Maps

9,439 maps found.

1925, North Close Ref. POP793061
1920, North Common Ref. POP793078
1919, North Corner Ref. POP793095
1925, North Cowton Ref. POP793124
1919, North Crawley Ref. POP793131
1925, North Deighton Ref. POP793153
1925, North Dykes Ref. POP793200
1919, North End Ref. POP793221
1919, North End Ref. POP793231
1922, North End Ref. POP793242
1919, North End Ref. POP793247
1921, North Evington Ref. POP793272
1925, North Featherstone Ref. POP793282
1924, North Ferriby Ref. POP793300
1921, North Green Ref. POP793415
1924, North Grimston Ref. POP793423
1919, North Hill Ref. POP793504
1919, North Huish Ref. POP793552
1924, North Killingholme Ref. POP793584
1925, North Kilvington Ref. POP793587

Books

39 books found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 91 to 100.

The Halcyon 1950's

I lived with my family in Connaught Gardens from being born in 1949 to late 1960 when we moved to Shiremoor. At the end of our street was an overgrown, rubble strewn wasteland which we called 'The Croft'. A natural childrens ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hall in 1950 by Malcolm Wild

Part 12

Hetton Council then cleaned up the remainder of the site, put on topsoil, and turned it into a sort of small park. There are some articles I have from the local paper published at the time giving a bit more insight to what happened. ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

The Tarry Beck

I remember pulling George Thompson from the beck at high tide. The streets were Prospect Place, Customs Row, Cargo Fleet Lane, South View, Bristol Street, Dover Street, Chester Street, Cambridge Rd and one I don't remember. I ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by Donald Bennett

A Winter Crossing On The North Sea

I well remember the King George Dock as I embarked here with 33rd Signal Regiment (a TAVR unit formerly known as the Lancashire and Cheshire Yeomanry). We were en route to Germany having a posting ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1968 by John Howard Norfolk

Abc Minors,Trolley Buses, Lonesome School, Oakleigh Way

I have just found this page and what memories it rekindles. I was a minor at the ABC, I even got a road safety prize from Coco the Clown. Thorpes record shop accross the road, there I bought my ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1955 by Peter Goddard

Perivale Maternity Hospital

I too was born at the Perivale maternity hospital in 1949, and at the time we lived in a prefab at Gurnell Grove somewhere near Cuckoo Hill I think, if anyone has photos of these prefabs perhaps you could email me one ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1949 by John Nicholls

Spondon During War

I occasionally came to live with my sister in Spondon during the war years. I lived in Ockbrook Road, the house was named Tarbet House. At the rear across two fields was an anti-aircraft battery of four guns, which when they ...Read more

A memory of Spondon in 1942 by Roy Allen

Evacuation During The Second World War

During the early years of the Second World War my father was posted to the Royal Artillery camp in Almondbury and when we were bombed in our home in Hull he found a small house for my mother, sisiter and I ...Read more

A memory of Kirkheaton in 1940 by Raymond Taylor

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

The Old Quay, Newlyn

This photograph shows "The Old Quay" which was a medieval construction inside the outer arms of the Newlyn Harbour. Behind the Old Quay is the South Pier and the extreme end of the North Pier shows to the left of the picture ...Read more

A memory of Newlyn in 1955

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Caption For Sudbury, War Memorial 1923

This is the north end of North Street with the Masonic Lodge off to the left. The war memorial was dedicated in October 1921.

Caption For Rievaulx, C1867

Lying in the tranquil Rye valley two miles west of Hemsley, this is the first Cistercian monastery in the North of England.

Caption For Ickleford, The Fields 1903

This view probably shows the fields and open ground at Lower Green, north of Ickleford and close to the Bedfordshire border.

Caption For Great Easton, The Village C1960

Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.

Caption For Bedford, Newnham Bridge 1897

Further east along The Embankment, Newnham Bridge crosses the north branch of the River Ouse at the south end of Tennyson Road. We are looking east from the north bank.

Caption For Golders Green, Finchley Road C1960

The camera looks north across the Golders Green Road/North End Road crossing.

Caption For Sevenoaks, Constitutional Club 1895

The foundation stone of this building was laid with two gold sovereigns beneath it, not in the north-east corner but at the southern end of the building, in 1889.

Caption For North Berwick, The Seafront 1897

The popular seafront of North Berwick.

Caption For Waterford, The Old Windmill Tea Rooms C1960

Waterford lies along the North Road from Hertford towards Stapleford and Stevenage - the road follows the course of the meandering River Beane.

Caption For Horley, Station Road 1905

Gatwick remains in Sussex, but Horley north of the River Mole was returned to Surrey. However, this brief selection of views of Horley are included in this book.

Caption For Seend, Church Of The Holy Cross 1899

John Stokes, a 15th-century clothier, built the north aisle; the chancel was rebuilt in 1876. The Perpendicular font, dug up in 1939, is octagonal, with a pattern of quatrefoils in circles.

Caption For Lacock, Church Of St Cyriac C1955

Its arches to north, south and east are very tall too, and of Decorated style.

Caption For Sudbury, North Street 1895

We are looking north from Old Market.

Caption For Bangor, "Longhole" 1897

Longhole is the name given to a curiously-shaped channel, bordered by the north-easterly arm of the North Breakwater, which leads inland towards the central pier.

Caption For Wilmington, The Old Yew Tree C1960

To the north of the north porch there is a massive, very ancient yew tree, its weary boughs propped on posts. It is thought to be as old as the Norman church itself.

Caption For Misterton, The Church 1960

Moving on to the far north-east corner of the county, we reach Misterton.

Caption For Newark, Trent Bridge C1955

Seen from the north-west bank of the River Trent, the castle appears foreshortened; but the wall in this view is that half of the east curtain wall that survived the 1650s demolition, with the gatehouse

Caption For Horsham, St Mary's Church 1907

The reign of Queen Victoria saw many additions and rebuildings, including the fountain on the right erected in 1897 to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee, now relocated to the north end of North Street

Caption For Albury, The Village C1960

The medieval church and Albury Park are to the east and north of the stream, and are now on the North Downs Way long-distance footpath.

Caption For Hascombe, The Village C1965

Moving on north from Dunsfold, we come to Hascombe, a most attractive and tranquil village set in a curving wooded valley in the greensand hills.

Caption For Bridport, St Mary's Church 1897

This is St Mary's Parish Church, seen from the north-west, showing the two bays of the nave and aisles extended in 1860 (right).

Caption For Osmotherley, High Street C1960

On the western edge of the North York Moors, Osmotherly was a centre for milling, weaving and clog making, and it grew considerably in the hundred years from 1750.

Caption For Kington St Michael, The Church C1950

Its arches to north, south and east are very tall too, and of Decorated style.

Caption For Newark, From St Mary's Church Tower C1965

Newark grew up where the Roman road from Axminster to Lincoln met the medieval Great North Road's predecessor and crossed the River Trent.