Maps

9,439 maps found.

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
1920, North Kilworth Ref. POP793588
1922, North Kyme Ref. POP793600
1920, North Looe Ref. POP793663
1925, North Ormesby Ref. POP793789
1919, North Poulner Ref. POP793839
1924, North Reddish Ref. POP793853
1925, North Row Ref. POP793871
1924, North Scale Ref. POP793885
1925, North Seaton Ref. POP793894
1925, North Skelton Ref. POP793921
1925, North Stainmore Ref. POP793934
1919, North Tidworth Ref. POP793993
1919, North Town Ref. POP794008
1919, North Waltham Ref. POP794038
1923, North Wheatley Ref. POP794073

Books

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Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 191 to 200.

1959 To 1964

In the bottom left corner of the photo is a row of four white bungalows. My father --Ron Bartlett built these and several others on the estate from about 1959 onwards. We lived in the top one. The house immediately to the right of ours ...Read more

A memory of Mochdre by Colin Bartlett

School Days

I went to school here in the early 1950's. I have fond memories of the suroundings, the buildings, the gardens, the landscape and of Market Drayton where some of my relatives lived and some still do. Since this learning academy was a ...Read more

A memory of Pell Wall in 1951 by Graham Edwards

The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more

A memory of Barnes in 1870 by John Howard Norfolk

The Village Stores

Our family, that is father Stan, mother Eve and five of we children moved in 1952 to this shop from our farm in North Devon. We were a general store, delivering papers and general goods to the surrounding area. After helping ...Read more

A memory of Hatch Beauchamp in 1952 by David Webber

Baptist Church

The building with a clock tower on the right was the old Baptist church. It was knocked down in the early 1960s in order to widen the road (which was of course the main Portsmouth to London road in those days) and was replaced by ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville by Meryl Davidson

Priory Road 1962 To 1988

My father, William J Smith (Bill) had a newsagent at 47 Priory Road between 1962 and 1988 which was opposite Ports the Bakers. I remember seeing queues of people coming out of the Bakers on a Saturday morning to get their ...Read more

A memory of South Park in 1970 by Julia Boxall

Ashby Aint Like It Used To Be

I was born and bred in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the eldest of three children. My memories of Ashby itself are snapshots from a time which now seems so old-fashioned that it as nostalgic as a Herriot novel. As a young ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1970

Cookridge Once Fields And Farms

I moved from Holbeck in 1948 into one of the first estates to be built in North West Leeds, Ireland Wood (Raynels). In 1950 I went to Cookridge School, then a wooden hut right slap bang opposite where Cookridge fire ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1950 by Paul Leavett

Spaldwick Windmill The Belton Family

The Belton family has a long association with Spaldwick as millers, witnessed by a hill being in the family name, (O.S. map 153), just north of the village. My mother's sister Violet Bass, from nearby Kimbolton, ...Read more

A memory of Spaldwick in 1955 by Paul Digby

Ancestral Ties

My 4th Gt grandfather was Michael Breckinridge--he died in a storm at sea c 1808.  He and his son, Michael (married to Elizabeth Shrewsbury---her father and husband both shipwrights), were both Chief, Cinque Ports. Some of the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by Sheila Stover

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 457 to 480.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Convalescent Home 1898

The North East Counties Convalescent Home for miners and other such workers would only recently have opened at this time, as only Phase One has been built; photograph No 47052 shows the

Caption For Odiham, Chalk Pit 1910

In addition to providing lime, the chalk was used for marling the clay agricultural lands to the north and the sandy soils to the east.

Caption For Cousley Wood, The Village 1899

An evocative picture of this attractive village some two miles north east of Wadhurst and now close to Bewl Bridge Reservoir.

Caption For California, The California Inn C1960

Norfolk's own California is just north of Caister.

Caption For Ormesby, Church Hall And Roundabout C1965

A major roundabout lies just off to the right, at the junction of Ormesby High Street and Cargo Fleet Lane, and this view looks north towards Middlesbrough.

Caption For Exeter, The Port 1896

Graceful sailing ships are clustered alongside the quay on the Exeter Canal at the north end.

Caption For Irchester, High Street C1955

The High Street continues north, downhill towards the parish church, while the through road was widened and improved in 1950s.

Caption For Gorleston, High Street 1908

Looking north , we can see an electric tram and horse-drawn cart providing an interesting contrast of the old and the new.

Caption For Stonegate, Church 1907

The church of St Peter was originally built in 1828, but was greatly enlarged in 1904 when the massive north tower and west spire were added.

Caption For Bacton, Scotts Estate C1955

The spread of the holiday industry along the north-east Norfolk coast is reflected in this mixture of mobile caravans and fixed chalets.

Caption For Tilbury, The Thames C1960

This is a busy dockside area on the north bank of the River Thames, where tall cranes pierce the skyline.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Harbour Beach C1965

Pebbles and sand extend below the Royal Standard; we look eastwards from deck-chairs, boats and canvas shelters to the North Wall of the harbour and the coast from Charmouth and Stonebarrow Hill to Golden

Caption For Osmington, St Osmond's Church C1955

Osmington is an ancient manor founded by the Saxon King Athelstan, though most visitors pass through the village to see the chalk figure of a later king, George III, carved on the downlands to the north

Caption For Ringwood, Somerley House 1891

To the north-west of Ringwood is Somerley House, sometime residence of Lord Normanton.

Caption For North Littleton, C1960

The Littletons - North, Middle and South - form almost one long village in the countryside close to Evesham.

Caption For Dersingham, Hunstanton Road C1965

Dersingham is on the ridge running north towards Hunstanton; many of the houses are built of local carstone.

Caption For Betchworth, From The Church 1900

Modern buildings have crowded in along the northern part of Betchworth's long village street, but the line of the North Downs and the big chalk pit remain much the same, although the downs are far more

Caption For Rawmarsh, Parish Church And Market C1965

Rawmarsh is a former colliery town north of Rotherham in South Yorkshire.

Caption For Dublin, Christchurch Cathedral, Nave East 1897

The fine vaulted roof is clearly visible, as is the leaning north wall of the nave, sloping outward as it rises.

Caption For Liverpool, Ss Paris, Library 1890

It was one of the first twin-screw ships to grace the north Atlantic run.

Caption For Dartmoor, Grimspound 1922

Grimspound, a few miles north of the village of Widecombe, is one of the finest examples of a Bronze Age village in Europe.

Caption For Aldeburgh, The Fishing Boats C1955

Thorpeness is just visible to the north.

Caption For Wareham, North Street C1955

Its streets, North, South, East and West, follow the pattern laid down by the Romans.

Caption For Hungerford, Bridge Sreet 1903

This view shows Bridge Street on the north bank of the Kennet and Avon canal.