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Maps

9,439 maps found.

1903, Westgate Ref. RNC866031
1903-1904, Weston Ref. RNC866255
1903-1904, Stutton Ref. RNC842350
1947, Aldwark Ref. NPO621362
1947, Burnham Ref. NPO656363
1946, Brockley Ref. NPO651436
1947, Barlow Ref. NPO633348
1903-1904, Barnoldswick Ref. RNC633697
1903, Beal Ref. RNC635439
1899, Cleeve Ref. RNC670149
1903, Coleby Ref. RNC675234
1947, Picton Ref. NPO805833
1947, Ryton Ref. NPO823364
1947, Roxby Ref. NPO821318
1947, Preston Ref. NPO810617
1898, Stonegate Ref. RNE840487
1898, Stutton Ref. RNE842350
1895, Whitton Ref. RNE869581
1897, Willington Ref. RNE870495
1897, Thornborough Ref. RNE846987

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,921 to 1,944.

Memories

1,550 memories found. Showing results 801 to 810.

The Howard Family At Hammersmith And Barnes

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations ...Read more

A memory of Hammersmith in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

1955 & Prior The Cricketers Etc

I was born in 1947 (a home birth) in Grove End cottage which was, and still is, located pretty much across the London Road and railway line from the Cricketers pub. Although I've never been inside the pub, I have on ...Read more

A memory of Bagshot in 1953 by Liz Schultz (Nee Berry)

Memories Of Wrekenton A Mining Village In Gateshead

Memories of Wrekenton a mining village in Gateshead, County Durham from my late mother and my memories from the 1950’s My mother was born in Wakes Yard in a mining village called Wrekenton, a ...Read more

A memory of Wrekenton in 1950 by Ron Summerson

The Village Green

I lived in Turners Hill from 1941 on Tulleys Farm just down the road from the village. On a Sunday evening my family would first go to St Leonard's church then we all went and sat on the wall over looking the village green to ...Read more

A memory of Turners Hill in 1945 by Timothy Franks

Jellicoe Square

Shoebury Hall Farm was owned by Capt H R Townsend RN and his wife Margaret I think.  There was also a daughter Pamela.  They were like the country squire and his family.  Their house was between the church and the camp site.  I ...Read more

A memory of Shoeburyness by Alan Perry

Beck Side

My father lived at 7 Beck Side North as a child having moved there from Hull. The gardens were long and contained fruit trees. His father was a keen gardener. The neighbours kept cows and sold milk! My father fell in the beck aged 3 but managed to get out.

A memory of Beverley in 1920 by Brenda Reeve

Stonehills Wgc

This view is looking north from the west side of Stonehills towards the Cherry Tree Public House. Just out of view on the left was the old Police Station (the site of which has still not been developed) whilst across the ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1958 by Alan Vacani

Crofts Bank Road Shops Circa 1956

I lived in Urmston between 1951 and 1974 with my parents and twin brother, Michael. We knew most of these shops and business premises very well indeed. On the left side the premises were as follows, The corner ...Read more

A memory of Urmston in 1956 by John Owen

Post Office Radio Station

The Maritime Radio service of the Post Office had medium wave radio stations at Wick (Caithness) and Port Patrick (Dumfries & Galloway). As the Minches were a very busy area for fishermen from Fleetwood and ...Read more

A memory of North Connel in 1947 by Graham Allister

Springhead Terrace

I was born at number 11, and was told I did not open my eyes, so Mrs Tyreman baptized me. She had changed from Methodist to Catholic when she married her husband who was a tailor. When the priest came the next morning and blessed ...Read more

A memory of Loftus in 1930 by Joseph Lavelle

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,921 to 1,944.

Caption For Borth, Beach 1892

Much of Borth consists of a single street with houses on both sides that gradually spread between the railway station at the north end of the village to a group of fishermen's houses built in the lee of

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1912

This picture was taken eastwards from the north side of East Street, from Mrs Alice E Gale's musical instrument emporium and fancy repository on the corner with Barrack Street (left).

Caption For Maidenhead, Skindles Hotel 1906

This view is from the Buckinghamshire bank, looking north from the A4 Bath Road immediately east of the bridge.

Caption For Calne, Church Street C1960

Tall yew hedges grow along the north and west paths, creating its distinctive look.

Caption For Turton, The Tower 1897

Turton Tower lies four miles south of Darwen, and four miles north-east of Bolton.The villages of Turton and Turton Bottoms are next to the Tower.Turton Tower is basically two buildings, a pele

Caption For Bulmer, The Church 1906

The nave, and the north aisle with its cat-slide roof, were restored in 1891, but are originally of the 15th century. The vicar in 1906 was the Rev Arthur Pannell.

Caption For Wilmslow, Dean Row Chapel 1897

Dean Row chapel is one of a series of very similar Dissenter chapels built in North East Cheshire soon after the 1688 Toleration Act, testimony to the strong Nonconformist tradition that had developed

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral, South Porch 1895

Judgement, the south porch of Lincoln Cathedral led into the richly carved Angel Choir, the east arm of the cathedral built for St Hugh's shrine; it was probably used by pilgrims, who would leave by the north

Caption For Bedford, Corn Exchange 1897

On the north side of St Paul's Square is the old corn exchange, an uncompromising Victorian building whose foundation stone was laid in October 1872.

Caption For Salisbury, From Harnham 1906

This view is from Harnham Hill, looking north eastwards across the Avon and an area of farmland which is just beginning to become built-up as the suburb of Harnham.

Caption For North Tidworth, Holy Trinity Church C1965

Holy Trinity is in North Tidworth, the centre of the civilian area. A small 13th-century building, Holy Trinity is rather hidden away, but it is the village's jewel.

Caption For Bedale, Market Place 1908

The market town of Bedale is a few miles to the north-east of Masham.

Caption For Elham, The Square C1960

The Square or old Market Place of Elham adjoins the church yard on the north side, and a weekly market was held here until the 18th century.

Caption For Douglas, Victoria Pier 1907

In 1896 the Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Co introduced a summer service from Llandudno.

Caption For Abergele, Market Street 1890

This pleasant market town lies just inland from the chalets and caravans of the 'honky-tonk' north coast between Rhyl and Colwyn Bay.

Caption For Swimbridge, 1900

Looking north, the road runs close to the church whilst a back lane to Yarnacott - in the distance - climbs out of the valley.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, C1959

In the distance is Birnbeck Pier with the steamer jetty to the north, and the lifeboat slipway on the south.

Caption For Kingsclere, St Mary's Church C1955

This Norman church was heavily restored in 1848-9, though the north doorway is original. It was once paved with medieval tiles, and later the walls were hung with them.

Caption For Yoxford, Village 1909

North of Saxmundham, Yoxford was once a coaching stop on the London to Great Yarmouth route.

Caption For Boroughbridge, Fishergate 1907

Boroughbridge probably saw its best days when it was a coaching town for traffic on the Great North Road, and had no less than twenty-two inns.

Caption For Richmond, Castle And Bridge 1923

When the castle was begun, the border between that part of England firmly under Norman control and those still willing to put up a fight lay just a few miles to the north.

Caption For Devizes, St John's Church 1898

Externally the church is Perpendicular, except for the west front, which was rebuilt in 1861-62.

Caption For Tickhill, Market Place C1955

In medieval times Tickhill, which lies 4 miles south of Doncaster, was more important than Sheffield; its castle, built about 1130, was one of the most important in the north - we can just

Caption For Dorking, The White Horse Hotel C1960

The Marquis, it is true, had no more life outside Dickens's brain than Sam himself, but its counterpart in our everyday world is said to have lain in North Street, the King's Head, a vast establishment