Maps

9,439 maps found.

1895, North Brunton Ref. HOSM55170
1886, North Tawton Ref. HOSM55309
1889, North Newbald Ref. HOSM55258
1885, North Barsham Ref. HOSM55158
1895, North Benfleet Ref. HOSM55159
1896, North End Ref. HOSM55351
1897, North Rode Ref. HOSM55285
1898, North Aston Ref. HOSM55152
1889, North Howden Ref. HOSM55230
1895, North Stifford Ref. HOSM55385
1898, North Wheatley Ref. HOSM55322
1886, North Hykeham Ref. HOSM55232
1883, North Brentor Ref. HOSM38883
1885, North Ewster Ref. HOSM55217
1901, North Chideock Ref. HOSM55186
1898, North Marston Ref. HOSM55252
1896, North Seaton Ref. HOSM55293
1920, North Newington Ref. HOSM55259
1882, North Hill Ref. HOSM55227
1887, North Ormsby Ref. HOSM55266

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,081 to 1,104.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 451 to 460.

Seeing Orkney From Dunnet Head 1975

We toured entirely around Scotland in the Summer of 1975 in our Land Rover. It came as something of a shock to discover how long some of our drives took as the narrow and steep roads with passing places seemed ...Read more

A memory of Dunnet in 1975 by John Howard Norfolk

A Schoolboy's View Of Bexleyheath In The Early 1950s

I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants department in North Street? My first ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk

Can You Help Me Please

I am recently led to believe, that my house in North Bersted, may have a ghost or some sort of spiritual activity. The house was built in 1929 and is close to the "Toad Hall" site where the Esso Petrol Station now ...Read more

A memory of North Bersted

Regent Fish And Chip Shop

I was born above the Regent Fish and Chip shop in ParkGate, next to what was once the Hippodrome Theatre. It was my Grandad Moody's business, part of a fish and chip empire the Moodys had, with one up in Park Lane and ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1940 by Derek Snowdon

That Morris Minor Traveller Has To Be Our Dad's Car!

My family lived at No 3 (the top flat), Corner House, at the top end of Broad Street, first on the left looking at the photo (but just out of the picture) for many years from 1947 or so. I ...Read more

A memory of New Alresford in 1947 by John Dear

Family Ruse

My family roots reach back to launcestone in the 1790, 1848, 1880. My ancestors even further back all christened in that church. In 1892, my grandfather came north to work in the mines of Yorkshire at the age of twelve (the good old days).

A memory of Launceston in 1860 by Arthur Ruse

Abingdon St

I have fond memories of visiting our grandparents on our mother's side, who lived at number 8. We recited the "ABC" streets and I can remember Smythes the cake shop at the top of the street, where we bought Snowball cakes from. We ...Read more

A memory of Sunderland in 1953 by Janet Dean

Fish Shop On Barkingside High St

I remember the butchers/fish shop called Gurrs.They had this little area to right that was built up in front of the counter, and my brother Colin and I used to fight over who was going to stand on the step. ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1965 by Trish Spencer

Esh Winning

I left Esh Winning with my family in 1963 when I was 5 or 6 for a new life in Staffordshire. We initially lived at North Terrace, which is no longer there and later 4 South Terrace. Like Ruth Hill, my father worked at Esh Winning ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning by Ray Beecham

My First Day At Work

I can never pass through Maids Moreton without recalling my first day at work as an apprentice electrician for The East Midlands Electricity Board, Buckingham. It was April 14th 1958 and I was assigned to Mr Jack Holland, ...Read more

A memory of Maids' Moreton in 1958 by Rick Brock

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,081 to 1,104.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Brennand Valley 1921

This lovely view was taken just a few miles north of Dunsop Bridge.

Caption For Sleaford, Northgate C1950

Here, where South Gate meets North Gate, are the town's finest commercial buildings, such as the HSBC bank of 1903 on the left and the Sessions House of 1830 in Gothick style with a pointed arched ground

Caption For Sompting, West Street C1955

West Street was originally part of the main route through Sompting, linking it to Broadwater and North Lancing.

Caption For Bibury, The Saxon Stone In The North Side Of The Church Wall C1960

Set into the north, or 'Devil's side' of the building, is this Saxon motif of interlocking rings, a reminder that the town was once part of the ancient kingdom of Mercia.

Caption For Chesterfield, St Mary & All Saints' Parish Church 1902

This view from the north shows a group of Edwardian children gazing quizzically at the camera.

Caption For Fordingbridge, Bridge Street C1955

Situated on the north-western edge of the New Forest, Fordingbridge was once famous for the manufacture of canvas and sail cloth.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Brennand Valley 1921

This lovely view was taken just a few miles north of Dunsop Bridge.We can see the tiny River Brennand running down to join the Whitendale River to make the River Dunsop, which gives the town its

Caption For Runcorn, Higher Runcorn, Highlands Road C1955

Many of these houses were originally built in the 1800s as housing for immigrants coming to the area from Cumbria and North Wales to work in the local quarries.

Caption For Buckland, Pond And School 1906

The village sits below the North Downs on the main road between Dorking and Reigate.

Caption For Thaxted, Church From The North West 1906

The elaborate north porch incorporates a chapel to the 14th-century peasant leader John Ball.

Caption For Ellesmere, The Canal C1960

It was also intended that there should be a canal going from Ellesmere directly to the north to reach the sea at Ellesmere Port.

Caption For Bisley, High Street 1910

Running north to south with closely built houses of all ages, the High Street of this quaintly composed village is set in a large parish rich in vernacular architecture, ancient burial

Caption For Wootton Bassett, High Street And Town Hall C1950

Looking north-east, this photograph shows a strangely deserted High Street. On the right is the junction with Station Road.

Caption For Winchelsea, Strand Gate And Ellen Terry's Cottage 1906

This was Winchelsea's north east gate and lay by the banks of the River Brede (hence the name). It dates from the early fourteenth century.

Caption For London, The Haymarket C1950

This view looks north up Haymarket towards Piccadilly Circus.

Caption For Wargrave, The Village 1890

In the earlier one, looking north up High Street, The Greyhound Inn is still an 18th-century colourwashed building, while Burgis' shop on the left corner and the dor- mered cottages beyond are

Caption For Weymouth, The Promenade 1918

The view is north-eastwards to the Jubilee Clock and Greenhill (centre right), with the Georgian frontages of Gloucester Row and Royal Crescent facing seawards (left).

Caption For Parkgate, Loading Mussels 1939

Though shellfish are still gathered by some locals from the brackish sands to the north of Parkgate, the commercial trade ceased when the estuary finally silted up in the 1950s.

Caption For Buckden, The Lion Hotel C1950

The Old Lion and Lamb was formerly a coaching inn, one of the oldest posting houses on the Great North Road, and associated with the Bishops of Lincoln's palace at Buckden Towers.

Caption For Clarach, 1921

Clarach consists of dispersed settlements in a fertile valley to the north of Aberystwyth, from which it is accessible by foot over Constitution Hill.

Caption For Blisworth, The Grand Union Canal C1955

During the 18th century, Blisworth was the venue for loading and unloading boats from London, the Midlands and the North.

Caption For Cleveleys, The Arena And Promenade C1955

Though the resort was away from the railway, holiday-makers could easily reach it by tram, either from Fleetwood or from North Station.

Caption For Headingley, 1894

In the mid 19th century, many middle-class residents of central Leeds began to move out to the north of the city near to the country estates of Beckett's Park and Hollin Hall, and Headingley became a rather

Caption For Kendal, Stramongate Bridge 1896

Stramongate is the main approach road into Kendal from the north-east, and means 'the street of the straw men'. St George's Church is in the background.