Maps

9,439 maps found.

1888, North Reston Ref. HOSM55279
1906, North Killingholme Ref. HOSM55238
1895, North Holmwood Ref. HOSM55315
1887, North Thoresby Ref. HOSM55394
1897, North Rode Ref. HOSM55286
1896, North Side Ref. HOSM55298
1884, North Muskham Ref. HOSM55256
1938, North Chingford Ref. HOSM65687
1896, North Sunderland Ref. HOSM55306
1887, North Rauceby Ref. HOSM55278
1895, North Baddesley Ref. HOSM55153
1894, North Houghton Ref. HOSM55229
1883, North Pickenham Ref. HOSM55272
1894, North Oakley Ref. HOSM55263
1895, North Boarhunt Ref. HOSM55247
1906-1908, North Ballachulish Ref. RNC792875
1901-1906, North Berwick Ref. RNC792928
1903-1904, North Bitchburn Ref. RNC792940
1897-1899, North Boarhunt Ref. RNC792951
1899-1900, North Bovey Ref. RNC792960

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,105 to 1,128.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 461 to 470.

Old Shops In Warwick

I grew up in Warwick in the 1960s. These are some of the shops I remember from my childhood, nearly all of which are gone now unfortunately. The Saltisford and North Rock. Summers the  butchers, Maydays the bakers, Hobdays the ...Read more

A memory of Warwick

North Tidworth, Station Road

I remember playing cricket on the green here. The cinema across the road was where we once listened to Norman Wisdom - from the outside, we couldn't get in aged 12! I visited this road July 2009 for the first time ...Read more

A memory of North Tidworth in 1965 by Peter Hayward

The Mining Community

Although I no longer live in Northumberland, I still have a soft spot for North Broomhill. I was born in School Row in 1943. From there we moved to Coronation Terrace in 1947 which was a complex of rudimentary row of two ...Read more

A memory of North Seaton in 1940 by Albert Taylor

Dukeshouse Wood Camp School Hexham (Part One)

My school was one of the first to go to Dukeshouse Wood Camp School just outside Hexham. This was in November 1945 shortly after the Second World War with the lads from  Gateshead at Alexandra Road school. ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1945 by Les May

My Memories Of Wickford

My parents and I lived in North London near Hendon aerodrome.  Because it was well known as an RAF base the German Luftwaffe raided the area regularly.  My parents decided to move to somewhere safer and because my mother's ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1940 by Denis Mitcheson

Memories Of Ottershaw

My family came to live in Ottershaw in 1952 when I was 5 years old. My father, Charles Coulson, had moved us from the North of England owing to lack of work since his de-mob from the RAF. He was employed as a ...Read more

A memory of Ottershaw in 1952 by Denis Coulson

Shop Names

'The Hayward' sign was outside 'Haywards Cafe & Restaurant' which flourished until the 1960s when it successively became 'Delmontes', 'Pieros', 'La Ferola' and now 'The Blue India'. Going down the right hand side of the Broadway ...Read more

A memory of Haywards Heath

Railway Info.

The building on the left is a carriage shed, used for holding spare passenger vehicles under cover. It is from the North Devon Railway in the 1850s and still appears to have broad gauge track (7ft gauge - not removed until 1877) laid ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1870

Ongar High Street

My mother had a hairdressing shop on the high street and one corner of the shop had a few books that we used as a small library. I was in boarding school, but on vacations and weekends I'd help with loaning out the books. ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Ongar in 1955 by Christine Warnecke

Whittlebury Lodge College

I was a pupil at Whittlebury College 1962-1964 . The school was run by Major Meager and his wife as a sort of "crammer" for those of us who needed to get more help for O and A levels. The teachers were perhaps not the ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury in 1962 by Nigel Daniel

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,105 to 1,128.

Caption For Frampton, Almshouses And St Mary's Church 1906

Frampton, 'the settlement on the Frome', is an attractive downland village north-west of Dorchester. The old manor house of Frampton Court was demolished in 1939.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Promenade 1932

Magnificent sea views are afforded from the Promenade, down the north coast in the direction of Hartlepool and beyond, hence the name of these gardens.

Caption For Hornsea, Alexandra Hotel C1930

This hotel is just beside the North Eastern Railway Station.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Miniature Race Track 1947

Pier Hill can be seen rising behind the foreshore buildings with the High Street stretching north from The Royal Hotel.

Caption For Gainsborough, Market Place C1955

Our tour of the towns and villages near Lincoln starts in Gainsborough, a town of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey that ruled what is now north Lincolnshire.

Caption For Horndon On The Hill, The High Street C1960

We are facing north, towards Horndon's school. The houses nearest us were once commercial premises—a hardware store and a tailor's.

Caption For Minehead, Quay Street 1906

Many of the cottages lining Quay Street, which leads below North Hill to the harbour, belonged to fishermen who once sailed after herring.

Caption For Amersham, From Parsonage Woods 1958

Taken from the edge of Parsonage Woods to the north of the town, this view, almost unchanged today, looks past the cornfield towards the historic market town nestling in its Chiltern valley.

Caption For Monkton Combe, The Viaduct C1955

Three hundred yards further north is Rennie's 1805 Dundas Aqueduct carrying the canal across the River Avon.

Caption For North Lancing, The Street C1960

The Street at Lancing was originally part of the main route through North Lancing, but it became an access road after the creation of the manor ground and a by-pass route in the early 19th century.

Caption For Lytham, Ashton Gardens Bowling Green 1921

North and South Promenades had undergone great changes by this date. Ashton Gardens, mainly provided by Lord Ashton, were formerly St George's Gardens.

Caption For Cleveleys, The Arena C1955

The Arena, built below the sea-front promenade, was billed as the 'premier open-air theatre of the north'.

Caption For Kingsgate, The Castle 1908

It was a private house for a while, and then became a hotel run by the North Foreland Hotels Ltd.

Caption For Alsager, Sandbach Road C1960

The original part of the town of Alsager was to the north of here.

Caption For Fittleworth, Upper Street 1921

A mile or so to the north of the village is a house where Edward Elgar spent his summers between 1917 and 1921.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Ferry Arriving At The Nab C1955

Still a tiny hamlet, situated where the River Derwent meanders through water meadows to join Derwent Water to the north, it is a popular centre for fell walkers.

Caption For Cirencester, St John's Church And Blackjack Street C1955

The spur buttresses that were added as an emergency measure on the north and south sides can clearly be seen in this view.

Caption For Crewe, Queen's Park C1960

Queen's Park was presented to the town by the London North Western Railway Company (LNWR) in 1887, and marked not only the Queen's Jubilee (hence the park's name), but also the 50th anniversary

Caption For Horndon On The Hill, The High Street C1960

We are facing north, towards Horndon's school. The houses nearest us were once commercial premises—a hardware store and a tailor's.

Caption For Market Deeping, Church Street C1955

This view looks north along the A15 towards the church of St Guthlac and Bourne.

Caption For Grosmont, The Village C1965

Grosmont is now the northern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors steam railway, where it joins the Esk Valley line to reach Whitby.

Caption For Marton In Cleveland, Stokesley Road C1965

We are looking north towards Stewart Park and Middlesbrough beyond.

Caption For Middlesbrough, Pallister Park C1955

Land for an ornamental park and recreation ground, an area of some 30 acres in North Ormesby, was given to the town by Councillor and Mrs J G Pallister.

Caption For Teesville, Eston Grammar School C1965

It was described as 'long desired', and was provided by the North Riding County Council in conjunction with Eston Urban District Council.