Maps

9,439 maps found.

1904, Hunton Ref. RNC742470
1947, Simonstone Ref. NPO831494
1946, Stock Ref. NPO839684
1947, Whitton Ref. NPO869581
1947, Whorlton Ref. NPO869678
1947, Willington Ref. NPO870495
1947, Threapland Ref. NPO847613
1898, Foston Ref. RNE708365
1898, Harton Ref. RNE727940
1898, Heathwaite Ref. RNE730334
1898, Girsby Ref. RNE713963
1898, Grafton Ref. RNE718373
1898, Farnham Ref. RNE703543
1898, Dacre Ref. RNE687447
1898, Denton Ref. RNE690146
1898, Hardgate Ref. RNE726818
1919, Hillend Ref. POP736158
1925, Girsby Ref. POP713963
1925, Hardgate Ref. POP726818
1925, Howe Ref. POP741399

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,873 to 1,896.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 781 to 790.

Leaving School

So! Back to 11 Woburn Place, back to school on Hope Chapel Hill back to Hotwells golden mile with its 15 pubs. The War was still going on but there was only limited bombing and some daylight raids, the city was in a dreadful ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1945 by Arthur Cottrell

Part 15

I remember Peter went in one day for a cup of tea, and stayed chatting. The horse got fed up waiting and came home five miles away. Peter was fuming; he had to walk home, and lost half a day’s earnings. He was ribbed rotten about ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

Lost Touch

I am seeking Jean Diane Burgoyne born on 5th September 1962 in Catterick, North Yorkshire - adopted in Knaresborough.

A memory of Knaresborough in 1962

North Acton, Victoria Road, Phillips Mapmakers

Does anyone else remember Phillips the Mapmakers in Victoria Road, North Action? I started there straight from school as a trainee (cartographer). I was only there 6 months before the bright lights and ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 1964 by Susan Coleman

Land Mine

Hello, my dad told me about that landmine and when he had to carry his little brother, Owen, downstairs when a bomb went off nearby. The family were the Ansons. Mother, Violet, dad, Lawrence Augustus and by the ...Read more

A memory of North End in 1930 by Kathryn Anson

My Collyhurst.

Hi,my name is Margaret Mcdonagh (nee ward) a proud Collyhurst girl. I was born in 72 Thornton St North. My parents were Elizabeth and John Ward, my brothers John, Billy, Harry, Mike and my little brother Phil. My sisters names ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1960 by Margaret Mcdonagh

Brentford Days In The 40's And 50's...

During the 40's and 50's my life revolved around Bedford Road and surrounding area..roads like; Harnage Rd, George Rd, Pottery Rd, North Rd, Distillery Rd ,Netley Rd and Greet Rd. All these are sadly gone ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by Alfred Winkworth

Ace School Of Ballroom Dancing

The 'Ace Ballroom School of Dancing' was for many a young person the first time they had expeienced the close up contact with the opposite sex, I remember the beginning of placing our hands on each others shoulders and ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1950 by John Ford

Shops.

My sister Christine lived in North Road from babes till 18-19 years old. I can remember the parade of shops, the chemist, Clair's hairdressers, Combes the bakers, Pickerings hardware store. There was a shop where we bought our shoes and I'm ...Read more

A memory of Bedfont by Brenda Dowd

The Best Years Of My Life

Happy memories indeed. For an eight year old living in the village in the mid 1950s it was heaven. Long summer evenings and school holidays playing in woods, open fields and on building sites. Or cycling (yes at ...Read more

A memory of Earls Barton in 1955 by Peter Dixon

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,873 to 1,896.

Caption For Symondsbury, Village C1940

Here Symondsbury may be deficient but it can boast the thatched Ilchester Arms Inn (right), which is named for the Strangways family, owning lands from Abbotsbury Swannery to Melbury House

Caption For Abergele, On The River Gele 1890

The water level seems very low, which is fortunate for the lady wearing the long skirts.

Caption For Dunoon, The Pier 1904

Until the early 19th century, Dunoon was nothing more than a small village clustered around a castle.

Caption For Charing, High Street 1901

It prospered in medieval times as an important halt for pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, since it lies just off the North Downs Way.

Caption For Towcester, Park Hall Gates C1955

Built in 1822 it was originally an entrance to Easton Neston, Hawksmoor's great country house, set in a vast landscaped park north of the River Tove.

Caption For Welford, High Street C1965

This view looks north-east and immediately you see the contrast with most other villages in this book - this is a mainly brick built village.

Caption For Burgh Le Marsh, The Windmill C1965

North of Wainfleet, on the Skegness to Lincoln road, Burgh le Marsh is a market town whose charter was granted in 1401.

Caption For Churchtown, Botanic Road C1965

Church Town in the parish of North Meols had long had a tradition of sea-bathing, associated with a couple of local festivals known as Big and Little Bathing Sundays, when the natives took to the waters

Caption For Ampthill, St Andrew's Church C1955

Going east from Market Place along Church Street, we reach the small square with the brown stone church on its north side, a curiously villagey one for a town.

Caption For Edwinstowe, High Street C1955

This view looks north along the High Street past the now 'improved' junction with West Lane.

Caption For Formby, The Old Lifeboat Cottage C1965

There are no images of the original building, but a decision by Liverpool Town Council in 1776 established the necessity for it on the basis that the North Meols coastline was deemed dangerous to shipping

Caption For Hoylake, The Sands C1965

Already an endangered occupation in 1965, fishing is now in terminal decline along the whole of the north-west coastline.

Caption For Moreton In Marsh, The Redesdale Hall C1955

Moreton is an administrative centre for the North Cotswolds.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, 1909

We are looking inland north-eastwards from what is now National Trust land above Burton Cliff, over the Dove Inn and Southover (foreground) to the meadows of the River Bride (centre).

Caption For Marnhull, New Street C1960

The view is north-eastwards from Finger Corner and the garden hedge of the Homestead (left foreground).

Caption For Tickhill, Market Place C1955

Situated nine miles east of Rotherham on the A361, the village of Tickhill once had one of the most important castles in the North, built on a motte no less than 75ft high and surrounded by a wet

Caption For Boston Spa, High Street 1893

Handsome and dignified Georgian houses and villas line the leafy street.Visitors to the town seem to have been made up from two groups: travellers using the Great North Road, who stopped over just

Caption For Holbeach, High Street C1955

The north side of High Street, on the right, has some dignified late 18th- and early 19th-century three-storey houses, including The Bell and The Chequers Hotels.

Caption For Weymouth, Sandsfoot Castle 1898

Originally the fort comprised a two-storey building with a north tower and a gatehouse.

Caption For Newbury, The Clock Tower From Oxford Road C1955

The North Brook runs beneath this historic building and was known to flood.

Caption For Winsford, Village 1930

Park Street 1892 North-west from Winsford we reach Exford, where the River Exe is but a stream.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Mill End Church 1897

The hamlet is now greatly expanded to the north and merges with Rickmansworth.

Caption For Chalfont Common, Post Office C1965

To the north, the National Society for Epileptics, informally grouped round Arts and Crafts style houses and cottages, started in 1895 and still going strong.

Caption For Southgate, Technical College C1965

Plans have already been submitted for the redevelopment of the north end.