Maps

181,031 maps found.

1891, Spennithorne Ref. HOSM59973
1893, Croston Ref. HOSM42549
1882, Elmhurst Ref. HOSM44758
1886, Barlings Ref. HOSM37038
1885, Bransby Ref. HOSM38703
1886, Buslingthorpe Ref. HOSM39662
1886, Fiskerton Ref. HOSM45470
1885, Hardwick Ref. HOSM47620
1885, Ingleby Ref. HOSM49341
1886, Lissington Ref. HOSM51367
1887, Potterhanworth Ref. HOSM57025
1887, Scopwick Ref. HOSM58681
1886, Sudbrooke Ref. HOSM60894
1887, Walcott Ref. HOSM63248
1881, Ley Ref. HOSM51187
1882, Quethiock Ref. HOSM57402
1906, Liverpool Ref. HOSM34799
1905, Grassendale Ref. HOSM42234
1906, Formby Ref. HOSM45758
1906, Stoneycroft Ref. HOSM60263

Books

442 books found. Showing results 2,521 to 2,544.

Memories

29,043 memories found. Showing results 1,051 to 1,060.

Gran And Grandad Burnett

My Dad's family, the Burnetts, live in Kingston Upon Hull. Most summers in the 60s and 70s we stayed at grans for a week. Grandad worked on the Boating lake he was the one you paid your fare to; my sister and I ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull by Susan Ferguson

Childhood Memories.

My family and I, 5 sisters and a brother, lived in Nigel road just up from the Washwood Heath Road. I was born in the house in Nigel Road in 1948 so were my siblings. My memory is very vivid of my times there until I left ...Read more

A memory of Washwood Heath in 1963 by Joe Brennan

1960's

I lived at 117a Mitcham Road, above Coombes the Bakers, next door was David Greggs and Soloman's Greengrocers. Other shops on on the road were Smith Bros (either end of the block), David Kaye Butchers, Dewhurst Buthchers, Boots and a Gent's ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by Ray Pryor

John Ford Havelock Road

I know you. You are the little boy who came skipping out of your house to tell us all that 'We had won the War'. I was born at No. 8 - all the children played together in that cul-de -sac. John Heard's sister was my best ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1940

Inside The Oaks

I too remember The Oaks House with fondness. Aged 12 yrs old I used to cycle there from Purley & found a hole in the boarding on a window, so crept inside. The staircase was stunning but damaged, there was a fire hose left ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1952 by Carol Hebert

The Eleanor Cross At Geddington

The two girls seen in this photo of the ford at Geddington in the mid 1950s aren’t me and my sister, but they easily could have been! We used to visit my grandmother at Geddington regularly around this time, and ...Read more

A memory of Geddington in 1955 by Julia Skinner

School

I went to St Anne's from 1944 - 1952. Enjoyed it most of the time with the gym, hockey and high jump, not much else. Mother Mary Clare was the Headmistress, quite gentle, and Mother Mary Dominic was in charge of drama etc. Enjoyed the ...Read more

A memory of Sanderstead in 1944 by Beryl Couchman

Our Wedding

I remember my wedding in this church in the heatwave of 1976. The vicarage was almost as big as the church. Such a shame the vicarage was knocked down. There were some lovely trees in the grounds. I especially remember the weeping ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1976 by Linda Thornton Jones

Growing Up In Fazeley

I spent most days winter/summer taking Lassie the dog down the brook at Brookend, loads of mates there. We made dams and had rope swings. I learnt to swim in the brook. I also had a friend at Tom's farm at the end of Tolson ...Read more

A memory of Fazeley in 1967 by Denise Hollyoake

The Baldock Methodist Church

The towers at the back of this picture are of the Baldock Methodist Church, by the 1960/70's the shop in front was a gentleman's outfitters. I and my sisters, were christened in the Methodist Church here, and my Mum ...Read more

A memory of Baldock by Carol Evans

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 2,521 to 2,544.

Caption For Tetbury, Market House 1956

Tetbury's Town Hall, or Market House, is one of the grandest of its kind found in the Cotswolds, and for centuries has been at the hub of the town's life and business.

Caption For Chaldon, St Lawrence's Hospital C1965

This stretch of country used to have three major hospitals, the most famous of which was Cane Hill, built as a lunatic asylum in 1882.

Caption For Guisborough, Priory Gardens 1899

Here we see the priory ruins viewed from the south as in the view of 1885; but by the time of this photograph, Margaret, later first Lady Gisborough, along with her head gardener, Kew-trained

Caption For Cinderford, The Triangle C1955

The Triangle is at the centre of Cinderford.

Caption For Upton, The Village C1955

Protected from overwhelming traffic by the encirclement of the Upton by-pass to the west and the M53 motorway to the east, Upton has changed little since these views were taken.

Caption For Leicester, Charles Street And Belgrave Gate C1965

Here it is at the northern end of Charles Street, the architects' and planners' vision of utopia a la 1950s and 60s; dominat- ing the photograph to the left, in a Midlands-Miesian style, is Epic

Caption For Launceston, Newport 1935

Just visible inside the Round House is the broken granite stump of the old Newport Cross, which from 1529 to 1831 was the spot at which Newport's two MPs were declared.

Caption For Canford Magna, The Manor C1886

Canford Manor, not far from Wimborne, dates from the early years of the 19th century, though it stands on the site of an ancient house which once belonged to the Earls of Salisbury.

Caption For Kendal, The Castle 1896

Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and surviving wife, was born here in 1512; at that time the castle was in the hands of Sir Thomas Parr.

Caption For Amble, Queen Street C1965

The street was developed during the 1830s as the town grew in response to the construction of the harbour for the export of coal.

Caption For Great Parndon, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin C1960

King Harold was the founder of Waltham Abbey.

Caption For Gloucester, The Cathedral, The South Porch 1891

Here we see a closer view of the south porch, displaying carved figures of King Osric and Abbot Serlo on either side of the entrance.

Caption For Alum Bay, The Beach C1955

The coloured cliffs of Alum Bay are one of the most enduring sights on the Isle of Wight as far as visitors are concerned.

Caption For Helensburgh, Colquhoun Square 1901

The square is named after the founder of the burgh.

Caption For Bamford, Derwent Valley Reservoir And Howden Dam C1965

This fine view of the Howden Dam, with the forbidding moorland of Bleaklow beyond, is taken from Abbey Bank, on the edge of the Howden Moors.

Caption For Stanford Bridge, The Bridge And Mill Farm C1955

A bronze tablet removed from an earlier bridge reads: 'Pray for Humfrey Pakynton Esquyer borne in Stanford which payde for ye workemanshepe and makyng of this brygg the whiche was rered & made the first

Caption For Southend On Sea, Undercliff Gardens C1955

This, it was claimed, gave the benefit of the health- giving rays of the sun to those sitting behind its protection.Walkers could stand on the roof of the shelter to enjoy the view.

Caption For Old Hunstanton, Old Elms, Ringstead Downs 1896

This spot is beloved of tobogganers in the snow and strollers the rest of the year.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, C1955

The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.

Caption For Chelwood Gate, Ashdown Forest, Beaconsfield Road 1928

Chelwood Gate stands at the site of one of the old 'gates' into the medi- eval royal hunting forest of Ashdown.

Caption For Kendal, The County Hotel 1924

The County Hotel is one of the main hotels in the centre of Kendal and dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.

Caption For Dumpton Gap, 1894

To the east of Margate, and south of Foreness Point, Kingsgate Bay is marked by this gap in the cliffs.

Caption For Wilmcote, The Crofts C1955

Warwickshire`s vernacular architecture characteristically uses a mixture of building materials; with stone in the Cotswolds, for instance, and an abundance of timber in the formerly well

Caption For Trusthorpe, Trustville C1955

We have entered the age of the motor car! The village of Trusthorpe is located between Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea, and Trusville was developed after the war.