Maps

9,439 maps found.

1947, Thurlby Ref. NPO848014
1947, Green End Ref. NPO720798
1925, Lodge Green Ref. POP765795
1946, Coryton Ref. NPO678219
1947, Clapham Green Ref. NPO669405
1946, Billingford Ref. NPO640071
1895, Wellow Ref. RNE863115
1923, Thurlby Ref. POP848014
1919, South Hill Ref. POP834886
1899 - 1904, Morton Ref. HOSM54117
1892, Newton Morrell Ref. HOSM54993
1903-1904, Newton Morrell Ref. RNC791870
1902-1903, Morton Ref. RNC783988
1925, Clapham Green Ref. POP669405
1902-1903, Thurlby Ref. RNC848014
1947, Long Marston Ref. NPO766543
1945, Lyngate Ref. NPO771130
1947, Morton Ref. NPO783988
1896, Coryton Ref. RNE678219
1899 - 1904, Morton Ref. HOSM54123

Books

39 books found. Showing results 2,353 to 2,376.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 981 to 990.

New House.

My parents and I moved to Swindon in 1961 from Edmonton, London to a brand new three bedroom house ( think). My father worked at Pressed Steel were they made car body panels for Austin, and Morris, and I used to cycle halfway to the ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by Graham Morland

London Road Portsmouth.

Does anyone remember around 1977/78 "Dart Discount" drug store ran by Arthur and Diane Garner ? They also had a second smaller shop up towards the Gladys Avenue roundabout, on the right hand side as you travel North. Dart Discount was almost opposite Mark's and Spencer

A memory of Portsmouth

Gilbert Scott My Father And Me 1915 To 1998

My dad was born 1915 and I was born 1947. At the age of seven he went blind so he went to Queen Victoria Blind School in Newcastle till he was 15 years old. When he came out he learned to play the ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1920 by Gilbert Scott

I Am Seeking Old Images Of Chapel St Leonards In The Early 1950s

My grandfather had a holiday home that was washed away in the 1953 floods, it was a very unsual property from what I have been told, but have never seen an image of it. ...Read more

A memory of Chapel St Leonards by John Alcock

My Younger Life In Penge

I remember the High Street quite well. This photograph is looking north. Just up past the Police Station there was a cake shop, then a chemist shop (A J Mack), then there was Olby's, then the large shop, Rogers. Next was ...Read more

A memory of Penge by Anthony Godly

Memories Of Barnstaple

 My aunt was the Manager of the Imperial Hotel which once stood on the bank of a river (whose name escapes me), in the 1940s. I spent several holidays with her which were great experiences for a young boy from a ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1953 by Fionn Young

Great Hospital

I was a patient at the Pyford Hospital from about 1959. I was aged four. I had dislocated hips and I was there for nearly a year. My parents could only visit at week-ends as we lived in London. However I enjoyed my time there. It ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1959 by Lesley O'dea

Any Keen Cyclists

I lived near the Kodak factory, but I spent a lot of time in North Harrow as a teenager. I used to go to the Methodist youth club (until they got fed up with me) and developed a passion for building model aircraft there, ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1960 by Peter Scott

Childhood

I was born in North Thoresby (Cleethorpes nursing home) in 1950 and spent nine years in the village living in Church Lane. I went to the village school and Sunday School and was also in the choir at the church. I used to help the ...Read more

A memory of North Thoresby in 1955 by Robert Wivell

Grandparents' Seaside Vacations

My grandparents would take their annual holiday in Worthing with my father in the 1950s and subsequently we moved down here from up north to be by the sea.

A memory of Worthing

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 2,353 to 2,376.

Caption For Sandy, Railway Station 1925

The line on the left, beyond the trees, is the London and North Western Railway Cambridge to Bletchley line that was closed in 1968.

Caption For Liverpool, Lime Street 1890

George's Hall dominates the left side of our photograph, and the London North Western Hotel the right side.

Caption For Alderley Edge, London Road 1896

This view is looking north up Alderley Edge`s main shopping street, the little gardens in front of the premises can clearly be seen.

Caption For Nork, Golf Club C1955

North of Fir Tree Road and just beyond Banstead railway station is Cuddington Park Golf Course; the name is a reminder of the parish and village of Cuddington, which was cleared for Henry VIII's Nonsuch

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey 1924

Apart from the gatehouse, the Checker and the Long Gallery (we see their north side here), and an attached range, probably a granary or bakehouse, nothing survives above ground.

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Interior, Guest House, Long Gallery 1924

The north side has a timber-framed upper floor which was in fact a gallery in front of a range of lodgings, possibly for abbey guests, possibly for minor monastic officials.

Caption For Bitteswell, White Cottage And St Mary's Church C1960

The remainder of the church is dull, but the north transept was added in 1852 by William Parsons (1796- 1857), an interesting local architect.

Caption For Castle Donington, Borough Street C1955

In the far north-west of the county, and almost in Derbyshire, this village must deserve small town status.

Caption For Groby, The Pool C1960

The photograph looks north, with Pool House glimpsed on the extreme right, while the granite quarries are beyond the trees.

Caption For Kegworth, St Andrew's Church C1965

Dragwell, adjacent to A R Tarlton's chemist's shop (left), runs between Derby Road and Nottingham Road on the north side of the church, which stands prominently above the River Soar.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King's Men C1960

Just north of Chipping Norton, in the parish of Great Rollright, lie the Rollright Stones, set in a circle about 100 feet in diameter.

Caption For Chailey Green, Village Green C1965

North Common has a white smock windmill reckoned to be the exact centre of Sussex.

Caption For Trebetherick, St Enodoc Church 1903

A solid little stone tower on a slant, nothing elaborate, dates from the 13th century and is on the north side of the church, not at the usual west end.

Caption For Tenby, On The Beach 1890

crowned by the ruins of the old castle, and is now pleasantly laid out with walks which serve at once as pier and promenade, and from which are commanded fine views of the bays on either hand … Both on the north

Caption For Tenby, On The Beach 1890

crowned by the ruins of the old castle, and is now pleasantly laid out with walks which serve at once as pier and promenade, and from which are commanded fine views of the bays on either hand … Both on the north

Caption For Thirsk, Market Day C1955

Thirsk has always been an important stopping place on the old Great North Road, and the Golden Fleece Inn, on the extreme right of the picture, was a coaching inn where horses were changed.

Caption For Fareham, The Quay C1950

Roman builders mixed crushed seashells from Portsmouth Harbour with clay from the creek to produce bricks for the fort.

Caption For Newtown Linford, C1960

The Leicester architects Harry Roberts and John Woodhouse-Simpson added the north aisle and chancel in 1859.

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Caption For Gatehouse Of Fleet, High Street C1955

Gatehouse of Fleet is situated near the mouth of the Water of Fleet, a few miles north-west of Kirkcudbright.

Caption For Battle, Church 1890

Battle is, of course, best known for the remains of its medieval abbey founded by William the Conqueror on the site of his victory over King Harold in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings.

Caption For Aylesbury, The War Memorial And John Hampden Statue C1955

After the First World War, a dignified war memorial was built at the north end of the Market Square with the names of the dead on bronze plaques.

Caption For Lancaster, Church Street 1886

In Church Street stands the building (now the Conservative Club) where Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed twice in 1745.

Caption For Thirsk, Market Day C1955

Thirsk has always been an important stopping place on the old Great North Road, and the Golden Fleece Inn, on the extreme right of the picture, was a coaching inn where horses were changed.

Caption For West Bridgford, St Giles Church C1960

The core of the old village lies at the north end of Central Avenue, where the road becomes Bridgford Road.