Maps

181,070 maps found.

1881 - 1902, St George Ref. HOSM60005
1902, Barton Hill Ref. HOSM60123
1889 - 1890, Etton Ref. HOSM44971
1924, Milton Keynes Ref. HOSM34919
1906 - 1907, St Lawrence Ref. HOSM60163
1924, Buckton Ref. POP654887
1922, Corntown Ref. POP677767
1922, Burton Ref. POP657091
1947, Ruthin Ref. NPO823085
1946, St George Ref. NPO823829
1947, Wansford Ref. NPO860383
1947, Watton Ref. NPO862094
1919, Lower Town Ref. POP769827
1922, Monkton Ref. POP782693
1919, Peartree Green Ref. POP802323
1919, Pound Green Ref. POP810299
1947, Elmswell Ref. NPO700950
1947, Etton Ref. NPO702076
1901-1902, North Side Ref. RNC793915
1899-1909, Norton Green Ref. RNC794639

Books

438 books found. Showing results 1,177 to 1,200.

Memories

29,010 memories found. Showing results 491 to 500.

One Of The Nicest Places In The World

In 1998 I travelled to a beautiful town in England called Frinton- on-Sea, a very unique and special place - where everyone is very friendly, clean and helpful. I would say Frinton is like no other town in ...Read more

A memory of Frinton-On-Sea in 1998 by Karen Bellamy

My Home Town

My wife moved to Sutton 1950 aged 4, now aged 60 and living in Norfolk we are rekindling memories of such a warm and inviting town. Memories come flooding back. The railway station, the cinema, the old tree outside Trueforms where my wife ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1963 by David Buettner Banks

Perranporth In The War

In WW2 the father of my uncle Ken Edwards was the "Billeting officer" Mr Sydney Edwards, who was an ex police inspector with a manner ...Read more

A memory of Perranporth by Gemma Gemma

Wartime In Ickburgh Fields

I was evacuated with my mother to a back to back semi-detached flint cottage situated in a clearing in the pine forests. There was no sanitation or running water or electricity. There was a tiny kitchen with a black ...Read more

A memory of Ickburgh Fields by Marion Mac Donald

So Many Memories

My family arrived in Wargrave just after the war. We moved into a flat above the Post Office/ Telephone Exchange. Dad was a caretaker operator. Things I remember about the village were of course the nearby river, the houses so ...Read more

A memory of Wargrave by M Ichael Aldridge

George Henry Street

I lived in West Ashton Street from 1948 to 1968 when I got married and left. I remember Elaine and Lucille who lived in George Henry Street and there was a family at the top of the street who emigrated to Australia. My maiden name was Hall and I had a brother Kenneth.

A memory of Salford by Marion Madden

Broxhill Secondary Modern School

I lived in Heaton Avenue from when I was 2 to when I was 14. I had the good luck to be part of the first pupils to go to Broxhill in the 60's when it was first built, we were at Harrowfield's huts at the start of the ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill

Happy Weekends

For some time back in the late '70's/early '80's I used to ride my motorbike from Worcester to visit my then girlfriend, Judith, at Sawtry. She had a post as a teacher at the nearby school. Used to love the ride on a sunny, summer Friday ...Read more

A memory of Sawtry by bru.enzer

Born In Battersea

I was born in Seldon House , my grans flat in 1947. (My father was born in Sheepcote Lane and my mum in Southolme Street.) From there we moved to Burke House in Maysoule Road then onto Stroudley House on the Patmore Estate. I went ...Read more

A memory of Battersea

Heath Clark Grammar School

Having recently decided to write my memoirs and having been born in South Croydon in 1947 I have been researching to check my memories are correct. I came upon this great website and have been intrigued to hear others memories ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Anthony Rogers

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Captions

29,398 captions found. Showing results 1,177 to 1,200.

Caption For Bingley, The Druid's Altar 1894

The Druids' Altar is a naturally large millstone grit formation on the edge of, and overlooking, the Aire valley conurbation, with Bradford to the east and to the west the eastern end of the Yorkshire

Caption For Wilmington, The Old Yew Tree C1960

From the modern, bustling entertainment of Drusilla's Zoo Park we finish this chapter in Wilmington, on the east side of the Cuckmere River.

Caption For Horbury, St Peter's Church C1955

The spire of St Peter's Church can be seen from all parts of Horbury.

Caption For Sudbury, Exchange 1895

The classical front has four Tuscan columns topped by wheat sheaves instead of urns. The redundant building was converted into a county library in 1968.

Caption For Brierley Hill, Delph Locks C1965

The reasoning behind the construction of the Dudley and Stourbridge Canals was for the transportation of coal from pits around Dudley to the glass works at Stourbridge, and for the export of coals

Caption For Wyre Forest, 2003

The most famous tree of Wyre Forest is perhaps the Whitty Pear, 50ft high, a descendant of the specimen presented by Robert Woodward of Arley Castle.

Caption For Eype, The Village 1899

A tiny coastal hamlet in the parish of Symondsbury, Eype was provided with its own 350-seat chapel of ease, dedicated to St Peter, in 1865 (right-hand skyline).

Caption For London, Covent Garden 1900

The cries of traders echo through the expansive square, planned by Inigo Jones.The scene has been described by a contemporary guidebook: ‘All night long the rumble of heavy wagons seldom ceases, and

Caption For London, Mansion House And Cheapside 1890

Mansion House, the lavish building on the left, has been the official residence of the Lord Mayor for two centuries. It was built by George Dance on the site of the old stocks market.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The Castle From The River 1890

An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the castle and the impressive castle and prison itself.

Caption For Stanmore, Village 1906

Stanmore, a once picturesque village, has now lost much of its character, apart from one or two buildings; these include a superb but well-disguised hall house of around 1500 in Church Road.

Caption For Harlech, Castle And Golf Links 1908

The town clusters around the stronghold, clinging to the steep slopes in a series of steeply inclined roads. Harlech Castle is the very image of a mediaeval stronghold.

Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse 1892

This is the chief Mersey bathing-place, which at once gains and loses by its proximity to the great commercial city of Liverpool.

Caption For Swanage, The Promenade 1925

Since the opening of the railway, Swanage has vastly increased in favour as a watering-place; it is situated in a beautiful bay, and commands a glorious prospect of down and sea and cliff.

Caption For Spalding, Ayscoughfee Gardens C1960

These gardens are at the rear of Ayscoughfee Hall, which is now in the process of being restored. The building is partly used as the Spalding Tourist Office.

Caption For Pinner, Memorial Gardens C1960

A famous resident of Pinner was Horatia Ward, the illegitimate daughter of Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton.

Caption For Sunderland, The Bridges 1900

The 236ft single span cast-iron bridge was designed by Thomas Paine, author of 'The Rights of Man'. Built in 1793-96, it was considered one of the engineering masterpieces of the day.

Caption For Harlech, The Castle 1889

The town clusters around the stronghold, clinging to the steep slopes in a series of steeply inclined roads. Harlech Castle is the very image of a mediaeval stronghold.

Caption For Great Gable, 1889

This view of Great Gable is unusual, as it is taken from the north. The usual view of the shapeliest mountains in the Lake District is from the head of Wasdale, where it dominates the scene.

Caption For Anstey, The Nook C1965

It is said that the first rumblings of the Luddite Movement were felt in Anstey with the breaking of the knitting frames; the village had expanded rapidly to accommodate an influx of workers.

Caption For Chester, Bridge Street 1895

Bridge Street is one of the main streets of the city of Chester, and still follows the original street plan laid down by the Romans.

Caption For Swindon, The Rose Gardens, Town Gardens 1948

Situated west of the Concert Bowl, the rose gardens were laid out in the late 1920s-early 1930s on the site of a former maze.

Caption For Blythburgh, Village C1955

On the other side of the church lie the marshes of the Blyth estuary, which is why this magnificent church is known as the Queen of the Marshes.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Low Tide 1930

An incredibly low ebb- tide, which would also have coincided with one of the highest tides of the century, has exposed the rock pools on Lucy's Ledge.