Maps

9,439 maps found.

1940, North Poulner Ref. NPO793839
1947, North Rode Ref. NPO793864
1947, North Seaton Ref. NPO793894
1946, North Stifford Ref. NPO793942
1940, North Stoke Ref. NPO793945
1945, North Stoneham Ref. NPO793947
1940, North Street Ref. NPO793952
1946, North Street Ref. NPO793955
1945, North Town Ref. NPO794006
1947, North Town Ref. NPO794008
1947, North Walbottle Ref. NPO794030
1947, North Walney Ref. NPO794035
1940, North Warnborough Ref. NPO794046
1946, North Waterhayne Ref. NPO794053
1946, North Woolwich Ref. NPO794121
1947, North Anston Ref. NPO792851
1946, North Aston Ref. NPO792861
1946, North Barsham Ref. NPO792902
1896, Athersley North Ref. RNE628308
1896, North Aston Ref. RNE792861

Books

39 books found. Showing results 529 to 552.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 221 to 230.

My Holidays In The 50's At Court Hall

I spent most of my school holidays, together with my brother Ronny, at Court Hall from July 1952 to approximately May 1955 - if my memory still serves. From those days. I have retained or rediscovered ...Read more

A memory of North Molton by Cedric Carton

Hatch End 50/60/70s Memories

As I’ve only just stumbled on this web page so offer excuses if it’s past its sell by date. I lived in Sylvia Ave Hatch End from 1951 (as a babe in arms) until I married and moved away in 1976. My recollections may now ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End by Martin Harris

A Very Happy Childhood At Westbury

My name is Andy Pike, getting on a bit now but lovely to read other folks memories of Westbury. Here are a few reminiscences of my childhood in Westbury on Trym in the 50's and 60's. Maybe this will ring a ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym by waylandpike

Rop

my father drove for ROP in the 1930s and 1940s, the oil depot was sited were lLIDL now stands, his name was Ern Thomas. Price Beards also drove there. Presley ran the depot. Oil was delivered over north Wales,Lancashire, and Mersyside. Tommy ...Read more

A memory of Gwersyllt in 1940 by Peter Thomas

Dont Tell Him Pike!

Staying at North Lopham back in 2002 with my friends I decided to spend the day at Bressingham Steam Museum and Gardens,where the annual 'Dad's Army' exhibition was taking place. As a fan of the TV series it was an ...Read more

A memory of Bressingham in 2002 by Stephen Smith

The Birth Of Easington Colliery

Under the title "The Birth Of Easington Colliery", a 6,000 word article of mine has recently been published in the Journal of the North East Labour History Society,Volume 42 (2011). The article covers the ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harry Barnes

Rodgett Bashall

I'm only a soft southener, but my several times great-grandparents were from 'up north' in cotton, my great-grandmother married a vicar in Dorchester, in the 1890s, had 8 kids. Can anybody tell me anything about the Rodgetts or Bashalls? Thanks

A memory of Walton-le-Dale in 1870 by Annette Davies

Memories Of Aylesbury During The 60s And 70s

I was born in Buckingham Road in 1962 and lived in the same house (no.225) until I left for North Wales in 1985. I have many happy memories of living there, going to the Primary and Junior schools in ...Read more

A memory of Aylesbury by Vicky Williams

Childhood In The 1950s

It breaks my heart to see how the years, short-sighted councillors and rapacious businessmen have ruined this once noble and beautiful seaside resort. How could anybody have countenanced destroying this view for the ...Read more

A memory of Bridlington by Geoffrey Harrison

A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 529 to 552.

Caption For Tibberton, Approach To The Church C1960

Tibberton is situated to the north-east of Worcester on the line of the Birmingham to Worcester Canal.

Caption For North Walsham, Bactonwood Mill, Spa Common C1955

It was powered by the head waters of the River Ant, canalised in 1826 as the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.

Caption For Alfington, Village 1906

Alfington is a tiny village alongside the river Otter, north of Ottery St Mary.

Caption For Annfield Plain, Front Street 1951

Annfield Plain, to the north-west of Durham, was one of several towns to attract industrial development as the number of active pits declined.

Caption For Windsor, Castle, Cloister Court And Tudor Balcony 1895

This Tudor Balcony is to be seen in one of the cloisters on the north side of St George's Chapel.

Caption For Chester, Water Tower 1891

This tower was built in 1322 as an outwork to the tower on the north-west corner of the wall.

Caption For Anna Valley, Little Ann Village C1955

Ann or Anna was originally the name for the shining stream now known as the Pillhill Brook, a tributary of the River Anton.

Caption For Blackdown Camp, Garrison And Institute 1906

Here we see the brick-built army buildings of this military settlement in Surrey's army quarter on the high heathlands of the north west of the county.

Caption For Bude, The Strand 1900

We are looking north-west from the end of the Strand towards the terraces of Summerleaze Crescent on the skyline.

Caption For Colsterworth, The Village C1960

He was born in Woolsthorpe Manor, an early 17th-century house, in 1643; Woolsthorpe is a hamlet immediately north-west of the village.

Caption For Wilton, West Street 1919

This is the forecourt at the north front of Wilton House.The house was built for the first Earl of Pembroke when he was granted the old nunnery estate after its dissolution in 1544.

Caption For Peterborough, Bishop's Road Gardens 1904

We are looking north toward the Cathedral.

Caption For Melksham, Forest Road C1950

This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill.

Caption For Wilton, Wilton House, Front Entrance 1919

This is the forecourt at the north front of Wilton House.The house was built for the first Earl of Pembroke when he was granted the old nunnery estate after its dissolution in 1544.

Caption For Northchapel, Village 1902

The village name used to be spelt as two separate words - North Chapel.

Caption For Cremyll, Drake's Island From Mount Edgcumbe 1890

Island and Mount Edgecumbe, known as The Bridges, is only navigable via one narrow channel, which is why ships always appear to take 'the long way round', following Drake Passage to the east and north

Caption For Harrogate, Cambridge Crescent C1955

'The Prisoner of Zenda' was showing at the Regal Cinema in the elegant North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate when this picture was taken.

Caption For Staithes, High Street C1955

The narrow cobbled streets of Staithes still wind down to the North Sea just as they did in the 1950s.

Caption For Yeadon, High Street C1965

The hillside town of Yeadon lies to the north of Bradford, and is today perhaps most famous as the site of the Leeds-Bradford Airport.

Caption For Gravesend, The Roman Catholic Church 1902

Originally built as an Anglican church in Milton Road in 1834, and then purchased for the Catholic community in 1851, St John the Evangelist had its unusual and prominent tower, with a French-style saddleback

Caption For Helford, Passage 1930

Here on the north shore, a mile from Mawnan Smith, is the ferry place for foot passengers wishing to cross the estuary to Helford village on the Lizard side.

Caption For Southport, Marine Lake 1902

Here we see the North or Marine Lake about ten years after it opened.

Caption For Smeeton Westerby, Westerby Corner C1955

This attractive village retains its quiet rural atmosphere; it is ranged along its north-south street about a mile to the south of Kibworth Beauchamp.

Caption For Broadwas, Butts Bank Farm C1955

It stands on a quiet lane on Weston Hill, north-east of Broadwas, with magnificent views across the valley to the Malverns.