Maps

181,031 maps found.

1887, Allesley Ref. HOSM35824
1886, Baginton Ref. HOSM36719
1886, Barnacle Ref. HOSM37050
1886, Binley Ref. HOSM37767
1886, Brandon Ref. HOSM38694
1886, Bubbenhall Ref. HOSM39339
1887, Keresley Ref. HOSM49756
1886, Shilton Ref. HOSM59094
1886, Stoneleigh Ref. HOSM60728
1898, Clawdd-Côch Ref. HOSM41067
1897, Clemenstone Ref. HOSM41141
1897, Llanmihangel Ref. HOSM51942
1897, Monknash Ref. HOSM54059
1897, Nash Manor Ref. HOSM54526
1898, Pendoylan Ref. HOSM56305
1907, Hawkhurst Ref. HOSM47981
1895, Cranleigh Ref. HOSM34379
1902, Coxall Ref. HOSM35572
1883, Beambridge Ref. HOSM37299
1883, Burley Ref. HOSM39519

Books

442 books found. Showing results 1,849 to 1,872.

Memories

29,029 memories found. Showing results 771 to 780.

Innocent Happiness

I was born just after the Second World War and like many people came from a fairly poor working class background. I was, however, blessed in many areas of my life and one of them was having an aunt who lived at 8 Hamilon ...Read more

A memory of New Brighton by Rachel Weatherall

Burrow Hill School

My name is Roger Hibbard from Staveley, Derbyshire, I was at Burrow Hill School from Easter 1952 to Easter 1953. I went there because at that time I suffered from severe asthma but I was never ill once during the wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1952 by Roger Hibbard

Stanley Jones

I am searching for information about my mother-in-law's cousin Stanley Jones. I believe he was the Principal of Tredegar Technical School. Can anyone help?

A memory of Newchurch by Jennifer Cook

Growing Up In Earl Shilton

I have fond memories of Earl Shilton around the 1950s. My first school was in Wood Street where I lived in a little old cottage, now knocked down. I remember celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's coronation at the school, ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton in 1950 by Maureen Burdett

The First Families

We were one of the first families to move into St Mellons. My first momory was the smell of the building site and my mother taking me to Trowbridge nursery. I was knee deep in mud. And my mother still lives in the same house.

A memory of St Mellons by Mel Newman

Bamford Parish Church No One Cares Anymore

A churchyard  is a place where families can be near their deceased loved ones, a calm and beautiful place surrounded by trees and flowers, but that is not the case in Bamford churchyard. The grass and ...Read more

A memory of Bamford in 2009 by A C

Quarriers Were The Happiest Days Of My Life

My name is Elizabeth Bonner, but then it was Elizabeth Esnol. I lived in Cottage 3 with Agnes, the Mcdonalds and Anne, Margaret, and Josephine Murray, and Aunty Irene Munzy, Aunty Anne (House ...Read more

A memory of Quarriers Village in 1870 by Elizabeth Esnol

Walsh Manor

l too was a pupil at Walsh Manor, unfortunately my memory of the school was not such a happy one. After l left l also went to St Michael's in Uckfield, which wasn't much better, although l made some life-long friends there, who l ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough in 1964

Sittingbourne To Australia

My name is Margaret.  I was born in Park Road, Sittingbourne on 18.4.45. My parents were Flossie and Cyril Neaves. My dad worked as a machine man in the Sittingbourne paper mills and my mum worked fruit picking in ...Read more

A memory of Sittingbourne in 1971 by namscox

Any Memories Of Bill Black

There was music shop on the Thornton Road in the mid 1950s, run by a Ada Lilian Rose who lived there with her three children. It's a bit of a long shot but I'm actually trying to trace someone called William or ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1956 by Annie Barber

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 1,849 to 1,872.

Caption For Malmesbury, Looking Towards The High Street C1955

The Hartmoor area of Devizes lies to the south. This photograph is a revealing view of old England.

Caption For London, Diamond Jubilee 1897

The team of horses bend under the weight of shining brasses and decorative tackle. Behind the coach stand a gathering of be-robed dignitaries of the Church.

Caption For London, Diamond Jubilee 1897

The team of horses bend under the weight of shining brasses and decorative tackle. Behind the coach stand a gathering of be-robed dignitaries of the Church.

Caption For Wantage, Market Place C1965

The blue and red brick buildings on the extreme right of the photograph serve as perfect examples of the regional building style of the 18th century.

Caption For Ringwood, The Market Square C1950

A pedal cyclist rides through the deserted site of Ringwood's ancient market.

Caption For Devizes, Hartmoor 1899

The Hartmoor area of Devizes lies to the south. This photograph is a revealing view of old England.

Caption For Binfield, All Saint's Church C1955

An hourglass on an elaborate iron stand carries the arms of the Farriers' Company, London, and is a unique expression of the blacksmith's art of the time - 17th century - with leaves and grapes, a

Caption For Dublin, Westmoreland Street 1897

The imposing Greek portico is the east front of the Bank of Ireland, originally the entrance to the House of Lords of the Irish Parliament, erected by James Gandon in 1785.

Caption For Reading, Bridge 1924

Reading Bridge is one of only two crossing points on this stretch of the River Thames. To the east of it lies King's Meadow, and just beyond it, the confluence of the Thames and the River Kennet.

Caption For Canvey Island, The Beach House Restaurant C1955

Well- ordered rows of caravans are ready to welcome summer visitors. A complex of administrative buildings can also be seen.

Caption For Headingley, 1894

In the mid 19th century, many middle-class residents of central Leeds began to move out to the north of the city near to the country estates of Beckett's Park and Hollin Hall, and Headingley became a rather

Caption For Rowlands Castle, St Hubert's Church Idsworth C1955

During the early part of the 17th century, busts began to take the place of effigies; the county's earliest bust can be found here, on the memorial to Sir Thomas Cornwallis, one-time governor

Caption For Lastingham, From Lyd Hill 1964

Lastingham is fewer than seven miles northwest of Pickering. In AD654 St Cedd, the brother of St Chad, built a monastery here, where St Chad died of the yellow plague in AD664.

Caption For Letchworth Garden City, The Cloisters 1908

One of the early buildings constructed as part of Ebenezer Howard's vision of a garden city at Letchworth, this fantastic structure was erected in 1906-7 by the architect Coulishaw, and was intended

Caption For Totnes, East Gate 1889

Up the hill is an early example of a covered shopping area - the Butterwalk, parts of which were known as piazzas.

Caption For Southwick, The Harbour C1965

To the south of the harbour stood the power stations and gas works, the main users of coal, which represented over half of the port's total commodities by the end of the 1950s.

Caption For Old Swinford, Hagley Road C1955

Old Swinford is a suburb of Stourbridge today, which represents a reversal of fortune: the Domesday Book (1086) recorded Stourbridge as part of the manor of 'Suineford'.

Caption For Romsey, Corn Exchange 1898

To the right of Romsey's Corn Exchange, built in 1864, is a glimpse of Romsey Abbey, which until the mid-16th century was home to a Benedictine order of nuns.

Caption For Folkestone, The Leas 1901

In the year of Queen Victoria's passing, these fashionably-clad Edwardians take the air along the mile-long greensward of The Leas on top of the cliff, and against the backdrop of these smart Victorian

Caption For Old Hunstanton, The Church 1893

This is a view beloved of generations of artists and photographers. The church of St Mary the Virgin was built in the 14th century.

Caption For Penrith, Brougham Castle 1893

The imposing red sandstone ruins of the keep of Brougham Castle watch over the River Eamont.

Caption For Empingham, Crocket Lane C1960

This charming lane near the church has a concentration of thatched cottages. Further along is Jubilee Barn, the original tithe barn of the village.

Caption For Accrington, St James' Church C1945

Accrington was originally a chapelry of Altham. The chapel was built in 1763; it had no tower, and was considerably shorter.

Caption For St Pauls Walden, All Saints' Church C1950

A Morris 8 Series E waits patiently outside the church of All Saints in the village of Whitwell, which, with Bendish, forms the parish of St Paul's Walden.