Maps

181,070 maps found.

1887, Woolley Ref. HOSM65131
1907, Hyde Ref. HOSM34673
1906, Pedlinge Ref. HOSM56226
1906, Pedlinge Ref. HOSM58488
1907, Ilkley Ref. HOSM34679
1886, Moolham Ref. HOSM54017
1901, Whitney Bottom Ref. HOSM64464
1905, Habrough Ref. HOSM47303
1895, Blackmore Ref. HOSM38045
1884, Hitcham Ref. HOSM48747
1910, Wrayton Ref. HOSM65245
1890, Cutsyke Ref. HOSM42682
1895, Caterham Ref. HOSM34300
1891, Hipswell Ref. HOSM48740
1901, Clayhanger Ref. HOSM40832
1901, Wadeford Ref. HOSM63217
1901, Whitestaunton Ref. HOSM64422
1901, Winsham Ref. HOSM64873
1896, Preston Ref. HOSM57107
1897, Gatley Ref. HOSM46220

Books

438 books found. Showing results 2,017 to 2,040.

Memories

29,010 memories found. Showing results 841 to 850.

Furzefield Crescent

The four detached houses to the left of the picture are numbered 2, 4 ,6 and 8 Furzefield Crescent, built by my Gt grandfather, George Elsey. I lived at number four between 1960 and 1978 with my parents. The railings on the ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1960 by Lesley Stratton

Waiting For The Bus

As a small child and a grown woman with children of my own I remember waiting for the Wakefield bus after a visit to my grandparents. Some times it would be the West Riding bus, at other times it was the United one. Until his ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth by David Johnson

St.Comgall's , Church Of Ireland.

This shows St. Comgall's before the addition of the spire; the church dominates the intersection of Hamilton Road and Castle Street, sitting in a roughly triangular plot encompassed by the aforesaid and Ruby ...Read more

A memory of Bangor by Paul A.Weir

Majestic Cinema

Glad someone remembers the Majestic Cinema at Fair Green. We lived in Norbury, just over the border in Croydon, but my Dad was a Cinema Manager with the ABC chain, and regularly did relief stints at the Majestic when the regular ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Colin Marsh

Island Cottage

My nanna and grandad Noden lived at Island Cottage. Grandad was a bridgekeeper along with Jack Powell and Syd Bebbington at Acton swing bridge from 1945-1960. There was an enormous flood in 1946 when my grandparents were the ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1955 by Christine Ruskin

The Street

I lived in Naburn at Chapel House. My Aunty Mary Walker lived in this row of houses on the left. She lived with the Tweedies family. In 1949 these houses had big back yards where they collected refuse and recycled it.

A memory of Naburn in 1949 by Joyce Fosdyke

Visits To Aunty May's

I loved to visit my Aunty May’s house in Rhonnda Terrace, Ferndale. She was my grandfather’s sister, a lovely jolly person always happy, and she loved us kids coming to visit. We had to do a good bit of traveling to get there, ...Read more

A memory of Ferndale in 1958 by Jackie Haynes

Childhood Days

I lived in morden from 1948-1965 and I have wonderful memories of Morden Park and the bandstand that always had a band paying on Sundays and teas in the big house, not sure what it was called or what it was used for. My mother always ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1950 by Linda Hoddinett

The Hope Inn

I think it was 1949/50, I remember living along the canal side, Trafalgar Row it was called, over the other side from the Hope Inn.  Somehow I think it was further up than Somerfield almost opposite the Empire.  Most of my family used ...Read more

A memory of Wisbech in 1949 by Sandra Ireland

Granny's Home

The Micheldever cottage with the steps facing the camera is where my mother Evelyn Rogers (nee Chalk) grew up with her brothers Alfred and Charles, and sisters Maude, Ivy, Kate (Kit) and later Ruby Hansford. Henry Arthur Gale Chalk ...Read more

A memory of Micheldever by Mike Rogers

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Captions

29,398 captions found. Showing results 2,017 to 2,040.

Caption For Hoghton, The Tower 1895

The home of the de Hoghton family, the house (which is still there today) was mainly built in the reign of Elizabeth I.

Caption For Hurst Green, The Cross 1950

This is the T-junction at the centre of Hurst Green.This stretch of road has a history all of its own. In 1826 J C Macadam laid a new road surface here as a trial.

Caption For Puttenham, Post Office And Church C1955

Across the A3, Puttenham village lies just south of the narrow chalk ridge of the Hog's Back.

Caption For Abingdon, Christ's Hospital And St Helen's Church 1924

The churchyard to the west of the church is framed on three sides by remarkable and complete sets of almshouses.

Caption For Walsall, The New Art Gallery 2005

The layout of the streets is still there but many of the older buildings have been swept aside by progress.

Caption For Coventry, The Cathedral Ruins C1955

On the night of 14 November 1940, German bombs destroyed the ancient cathedral church of St Michael.

Caption For Glasgow, Renfield Street 1897

Glasgow also took a lead in other aspects of communications.

Caption For Market Bosworth, The Square C1960

Market Bosworth was granted the privilege of a Wednesday market in 1285, and the small town was one of 29 in the country to combine this with an annual fair.

Caption For Worthing, St Andrew's Church 1890

Although the Gothic style flint and Bath stone cruciform church was completed in 1886, it was not consecrated until 1888 due to strong and often bitter opposition from the rector of Broadwater and

Caption For Anstey, Bradgate Road C1965

The view shows the centre of Anstey, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park, enclosed out of Charnwood Forest c1200 as a hunting park.

Caption For London, Opening Of Tower Bridge 1894

The raised footway at the top of the towers, 140 feet above the level of the river, was closed in 1909 after a spate of suicides.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Abbey, The Transept Arches 1912

GLASTONBURY, with its mysterious and atmospheric tor, is still a place of legends.

Caption For Dullingham, Cross Green C1955

The main part of Dullingham village lies along the southern edge of the grounds of the early 18th-century Dullingham House, hence the picturesque thatched estate cottages.

Caption For Rugby, St Marie's Church C1955

Unfortunately the tiny saddleback tower of the old church was now seriously out of proportion to the new, larger church.

Caption For Buxton, Thermal Baths And Crescent 1923

The fame of Buxton as a Medieval spa grew and in Tudor times was greatly enhanced by the visits of Mary Queen of Scots who came to take the waters for her various illnesses, including rheumatism

Caption For Helston, Coinagehall Street 1931

Just out of the picture on the left stands Barclay's, once the home of Hugh Rogers, who was the first Squire of Penrose.

Caption For Sidford, Village 1906

Sidford's 12th-century packhorse bridge was built because the ford in question was proving difficult for horses; only the north parapet remains of the original structure.

Caption For Cambridge, Trinity Hall Lathams Buildings 1909

Not part of Trinity College, but a college in its own right, Trinity Hall was founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.

Caption For Shaldon, Fore Street 1922

Shaldon remains an unspoiled regency fishing village on the Torquay side of the Teign estuary. A long bridge and foot-ferry lead across to neighbouring Teignmouth.

Caption For Monsal Dale, C1955

This picture gives another impression of the wonderful feeling of space engendered by the Peak District.

Caption For Leek, St Edward Street C1955

The parish church is at the top of the street, out of camera shot.

Caption For Halse, Village C1955

A meet of hounds at Halse, a charming old village to the north west of Taunton. In medieval times there was a branch of the Knights Hospitallers at Halse.

Caption For Witchampton, Mill 1904

The mill at Witchampton stands on the site of a much older mill building.

Caption For Kendal, Looking North 1896

This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.