Maps

2,499 maps found.

1946, Bitton Ref. NPO641299
1947, Boldon Colliery Ref. NPO645510
1947, Cauldwell Ref. NPO664809
1946, Bromley Heath Ref. NPO651641
1946, Cadbury Heath Ref. NPO658370
1946, Colt's Green Ref. NPO675831
1897, Alveston Down Ref. RNE624727
1897, Aust Ref. RNE629094
1898, Conham Ref. RNE676549
1898, Coombs End Ref. RNE677053
1897, Cowhill Ref. RNE679472
1897, Cromhall Common Ref. RNE683834
1898, Codrington Ref. RNE673229
1946, Westend Ref. NPO865403
1946, Westerleigh Hill Ref. NPO865771
1946, The Folly Ref. NPO846357
1946, Tormarton Ref. NPO850356
1946, Tortworth Ref. NPO850693
1946, Wick Rocks Ref. NPO869803
1946, Staple Hill Ref. NPO838619

Books

23 books found. Showing results 1,609 to 23.

Memories

1,578 memories found. Showing results 671 to 680.

Childhood

I was born in Roddymoore and lived there until I was six, I remember the walk up to the school and the many times we had to walk from my grandparents' home in Crook as the bus couldn't get through due to the snow. I fondly remember a ...Read more

A memory of Roddymoor by Susan Scott

Mrs Mitchell Teacher

I just read the memories of South Shawbost and mention of Mrs Mitchell, teacher, has encouraged me to write. Mrs Mitchell was Aunty Jean to me and my siblings: she was the sister of my mother Dolina Mitchell. Dolina had left ...Read more

A memory of South Uist by Duncan Williamson

My Dad's Mum, Frances Ann Coulson Lived In Fowler Street In 1901 Aged 5 Years Old.

My dad's mum lived in Fowler Street in 1901 aged 5 years old, her name was Frances Ann Coulson. She was married to a David Taylor in June 1914. Their son was my ...Read more

A memory of South Shields in 1900 by Joyce Collins

Trams, Markets And Bright Yellow Trolly Buses

With big hugs from waiting family on one of the many platforms that was Central Station, we hurried though the noise and clouds of steam towards the station exit and into the sunlight...my eyes ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1940 by Raymond Hay

First Job On Mitcham Council

When I left Singlegate School in 1952, my first job was wih the Mitcham Council Nurseries situated on a road south of the Common. I recall mostly weeding flower beds and washing pots. I did go on occasions in the van to ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Laurie James

Old Pub Of Croydon

Southbridge Road, South Croydon. I am looking for the name of a building that was at 94 Southbridge Road in Croydon. I am presuming it was a pub... we have a photo of it - looks like a pub but is it?

A memory of Croydon by Wendy Mortimer

Woodger. Austin,Stanley.

I have just found that my family on my grandmother's side came from Wisley. Some lived Ripley, Byfleet, and Ockham, but most Wisley. 1841 1851 records onwards. Their name Woodger worked Park Farm.Pond Farm. The Hut. Wisley ...Read more

A memory of Wisley in 1860 by Ronald Stanley

When Gates Corner Was A Corner

Lived in South Woodford with my parents from 1952-1972 before marrying, and worked for Gates in this very building from 1968-1977 before moving up the High Road to their new Head Office when this building caught ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1968 by Terry Malby

My Dad

My name is Mike Pearson and my father used to work at the Skating Rink in South Park, more or less full time at one stage in his life. His name was Ernest, or Erne, Pearson. He gave out and took back in the skates and did the music I think. Maybe someone will remember him.

A memory of Darlington in 1962 by Michael Pearson

Munroe Placemillbank Rd

My name is John Jeffrey. Our family lived in the sandstone buildings across from Youngs Windows known as Munroe Place. Our house number was 66 Millbank Road. I remember a few names when growing up there till they ...Read more

A memory of Wishaw

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,609 to 1,632.

Caption For Swynnerton, The Village 1900

Swynnerton lies about three miles south of Trentham.

Caption For Burnley, Towneley Hall 1930

On the top floor the south-east wing contains the long gallery; below it are what are now called the Regency rooms.

Caption For Grantham, High Street C1955

As we look south down High Street we can see that many of the buildings survive today, including the dormered building on the far left.

Caption For Wadworth, The Village C1965

This well-preserved village, built around the old Wadworth Hall, lies just south of Doncaster.

Caption For Wales, Wales Road C1955

This picture looks down the village of Wales towards Kiveton Park, both pit villages which boomed from 1867 during the heyday of the South Yorkshire coalfield.

Caption For Street, High Street 1896

This view looks south-west along the High Street. Beyond Crispin Hall, most of the houses and shops date from the Clark era, with the occasional much lower earlier cottages interspersed.

Caption For Street, The Crispin Hall 1896

The Clarks were philanthropic Quakers, and William provided this splendid institute, The Crispin Hall, named after St Crispin, the patron saint of shoemakers, further south-west along the High Street

Caption For Yeovil, Middle Street 1903

Yeovil is by far the largest town in south Somerset.

Caption For Highbridge, River Brue 1903

South of the town, beyond the stock market, the Bridgwater Road crosses the River Brue, here canalised.

Caption For Polegate, High Street Looking North C1965

An 1870s terrace of yellow brick flats over shops runs south from the scaffolding on the left, but the rest is mediocre 1930s and 1950s suburban building, apart from the Polegate Inn on the right

Caption For Grayswood, Grayswood Road C1955

Back at ground level, this view looks across the pond near the church, past the railings alongside the A283 to the houses on the south side of the Green.

Caption For Burnley, Scott Park 1896

Some said that Burnley did not need parks, as the Pennines of South Lancashire are only ten minutes away, and some lovely countryside surrounds the town.

Caption For Aberdare, Victoria Square C1960

The Bute Arms (further down the street on the left) gets its name from the Marquises of Bute, great landowners in South Wales and important nationally.

Caption For Minehead, The Beach 1906

Cheddar Gorge is one of the most spectacular natural phenomena in south-west England.The gorge cuts its way out of the carboniferous limestone as if it was in the Peak District of Derbyshire; it is an

Caption For Fleckney, The Grand Union Canal C1965

bypasses Fleckney on its eastern side; the photograph looks north east across Second Lock, towards Kibworth bridge and Bridge House, as the waterway winds towards Newton Harcourt and South

Caption For Greenock, Princes Pier 1904

In 1869 the Glasgow & South Western Railway opened a rail link between Johnstone and Princes Pier, Greenock, thereby offering an alternative route to Glasgow.

Caption For Bishopstoke, C1965

Here we are looking south.

Caption For Keswick, Castlerigg, Druid Circle 1895

To the south-west is another stone in the direction of the midwinter sunset, which is a far more useful calendar date for ancient agricultural communities.

Caption For Dolwyddelan, The Castle 1891

Five miles south-west of Betwys-y-Coed, Dolwyddelan Castle was founded about 1170 by Iorwerth Trwyndwn (the Flatnosed), and this was where his son Llywelyn was born.

Caption For Maidenhead, View From Bridge 1925

Looking south-east from Maidenhead Bridge, Bond's boatyard with its balconies is on the left. To its right, the Maidenhead Rowing Club's superb new headquarters, completed in 1998, now stand.

Caption For Mill Hill, The Golf Club, Barnet Way C1955

Look south away from Stirling Corner and past Mill Hill Golf Club bordering Thistle Wood and Scratch Wood (a rural name now adopted by the local motorway service station), and take a moment to reflect

Caption For Malmesbury, River Avon And Railway From Abbey Roof C1955

During the mid 19th century, proposals were put forward to build a railway line to connect the town with the south of England.

Caption For Llandudno, S.S. Alexandra 1891

By 1848 the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway were keen to promote Brighton as a cross-channel port; they funded the Brighton & Continental Steam Packet Co, though it was soon found that Newhaven

Caption For Barton Seagrave, Old Cottages C1955

To the south are large modern housing estates. This view looks north towards Barton Seagrave Hall, just visible beyond the tall lime trees.