Maps

714 maps found.

1919, Blackwater Ref. POP643000
1899, Wootton Ref. RNC874448
1899-1909, Moortown Ref. RNC783582
1899, Morton Ref. RNC783990
1899, Nettlecombe Ref. RNC789156
1899-1909, Pyle Ref. RNC811921
1899, Oakfield Ref. RNC795413
1919, Easton Ref. POP698720
1919, Wootton Ref. POP874448
1919, Winford Ref. POP871353
1919, Middleton Ref. POP779492
1945, Brook Ref. NPO651805
1945, Barton Ref. NPO634313
1919, Norton Ref. POP794591
1919, Oakfield Ref. POP795413
1945, Norton Ref. NPO794591
1945, Nettlecombe Ref. NPO789156
1945, Thorley Ref. NPO846902
1945, Pyle Ref. NPO811921
1895, Sandford Ref. RNE824978

Books

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Memories

452 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

In Memory Of F.A. Brake, Born 1895

This is where we played as kids - all eight of us! Our grandad was born in one of the houses on the bottom left-hand side. He lived there all his life and my father plus my eldest brother, sister and my nephew was ...Read more

A memory of Bridport by Amanda Brake

Great Childhood Memories

I remember living in Middleton on Sea when I was between the ages of eight and 11 in the early 60’s and I went to Edward Bryant school in Bognor. We lived in a road called North Avenue East and I just remember the ...Read more

A memory of Middleton-on-Sea by Lynne Bate

Coronation Day

My mother took short term housekeeping positions and in 1953 we lived in Westbrook House in Westbrook village, looking after Sir Edgar and Lady Ludlow Hewitt. He was a gentleman farmer and I sometimes drove around his land with him ...Read more

A memory of Bromham in 1953 by Sonia James

Happy Days

My father bought a horse and gypsy caravan in the summer of 1946.He borrowed another horse from his brother and was able to take the caravan to Shoebury Hall camp site. He painted 'Happy Days' on the caravan door. We had the ...Read more

A memory of Shoeburyness in 1946

Lymington In The 1940s

My maternal grandmother and mother were both born in Lymington, my mother attending the grammar school in Brockenhurst (I remember as a small boy her pointing it out to me from the train) In 1944, when the V1 'doodlebugs' ...Read more

A memory of Lymington in 1944 by Brian Veall

Cherished Memories

Finding this site has brought many wonderful memories back to me. I was born in St Mary's Hospital, Croydon. My maiden name was Chappell. I lived in Purley Road, South Croydon not far from the Red Deer until 1957. Every Saturday ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1953 by Linda Crossley

My Dear Home Town Of Bournemouth

I was born there in 1928, in Boscombe Hospital, Bournemouth, and lived in Bournemouth till 1962. There is no where like Bournemouth, lovely beaches, stores, theatres, the Chines, and Shell Bay. An excursion to ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Jean St. Dennis

A Boscastle Family

Relating to the two little girls standing in the street, the one on the right is Nellie Davy, my aunt. She was the eldest child of Harry and Mary Ann Davy (nee Ferrett). Nellie and three other siblings were born at Butts but ...Read more

A memory of Boscastle in 1900 by Kay Davy

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

Bramley In The Years 1935 To 1941

Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1930 by Lynden Flint

Captions

333 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Bonchurch, Jacob's Ladder 1918

Swinburne's happier lyrics may have been inspired by his frequent visits to the Isle of Wight, though the greater body of his work has a bleakness and pessimism that seems alien to this beauti-

Caption For Osborne House, 1893

The Isle of Wight was made fashionable in the 19th century when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert made it a favourite holiday destination for the royal family.

Caption For Highcliffe, Lymington Road C1955

Highcliffe is the most easterly parish in Dorset, famous for eroding cliffs and splendid views across to the Isle of Wight.

Caption For Keyhaven, The Harbour C1955

In the summer, ferries regularly run to Hurst Castle, and there are boats to the Isle of Wight.

Caption For Lee On The Solent, Lee Tower C1955

From the top it was possible to see right across the Solent to the Isle of Wight. Inside there was a restaurant, a cinema and reputedly the south coast's best ballroom.

Caption For Swanage, The Pier 1894

The front lawn sloped south-eastwards to the timber pier (centre right) built by James Walton in 1859. A large sailing ship is berthed alongside.

Caption For Studland, The Beach 1925

from Swanage, who could either get there by walking along the cliff tops or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the lanes, admiring the views across to Bournemouth, the Needles and the Isle of Wight as

Caption For Weymouth, Sandsfoot Castle 1898

Another fort to have suffered from erosion is Sandown Castle on the Isle of Wight, which was built close to the beach in 1545.

Caption For Lymington, The Ferry C1955

The ferry still runs from Lymington to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, and takes 30 minutes.

Caption For Shorwell, St Peter's Church C1955

Situated amongst beautiful woodland, the inland village of Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite excursions on the Isle of Wight.

Caption For Swanage, Anvil Point And Lighthouse C1950

The Lighthouse was built by Trinity House on Anvil Point between 1880 and 1882, to fill the perilous gap between the rocks on Portland and the next cluster around the Isle of Wight.

Caption For Tetbury, Long Street Aand The Market House C1965

It stands on arcades supported on chubby stone legs; beneath it is a tank from which water was pumped for public use, a benefaction to the townspeople that was installed in 1749 by Vicar Wight at his

Caption For Thirsk, Market Day C1955

Thirsk has always been an important stopping place on the old Great North Road, and the Golden Fleece Inn, on the extreme right of the picture, was a coaching inn where horses were changed.

Caption For Thirsk, Market Day C1955

Thirsk has always been an important stopping place on the old Great North Road, and the Golden Fleece Inn, on the extreme right of the picture, was a coaching inn where horses were changed.

Caption For Old Sarum, The Castle Ruins C1965

Old Sarum was one of a number of ancient sites refortified by the Normans; others included Thetford (Norfolk), Rochester (Kent) and Carisbrooke (Isle of Wight).

Caption For Southampton, No5 (Prince Of Wales) Dry Dock 1908

Packets for Dublin, Falmouth, Plymouth, Glasgow, Liverpool and Cork used the Town Pier, as did the ferry for Hythe, while those for the Isle of Wight, Southsea and Portsmouth left from the Royal

Caption For Brighton, The Ferry 1902

This allowed them to corner the bulk of excursions out of Brighton and Eastbourne, and to gain a substantial foothold in the Isle of Wight and Hastings traffic.

Caption For Carisbrooke, The Castle And The Old Mill C1955

In 1377 the French landed on the Isle of Wight; they failed to take the castle, which was defended by Sir Hugh Tyrell.

Caption For Dorking, Denbies Mansion 1905

To the right of the roundabout is the entrance to Denbies Estate, England's largest family-owned vineyard.

Caption For Manchester, Victoria Buildings 1889

This building, that dominated the cathedral end of Deansgate, included twenty-eight shops, eighty-eight offices and forty-eight cellars, as well as a two hundred and thirty-one roomed hotel.

Caption For Chipping Norton, Church Street C1955

Church Street has eight attractive gabled almshouses, with eight front doors but nine chimneys, dating from 1640.

Caption For Bolney, Post Office 1957

The 13th-century church of St Mary Magdalene has a massive 16th-century tower with rounded pinnacles, which houses the peal of eight bells.The public house is appropriately named the Eight Bells.A

Caption For Wisbech, Leach's Mill 1929

It had eight sails, as we can see from the eight-armed cross on the windshaft. Note the tall brick chimney above the roofline for the steam boiler.

Caption For Gorleston, High Street 1908

A number twenty-eight tram slides silently along the High Street. The streets are deserted, so everyone must be down at the beach enjoying the sun and sea breezes.