Maps

789 maps found.

1896, Wood End Ref. RNE872457
1896, Wood End Ref. RNE872461
1898, Wood End Ref. RNE872464
1899, Wood Green Ref. RNE872638
1947, Prees Wood Ref. NPO810536
1947, Priory Wood Ref. NPO811185
1940, Talbot Woods Ref. NPO844560
1947, Newton Wood Ref. NPO791999
1947, Woods Moor Ref. NPO873876
1946, Young Wood Ref. NPO876294
1895, Boyatt Wood Ref. RNE647494
1945, Winding Wood Ref. NPO871010
1945, Wood Dalling Ref. NPO872435
1946, Wood Eaton Ref. NPO872437
1947, Wood End Ref. NPO872452
1946, Wood End Ref. NPO872456
1946, Wood End Ref. NPO872461
1946, Wood End Ref. NPO872464
1946, Wood Enderby Ref. NPO872484
1946, Wood Green Ref. NPO872640

Books

4 books found. Showing results 577 to 4.

Memories

2,407 memories found. Showing results 241 to 250.

Childhood Holidays

My gran bought 3 caravans in 1957 which were on the caravan site at Lower Largo.  My parents, brother, me, my aunt, my uncle and their 2 children all spent all our holidays there - summer, easter, bank hols, etc. Us children ...Read more

A memory of Lower Largo in 1957 by Maureen Drake

Daneswood Convalescent Home 1958/9

I was a pre - Nursing student at Daneswood for two years. I hailed from Bolton, Lancashire and it was my first time away from home and town. I fell in love with Woburn Sands and enjoyed my time at Daneswood, ...Read more

A memory of Woburn Sands in 1958 by Kathleen Hagan

My Subsequent Visit 29.10.2008

My wife and I had pre-arranged to meet my sister and her entourage in the Fox and Hounds at midday yesterday. The long and winding lane from Eynsford became muddier and narrower with each passing mile and we ...Read more

A memory of Romney Street in 2008 by Peter Collihole

Married Quarters Inkerman Road

My dad was a military policeman stationed at Inkerman Barracks and we lived at No. 1 MSQ Inkerman Road. It was great fun there, the woods over the road, next to the Victoria Cafe (all now gone). To the side of No. 1 ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill in 1959 by John Burbridge

Fair Green

I lived in that stange area of Mitcham known as Lonesome, situated between the level crossing at Eastfields and the bottom of Streatham Vale. It was a sort of 'No Man's  Land'. My schooling from 1951- 1957 took place first at the wooden ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1958 by Mike Walker

A Tiny Hamlet Lost In Time

The year was 1970. Myself and a friend were typical 15 year old youths of the time, well, typical for our type of neighborhood. We had long hair, pierced ears, denim jeans and jackets and owned but a couple of shillings ...Read more

A memory of Trelights in 1970 by Rod Templar

Ffynnongroyw

I read with interest the account of Ken Davies and his childhood memories of the Garth Mill in Ffynnongroyw. We moved to Llinegr Farm on October 2nd 1961 (I was 7) and moved on November 6th 1988 after my father's death. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Ffynnongroyw in 1961 by Eryl Jones

Home Farm Marske

Home Farm has been in the Simpson family for many generations. My family and I spent many happy holidays over the years with my aunt and uncle, Lena and Maurice Simpson. I have such wonderful memories of haymaking, milking cows etc, ...Read more

A memory of Marske in 1951 by marj-wl

Ladd Family 1878

My grandfather Ernest Ladd, born Eastry 1878, is buried in the churchyard. Although as a child when visiting my grandmother we would tend the grave and put flowers on it, I only have a vague recollection of its location. My mother ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1950 by Carole Jewett

Nash School

I went to live in Nash in 1955 as a foster child.  I attended Nash School from 1955 - 1958 when Mrs Jones was the headmistress. The school sadly closed in 1958 and we were moved to Burford School near Tenbury Wells. Life at Nash ...Read more

A memory of Tenbury Wells in 1955 by Phyllis Maiden

Captions

663 captions found. Showing results 577 to 600.

Caption For Abinger Hammer, The Village C1955

Across the chalk ridge, the route returns to the greensand country, and to one of Surrey's prettiest and most wooded areas.

Caption For Rousdon, The Landslip And Whitlands Cottages 1900

In the decades that followed there were a number of minor landslips, forming the wild and jumbled wood and cliff that we see today.

Caption For Cookham, High Street 1908

The village, which stands opposite Cliveden Woods, is also famous for a sarsen boulder known as the Tarry Stone, which has occupied different positions in the High Street over the years.

Caption For East Hoathly, South Street C1950

The village is noted for trug manufacture at a local steamed wood works.

Caption For Warwick, The Castle 1892

Henry de Newburgh built a large wooden motte and bailey on the site of the present castle; before his death in 1123 he might well have begun to replace the wood with stone.

Caption For Heysham, The Docks C1915

There was a lodge down in the village, and the estate of about 14 acres was laid out with attractive gardens and woods.

Caption For Burnley, Towneley Park Gate 1895

The castellated entrance to Townley Hall, on the A671 Todmorden Road at Burnley Wood, was photographed when it was still a private estate.

Caption For Burnley, Brunswick Chapel 1895

Though a good picture of a much-missed local landmark, this photograph also gives us a hint of Burnley as an industrial town.

Caption For Balcombe, The Village C1955

This village is noted for its beautiful woods, a railway tunnel under the Balcombe Forest and a brick viaduct over the Ouse valley. The church of St Mary was built in 1847.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, On The Sands 1898

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

Caption For Devils Bridge, The Falls C1880

The awful height of the fissure which the bridge bestrides a hundred feet above the observer, rendered doubly gloomy by its narrowness, and the wood which overhangs it; the stunning noise of the torrent

Caption For Steeple Ashton, St Mary's Church 1900

Stone vaulting in the nave has been replaced with wood. The large impressive Perpendicular church has a four-stage powerful tower; the steeple gave the church an overall height of 186ft.

Caption For Waddington, Village 1899

It was at Waddington Old Hall that Henry VI took refuge after leaving Bolton-by-Bowland, and it was here that he was betrayed and captured in nearby Clitheroe Wood.

Caption For Heysham, Heysham Tower 1915

There was a lodge down in the village, and the estate of about 14 acres was laid out with attractive gardens and woods.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, Sailing Boats 1896

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

Caption For Rudgwick, The King's Head C1965

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. At the top of the hill is the mainly 14th-century church of the Holy Trinity.

Caption For Neston, Old Mill C1939

This lovely old building stands in Leighton Road, close to its junction with Wood Lane.

Caption For Waddington, Village 1899

It was at Waddington Old Hall that Henry VI took refuge after leaving Bolton-by-Bowland, and it was here that he was betrayed and captured in nearby Clitheroe Wood.

Caption For Slad, The Valley 1910

Immortalised by Laurie Lee in his autobiography 'Cider With Rosie', Slad and its wooded valley is known throughout the world by millions of readers who have never been there.

Caption For Harlow, Old Harlow, Churchgate Street 1903

Stafford Almshouse, now privately owned, was originally the home of a priest until 1548, when it became an almshouse for 'two poor widows to be given 20s for wood and 20s for clothing every year'.

Caption For Hampstead, Heath From Parliament Hill 1898

The view has altered dramatically in one hundred years - a mass of buildings has sprung up on the facing hill slope, and the Heath has become literally a wooded park with lakes.

Caption For St Annes, Lightburn Avenue C1955

Built of wood, it stood in the sand dunes between Riley Avenue and Lightburn Avenue from 1864 to 1901.

Caption For West Hoathly, The Village C1950

The forests had deposits of iron ore, and supplies of wood fuel to smelt it; the iron-making families brought much wealth to the parish.

Caption For Alfriston, Market Square C1955

We can see old shops in the photograph - S Selvey, the grocer, and Wood, the butcher. The ancient market cross has been knocked down by vehicles and restored several times.