Maps

370 maps found.

1946, New House Ref. NPO789972
1947, Quaking Houses Ref. NPO812021
1896, Bolton Houses Ref. RNE645661
1896, Marsh Houses Ref. RNE775085
1896, Houses Hill Ref. RNE741207
1898, Hundle Houses Ref. RNE742107
1899, Hundred House Ref. RNE742142
1895, Kennards House Ref. RNE746145
1895, New House Ref. RNE789972
1896, Moss Houses Ref. RNE784236
1898, Keld Houses Ref. RNE745757
1898, Guard House Ref. RNE723336
1897, Mite Houses Ref. RNE781674
1896, Spittal Houses Ref. RNE836453
1946, Smithy Houses Ref. NPO833406
1946, Heath House Ref. NPO730143
1947, Street Houses Ref. NPO841653
1898, Water Houses Ref. RNE861513
1896, Wood House Ref. RNE872711
1903-1904, Swain House Ref. RNC843329

Books

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Memories

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Henrietta Hope Porter

Growing up I had a good friend and neighbour, who I knew as 'Miss Porter'. She inherited her house from her Uncle who (according to her comments to a young boy) used to be a footman to Queen Victoria and was the first owner ...Read more

A memory of Guffogland by Ewan Sinclair

Sunday Mornings

My mother in law, then Marie Elizabeth Burston born 1921 in Wales, whilst in service at Hartlebury House used to go to church every Sunday morning. The postman played the big organ. Every morning she had to give him and the ...Read more

A memory of Painswick in 1930 by Peter Royal

Pear Tree Cottage Greenway

We used to visit my grandparents on Sundays. Quite often during the Spring we would drive through the flooded levels and see boats on the water.  I remember wanting desperately to go for a ride in one!  It didn't ...Read more

A memory of North Curry in 1946 by Anne Perry

Waifs And Strays Society

From approximately 1939-1945 the house was taken over by the Waifs and Strays Society becoming a home for 40 boys. They had moved from Chislehurst, Kent. The house was also used as a landmark by German bombers during their attacks on Coventry.

A memory of Warwick in 1940 by Claire Allen

Stepping Back In Time

It started when my mother was dying, when we asked her about the family history, and she gave us names and dates. Her family came from France in late 1500. They were Hugenots and they were Puritans, and were chased out of ...Read more

A memory of Cinderford in 1995 by Brenda Mccartie

Summer 1980

My memories of the heath are from 1980 when my mother - Kathleen (Topsy) Whybrow and father bought me and my brother to the heath in the summer of 1980 for five months.   My parents had emigrated to NZ and gave myself and my ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield Heath in 1980 by Sarah Mc Gee

The 50s At School

I remember starting school at the 'old' school and then after 3 years moving to the new school - it seemed huge and daunting and many of us got lost in the first few weeks. Pyrford was great to grow up in then - we had fields to ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1959 by Ron Hardie

Coopers And Booths

My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by Donna Cooper

Greys Drapers

Grandfather William Grey owned a number of shops in Wingate, Co. Durham one was at 47 North Road West, Wingate, it was a drapers shop. Grandfather died in 1962, his last remaining shop was closed by my mother Winnie England and made ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1957 by Naomi Donbavand

Torpoint Memories

I was born in Tor House Torpoint in 1933.  Tor House was purchased by my Grandfather R S G Norgate, Royal Navy, in the early 1900s.  My Uncle Dr Robert Norgate inherited the property in 1934.  My Brother Joseph and I lived with my ...Read more

A memory of Torpoint in 1943 by Jessie Sichter

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Captions

6,977 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Broadstairs, The Beach 1907

All the familiar seaside fun is here: happy holiday-makers digging in the sand, deckchairs and bathing machines fill this evocative picture of Edwardian Broadstairs.The steps and the lift house are

Caption For Chawton, The Village C1955

It was in this house on the left that Jane Austen wrote Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion.

Caption For Calne, The Green And Church C1965

Centre left at No 33 is the Green Dragon, a cider house, which closed in the late 1960s.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1965

Looking east with terrace houses on the left, then a thatched cottage and a 19th-century house with an Ionic porch.

Caption For Acomb, Garden House C1955

Tynevale House was built in 1754, Town Head in 1796, and the Miners Arms in 1750.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Rupert Gates On Marlow Hill 1906

Wyatt clad the brick house in the local hard granite- like Denner Hill Stone and gothicised the house with turrets and battlements.

Caption For Mapledurham, The Lock 1890

Two fine country houses lie close by.

Caption For Newport Pagnell, Tickford Abbey C1965

This slightly severe-looking three-storey mansion was built in 1767 on the site of a Benedictine priory, long ruinous and partly converted to a house around 1550.

Caption For Shaw, Chamber Road C1950

The stone-fronted houses match the shops with their sturdiness and `built to last` qualities.

Caption For Hatfield, St Etheldreda's Church C1960

In 'Pride and Prejudice' Jane Austen calls Hatfield 'a busy little street that leads to my Lord Salisbury's house'.

Caption For Maidenhead, Ray Park Avenue 1911

Ray Park Avenue was one of the first roads laid out and has some houses of the 1870s.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Bury House 1897

West of the church and across a stream is The Bury, the manor house until 1741.

Caption For Rumney, Llanrumney Estate C1960

Many estates of what we now call social housing sprang up around Britain following the war.

Caption For Boxford, View From Church Tower C1965

Bridge House, the Post Office Stores and the adjoining houses (centre bottom) follow the curve of the street, named after The Swan Inn.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Saffron Hotel C1965

It was once three separate houses, Nos 8,10, and 12 High Street, so there are still three entrances onto the pavement.

Caption For Martock, Church 1900

To the left are the arched and mullioned windows of the 1661 Almshouses; partly hidden is Ashlar House, which is mid 18th- century and set at the corner of Pound Lane, which leads to the moated Manor

Caption For Bardsea, Well House C1955

The Well House is dated 1642.

Caption For Staverton, Daventry Road C1955

The house on the left is still there, but well hidden by trees now.

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.

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1965

Uppingham School's Memorial Hall and classroom block dominate the street, replacing houses which were demolished in the 1920s.

Caption For Cliveden, The House 1893

Built on a 1660s terrace, today's Cliveden is a Victorian mansion by Sir Charles Barry, one of the architects of the Houses of Parliament.

Caption For Colsterworth, The Village C1960

The square box of the Co-op building (straight ahead) does not sit well with the older stone houses.

Caption For Uley, The Green C1965

The Green has attractive Georgian houses - note the fine portico and parapet of High House on the left.

Caption For Lower Weare, The Main Road C1955

Under the Mendips, the Old Post House (by the phone box) and Weare House (to its left), now private houses, and the Lamb Inn (behind the photographer) offered refreshment and accommodation to travellers