Maps

9,439 maps found.

1882 - 1883, Coryton Ref. HOSM41927
1903-1904, Lodge Green Ref. RNC765795
1903, Long Marston Ref. RNC766543
1903-1904, Low Gate Ref. RNC768114
1921, Billingford Ref. POP640071
1903-1908, Grange Ref. RNC718683
1903-1904, Green End Ref. RNC720798
1900, Twitchen Ref. RNC854810
1903-1904, Royal Oak Ref. RNC821377
1901-1902, Pockthorpe Ref. RNC807812
1925, Dale End Ref. POP687765
1947, Holy Cross Ref. NPO739074
1922, Keswick Ref. POP746594
1923, Morton Ref. POP783988
1922, Lyngate Ref. POP771130
1925, Shaw Green Ref. POP829085
1925, Newton Morrell Ref. POP791870
1921, Pockthorpe Ref. POP807812
1898, Twitchen Ref. RNE854810
1898, West Town Ref. RNE865077

Books

39 books found. Showing results 2,377 to 2,400.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 991 to 1,000.

Evacuee From London

My name was Angela Saunders when, in about August 1940, aged 5, I was evacuated from Kingsbury, North London to Crossways Farm, Curland Crossroads during the Second World War. I lived with the lovely Cottey family - friends of ...Read more

A memory of Curland in 1940 by Angela Beer

The Golden Farmer

I used to live in Maultway North - the turning directly to the right of the Jolly Farmer - in the mid 1980's, so I have hazy memories of the pub as a customer. But I remember feeling the place to be cut off from the rest of the ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by Julian Hight

School Days In War Time Havant

In the early 1940s I went to Manor House School. It was run by Dr and Mrs Wallace, and occupied the former Rectory in South Street (the site is now covered by a housing estate and the motorway to Portsmouth). Some of ...Read more

A memory of Havant in 1942 by Barry Mahony

Canada Bound

While working in the Lake District as an hotel assistant manager I reached such a point of frustration that I up and quit my job and applied to emigrate to Canada. Five minutes later, after hearing of my decision, the head accountant ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1966 by Dylan Rivis

Days Gone By

My name is Moira Marshman. I used to live in North Walk and went to Gladestone School. I left in 1949. I got married in 1955 and moved off. I am now living in Bridgend, and have lived there since 1975. I have been to Barry lots of times ...Read more

A memory of Barry in 1948 by Moira Baxter

War Years

My name is Pamela Alston, nee Earley. I lived in Alconbury village from the age of 5 in 1943 till the age of 15 in 1953. I went to the village school and had an exellent education, much better than my college educated children. We lived ...Read more

A memory of Alconbury in 1942 by Pamela Alston

Happy Days

I lived in the village from the age of 9 years to 11 years. My parents were Norman and Dorothy Gower, and my dad was the manager of John Miller's the grocery store, across from the White Horse pub. Our next door neighbours ...Read more

A memory of Sherfield on Loddon in 1953 by Norma Mechaly

Billinghay Parish Office

The Old Vicarage Cottage in Church Street is now home to the Parish Office and is a local access point for North Kesteven District Council. There is a good display of village photos, the building itself is about 350 ...Read more

A memory of Billinghay

Childhood Newcastle V Birmingham

I remember going to my grandparents' house in Low Row, Addison. It was a colliery village and it was always a treat to go there in my summer holidays. The house was basically a two up, two down but the downstairs back ...Read more

A memory of Ryton in 1952 by John Wood

Rackhams Bakery

I think the memory on Drapers Dairy was confused with Rackhams Bakery which was situated near the Crooked Billet pub and has since been demolished to make way for a block of flats. Drapers Dairy was at the bottom of the ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1954 by Peter Nevill

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 2,377 to 2,400.

Caption For Sudbury, All Saints Church 1932

The church was mainly rebuilt in the 15th century; for example, money was left for the north aisle in 1459.

Caption For Malmesbury, High Street 1924

At the north end of the High Street stands the 15th-century market cross, with Malmesbury Cottage Hospital and the abbey in the background.

Caption For Horam, The Oast House C1960

A little north of Horam, on the Heathfield road and up Steelyards Hill, stands Stillyans, an oasthouse converted into a house.

Caption For Stanwell, The Rising Sun C1965

This view is north of the village, looking south across the 16th-century Duke of Northumberland's River with the southern perimeter road to Heathrow Airport immediately behind the photographer.

Caption For Penrith, Lowther Castle 1894

The north front, seen here, exceeds 400ft in length.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1955

A little further north along Albert Embankment we get this wonderful view of the houses of Parliament.

Caption For Tonbridge, The Castle 1951

Situated on the north bank of the Medway, the original motte and bailey castle was replaced with stone by the early 13th century, when the shell keep was built.

Caption For Beare Green, The Duke's Head 1924

A double-decker open-topped bus travels north along the A24 on its way to Dorking and its terminus at West Croydon.

Caption For Palmers Green, Broomfield Park C1960

A company known as the North London Suburban Tram Company eventually, after some difficulty, ran a service operated by horse-drawn trams; but after some poor results, which it blamed on the weather

Caption For Glasgow, The Grand Hotel, Charing Cross 1897

George Square in the city centre, on the other hand, was originally no more than a pasture for the cows that provided fresh milk for the city dwellers, but by the 1850s it was almost entirely paved

Caption For Bridport, St Swithun's Church 1897

St Swithun's Parish Church at Allington, now in the north-west corner of the extended Bridport borough, was consecrated in 1827 to replace the original medieval church to the west of the Vicarage, in what

Caption For Wetherby, The Bridge 1909

Up to 1959 the bridge carried all the traffic of the Great North Road; then a new and very welcome by-pass bridge just to the east was opened by Ernest Marples, the Transport Minister.

Caption For Gisburn, Main Street 1921

The River Ribble is one of the major rivers in the north-west of England.

Caption For Cirencester, Cricklade Street C1950

Roman armies invaded Britain in AD 43, moving north-west.

Caption For Newlands Corner, 1922

This is one of the county's most famous beauty spots on the crest of the North Downs, providing breathtaking views across the Weald to the South Downs and Littlehampton, and into Sussex from its height

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, View From Cats Hill C1960

Running downhill into Stanstead Abbots from the north-east, Cats Hill presents a formidable hazard to modern motorists.

Caption For Walkern, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin C1960

The church stands on a slight mound to the north-east where it is safe from damage, although photographs of flooding show water lapping up against the path leading to the south porch.

Caption For Staithes, Church Street 1925

At one time the North Eastern Railway ran three or four special fish trains a week out of Staithes.

Caption For Wisbech, Market Place C1955

The north side of the Market Place was the drinking heart of Wisbech, whose taste for alcohol saw over one hundred inns, taverns and pubs recorded around the town.

Caption For Crawley, East Park 1907

The houses on the north side, on the right of the photograph, are of 1881; with their ornate cast iron railings they are a little grander than those on the south side, which are slightly later

Caption For Eastleigh, Miniature Golf Course, Fleming Park C1955

In 1929 the council negotiated the purchase, at a very reasonable figure, of a large area of land owned by the Fleming family, who were the patrons of North Stoneham, and it was named Fleming Park.

Caption For Groby, The Pool C1960

The photograph looks north, with Pool House glimpsed on the extreme right, while the granite quarries are beyond the trees.

Caption For Kegworth, St Andrew's Church C1965

Dragwell, adjacent to A R Tarlton's chemist's shop (left), runs between Derby Road and Nottingham Road on the north side of the church, which stands prominently above the River Soar.

Caption For Saxelby, St Peter's Church C1955

The not unlovely village of Saxelby is situated about a mile north of industrial Asfordby, and on a stream which empties into the River Wreake.