Maps

241 maps found.

1921, Trent Valley Ref. POP852714
1919, Swan Valley Ref. POP843441
1925, Team Valley Ref. POP845599
1923, The Valley Ref. POP846555
1925, Esk Valley Ref. POP701905
1920, Lea Valley Ref. POP753844
1919, Anna Valley Ref. POP625763
1945, Anna Valley Ref. NPO625763
1898, Swan Valley Ref. RNE843441
1897, Primrose Valley Ref. RNE810963
1946, The Valley Ref. NPO846556
1940, The Valley Ref. NPO846557
1947, Wye Valley Ref. NPO875123
1945, Valley Park Ref. NPO858563
1895, Buckland Valley Ref. RNE654774
1946, Swan Valley Ref. NPO843441
1946, Pleasant Valley Ref. NPO807542
1946, Rose Valley Ref. NPO819990
1899, Llyfnant Valley Ref. RNE759793
1895, Golden Valley Ref. RNE717278

Books

7 books found. Showing results 73 to 7.

Memories

499 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

Visiting Friendly Germans

Who still alive remembers the several small bombs dropped on the right side of the mountain looking down the valley. The 2 larger ones dropped on the left side and the three bombs dropped in the village itself that ...Read more

A memory of Cwmfelinfach in 1940 by Thomas Bisgrove

Wonderful Childhood

I spent a wonderful childhood in Norton Fitzwarren when it was a village from 1950 to 1958. I have priceless memories of roaming the fields, woodlands and surrounding countryside freely. Of sitting on top of Moses ...Read more

A memory of Norton Fitzwarren in 1950 by Gerald Bull

James Joseph Irvine (Autobiography) 1911 1990

Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings ...Read more

A memory of Tow Law in 1930 by James Irvine

The Brook

Wonderful memories! It was awonderful place to have grown up. I learned to swim in the brook, aged about 11 years. I wonder who wrote the following which I was taught in school. Very appropriate! "Little stream flowing ...Read more

A memory of Gayton by Sylvia Pugh

Happy Valley Happy Memories

My sister, Ellen, won a children's talent competition at Happy Valley in 1936, at the age of eight, playing 'Minuet in G' on the piano. I was only aged two at the time but I still remember the 'modern' Kodak camera ...Read more

A memory of Llandudno in 1930 by Gwyndaf Roberts

Anyone Remember The Chapel By Cyfyng Cottage Near Ty Mawr National Trust House

A family member owns Cyfyng Cottage which is attached to the old Presbyterian Chapel that was used by people of the Wybrnant Valley from about 1850 until the 1960s. ...Read more

A memory of Penmachno in 1950 by Christine Conroy

Growing Ou In Galley Common

Growing up in Galley Common was the best part of my life. Dad was the manager of the bus depot, Bunty Motors I think it was called, at the bottom of Hickman Road, I lived at 66 Hickman Road. In the summer a lot of ...Read more

A memory of Galley Common in 1959 by [Chris] Rick Green

Childhood In The 1950s In Caerau

I was born at 87 Victoria Street in 1945. My father was a miner and worked all his life in Caerau colliery. My mother came from London with her brothers and sisters, they were evacuated to Caerau after their house ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1953 by Colin Evans

Growing Up In Kielder

Living in Kielder from a child to a man ... I lived in Kielder from 1974-1995. I loved the way you could keep your front door unlocked. I could hear the river passing by my bedroom window, this was how quite it was. I am ...Read more

A memory of Kielder by Mark Stanford

Rivierra Lodge

When Mr & Mrs Carrington had White Lodge I used to be employed by them every summer helping out in the kitchen and looking after the children. When they sold White Lodge and bought The Riviera lodge I once again worked for ...Read more

A memory of Mawgan Porth in 1966 by Elizabeth Carthew

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Harrogate, The Royal Pump Room 1923

After taking the first glass, a mild constitutional in Valley Gardens was recommended.

Caption For Littlebredy, Old Thatched Houses And Church C1940

The pretty cottages of Little Bredy stand in a peaceful setting along the valley of the River Bride, despite having been in the front line of Britain's defence during the dark days of the 1940s.

Caption For Scarborough, South Bay From Harbour 1897

The elegant footbridge over Valley Road can be seen to the left.

Caption For Bakewell, C1955

Here we see another view of the Wye valley. Again, trees and attractive small fields give a vivid impression of the glorious nature of the Derbyshire Peak District.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Chess Valley 1903

Here is a view of the River Chess winding along the floor of its flat but narrow valley, through its Chiltern landscape towards Rickmansworth near Loudwater Farm, an area much changed since this view was

Caption For Ilkley, The Moors 1914

Up above the Cow and Calf rocks is more evidence of quarrying, but in this photograph the heather softens the scene for the Edwardian picnickers taking in the valley view, top right.

Caption For Bakewell, Dorothy Vernon's Bridge, Haddon Hall C1955

In this view, the lush nature of this wonderful valley is clearly illustrated.

Caption For Llansamlet, Heol Las 1938

Overlooking the Tawe Valley, it grew thanks to its tin-plate and spelter works.

Caption For Godalming, Peperharow Road 1907

Water was pumped up from the valley below; this facilitated the development of Frith Hill.

Caption For Goyt Valley, 1894

The gatehouse and gardeners' cottages on the approach to Errwood Hall at Goyt's Bridge in the Goyt Valley.

Caption For Two Dales, Chesterfield Road C1960

This hamlet on the Chesterfield Road out of Darley Dale is known as Two Dales; the name probably comes from the twin valleys of Hall Dale and Sydnope Dale, which run on either side of the

Caption For Duntisbourne Abbotts, Grazing Horses C1960

Abbots, Middle, Rouse and Leer) cluster in the dips and dells and cling to the slopes of these green hills, where horses and skylarks set them apart from the busy modern world beyond the valley

Caption For Twyford, Queen Street And Volunteer Inn C1965

The downlands hereabouts bear the marks of Iron Age dwellers who occupied this valley three thousand years ago.

Caption For Harrogate, The Royal Pump Room 1923

After taking the first glass, a mild constitutional in Valley Gardens was recommended.

Caption For Skelmanthorpe, Commercial Road C1955

Skelmanthorpe, between Holmfirth and Barnsley, is a village of Scandinavian descent, as witnessed by its name, which means 'Skelmer's village in a valley'.

Caption For Cragg Vale, St John's Church C1955

The pinnacled Victorian Parish Church of St John, Cragg Vale, with its crowded graveyard, looks down the isolated, wooded valley where the coiners once operated, far from the eyes of the law and authority

Caption For Newhaven, Lewes Road 1890

Today the tranquillity has quite vanished under a complex of industrial and trading estates in the Ouse Valley.

Caption For Sheffield, Rivelin Dam C1955

It took five years to build with workmen tunnelling from both ends; it carried water from the Derwent Valley to the reservoir at Rivelin.

Caption For Sleights, Railway Crossing And Footbridge C1960

The Esk Valley Railway from Whitby to the north-east was begun in 1835 and was completed in 1861. It was extended to join the Pickering to Grosmont line four years later.

Caption For Trenarren, Hallane Beach 1912

The little valley of Trenarren reaches the coast just to the west of Black Head, and the stream cascades over the cliff onto the beach.

Caption For St Austell, Truro Road C1955

The view looks towards the town from the causeway across the valley, with New Bridge at the bottom of the hill.

Caption For Peterborough, The Town Bridge C1950

We can also see the railway bridge carrying the main line to London King's Cross, which links up with the Nene Valley route, and the Fletton brick sidings.

Caption For Burrator Reservoir, 1898

Burrator Reservoir was created in the valley of the River Meavy in 1891 to supply the growing city of Plymouth; it was enlarged in 1928 to a capacity of 1026 million gallons.

Caption For Bakewell, From Station Road 1914

From the height of Castle Hill, close to the old railway line on the east side of the valley, Bakewell looks exactly what it is: a pretty and compact market town.