Maps

9,439 maps found.

1925, Picton Ref. POP805833
1925, Stainburn Ref. POP837795
1925, Newthorpe Ref. POP791573
1924, Normanby Ref. POP792729
1925, Oakdale Ref. POP795333
1946, Norton Ref. NPO794584
1947, Muston Ref. NPO786277
1947, Leake Ref. NPO754102
1947, Netherby Ref. NPO788841
1947, Newthorpe Ref. NPO791573
1947, Litton Ref. NPO758409
1947, Thornborough Ref. NPO846987
1947, Rowden Ref. NPO821100
1947, Roxby Ref. NPO821317
1947, Santon Ref. NPO825476
1898, Acklam Ref. RNE619630
1898, Aldwark Ref. RNE621362
1947, Winsley Ref. NPO871531
1947, Ulceby Ref. NPO856503
1898, Bickerton Ref. RNE639589

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,777 to 1,800.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 741 to 750.

Memories Of A Painter

I used to go to Keswick quite a lot as a child, to visit my great-uncle, David Dickson. He was born in North-Shields, but lived in Keswick for a good number of years, from about 1928-1967until he died. He used to paint ...Read more

A memory of Keswick in 1958 by Brenda Glover Nee Malone

St Peters Court

I was a boarder at St Peter's Court, Bacton, Norfolk in the 1950s and a few years ago I found Rosemary, the daughter of the headmaster, in a village nearby. Sadly no one else had left their names so that some of us old boys could ...Read more

A memory of Bacton in 1950 by Gerald Wase

My Memories Of Selly Oak And Bournbrook

I was born in Bournbrook, Birmingham in 1950, daughter of Kenneth Clarke born 1924 and Joan Clarke (nee Price) born 1927. My father was born at 21 North Road, Bournbrook, son of Edith Clarke and Jack ...Read more

A memory of Selly Oak in 1950 by Sue Coates

Off To School I Go!!

It’s so strange that you can remember so many things from early childhood, all those years ago! And it still feels clear as if it was yesterday and they bubble up into your brain after lying there undisturbed in the ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1930 by David Hinge

Living And Working In Great Yarmouth

Back in 1976 I moved away from home to work as a photographic salesman at Debenhams in Great Yarmouth. I also helped out at the Norwich branch. I found a 'home from home' at Pavilion Road in Gorleston ...Read more

A memory of Great Yarmouth in 1976 by Stephen Smith

Wonderful Times Too

I read John Grehan's contribution with great interest. I too enjoyed the air raid shelters and LMS Station at Cold Meece, though four or five years later than his own expeditions. I too attended St Joseph's and the two boys ...Read more

A memory of Swynnerton in 1967 by Jim Jamieson

A Fondly Remembered Childhood

I was born in 1942 and and spent my childhood in Walthamstow, which up to the time I left in 1967 was predominantly a white working class area in north-east London; I went to Chapel End Infants and Junior Schools ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow by Roy Beiley

Dollis Hill Avenue

I was 6 years old and we lived close to Gladstone Park where we children would  play the year round. I remember the pond, the swimming pool and the tennis courts. Then there was the scary steep hill where we ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1955 by Mythili Sarkar

Charabanc Trips

Reading through other people's memories is a great delight, it stirred my own memories of past times. Eastleigh Baptist church ran regular day trips to Bournemouth, a pleasure for those who would probably never have seen the ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1948 by John Scott

The Pellys Of Nether Compton

In August 2006 my daughter and I visited Nether Compton in a Trace Your Ancestors search. My father, the son of an Eliza Pelly here in Lancashire, always told the tale of two brothers, Charles and Henry Pelly, ...Read more

A memory of Nether Compton by Frances Barton

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,777 to 1,800.

Caption For Uckfield, High Street 1904

This view looks north up High Street towards the Church Street and Heathfield Road crossroads.

Caption For Canterbury, The Cathedral C1875

It was begun in 1070 by Archbishop Lanfranc, with the central Bell Harry tower being completed in 1500 and the north-west tower added between 1831 and 1840; this picture gives an excellent

Caption For Cromer, The Lifeboat 1922

Cromer's lifeboat has a reputation which goes far beyond its sphere of operation on the North Norfolk coast.

Caption For Abergynolwyn, The Dysynni Valley 1895

It was served by the narrow gauge Tal-y-Llyn railway, the first of the slate railways of North Wales to be preserved.

Caption For Braunton, Old House Church Street 1900

As much as any other, this view illustrates the timelessness of North Devon.

Caption For Knaresborough, River Nidd, The Rapids 1914

In 1765 he began his career as a master road builder, completing the construction of 200 miles of highway across the North.

Caption For Oundle, Laxton And Crosby School Houses C1950

A large number of its fine stone buildings now dominate the north part of the town.

Caption For Stamford, St Peter's Callis C1955

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed.

Caption For Newtown Linford, C1960

The Leicester architects Harry Roberts and John Woodhouse-Simpson added the north aisle and chancel in 1859.

Caption For St Neots, High Street C1960

On the north side of the High Street, behind the Mini Traveller stands the Westminster Bank, previously Ellwoods; next door is R & O Hall, newsagents, who later became Buxton`s paper shop and is now

Caption For Stonyhurst, The College 1899

The house, which was at one time the largest building in the north of England, was built by Sir Nicolas Sherburn (Shirburn) around 1690.The estate was left to a cousin (named Weld) who gave it to the

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King's Men C1960

Just north of Chipping Norton, in the parish of Great Rollright, lie the Rollright Stones, set in a circle about 100 feet in diameter.

Caption For Wetherby, The Bridge 1909

The bridge carried the great North Road until Ernest Marples opened a much- needed bypass in 1962.

Caption For Enfield, The Town And Church Street C1965

On the site of Pearsons until the mid 1920s was Enfield Palace, which probably gained its name as the inheritor of parts of the demolished Elsyng Palace to the north of the town, which lay within the Forty

Caption For Blackpool, The South Jetty From The Wellington Hotel 1890

In the background is the North Pier, with an excursion steamer alongside its landing stage.

Caption For London, Regent Street C1890

This view looks north towards Oxford Street.

Caption For Oxford, 'the Eights' 1922

Here, seen from the tow path along the west bank, looking north towards Christchurch Meadow, the annual Eights Week is in full swing at the end of May when the college boats race each other.

Caption For Lechlade, Burford Street C1950

This view looks north out of the Market Place, past the corner of St John Street, with the Old Vicarage on the right.

Caption For Marlow, The Embankment C1955

Nowadays the bank is more formalised and the trees are fewer than in this view, which looks along the river bank north-east to the suspension bridge.

Caption For Shoeburyness, West Beach C1955

East of Southend, the Thames meets the North Sea at Shoeburyness and its long journey ends.

Caption For Andover, The Newbury Street From The Angel Inn C1950

In its heyday, the Angel Inn's frontage stretched 30 metres north from the Chantry Centre's upper High Street entrance.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Beach 1898

Southend was immensely popular with the lower middle and working classes from north and East London: none of the genteel pretensions of an Eastbourne here.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Docks 1936

On the right bank are the remnants of the trees from North Walk.

Caption For Launceston, The Priory 1938

This jumble of stones, just to the north of St Thomas's Church, is all that remains of a priory so wealthy that it once lent money to the King.