Maps

93 maps found.

Map Of Sussex, Sussex Ref. F38
Map Of Denbighshire, Denbighshire Ref. F49
Map Of Cheshire, Cheshire Ref. F05
Map Of Merionethshire, Gwynedd Ref. F52
Map Of Yorkshire, Yorkshire Ref. F43
Map Of Durham, Durham Ref. F11
Map Of Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire Ref. F13
Map Of Leicestershire, Leicestershire Ref. F23
Map Of Surrey, Surrey Ref. F37
Map Of Cornwall, Cornwall Ref. F06
Map Of Devonshire, Devon Ref. F09
Map Of Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire Ref. F54
Map Of East Riding Of Yorkshire, East Riding Of Yorkshire Ref. F60
Map Of North Ridings Of Yorkshire, North Riding Of Yorkshire Ref. F58
Map Of West Ridings Of Yorkshire, West Riding Of Yorkshire Ref. F59
1947, Douglas Bridge Ref. NPO1190876
1899, Douglas Bridge Ref. RNE1190876
1903-1910, Douglas Bridge Ref. RNC1190876
1922, Douglas Bridge Ref. POP1190876
1895 - 1907, Bromley Ref. HOSM34228

Books

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Memories

672 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Old School Friends

I attended the local Pelham County Secondary Boys School which was close by.  A number of my friends who attended came from outlying districts such as Carshalton, Chessington, Tolworth and Walton on Thames, travelling by Southern ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by Claire Allen

Bluebells And Carols

I lived in Guildford as a child, and every spring my father used to take me to St Martha's to pick bluebells in the woods at the foot of the hill. It was a sheet of blue, and however many we picked it looked the same. In the ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1930 by Pamela Morris Kennedy

My Birth Place

I was born in Hemel Hempstead in March of 1957.  My parents came from Portsmouth and County Durham.  They met in London and moved to Hemel Hempstead, which was a new town, in search of good housing, school for my 5 year old ...Read more

A memory of Hemel Hempstead in 1957 by Susan Hawkridge

The George Ph, Wanstead

Facing the viewer is the George Public House, which I believe still exists; behind is Wanstead underground station and an open area of grassland leading to Redbridge Lane and my then school, Wanstead County High. The High Street ...Read more

A memory of Wanstead in 1969

Eskdale Cumbria And Another Hectic Break

My son Matthew provided the opportunity to once again retrace our well worn steps around this beautiful county and in particular The Lake District. As is our norm it was non-stop driving and walking, although ...Read more

A memory of Ambleside by ducatee

A Privilege To Grow Up Here!

I was born in 1961 in Thorpe Combe hospital in Walthamstow and brought up by my parents in Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill. I consider myself very privileged to have lived there for the first 26 years of my life and have ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Andrew Evans

Happy Times At Immanuel College!

My first memories of Rosary Priory date from the 1950s when I was a teenager living in nearby Hatch End and I recall some of the rather nice local girls attending the Catholic School there.  However, the decades ...Read more

A memory of Bushey Heath by John Howard Norfolk

Northolt Wonderland

I was born in Barnet in 1942, but the Germans bombed our house and killed my dad a few months later. I was sent to Wales to avoid the Blitz. (BlitzKrieg - Lightening strikes) after 5 years I found myself in Millway Gardens in ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Philip Yorke Edgell

Great Kingshill 1968 1982

Hi we moved to Great Kingshill in 1968 from Edmonton in N London. We also lived in Wood Green N. London. I remember my first impression of our new surrounds were not great. I suppose moving from London to a village in ...Read more

A memory of Great Kingshill by Andrew Saunders

Cordingley Braintree County High School (Bchs)

I was a pupil at BCHS from 1958-63 and have painful memories of him, albeit possibly unfairly. During a 3rd year biology lesson our female teacher regaled us of pranks she had undertaken at Uni which ...Read more

A memory of Braintree by Brian Canfer

Captions

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Caption For East Dereham, The County Schools 1893

The town was fortunate to have a number of County Schools. The national school was attended by 200 boys and girls.

Caption For Dolgellau, Upper Smithfield Street 1908

Dolgellau was the county town of the old county of Merioneth, and is set amid the mountains which are famous for Welsh gold—the mines here provided gold for Royal wedding rings.

Caption For Ollerton, Rufford Abbey C1955

South of Ollerton is Rufford Country Park, run by the County Council.

Caption For Box Hill, The Slopes 1906

It was given so that 'the public has the privilege of using the hill to view the southern part of the county, and counties beyond'; it is dedicated to the memory of George Meredith.

Caption For Burton Joyce, The New School C1965

The CLASP system was highly praised at the time; Nottinghamshire County Council's architects department used it for numerous schools all over the county.

Caption For Barry, County School 1903

It was a co-educational school until the Girls' County School was built further down Buttrills Road.

Caption For Eaton Socon, The Green And The War Memorial C1960

In 1965, the county boundaries changed and Eaton Socon, with Eaton Ford, became part of Huntingdonshire.

Caption For Ealing, Grammar School, The Green C1955

On the west side, Middlesex County Council built Ealing County Boys School in 1913 in Queen Anne style. It is now part of Ealing and West London College.

Caption For Abingdon, Town Hall 1890

It is also and probably more correctly called the County Hall, as Abingdon sought to be the county town of Berkshire until the mid 19th century.

Caption For Stanford On Avon, Stanford Hall And The Lake C1965

We are in the extreme southern tip of the county: whilst Stanford Hall is in Leicestershire, the parish church and the village are in Northamptonshire.

Caption For Burton Joyce, River Trent C1965

The CLASP system was highly praised at the time; Nottinghamshire County Council's architects department used it for numerous schools all over the county.

Caption For Stanford On Avon, Stanford Hall And The Lake C1965

We are in the extreme southern tip of the county: whilst Stanford Hall is in Leicestershire, the parish church and the village are in Northamptonshire.

Caption For Westbourne, County Gates 1913

The lodge became known as County Gates because this junction on the main Bournemouth-Poole road was also the boundary between both the two towns and Hampshire and Dorset.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Salutation Square 1950

In remembrance of the men of the county of Pembroke, who at the call of King and country left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced dangers and finally passed out of the sight of men by the

Caption For Dolgellau, Upper Smithfield Street 1908

Dolgellau was the county town of the old county of Merioneth, and is set amid the mountains which are famous for Welsh gold - the mines here provided gold for Royal wedding rings.

Caption For Bredenbury, Court, Swimming Pool C1960

It looks northwards over the Teme valley and into the neighbouring county of Shropshire.

Caption For Durham, Old Elvet 1914

The street is unusually wide and spacious for Durham; it was further extended in the 1960s, when road development saw the demise of the Waterloo Hotel, the building beyond the Royal County

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Station Road 1904

Pallister Road is the impressive Bank Building built in 1899 to house the London & County Bank as well as a number of shops, including the Home and Colonial Stores.

Caption For Salisbury, The Poultry Cross And Silver Street 1928

This view of the Poultry Cross and Silver Street clearly shows a sign over Olivers' shoe shop.The County Hotel is in the background.

Caption For Salisbury, The Poultry Cross And Silver Street 1928

This view of the Poultry Cross and Silver Street clearly shows a sign over Olivers' shoe shop.The County Hotel is in the background.

Caption For Fintona, Main Street C1965

Looking down the street to the green hills of County Tyrone beyond. Note the kerbside petrol pumps on the right, a common Irish feature until recent times.

Caption For Galway, Beach C1955

A view of one of the beaches which look out over Galway Bay to County Clare and the limestone landscape of the Burren.

Caption For Abergavenny, Holy Mountain 1898

Standing at 1,595ft, the summit offers extensive views across the county.

Caption For Consett, Derwent Reservoir C1965

Not quite a crescent shape, it covers approximately four square miles and is the largest of several reservoirs in the county.