Maps

2,499 maps found.

1919, Warmley Hill Ref. POP860827
1919, Lower Hamswell Ref. POP769296
1919, Lower Hazel Ref. POP769319
1925, Marsden Ref. POP774947
1919, Marshfield Ref. POP775149
1919, Little Bristol Ref. POP756960
1919, Little Sodbury Ref. POP757976
1919, Iron Acton Ref. POP744308
1919, Frampton Cotterell Ref. POP709059
1925, Harton Ref. POP727939
1919, Henfield Ref. POP731301
1919, Rockhampton Ref. POP819125
1919, Soundwell Ref. POP834255
1919, Pilning Ref. POP806184
1919, Old Sodbury Ref. POP797155
1919, Over Ref. POP798586
1919, Newton Ref. POP791708
1919, Nimlet Ref. POP792273
1919, Pucklechurch Ref. POP811370
1919, New Cheltenham Ref. POP789517

Books

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Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 661 to 670.

Granny's House

This was the childhood home of my maternal grandmother - Louise Kate Leftwich - her father was the miller. She lived here until 1903 when she married George Barnes and came to settle in South Africa. Various members of the family ...Read more

A memory of Pirbright in 1890 by Betty Richmond

Evacuation 1940 1944

Our whole family were evacuated from Bow, London, to Kingsthorpe in November 1940. This was following the sudden sad death of my father in July 1940 and the blitz that began in September 1940. On our arrival the family ...Read more

A memory of Northampton by Albert Dungate

Memories Of Romford

I was born in 1940 at Recreation Avenue, London Road and have many happy memories of my birthplace. I attended London Road Junior School from 1946 to 1951 and remember three teachers as they were all vegatables, ie the headmaster ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1952 by Bernard Strutt

Married Life In Bexleyheath

We were married at St Paul's in Northumbeland Heath in 1962 and had reception at the Manor House, Danson Park. I was born in Romford and met my future wife at a party at the girlfriend's house. We courted each other ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Strutt

Highworth

I was only two when I moved here from south London but I remember going to school there just through an alley way off the market square, and headmaster's office was a hut in the playground. Lived in Queens Avenue which were the new ...Read more

A memory of Highworth in 1953 by Janis Read

The Tin School

This is for Martyn Walker. I do remember the Tin School, but not in the 1960s however. I was a student there from 1941-1948. I just found this site by accident, it got me thinking about the Tin School. Then I came across your ...Read more

A memory of Durham in 1940 by Sheila Yarnell

Campsall South Yorkshire Nr Doncaster

I lived in Campsall with my dad Joseph (Joe) Smith, my brother Terry and sister Jeanette. My father worked down Askern pit for many years till he retired at the age of around 55. He passed away in 2009 (Feb). ...Read more

A memory of Campsall in 1974 by Graham Smith

Summer Days At Oystermouth

Memories of The Mumbles by John S. Batts Viewing on-line a collection of Frith’s old photos of The Mumbles has jogged many memories. For me the place was simply known as “Mumbles,” home to a much-treasured uncle ...Read more

A memory of Mumbles, The by John S. Batts

My Many Walks To And From Abbotsham 1957

At the side of the Post Office is a single track lane that leads to the cliffs, half a mile along the lane past the farm was a large thatched cottage named "Rixlade". In 1957 our father Major William (Bill) ...Read more

A memory of Abbotsham in 1957 by Raymond Hay

My Early Years

I was born at South Newshamin 1934 and went to the local school, then on to New Delaval. Then we moved to the Newsham Road area and I then went to P. L. Rd. South Newsham was a great place to grow up in. My name was then Stafford.

A memory of Seaton Sluice in 1940 by Mary Taylor

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,585 to 1,608.

Caption For Polegate, High Street Looking North C1965

An 1870s terrace of yellow brick flats over shops runs south from the scaffolding on the left, but the rest is mediocre 1930s and 1950s suburban building, apart from the Polegate Inn on the right

Caption For Grayswood, Grayswood Road C1955

Back at ground level, this view looks across the pond near the church, past the railings alongside the A283 to the houses on the south side of the Green.

Caption For Burnley, Scott Park 1896

Some said that Burnley did not need parks, as the Pennines of South Lancashire are only ten minutes away, and some lovely countryside surrounds the town.

Caption For Aberdare, Victoria Square C1960

The Bute Arms (further down the street on the left) gets its name from the Marquises of Bute, great landowners in South Wales and important nationally.

Caption For Minehead, The Beach 1906

Cheddar Gorge is one of the most spectacular natural phenomena in south-west England.The gorge cuts its way out of the carboniferous limestone as if it was in the Peak District of Derbyshire; it is an

Caption For Fleckney, The Grand Union Canal C1965

bypasses Fleckney on its eastern side; the photograph looks north east across Second Lock, towards Kibworth bridge and Bridge House, as the waterway winds towards Newton Harcourt and South

Caption For Greenock, Princes Pier 1904

In 1869 the Glasgow & South Western Railway opened a rail link between Johnstone and Princes Pier, Greenock, thereby offering an alternative route to Glasgow.

Caption For Bishopstoke, C1965

Here we are looking south.

Caption For Keswick, Castlerigg, Druid Circle 1895

To the south-west is another stone in the direction of the midwinter sunset, which is a far more useful calendar date for ancient agricultural communities.

Caption For Dolwyddelan, The Castle 1891

Five miles south-west of Betwys-y-Coed, Dolwyddelan Castle was founded about 1170 by Iorwerth Trwyndwn (the Flatnosed), and this was where his son Llywelyn was born.

Caption For Maidenhead, View From Bridge 1925

Looking south-east from Maidenhead Bridge, Bond's boatyard with its balconies is on the left. To its right, the Maidenhead Rowing Club's superb new headquarters, completed in 1998, now stand.

Caption For Mill Hill, The Golf Club, Barnet Way C1955

Look south away from Stirling Corner and past Mill Hill Golf Club bordering Thistle Wood and Scratch Wood (a rural name now adopted by the local motorway service station), and take a moment to reflect

Caption For Sandilands, The Village C1955

This view is taken from the steps up to the sea wall behind the dunes, and looks across the small resort of Sandilands, just south of Sutton on Sea.

Caption For Blackpool, St John's Church Interior 1890

The Roman Catholic church was designed by the famous architect Welby Pugin, and other places of worship were Holy Trinity at South Shore and Christ Church.

Caption For Chertsey, Guildford Street 1908

A young boy pushes a handcart towards the camera on this street running south towards the church of St Peter, as two elegantly hatted ladies drive their pony and trap past a sunbathing dog on the pavement

Caption For Salfords, The General Napier 1911

South of Redhill, east of the A23 Brighton Road and west of the M23 motorway, Salfords has avoided much of the development that has affected less isolated parts of this area.

Caption For Worksop, Bridge Street 1967

Now further down Bridge Street, Frith's photographer was looking south uphill past the Newcastle Street crossroads.

Caption For Desborough, War Memorial And Church C1955

We are looking south towards the church of St Giles, which dates from the early 13th century; the war memorial stands behind aptly named Dunkirk Avenue on the left.

Caption For Clun, View From The Mowdens C1960

In medieval times, the Mowdens and the surrounding district were all part of Clun Forest, and subject to Forest Law in much the same way as the New Forest in the south of England.

Caption For Rugby, Junction Of High Street And Sheep Street 1922

Nowadays, new estates or developments have streets named according to some irrelevant theme - anything from Cumbrian lakes to South American countries.

Caption For Fordingbridge, The Village C1960

St Mary's Church is to the south of the village, and the stained glass in the north chapel was added in the 1970s.

Caption For New Milton, C1965

The town centre is in the distance; there are some Edwardian and many modern buildings here.To the north is a pond, and south of the railway line is a water tower resembling a castle.

Caption For Thornaby, Mandale Road And Five Lamps 1957

At an earlier date Thornaby was known as South Stockton, and was part of the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Caption For Lowestoft, Children's Corner C1945

Punch and Judy (centre right) first arrived in Lowestoft in 1886, but they moved to the south side of the pier in 1902.