Maps

789 maps found.

1946, Wood Green Ref. NPO872641
1947, Wood Road Ref. NPO872771
1947, Wood Seats Ref. NPO872775
1946, Wood Stanway Ref. NPO872778
1896, Abbey Wood Ref. RNE618426
1945, Tyrell's Wood Ref. NPO856178
1896, Crow Wood Ref. RNE684835
1896, Broadgreen Wood Ref. RNE650935
1898, Chessetts Wood Ref. RNE667483
1899, Cotterhill Woods Ref. RNE678604
1940, Park Wood Ref. NPO801330
1946, Pelsall Wood Ref. NPO802722
1946, Petts Wood Ref. NPO805513
1946, How Wood Ref. NPO741299
1946, Tettenhall Wood Ref. NPO846165
1946, Tewin Wood Ref. NPO846197
1947, Ramsden Wood Ref. NPO813217
1947, Oakley Wood Ref. NPO795589
1898, Ireland Wood Ref. RNE744266
1899, Handsworth Wood Ref. RNE726384

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Memories

2,407 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

My Home Hawkhurst

I grew up in hawkhurst , i lived in gills green in hawkhurst , hawkhurst has a close community everybody knew everybody , most familys that lived there had lived there for years even generations . my dads family had lived there for ...Read more

A memory of Hawkhurst in 1982 by Susanne Jones

My Early Years

my memories relate from the very early forties till the early eighties. I was born in Andover in 1937.My mother was a Lambourne and was born in Thruxton in 1903 at Rose cottage which is just to the left of the "George" looking ...Read more

A memory of Thruxton in 1940 by Ronald Hodgson

Dunwich Monastery Gateway

My earliest memory of Greyfriars in Dunwich was probably driving down the hill in my grandfather's old car in 1960 as he brought me to my new home at The Barne Arms Hotel. I had been at boarding school at Dollar in Scotland, ...Read more

A memory of Dunwich in 1965 by James Ritchie

Bathing In The River

Montague terrace was home to many children. I remember the Allen's, John, June, Barry, Hazel, Ivan & Valerie. The White's, Maurice and Barbara, The William,s and Smith,s, Joan, Roy, Margaret, Jeffrey, and at least three ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke in 1949 by Barbara R Bryan

Ty Pwca Road Upper Cwmbran

Born in Church Rd, Pontnewydd, in 1935 we moved to Ty-Pwca Rd in 1947. I attended Upper Cwmbran School and well remember the fun we had there. Gardening lessons with the Head, Mr Jones - "Clear the weeds boys and sow ...Read more

A memory of Upper Cwmbran in 1947 by Lance Ford

School Days

I went to school here in the early 1950's. I have fond memories of the suroundings, the buildings, the gardens, the landscape and of Market Drayton where some of my relatives lived and some still do. Since this learning academy was a ...Read more

A memory of Pell Wall in 1951 by Graham Edwards

Easneye Children's Home

I have a sketchy memory of my childhood in Easneye, between the ages of around 3-5 years old. I remember my mother dropping me off and being terrified. She said I was having a holiday but never came back for me.  All ...Read more

A memory of Stanstead Abbotts in 1962 by Jackie Macklin

The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more

A memory of Barnes in 1870 by John Howard Norfolk

Madeley As It Was

I was born in 1949 in Victoria Road, Madeley and have many memories of life as it was in the 1950's onwards. I remember Jones' buses, Pooles the cobblers, Carters, Stodd's the Drapers, Shums the chemist, and most ...Read more

A memory of Madeley in 1949 by First Name Last Name

The Shore Of Wood And Glass

Eynort shore is not the prettyist in the west, but it's washed up some odd things from time to time, Both myself and my brother have found messages in a bottle, and a least half a dozen bombs or old test missiles which all ...Read more

A memory of Eynort

Captions

659 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For St Ives, 1898

Artists such as Christopher Wood, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Peter Lanyon and Patrick Heron all lived and worked here, making use of the unique quality of Penwith's light.

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Richmond, View From Castle Walk 1913

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Caption For Thirlmere, 1888

This view shows the northern end of Thirlmere, looking towards Great How Wood and the Castle Rock of Triermain.

Caption For Dartmouth, Dartmouth Regatta 1889

Queen Victoria much admired the town of Dartmouth and its beautiful estuary, recording in her journal that '...the place is lovely, with its wooded rocks and church and castle at the entrance.

Caption For Rowsley, The Peacock Inn 1886

Middleton – its full name is Middleton- by-Wirksworth – was a quarrying and mining village which produced the famous Hopton Wood stone.

Caption For Richmond, From West 1908

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Caption For Loftus, Woods C1960

Being on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Loftus is surrounded by some lovely countryside and the woods on the outskirts of the town have long provided a place of peace and tranquillity

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Ferry Arriving At The Nab C1955

The wooded Claife Heights on the western shore are prominent in the background.

Caption For Caterham, 1925

The hilly and wooded nature of the landscape is clearly seen, and the view is surprisingly little changed today.

Caption For Gloucester, St Mary De Crypt Church 1891

Also buried here is the eccentric banking millionaire Jemmy Wood.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle From Usk Bridge C1955

The castle and the south-eastern approaches to the town present an illusion of island tranquillity, stretching from the wide waters of the Usk through the cattle-filled Castle Meadows to the wooded slopes

Caption For Burrator Reservoir, 1898

The shores of the reservoir are now thickly wooded.

Caption For Cambridge, Trinity College Library 1890

Trinity College's magnificent library was designed by Christopher Wren 1676-90, with wood carvings by Grinling Gibbons. The statue at the end is of Lord Byron.

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.

Caption For Barnstaple, Haymaking 1890

This fine view shows the River Taw meandering down to the Long Bridge (just left of centre), and behind the bridge the dark wooded mound of the castle, built in the 10th century.

Caption For Stoke Abbott, The Waterspout And Village C1955

William Crowe, rector of Stoke, wrote a paean of praise to Lewesdon Hill, which drew the admiration of William Wordsworth: '...of hills, and woods and fruitful vales, and villages, half-hid in tufted

Caption For Winchester, The Pentice C1955

Above the second shop on the left, the wood is brown and its walls are cream; the second bay window has been removed. The fifth shop along is Boots, which now occupies three of the shop fronts.

Caption For Rochdale, Healey Dell 1898

Most of the dell is much more densely wooded today.

Caption For Leigh On Sea, 1891

Essex lacks natural rock so skills in the use of wood and brick-making have been well developed over the centuries.

Caption For St Annes, Clifton Drive South 1914

The paving blocks between the tracks were made from white wood, balastic lava or jarrah. The running of connecting trams between Lytham and Blackpool began in 1905.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Bridge Street 1922

Bridge Street leads on to Wood Street, where there is a fountain and a clock tower presented to the town in 1888 by an American visitor.

Caption For Storrington, The Weald C1955

The downs to the west of the Arun are notably more wooded than those to the east, which are remarkably open and treeless.

Caption For Middleton, Main Street 1951

Middleton - full name Middleton-by-Wirksworth - was a quarrying and mining village which produced the famous Hopton Wood stone.