Maps

223 maps found.

1946, South Bromley Ref. NPO834451
1946, Stratford Marsh Ref. NPO841280
1946, Isle Of Dogs Ref. NPO744494
1896, Bromley Ref. RNE651625
1897-1902, Bethnal Green Ref. RNC639347
1897-1902, Bromley Ref. RNC651625
1897-1902, Isle Of Dogs Ref. RNC744494
1897-1902, Hackney Wick Ref. RNC724189
1893, Warley Town Ref. HOSM55428
1887 - 1888, Northcote Ref. HOSM62168
1911-1912, Bower Ref. RNC647169
1900-1901, Gower Ref. RNC718260
1921, Bowers Ref. POP647221
1902, Bowers Ref. RNC647221
1897, Bowers Ref. RNE647221
1947, Gower Ref. NPO718260
1946, Bowers Ref. NPO647221
1897, Gower Ref. RNE718260
1886, Bower Hinton Ref. HOSM38478
1898-1900, East Bower Ref. RNC696947

Books

1 books found. Showing results 169 to 1.

Memories

637 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.

Stiperstones Poem

THE STIPERSTONES T’was long ago the Ludlow people vexed the Devil very sore He vowed to stone their homes and steeples until they were no more On Cranberries Hill he then collected his apron full of rocks and stones With these ...Read more

A memory of Stiperstones by Angela Bolton

My Childhood

My parents were married at Stranton, and I was baptised there. We lived in a neighbouring street, Bower Street, in what would now be regarded as a slum property, with outside toilet and a single tap that was also outside. My lifelong ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1955 by John Pladdys

Happy Days

My memories of the caravan site go back to the 1940s when my parents had a caravan there. It was situated at the edge of the site where there is an open field and a footpath. I went back last July for the first time in about 60 years ...Read more

A memory of Swalecliffe in 1940 by Keri Green

Visit Of Krustchev

I was stationed at Honington and was on the station guard of honour. I remember the visit of Kruschev during the Cold War. Being in air traffic control, the tower approach windows were covered. Kruschev was only permitted on the local balcony. Have tried to find photos and write-ups without success.

A memory of Honington in 1960

Childhood Memories

I have lived in Mitcham all my life. I was born at St Helier Hospital in 1955 and we lived in the nissan huts opposite what was then Pollards Hill High School in Wide Way, we lived next to a family called the Butlers and I went to ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1955 by Vivian Woodjetts Nee Bond

Lavender Hill Mob

I was born in Lambeth hospital in 1936. My parents moved into Nepaul Road off Falcon Road. My first memories of the Second World War were the blitz and air raid shelters. We were not bombed out but the estate was saved by Christ ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1947 by Edward Nicholls

Reminiscences Of Portsmouth In The Late 1930s

I was born in Portsmouth in 1933. My family and I lived first in Lyndhurst Road - about which I don't recall too much - then later in Merrivale Road. I remember very clearly where Merrivale joined ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth by Brian Veall

1946 1951 Age 2 Years To 7 Years

I was in St Claire's Orphanage with my two sisters after my father died in 1945. The Rev Mother Sister Phillomina had been a childhood friend of my mother's. This fact did not give us any added privileges. I ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph in 1948 by Dora Murphy

Wwii Billet

My mother, Maude Doyle was billeted at a farm in Outwell while stationed at searchlight battery at Sutton Bridge that served as RAF base. Fighter aircraft used the gun butts there to adjust their cone of fire I understand. The farmer's ...Read more

A memory of Outwell in 1940 by Jeffrey Masters

St. Oswalds Girls School

I came to Alllerwash Hall, Fourstones, when it was a private girls' boarding school called St.Oswalds. The Second World War had ended that summer and my mother had died just before Xmas that year, I was eleven. I had had a ...Read more

A memory of Allerwash in 1945 by Heather Rosser

Captions

3,036 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.

Caption For Evesham, Merstow Green 1892

Abbot Lichfield, who built the Bell Tower, did not enjoy his creation for very long. Evesham Abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539 - the same year that the tower was completed.

Caption For Exmouth, The Esplanade 1925

We are looking in the opposite direction from 72955 (pages 52-53) along the Esplanade, with the tower of the town church of Holy Trinity to the left of the clock tower. A

Caption For Larne, The View From The Promenade 1900

This view shows the entrance to the harbour dominated by the 95 ft-high Chaine memorial tower, a nineteenth-century reproduction of a round tower.

Caption For Cirencester, The Park, Drive C1950

From the avenue lined with lime trees the eye is drawn eastwards to the 162-foot high tower of St John the Baptist's, the tallest tower in Gloucestershire, containing a ring of twelve bells with the

Caption For Sway, The Church And School C1955

Tradition alleges that Mr Peterson incurred the wrath of the Admiralty for putting a light at the top of his tower.

Caption For Newbury, The Church From West Mills C1950

The tower of Newbury's splendid parish church can be seen from various vantage points around the town.

Caption For Shotley Gate, Village C1955

The Deanery Tower 1922 When the Deanery Tower was built in the latter part of the 15th cen- tury by Suffolk's Archdeacon, William Pykenham, it was supposed that it would be the gateway to a palace

Caption For Caversham, The Church 1913

This view shows the tower of St Peter's Church from the now much-municipalised Reading bank. The church tower was rebuilt in 1878.

Caption For Reading, St Mary's Church 1890

This view, until 1886 concealed by houses, shows the tall, elegant west tower of the parish church now dominating St Mary's Butts.

Caption For York, Lendal Tower C1885

This tower was once linked by a chain to Barker's Tower on the opposite side of the river to stop craft entering the city without paying a tax.

Caption For Blackpool, North Promenade 1906

North Pier and the Tower were great successes.

Caption For Cirencester, 1898

This magnificent building dates from the 12th century, and the splendid tower was built in the early 15th century.

Caption For Tenterden, High Street 1900

The 15th-century grey tower of St Mildred's Church, with its bold crocketed pinnacles, dominates the centre of this small town, which stands 322 feet above sea level; it was formerly used as a beacon

Caption For Countesthorpe, St Andrew's Church C1965

The original heart of this sprawling village, the battlemented tower is the complete surviving remnant of the medieval church.

Caption For York, Lendal Bridge 1909

This tower was once linked by a chain to Barker's Tower on the opposite side of the river to stop craft entering the city without paying a tax.

Caption For Knaresborough, The Town And River 1888

The tower is topped off with a small spirelet, which can just be made out. In 1318 a Scots raiding party attempted to destroy the tower by setting fire to it.

Caption For Northam, Church 1919

The conspicuous tower of St Margaret's has long been used as a landmark by mariners negotiating Bideford Bar at the entrance to the Torridge estuary.

Caption For Oxford, Magdalen College 1890

Magdalen College from the Bridge 1938 During the Civil War Royalist forces defended Magdalen Bridge by throwing rocks from the top of the bell tower down on the heads of Parliamentarians below

Caption For Ospringe, The Church Of St Peter And St Paul 1892

In 1695 many had a narrow escape when the bell tower collapsed during an energetic ringing session serenading a visit by William III.

Caption For Ormskirk, The Church From The South West 1894

Looking more like two churches than one, Ormskirk's parish church is unique in the north for having both a tower and spire.

Caption For Raglan, The Church C1955

A little church with a large tower, it is dedicated to St Cadoc, but it is said to have been founded by St David.

Caption For Goudhurst, The Church C1955

The top of the tower of this 13th-century church is five hundred feet above sea level, and was used as a lookout point in both world wars. An earlier medieval tower was destroyed in a storm in 1637.

Caption For Oxford, Cornmarket Street 1922

The 11th-century Saxon tower of St Michael's Church is clearly seen on the right of Cornmarket Street. Until 1771, the North Gate of Oxford spanned the Cornmarket beside this tower.

Caption For Frinton On Sea, Connaught Avenue And Free Church C1955

The Free Church, with its imposing clock tower, lies to the right of this picture. This is a busy road for both cars and pedestrians.