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Maps

7,034 maps found.

1946, Normacot Ref. NPO792713
1947, Packmoor Ref. NPO799346
1897, Longport Ref. RNE767118
1897, Longton Ref. RNE767225
1897, Lightwood Ref. RNE755823
1897, Lane Ends Ref. RNE752110
1897, Hanley Ref. RNE726520
1877 - 1878, Stoke-on-Trent Ref. HOSM35248
1898, Brindley Ford Ref. HOSM38952
1877 - 1879, Dresden Ref. HOSM43531
1877 - 1878, Fenton Low Ref. HOSM45309
1877 - 1879, Hem Heath Ref. HOSM48094
1878 - 1898, Burslem Ref. HOSM48988
1878 - 1898, Packmoor Ref. HOSM55986
1902, Dresden Ref. RNC693072
1902, Bank Top Ref. RNC632428
1902, Florence Ref. RNC706934
1921, Great Chell Ref. POP719741
1921, Hollybush Ref. POP738438
1921, Florence Ref. POP706934

Books

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Memories

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The Second World War

There was an air raid shelter under the green opposite the Three Jolly Wheelers pub. It comprised a number of concrete passageways. My mother my sister and I would use it on occasions when there was a particularly bad air ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1945 by Colin King

Stories Of North Creake

My grandfather, John Arnett, was the teacher at the North Creake school for many years.  Four of his sons came to Canada.  When I was a little girl growing up in distant Saskatchewan the uncles would gather and tell ...Read more

A memory of North Creake in 1890 by Frances Arnett Sbrocchi

Salford In The War

As a child I lived in Earl St Hanky Park then moved to Cottrill St off Ellor St.   I attended John St school in the Ellor St area. I never really knew my dad.  He went in the army when I was 4 years old in 1939 and returned in 1946 ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1930 by Albert Morris

Evacuee

I was evacuated to Milford in 1942 and lived with my parents at a bungalow called KENCOT.  Father was a teacher at Stafford secondary school.

A memory of Milford in 1942 by Mervyn Jones

Frognal Hampstead London Nw3 6yd

Frognal was mentioned in the early 15th century as a customary tenement and in 1740 Frognal field was the eastern abutment of Northfield, part of the demesne. By the 17th century there were several cottages and ...Read more

A memory of Hampstead by Jon Miller

The Watford To Rickmansworth Railway In The Second World War

Croxley Green station is now - in the 21st century - merely a shadow of its former busy life. My Auntie Dorrie (Doris Lacey) worked at this station throughout the Second World War and ...Read more

A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by John Howard Norfolk

Play

I know records will prove me wrong, but summer seemed to start around the beginning of May and last until getting on to Bonfire night. We walked to Witton-le-Wear night after night to swim then walked home or, if we were lucky, got a lift ...Read more

A memory of Howden-le-Wear by David Quinn

Shops

Bryant's Post Office with Mrs Robson, a Queen Motherish figure always dressed in a black two piece, dishing out pensions, stamps and postal orders from the aloof position behind her cage. Duggie Bain's cobblers, the warm oily smell, my ...Read more

A memory of Howden-le-Wear by David Quinn

Memories

I was born in East Harlsey in 1946 and was educated in the village school which of course is now a private house, or is it two.  I remember there being two classrooms and, if my memory is correct, the teacher was a Mrs Lyle??   I seem to ...Read more

A memory of East Harlsey in 1946 by Peter Clark

Looking At The Tyne As In Tyne Valley C1955 Ref P265001

This image of Prudhoe and the Tyne Valley is very interesting because the Northern or Ovingham side has not changed greatly. Field boundaries etc are as I look at. But the southern side where the ...Read more

A memory of Prudhoe by Robert Forsythe

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Captions

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Caption For Wrentham, High Street C1955

At the junction of the A12 and B1177 (centre right) is an advertisement for the Spread Eagle Hotel, kept by George Zessel, whose father had the White Hart at Wickham Market.

Caption For Tenby, The Church 1898

Written records of St Mary's Church date back to 1210. The High Street is remarkably quiet, but it is captured at a time of largely horse-drawn transport.

Caption For Weymouth, 1898

Here we see a paddle steamer moored at the harbour wall.

Caption For Gloucester, The Docks 1923

The 1920s were to bring about something of a mini-boom in the amount of traffic using Gloucester, for it was then that a number of companies, including National Benzole, opened oil terminals at the docks

Caption For Port Sunlight, Gardens And Fountains C1955

The fountain and pond are situated at the front of the art gallery at the end of a ribbon of lawns and rose beds known as the Diamond.

Caption For Seaham, The Seafront C1955

In 1815 Lord Byron married Anne Isabella Milbanke at Seaham Hall; the marriage is recorded in the church register at St Mary's. Byron hated Seaham; and the marriage was not made in heaven.

Caption For Cambridge, River Cam C1965

We are standing on Magdalene Bridge looking at the Cam.

Caption For London, Westminster Bridge C1900

This fine bridge is one of the most dazzling structures spanning London's river and was constructed in 1862 at the cost of £250,000.With the waters at low tide as they are here, critics have

Caption For Stanwell, St Mary's Church 1895

Stanwell lies on the northern side of the Staines reservoirs, and is now under the flight path of Heathrow Airport. However, it still manages to retain much of its village atmosphere.

Caption For Maybole, Culzean Castle 1904

This was built for the twelfth Earl of Eglinton by John Patterson of Edinburgh in c1798.

Caption For Camberley, Barossa, Old Dean Common 1931

At the end of Kings Ride we find the Barossa Common.

Caption For Brockham, Old School Lane 1958

Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at

Caption For Abingdon, St Nicholas's Church C1960

The pavement, the flowerbed and some of the road represent the location of buildings demolished in 1938 that hid the old school and St John's Hospital buildings from public view.

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street 1893

A solitary horse and cart is the only traffic at this wide and usually busy junction.

Caption For Burgh Heath, The Parade C1960

The service road alongside The Parade has now been incorporated into the busy A217, looking south towards today`s traffic lights at the junction with Reigate Road.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Victoria Pier 1912

Victoria Pier used to be known as Crab Head until it was renamed following a visit by Princess Victoria with her mother the Duchess of Kent.

Caption For Turvey, Abbey From Gardens 1897

At the time of the photograph the building was known as Abbey Farm; it had been the home of the Higgins family since 1786.

Caption For Skegness, Pier 1899

In 1978 the section of the pier between the concert hall at the end, from which this view was taken, was destroyed in storms.

Caption For Devizes, The Castle 1898

There was certainly a castle here of sorts in 1106, as Robert Curthose, elder son of the Conqueror, was held prisoner here after being defeated at Tinchebrai.

Caption For Inskip, Carrs Green C1950

Preston cheese factors favoured the Fylde for their milk, and set up a cheese factory in Inskip to which farmers from all over the Fylde brought supplies.

Caption For Chelmsford, High Street C1955

Chelmsford has been the county town of Essex since at least the 13th century. Here we see the busy High Street in the days long before it was pedestrianised.

Caption For Durham, The Cathedral From Observatory Hill 1918

The battlemented single-storey structure immediately in front of the west portal is the Galilee Chapel, which dates from 1175.

Caption For Braunston, The Green C1955

Leaving Daventry northwards along the London to Holyhead turnpike, we arrive at Braunston, the hub of the canal network.

Caption For Blundellsands, The Beach C1960

Blundellsands beach forms part of the sixteen miles of sand stretching from Waterloo to Southport.