Photos

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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1924, Eaton Hall Ref. POP698883
1924, Elton Green Ref. POP701107
1921, Cross O' Th' Hill Ref. POP684381
1921, Chorlton Lane Ref. POP668234
1924, Great Barrow Ref. POP719605
1924, Dodleston Ref. POP691493
1923, Fullers Moor Ref. POP710096
1924, Gorstella Ref. POP717939
1923, Comberbach Ref. POP676022
1924, Bruera Ref. POP653337
1923, Occlestone Green Ref. POP795839
1924, Tarvin Ref. POP845397
1923, Tarvin Sands Ref. POP845398
1923, Sandiway Ref. POP825100
1924, Roughhill Ref. POP820608
1924, Stamford Bridge Ref. POP838002
1923, New Pale Ref. POP790236
1923, Newton Ref. POP791681
1923, Newtown Ref. POP792063
1921, No Mans Heath Ref. POP792411

Books

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Memories

2,049 memories found. Showing results 571 to 580.

Childhood

My name is Gail Godden, formally Morris, my father was Tony (Anthony Morris), my mother Eugene (Jean Morris). My father and I were both born at No. 6 Church Row, West Peckham, we moved to No. 2 Church Row. West Peckham has a strong ...Read more

A memory of West Peckham by Gail Godden

Farming At Hessenford

I moved to Hessenford in about 1958 when my father took on the tenancy of St Anne's Farm. The farm was situated up past the church on the lane that led from Hessenford to Bake. Previously we had lived at West Trenean Farm, ...Read more

A memory of Hessenford in 1958 by Nick Serpell

Watercress Beds Washling

I well remember the watercress beds at West Ashling as I started work there the day after I left school. Mr Pusey and his wife (he married Miss Florry Hair) were my bosses. I remember a Charlie Hotson and Harry Earl ...Read more

A memory of East Ashling in 1953 by John Young

Grandfather

My paternal grandfather was born in West Hougham in 1864. His name was Harry Brigham Barton. His father was a wheelwright and lived it West Hougham. His name was Thomas Skinner Barton.

A memory of West Hougham in 1860 by John Barton

From The 1950s On

I moved to Hundleton in the 1950s and spent all my childhood in and around, living at Belmont then Quiot's Hill before living for a while in Gilead, then back to River View. As the years passed my love for Freshwater West grew ...Read more

A memory of Hundleton in 1957 by Charles Stanley

New Vicar For Dovercourt

My father was inducted as the new vicar on 31st December 1949 at All Saints Church. I was just nine at the time but I retain some dim memories of a packed church! My dad stayed at Dovercourt until his retirement in 1976. ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt in 1949 by Martin Johnson

Longtown High Street

My great-great grandfather was George 'Dood' McKie and he lived in a house about six doors beyond the Graham Arms Hotel which is shown in the Francis Frith photo number L203002.  He was one of those Longtown characters who are ...Read more

A memory of Longtown in 1880 by Chester Forster

Crewe 1924 1961

My earliest memory is sitting watching the trains thunder over the Cumberland bridge opposite our house in Market Street(1925). We were then moved to 24 Timbrell Ave, it later became 124, we lived there until 1943. During that time, ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by Ken Wood

More Memories Of Crewe

Still more memories of my early life in Crewe. As a young boy every Saturday morning was spent watching my favourite film stars; Roy Rogers, Ken Maynard, Dan Dare etc. Plenty of cinemas to go to; The Grand, The Kino, The ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1930 by Ken Wood

Our Shop

My mum and dad owned the Greengrocers opposite what is now Sainsburys; in fact my sister and I were both born above the shop. Then my dad had a shop in Bellingham and we moved to Purley; in 1971 we all moved to Eastbourne where dad ...Read more

A memory of West Wickham in 1961 by Tracey Lyons

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 1,369 to 1,392.

Caption For Liverpool, Garston, Holmefield Road From Booker Avenue C1955

Located in the suburb of Allerton, this junction provides access to West Allerton train station and to the B5180 and A562 arterial roads.

Caption For Castle Acre, The Old Gate 1891

This narrow gateway, constructed of cobbled flint and brickwork, was built in the 13th century to defend the northern entrance of this well-preserved town, which was also fortified by earthworks connected

Caption For Cootham, Village 1894

Monk's Buildings 1894 From Angmering we head north across the Downs to Storrington, now a large village that started its expansion in late Victorian and Edwardian times.

Caption For Charmouth, The Beach C1960

Note the Beach Cafe (left) and the groynes on Charmouth beach; we are looking eastwards to Cain's Folly (centre) and Golden Cap (right).

Caption For Rickmansworth, Batchworth Lake 1921

Batchworth Lake is the easternmost of a chain of four lakes west of the town and sandwiched between the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne.

Caption For Whitby, Abbey Arches 1913

This photograph shows a very different picture from today's carefully mown and tended lawns.

Caption For Midhurst, North Street 1921

Midhurst is a town of contrasts, with an early medieval core around the church, west of the Norman castle earthworks on St Anne's Hill, and the wide North Street, a later medieval planned market place.

Caption For Doddington, Church 1906

Mostly rebuilt by Thomas Lumby in the 1770s in a fairly correct Gothic, the church has a more cheery Strawberry Hill Gothick west tower and spire.

Caption For Aylesbury, Victoria Hall 1897

The Victoria Club for Working Men in the west corner of Kingsbury is another benefaction from the Rothschilds, in this case Baron Ferdinand of Waddesdon.

Caption For Ramsgate, Royal Pavilion And Harbour 1906

The Royal Victoria Pavilion, which stands close to the sands below the East Cliff, opened in 1904, and is pictured here when it was nearly new.

Caption For Piercebridge, West View C1955

Situated six miles west of Darlington, Piercebridge is unusual in that the village was built within the ramparts of a Roman fort that once guarded the bridge over the Tees carrying the road between York

Caption For Doddington, Church 1906

Mostly rebuilt by Thomas Lumby in the 1770s in a fairly correct Gothic, the church has a more cheery Strawberry Hill Gothick west tower and spire.

Caption For Hill Head, C1955

The road leads all the way round the shore here, and today there is a car park behind the third building.

Caption For Whitchurch, White Hart Hotel 1939

The black and white marks on the kerbstones indicate the junction.

Caption For Burrowbridge, King Alfred's Monument C1960

A mile south-west we come to Athelney, a name redolent of Anglo-Saxon history.

Caption For London, Mansion House And Cheapside C1890

This photograph, probably taken from the top of St Mary Woolnoth Church, shows the view west down Poultry which leads directly into Cheapside.

Caption For Ilfracombe, The Cairn From The West 1911

In the mid 19th century the council rented the west side of the Cairn from E W Veale, a local solicitor, before buying the whole area for £910 in 1899.

Caption For Barry, Castle 1899

There is no known record of the history or appearance of this castle, which is situated eight miles south-west of Cardiff.

Caption For Retford, Chesterfield Canal C1955

This view looks towards the bridge from below West Retford Lock, and beyond is Bettison Wharf, the pantile-roofed late 18th-century canal warehouse.

Caption For Moulton, Implement Gate C1955

These gates, with agricultural implements incorporated, are situated at the Holly Lodge on the Boughton Road west of the village.

Caption For Michelham Priory, The Gatehouse C1965

Half a mile south-east of Dicker we reach Michelham Priory, the buildings set within a large rectangular wet moat fed by the Cuckmere River, which forms the moat's north-west arm.

Caption For Canterbury, The Cathedral C1875

The Cathedral 1888 A springtime photograph of the massive and imposing cathedral, the first in Britain and the seat of the Primate of All England, as well as one of Europe's most celebrated places

Caption For Abertillery, Penybont And Cwmtillery 1955

Between the 1880s and the early 1920s, workers flocked from all over the south-west to find work in Abertillery's coal mines.