Photos

9,107 photos found. Showing results 16,021 to 9,107.

Maps

181,006 maps found.

1878 - 1898, Leycett Ref. HOSM51189
1877 - 1879, Whitmore Ref. HOSM64460
1878 - 1898, Wolstanton Ref. HOSM64939
1895 - 1896, Backworth Ref. HOSM36666
1895, Brunswick Village Ref. HOSM39270
1894 - 1895, Callerton Ref. HOSM39853
1895 - 1896, Camperdown Ref. HOSM39922
1895, Cheeseburn Grange Ref. HOSM40678
1894 - 1895, Blakelaw Ref. HOSM42060
1895 - 1914, Elswick Ref. HOSM44791
1895, Forest Hall Ref. HOSM45643
1914, Benwell Ref. HOSM46724
1895 - 1896, Eastgate Ref. HOSM50376
1895 - 1896, Knowesgate Ref. HOSM50563
1895, North Brunton Ref. HOSM55170
1895 - 1896, Ogle Ref. HOSM55582
1895, South Gosforth Ref. HOSM59671
1883 - 1884, Ashley Ref. HOSM36348
1884 - 1901, Exning Ref. HOSM45143
1883 - 1884, Gazeley Ref. HOSM46148

Books

11 books found. Showing results 19,225 to 11.

Memories

29,022 memories found. Showing results 8,011 to 8,020.

Turntable

I remember as a small lad being taken by Dad to the back of the (I think) Dolphin pub to watch the trolly buses being put onto to the turntable. First one of the men would get a long pole and disconnect the overhead poles, then the ...Read more

A memory of Christchurch in 1959 by Marten Humphries

The Venetian Cafe And Spanish City

I remember as a child going to Whitley Bay with my grandparents. We used to go in the Spanish City, and I used to go on some of the rides - the Ghost Train, the Waltzer, and the Bumper Cars. Then we used to ...Read more

A memory of Whitley Bay in 1962 by Brenda Glover Nee Malone

Born In The Village

I was born in the village in a nursing home, that was in January 1949, just up from the old police station on the opposite side of the A30. Then I grew up in 13 Mildmay Terrace with my mother, father, grandmother and ...Read more

A memory of Hartley Wintney in 1949 by Alan Bartlett

Trevor

I have many many fond memories of Trevor. I grew up there as a child but was moved away from there at the age of 11. I lived across the road from the community centre, No 45,  Julie Roberts used to live next door and my best mate Vincent ...Read more

A memory of Trevor by Gary Williams

Pontin's Holiday Camp

I had a holiday job for 8 weeks at Pontin's in the summer of 1967 before going up to Oxford University. I worked in the staff canteen with Philipe, a young Frenchman; and then also part-time as a barman. The camp ...Read more

A memory of Bracklesham Bay in 1967 by John Hatch

Interesting

I lived in Riverhead from when I was 2 until we moved to Sundridge when I was 12. Our house was the one next to the church but hidden by the bus shelter in one of the pictures. Arthur Tye the butcher was my godfather. I also remember ...Read more

A memory of Riverhead by Gerald Rose

Cwm To Rhiwbach

I am writing this on behalf of my wife, Brenda Wilcox. She was born in Cwm and so was her brother Chris. Harry Wilcox, her father, was known in football terms as the gentle giant by the locals. Brenda lived in 5 Rhosgoch. When ...Read more

A memory of Cwm in 1955 by Richard Gadd

Memory Of Brockhall Hospital

I arrived in Brockhall hospital in 1970 from Mauritius to become a 'Subnormal Nurse' as it was known then. I am still baffled how I managed to reach Brockhall with so little knowledge at the tender age of 19 years. I am ...Read more

A memory of Langho in 1970 by David Oozageer

The Milk Bar Tenbury Road Clows Top

The Oxleys. Deep in the Worcestershire countryside…at the foot of Clows Top hill, Lies the house called the Oxleys…a once sweet antidote to life’s bitter pill. The family home of the Keegan’s…where visitors ...Read more

A memory of Clows Top in 1971 by Stephen Parry

Palmer Family Of Preston Bagot

My great-great-great grandfather was Joseph Palmer, blacksmith, and his daughter Jane Plamer married James Ferris Cooke in 1838. They lived most of thier lives in Tanworth in Arden. Does anyone out there have any information about the Plamer family please?  My email is anniebrown5@hotmail.co.uk

A memory of Preston Bagot by Pat Brown

Your search returned a large number of results. Please try to refine your search further.

Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 19,225 to 19,248.

Caption For Calne, The Green 1957

On the right with the railings are two fine examples of clothiers' houses from the mid 17th century, re-fronted and altered in the late 18th century.

Caption For Clitheroe, The Weir 1899

Along the Ribble Way, before reaching Gisburn, the river cuts through a deep gorge, perhaps the most spectacular part of its length; but at this point we see the river harnessed.

Caption For Pantasaph, St Clare's Convent C1940

A sombre and rather depressing view of this large and complex set of 19th- century buildings mirrors the sad decline in its fortunes - falling numbers led it into disuse.

Caption For Gunnerside, 1923

Village life is captured in the streets of the village - the Literary Institute (1877) still stands, now the post office and village hall.

Caption For Elland, The Town Hall C1965

Elland is a small town built around the industries of woollen mills, textiles, and quarries for coal, stone and clay.

Caption For Preston, Cheapside C1960

Here we have a good view of the area that is to the west of Market Square.

Caption For Dudley, The Zoo Entrance C1960

This view of Berthold Lubetkin's entrance to Dudley Zoo also shows the large letters 'Z', 'O', and 'O', which left little doubt as to what lay beyond.

Caption For Dudley, The Zoo, The Gorilla C1965

The stylish design of Berthold Lubetkin's enclosures at Dudley Zoo is seen to good effect in this view of the Gorilla House.

Caption For Selby, The Abbey And The Park 1901

Building started on the abbey in 1100. It was the first to be founded after the Norman Conquest, and it was not completed until 1935.

Caption For Cadnam, The Sir Walter Tyrrell C1960

This well-known inn is situated in a peaceful corner of the New Forest, close to Cadnam.

Caption For Southampton, Bargate C1955

By the time this photograph was taken, the buildings either side of Bargate had been demolished to allow traffic to pass freely round each side of it.

Caption For Tunstall, High Street C1955

One hundred years before this, there were no large shops in the town, and the age of the department store was still a few years away.

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

Ferring is a residential village near the sea.The Norman church keeps the registers of Kingston, a village long lost due to coastal erosion.

Caption For Horam, The Post Office C1955

The 'Cuckoo Trail' for cyclists, walkers and the disabled connects Horam to Heathfield and Polegate via the route of an old railway.

Caption For Camberley, Cambridge Hotel C1955

To the right one can just see the Cambridge Tea-Rooms, a smart place to have morning coffee or afternoon tea. Further up on the right is Whites Garage, with the clock outside.

Caption For Marcham, Church Street C1965

West of the crossroads, Church Street runs north from Frilford Road, behind the camera, to the church, glimpsed to the left of the big tree at the far end.

Caption For Swanage, Ballard Head 1897

There are overgrown sandpits above the junction of Victoria Road (centre left), and Beach Road (centre) which has since been re-named Shore Road.

Caption For Great Cornard, Church 1895

The apparent terracing between the river and the church is actually hedges on either side of the Marks Tey to Sudbury railway line and of the road from Bures to Sudbury running south to north across

Caption For Prestbury, The Village C1950

A sign of the growing commercialisation of the street can be seen in the Red House`s transformation to the District Bank, and the private house beyond has become a high class decorator.

Caption For Colchester, Old Roman Wall 1892

The last survivors of the colony were burnt or massacred in the Temple of Claudius.

Caption For Barry, Mercantile Marine Offices 1925

The Customs and Shipping Offices on the corner of Station Stret opened in 1925.

Caption For Great Dunmow, High Street C1955

The Saracen's Head—on the right of this picture—was a famous coaching inn at Great Dunmow, a town associated since 1949 with the Dunmow Flitch ceremony.This had originated at Little Dunmow in 1140

Caption For Fleckney, The Grand Union Canal C1965

The locks at Fleckney are a part of the descent of the canal from its high point at Foxton into the Soar Valley.

Caption For Bognor Regis, From Pier 1903

About 1785, Sir Richard Hotham, a wealthy Southwark hatter, who determined upon acquiring the glory of a seaside Romulus, set to work to erect a town of first-class villas in this pleasant spot, with a