883, Rushbrooke Ref. HOSM58286

Books

442 books found. Showing results 7,321 to 7,344.

Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 3,051 to 3,060.

Boyhood Memories

I have great memories of Cinderford [Bilson Green areas] from 1953 to 1961 when I was growing up. I remember riding go-carts down the hill. My mother was born in Cinderford [Margaret Hale, married name Hancox and she worked at ...Read more

A memory of Cinderford in 1955 by Phillip Hancox

Courtenay Road 1953

I moved to Wantage with my parents Ted and Phyllis Willey and my brother Ken and sister Susan. At Garston Lane school one of my first friends was John Campbell who lived in Courtenay Road. We were aged 8. Another friend was Jim ...Read more

A memory of Wantage in 1953 by Keith Willey

My Childhood

My parents were married at Stranton, and I was baptised there. We lived in a neighbouring street, Bower Street, in what would now be regarded as a slum property, with outside toilet and a single tap that was also outside. My ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1955 by John Pladdys

Training To Be A Bricklayer

During my chidhood I was to perform lots of different tasks that would make life for my mother a little easier. I did not know it at the time but she was actually training me for my working life. Not ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1951 by Frank Mowforth

Childhood Memories Of Lower Cwmtwrch

Sometime in the late 1940s my family moved from Upper Cwmtwrch to the Gurnos Council Estate in Lower Cwmtwrch and lived there for the next nine years. I have many memories of the place. The main ...Read more

A memory of Lower Cwm-twrch in 1940 by David Lougher

Earl Soham

Does anyone know if there is an abundance of Hall family members in Earl Soham? My grandmother had 17 sons and two daughters so I'd expect there to be a few!

A memory of Framlingham by Angela Lusty

Thomas Barwick

Perhaps you would like to know more about Thomas Barwick. Sarah Goodborn was Thomas' s second wife and was possibly the sister of his first wife, Eliza Goodborn, who appears to have died in childbirth. He had three children with Eliza: ...Read more

A memory of Deal by Helen Middleditch

Vauxall Rd Our Playground

I was born in Walton Hospital and lived in Vauxall. My dad came from Vauxall, my mother from Lattermer Street. My mother's name was Molden, she was from a very big family but try as I might I cannot find any ...Read more

A memory of Walton in 1930 by Margaret Gilmore

Childhood Memories

My father, Bertram Whittingham was a native of Hemsworth, born 1892 and I am the remaining son of the family born August 1926 in a small miner's cottage located at No. 7 North View. My father was a coal miner, working at ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth in 1930 by George Whittingham

The Dingle And Percy Thrower

My frandfather, Ernest Thomas Sloane, was the Editor of the Shrewsberry Chronicle for many years. During this time he was approached by someone from the BBC who asked if he had a local story of interest. Grandad ...Read more

A memory of Shrewsbury by Lynette Sloane

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 7,321 to 7,344.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Sands 1913

A charming view of Saltburn sands showing Saltburn in its heyday as a seaside resort, just before the outbreak of the First World War.

Caption For Aldbrough, The George And Dragon C1955

The name of the village means 'castle' or 'entrenchment'. This quaint public house was probably built on the site of a coaching inn.

Caption For Hitchin, The Croft 1929

This building seems to have been preserved, but in fact, what exists today is a ­replica of the façade. Though altered over the years, parts of this old house dated from the 1400s.

Caption For Brading, Old Cottages C1955

At the beginning of the 19th century Brading's curate was Legh Richmond, whose moral tale 'The Annals of the Poor' and other rural stories enjoyed a large readership.

Caption For Gloucester, The New Inn 1912

The courtyard of the New Inn is easily reached from Northgate Street.

Caption For Colchester, Old Tudor House C1960

This view looks in the opposite direction to view C136050, downhill to the heart of the Dutch Quarter, past the former Angel Inn dating from about 1450 and now well cared for by a firm of solicitors

Caption For Brixham, The Harbour 1925

Brixham has known sadness and tragedy as well as the tough but idyllic life of the fishing heyday. Two hundred Brixham men died during the First World War, many of them fishermen.

Caption For Paignton, Church Screen 1889

Although damaged by the less than caring attentions of human hands in past centuries, it remains one of the finest examples of its type in the country.

Caption For Eastleigh, The Airport C1960

Southampton Airport lies to the south of Eastleigh town centre and it was from here that the first Spitfire began her maiden flight in 1936.

Caption For Cambridge, Queens' College 1890

It was one of the first colleges to be built in red brick at the time when the rather expensive fashion of imported stone began to decline.

Caption For Brading, Old Cottages C1955

At the beginning of the 19th century Brading's curate was Legh Richmond, whose moral tale 'The Annals of the Poor' and other rural stories enjoyed a large readership.

Caption For Oxford, Magdalen College From The Bridge 1938

Magdalen College 1890 A classic Victorian picture of Oxford, which shows a punt on the Cherwell and the striking Perpendicular bell tower of Magdalen College in the background.

Caption For Dell Quay, C1960

Dell Quay, at the northern end of Chichester Harbour, was the landing place for cargo ships delivering goods to the market at Chichester.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The Windmill C1926

This type of elegant windmill came into its own during the spring and autumn when the marshes were often full of flood water; during this time it was literally 'all hands to the pump' to ensure the safety

Caption For Eyam, Middleton Dale, Shining Cliff 1919

The massive limestone buttresses of Shining Cliff look down on the junction of Middleton Dale with the road to Eyam on the left of the photograph.

Caption For Brookwood, Asylum, Main Entrance 1914

This institution, originally founded in 1867 as an asylum for pauper lunatics, lies to the north of the Basingstoke Canal and the main railway line.

Caption For Buriton, High Street C1960

Located at the western end of the South Downs, Buriton captures the essence of the traditional English village. The pond, the pub and the church are all here.

Caption For South Ockendon, The Village C1955

However, the war memorial remains on the village green as a tribute to those who died in both the major wars of the 20th century.

Caption For Warminster, Silver Street C1955

The house on the right with the double flight of moulded steps, known as The Cedars, is late 18th- century.

Caption For Salisbury, New Street C1955

The right-hand side of New Street is today still largely intact, with some interesting architectural features such as red brick decorations, first floor bay windows and jettied overhangs.The left

Caption For Winchester, Westgate 1896

Westgate is one of the most prominent landmarks in Winchester.

Caption For Winchester, High Street From Westgate 1906

Westgate is one of the most prominent landmarks in Winchester.

Caption For Wakefield, Kirkgate C1965

Woolworth's store, seen here at the end of this section of Kirkgate (centre), draws shoppers down this precinct past the shops on the right, built in the early 1960s.

Caption For Totnes, Seymour Hotel 1928

The Seymour Hotel was built by the 11th Duke of Somerset, who also built the church of St John in Bridgetown.