Maps

5,497 maps found.

1920, Kent Street Ref. POP746281
1925, Kents Bank Ref. POP746331
Map Of Kent, Kent Ref. F21
1945, Kents Oak Ref. NPO746344
1895, Kents Oak Ref. RNE746344
1946, Kent Street Ref. NPO746281
1947, Kents Bank Ref. NPO746331
1898, Kent Street Ref. RNC746280
1903-1904, Kents Bank Ref. RNC746331
1898-1901, Kents Hill Ref. RNC746340
1897-1898, Kent Street Ref. RNC746281
1897-1909, Kents Oak Ref. RNC746344
1896 - 1905, Kent International Airport Ref. HOSM49730
1906, Warden Ref. HOSM63393
1895, Wilmington Ref. HOSM64676
1872 - 1897, Northbourne Ref. HOSM55339
1896, Slade Ref. HOSM55844
1896 - 1906, Martin Ref. HOSM53270
1896, Waltham Ref. HOSM63328
1898, Evington Ref. RNC702243

Books

28 books found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Memories

568 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Dear Old Nunhead

I was born in nunhead in 1939,lived in barest road,nunhead,i survived the bombing years,was avacuated for a while,then returned to hide in the Anderson shelter in our back garden,went to holidale road school,then on to Peckham rye ...Read more

A memory of Nunhead by Peter Mills

Crowborough County Secondery School

my time at this school was good.I arrived from Scotland in march 1957 ,I went to Mr Dunn's class.I met Shirley Kent and we got on great .I think it was my Scottish accent that did it.there was a lad called ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough by alexdjohnston

Co Op Knock

its many a lang and weary day since 1889 when a cam tae kilbirnie toon tae let folk see the time. theres lots o things that i hae seen, keep mind am tellin ye especially oan a satrday night an no through drinking tea. yon institute ...Read more

A memory of Kilbirnie by John Allan

Batersea County Shol

Hi I went to Battersea county school in culvert road from 1969 - 1975 I was in Tower house I have been on facebook but cannot seem to locate many people from that time.. My maiden name was Jenner and I knew some really ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by lgladwin99

A Broch Childhood

This picture is I would think, the most significant view of Fraserburgh. There are stories surrounding the Wine cave and the Wine tower that all brochers will Know. The entrance to the wine cave is in the corner of this wee bay ...Read more

A memory of Fraserburgh by boyd.livingstone

Woolworths

As a 14 year old I was a 'Saturday girl' at Woolworth's in 1961. I was on the glass counter, selling everything from vinegar bottles with plastic tops, ashtrays, jugs etc. The number of items displayed on the sloping counter was enormous ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich by mrsjdennett

Whythenshawe House

My grandmother was in service in a house in Saltwood. I have been trying for years to locate it but to no avail. All I know is the address is: Whythenshaw, Saltwood, Kent. I am assuming it was a house but it may not have been. If anyone can help solve the puzzle it would be very much appreciated.

A memory of Saltwood by Susan Wall

When Did Purfleet Cross The River Thames

Wrongly assigned to Kent - always in Essex Many thanks for letting us know about this glitch - now corrected. Editor

A memory of Purfleet

What A Lovely Place To Live

I used to live on Lucy Hall Drive and well remember walking/biking over Baildon Moors to Ilkley Moors. If you lived in the area, the trip on The Glen Railway was free. I loved the sound of the metal cable supports ...Read more

A memory of Baildon by W Howard

Wembley Recalled

I grew up in Wembley (Monks Park area) and attended Oakington Manor Primary and then Wembley County Grammar. After school I worked and trained as a nursery nurse at Roundwood Park nursery in Willesden. I was married at Park Lane ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Elaine Delaney

Captions

216 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Kendal, Stramongate Bridge 1896

Miller Bridge, once known as Mill Bridge because it linked the mills on the east of the river with the town, is one of the chief bridges across the River Kent.

Caption For Kendal, Sleddall Almshouses 1896

Kendal Grammar School sits alongside the banks of the River Kent.

Caption For Bayham, Abbey C1870

The lovely ruins of the early 13th-century abbey - in the tranquil valley of the river Teiser on the Kent/Sussex bor- der - are shown in this picture in their Victorian ivy-clad state.

Caption For Reculver, The King Ethelbert Public House C1955

The name of this Whitbread pub, the King Ethelbert, is in remembrance of the Saxon king who ruled Kent from AD560-616.

Caption For Sissinghurst, The Village 1902

The white fencing around the cottage gardens is very typical of villages in the Weald of Kent.

Caption For Hythe, The Parade 1918

This is a charming piece of old Kent.

Caption For Kendal, Looking North 1896

This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, The Spa Hotel C1955

Two East Kent coaches are bringing visitors to the Spa Hotel, once the home of Major Martin Yorke.

Caption For Bredgar, The Street C1960

In February 1960 the church bells rang throughout the villages of Kent to herald the birth of Prince Andrew.

Caption For Maidstone, The Museum 1898

The museum houses outstanding collections, including the museum of the Queen's Own West Kent Regiment, archaeology, Egyptology, ceramics, costumes, Japanese artefacts, ethnography and natural history

Caption For Catterick, The Village 1913

It was at Catterick in AD 625 that Paulinus, first Bishop of York, baptised converts to Christianity, following the marriage of King Edwin of Northumbria to Ethelburga of Kent.

Caption For Crockham Hill, C1955

This lovely village is said to command one of the finest views in Kent across the Weald towards Ashdown Forest.

Caption For Bodiam, Oast House C1960

The hop fields of the Kent/Sussex border have decreased in recent years; modern oast houses are square boxes.

Caption For Cobham, The Hall 1899

A late Elizabethan and 18th- century mansion described as one of the most important houses in Kent.

Caption For Flookburgh, The Village 1897

This charming and ancient market town, between the Kent Estuary and Cartmel Sands, takes its name from Floki, the name of a Norse settler.

Caption For Ticehurst, The Square 1925

Ticehurst is an old Roman habitation near the Kent border.

Caption For Kingswear, Town And River 1925

One of these boats, the 'Kingswear Castle' (which entered service the year before), is preserved and operates in the River Medway area of Kent.

Caption For Loose, Village 1898

Although many more homes have been built here since this picture was taken, it remains famous for its contribution to hop growing in Kent.

Caption For Biddenden, The Village 1901

This is one of the numerous 'dens', or forest clearings, in this part of Kent.

Caption For London, Clerkenwell, St John's Gate C1870

In the late Gothic style and built with rough-faced stone from a Kent quarry, it was erected by Prior Docwra in 1504.

Caption For Bodiam, Oast House C1960

Oast houses are common in the Weald of Sussex as well as in Kent, and indeed wherever hops are grown.

Caption For Westwell, The Wheel Inn C1960

Would they be on the jukebox in this historic Kent alehouse?

Caption For Eastry, Sandwich Lane C1955

Eastry was home to many miners who worked down the east Kent pits.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

The parish of Frant lies on the forest-ridge approximately 180 metres above sea level, and overlooks landscapes in both Kent and Sussex.