Maps

789 maps found.

1945, Collier's Wood Ref. NPO675575
1940, Cousley Wood Ref. NPO679124
1946, Cliffe Woods Ref. NPO670604
1946, Codsall Wood Ref. NPO673231
1946, Bromley Wood Ref. NPO651649
1903, Holme Wood Ref. RNC738724
1947, Marchamley Wood Ref. NPO774424
1947, Prees Wood Ref. NPO810536
1947, Priory Wood Ref. NPO811185
1946, Park Wood Ref. NPO801331
1947, Newton Wood Ref. NPO791999
1925, Knowl Wood Ref. POP750491
1921, Handsworth Wood Ref. POP726384
1923, Hardings Wood Ref. POP726858
1920, Harold Wood Ref. POP727463
1920, Higham Wood Ref. POP733787
1925, Lady Wood Ref. POP750935
1946, Hill Wood Ref. NPO736068
1947, Holme Wood Ref. NPO738724
1947, Gipton Wood Ref. NPO713938

Books

4 books found. Showing results 385 to 4.

Memories

2,403 memories found. Showing results 161 to 170.

Cheslyn Hay 1960 1977

My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by andyandjan35

Un Expoded Bomb In The Back Garden!

My family and I have lived at 48 Streatham Common North for the last 30 years. Next door to me at one time lived an elderly spinster who often regaled me with stories. She particularly loved to talk about her ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by teresatunstall1

A Long Time Ago

I lived in Codsall Wood between 1944 and 1952. I attended Albrighton Infants School between 1950 and 1952, I still have my school cap, the only names I can remember was the dinner lady a Mrs Orange and 2 other pupils Darryl ...Read more

A memory of Albrighton in 1951 by Reg Wilkinson

Camberley...Where Do I Start ?!

Our family lived at Lightwater (1 High View Road) ; I passed 11 plus and was sent to Frimley And Camberley County Grammar School, starting in Sept. 1959. One of the first things we had to do was to get the uniform. We ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by tobypaws2002

Sydney Wood

My father, Sydney Wood was born in Malborough in 1914. He moved away to get married in 1940 but always considered Malborough as home right up until his death in 1992. He always maintained that he was the young water carrier in this ...Read more

A memory of Malborough in 1920 by Tony Wood

My Esh Winning Childhood

I lived in Brandon Road in the house next door to the Majestic Cinema from about 1940 to 1946. The house in those days was called Dent Dale which was written on the glass panel above the door. I used to go to the school ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning by James Wigmore

Combpyne Village Reservoir

I am a little bit unsure whether it was 1948 when my late  father, the Revd Peter N Longridge, moved from Sticklpath in Barnstaple down to Combpyne. Or maybe a year or two later. The list of Rectors in the church will ...Read more

A memory of Combpyne in 1948 by Richard Longridge

Our House In Lusted Hall Lane.

A very happy time when we lived there. 22 houses on this land now. We had the woods down the hill with bluebells, white bells, snowdrops and Hazel nut trees.

A memory of Biggin Hill by Sioban Martin

Childhood Memories

I was brought up and went to school in Saltburn, and was married at Saltburn Parish Church. I have wonderful memories of walks on the beach and in Rifts Wood and Beach Wood with my grandad and our greyhounds. Also going ...Read more

A memory of Saltburn-By-The-Sea by Pamela Vinnicombe (Nee Wild)

The 1940s

Hi all. My name is John Potter. I have found out the last address of my Gran and Grandad Hollands, at 78 High Street, Halling. I remember going across a bridge past the graves in a wood on the right to the allotments to help my ...Read more

A memory of Halling in 1940 by John Potter

Captions

663 captions found. Showing results 385 to 408.

Caption For Plympton, St Mary's 1890

The monks had their own path through the woods to the church, where they had their own pews.

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Caption For Evershot, C1960

These woods around Melbury Park lay at the heart of the Fox-Strangways family lands of the Earls of Ilchester.

Caption For Yetminster, View From Tarks Hill C1960

We are looking north- eastwards from one of the public footpaths across Tarks Hill over Mill Lane and Brister End (centre) to the twin peaks of Honeycombe Wood (top left) and Lillington Hill

Caption For Abbey Dore, Dore Abbey C1965

It was restored by the 'Good Lord Scudamore' and re-consecrated in 1634. The restoration of the roof required the wood of 204 Herefordshire oak trees.

Caption For Abbey Dore, Dore Abbey C1965

It was restored by the 'Good Lord Scudamore' and re-consecrated in 1634. The restoration of the roof required the wood of 204 Herefordshire oak trees.

Caption For Osmington, The Bay, Chalet Centre C1960

Increasingly wooded these days, the valley also hides the old coastguard cottages and the replacement coastguard cottages. John Jefferson was the Victorian chief officer of the coastguard station.

Caption For Portsmouth, The Hard 1890

The timber floating loosely in the dock has been off-loaded from a boat, probably one engaged in the Baltic trades; the wood is being stored in the dock to save quay space whilst awaiting further transportation

Caption For Barmouth, The Railway Bridge 1908

It was constructed primarily of wood, except for the section that passes over the river bed, which is of iron girders and pile-driven steel cylinders.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Harbour 1925

This is the inner pool of the Cobb Harbour; we are looking north-westwards to High Cliff, prominent on the wooded hilltop (left).

Caption For St Ives, Tregenna Castle Hotel 1890

Tregenna Castle was built as a house for John Stephens in 1774 to the designs of John Wood the younger, the well- known architect of Georgian Bath.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, A Peep Through The Trees C1955

A picturesque scene, showing the Grand Pier and Knightstone framed by trees in Weston Woods.

Caption For Pilling, St John The Baptist Church C1955

The first Christian church at Newers Wood had a moat.

Caption For Settle, Market Place C1965

Note the arcaded Market Hall and Shambles Café in the background, with the wooded limestone crag of Castleberg watching over the scene in the left distance.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, The Quay C1965

The woods on the left-hand side are part of the Holkham estate. Beyond the trees are sandy but dangerous beaches, where the tide comes in faster than a man can run.

Caption For Bath, The Royal Crescent C1965

Walk along Brock Street, and you reach the quite extraordinary Royal Crescent of John Wood the Younger.

Caption For Langwathby, From The Station C1955

Opened in 1874 the line was much used for sending timber from Edenhall Woods, as well as local dairy produce and potatoes. The old station now houses a tearoom.

Caption For York, Ouse Bridge 1885

Built in the 12th century, the original bridge was of wood and was probably sited nearer the Guildhall. Shops and houses, perhaps as many as fifty, were built on it.

Caption For Ilkley, Craiglands 1900

The surrounding gardens contained tennis and croquet facilities, together with delightful wooded walks.

Caption For Abergele, On The River Gele 1890

It is close to quiet wooded hills, and to Gwyrch Castle, a battlemented mock castle built in the early 19th century.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, The Sands And The Pier 1913

There are lovely roads and drives in the immediate neighbourhood, notably through the woods, and around Worlebury Hill.

Caption For Tickhill, Market Place C1955

the village of Tickhill once had one of the most important castles in the North, built on a motte no less than 75ft high and surrounded by a wet moat 30ft wide.The original castle was built of wood

Caption For Newdigate, The Church 1906

The church of St Peter, with its 14th-century tower made entirely of wood and supported inside by a framework of huge oak timbers, also has a 13th-century chancel and a south aisle added a hundred years

Caption For Darwen, Bold Venture Park 1895

Sunnyhurst Wood is a Nature Reserve; Sunnyhurst Brook runs through it to join the River Darwen that gave the town its name.

Caption For Three Bridges, Post Office 1906

The shopfront and street corner have gas lamps, and the small front gardens have wood fencing. A boy waits near the shop doorway for the photographer.