Maps

181,006 maps found.

1898, Swanbourne Ref. HOSM61033
1902, Blackford Ref. HOSM37941
1902, Bratton Ref. HOSM38806
1902, Woodcombe Ref. HOSM64991
1884, Pennant Ref. HOSM56362
1910, Overton Ref. HOSM56006
1919, Adlestrop Ref. HOSM35571
1900, Todenham Ref. HOSM61995
1896, Morpeth Ref. HOSM34936
1896, Stobhill Ref. HOSM37045
1898, Birling Ref. HOSM37824
1896, Bothal Ref. HOSM38458
1896, Burradon Ref. HOSM39568
1896, Flotterton Ref. HOSM45553
1896, Guyzance Ref. HOSM47271
1896, Longhirst Ref. HOSM52282
1896, Molesden Ref. HOSM53920
1896, Netherton Ref. HOSM54653
1896, Netherwitton Ref. HOSM54663
1896, Newtown Ref. HOSM55040

Books

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Memories

29,016 memories found. Showing results 1,711 to 1,720.

Poetry

This poem was sent to mac by Mrs S. Holmes: Death of Chelmsley Wood The sheer delight of summer afternoons, As through the fields in cotton frocks we walked, The long grass licking at our gangly legs, While we in deep contentment ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsley Wood in 1995

Kitchen Staff

I worked at Moorlands with Chef Freddie Davis, a Basque Chef, great man, brandy and a garlic clove before we started the day, had a pastry cook who drove an Austin Champ. I believe the manager was called Smith. Freddie gave me a ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 1967 by Julian Edgecombe

Aber/Blaengwynfi Silver Prize Band Thankyou For The Music!

I grew up in Blaengwynfi in the 1950s/60s. My father was Don Davies, and he was band-master during most of those years. He'd joined the band in the 30s when he'd been forced to leave ...Read more

A memory of Blaengwynfi by Dorothy Chambers

Wyke Regis

My wife Christina Armstrong's (nee Brown) mum Phylis was born and raised in Wyke Regis, both of Phylis's parents along with many of her relatives are buried at this church. Chris's mum was raised at Park Mead Road, her name was Phylis ...Read more

A memory of Wyke Regis by Robert Armstrong

Fish And Chip Shop Hall Road Aveley

You described the first shop in this parade as Fishy Jacks, I can't remember the name but I used to go to Aveley County Secondary School in Love Lane just around the corner and we used to spend our dinner money in ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1964 by John Bates

Growing Up In Graveley.

I'm the youngest daughter of Lou and Vera Crook. Graveley, a great place to grow up. We knew everybody, and would lie in bed and count the people who lived there. I hope it will always maintain its British charm and the pub. Attending school with Mrs. Barton, such wonderful memories.

A memory of Graveley by Sandra Crook

Thoughts Of This Lady.

Can anyone remember a teacher called Miss Miriam Roberts? The first class teacher for girls in the junior school Brynteg. The boys would have left infants school for Blacklane school in Pentre Broughton. She used to ...Read more

A memory of Brynteg in 1950

St Gile's Hospital, Camberwell

My late father, Cyril Cook, was the Senior Nurse in the Casualty Department from the early 1950s until his retirement in the 1970s. In that position, my father got to know lots of people in the Camberwell area. Ken Cook

A memory of Camberwell by Ken Cook

How Good Barking Was In The 1950s

I was born in Shirley Gardens in 1935, right opposite Barking Park where I spent most of my childhood at Barking open air lido. What a magnificent place that was! My father was a policeman in Barking so we always ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Shirley Bates

James Joseph Irvine (Autobiography) 1911 1990

Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings in ...Read more

A memory of Tow Law in 1930 by James Irvine

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 4,105 to 4,128.

Caption For Sawbridgeworth, Bell Street C1960

Bell Street, part of the original town of Sawbridgeworth, runs from London road eastwards towards the church and the school.

Caption For Ardingly, The Village C1950

Ardingly is a village overlooking the Ouse valley, north of Haywards Heath. The 14th-century church of St Peter has an impressive tower. Ardingly College, situated nearby, is a notable Public School.

Caption For Windmill Hill, The Windmill C1955

It is a post-type windmill where the body is turned to the wind by means of a long tailpole. The front and sides of the mill body and the roundhouse roof are clad in sheet iron.

Caption For Blunham, The Hill And Square 1968

He was Rector of Blunham from 1621 until his death in 1631, during which period he also held the post of Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London.

Caption For Hathersage, The Village 1902

A small boy watches the antics of the Frith cameraman as he positions his camera for this picture of the main road to Sheffield.

Caption For Dronfield, High Street C1965

Dronfield parish once consisted of the townships of Dronfield, Dore, Coal Aston, Holmesfield, Unstone, Little Barlow and Totley.

Caption For Portreath, Rough Sea C1965

Portreath's first pier was built in 1760 by Francis Basset, a member of one of Cornwall's most prominent mining families.

Caption For Plymouth, Drake's Circus C1950

The north side of Cobourg Street is almost unchanged.

Caption For Nuneaton, Arbury Hall C1960

Considered to be one of the finest Gothic Revival houses in England, Arbury is built on the site of an Augustinian monastery demolished during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Caption For St Neots, Paper Mill At Little Paxton 1897

Vast quantities of water are required to manufacture paper, hence the situation of the paper mill at St Neots on the Great Ouse.

Caption For Boscombe, Undercliffe Drive C1950

Boscombe spent much of its history in Hampshire, until bureaucracy reassigned it to the County of Dorset in the 1970s.

Caption For Frizington, Main Street C1950

The village nonconformist chapel is prominent on the right of this photograph of Frizington, a large former coal mining village just inland from Whitehaven.

Caption For Darley Dale, C1955

This is a closer view of Darley Dale, looking towards the solitary tree-topped Oker Hill, which was the subject of a sonnet by William Wordsworth published in 1829 about two local lads going to war

Caption For Leicester, De Montfort Hall, Regent Road C1955

De Montfort Hall has been used for nearly a century for all types of meetings, entertainment, education and civic celebrations. A host of stars have performed here, for the acoustics are first-class.

Caption For Whippingham, The Church C1955

Whippingham village lies close to Osborne House, and Victoria's consort Prince Albert had a hand in the extraordinary design of the church.

Caption For Yarmouth, The Harbour C1960

There are few scenes on the Isle of Wight more captivating than Yarmouth harbour on a busy sailing day.

Caption For Brixham, Fore Street 1922

Because the town had been so heavily dependent on the single industry of fishing, the Depression of the 1930s arrived in Brixham early.

Caption For Colchester, Vineyard Street 1904

One row of houses further on is the line of the old Roman wall, whilst just off-camera to the right are the ruins of the Norman St Botolph's Priory, the first in the country founded by the Augustinian

Caption For New Mill, The Implement Gate C1955

Here we see an imaginative and creative new use for a selection of discarded farm implements, including a scythe, sickles, hay rake, spades, ploughshare and pitchforks, which has become a minor curiosity

Caption For Rodborough, The Fort 1890

By exploring the high ground around the town it is possible to gain some idea of the scale of industrialisation around Stroud.

Caption For Oxford, High Street 1937

When walking the street's length from east to west, you can appreciate the sweeping curve which gradually reveals some of Oxford's most striking landmarks.

Caption For Oxford, Addisons Walk, Magdalen College 1937

The tree-shaded Magdalen Walks along the bank of the Cherwell are truly delightful and a perfect way to study the changing seasons.

Caption For Hilton, The Village C1955

Two miles south of Bulbarrow, one of Dorset's highest summits, Hilton and neighbouring Milton Abbas share some of the most beautiful countryside in the county.

Caption For Newquay, Dancing On The Beach 1912

Dancing to the accompaniment of the small band playing on the left is clearly a popular pastime. Note the lines of canvas bathing tents at the head of the beach.