Maps

9,439 maps found.

1912, Isbister Ref. RNC744408
1903-1908, Wold Newton Ref. RNC872171
1946, Church End Ref. NPO668364
1923, Wold Newton Ref. POP872171
1899-1900, May's Green Ref. RNC775889
1903-1908, West End Ref. RNC864075
1923, West End Ref. POP864075
1945, Upper Street Ref. NPO857824
1945, Little London Ref. NPO757646
1946, West End Ref. NPO864075
1901-1902, Little London Ref. RNC757646
1922, Little London Ref. POP757646
1922, Upper Street Ref. POP857824
1901-1902, Upper Street Ref. RNC857823
1945, Upper Street Ref. NPO857823
1946, Wold Newton Ref. NPO872171
1922, Upper Street Ref. POP857823
1911, Miabhaig Ref. RNC778603
1919, May's Green Ref. POP775889
1945, Lower Street Ref. NPO769776

Books

39 books found. Showing results 2,473 to 2,496.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 1,031 to 1,040.

Rackhams Bakery

I think the memory on Drapers Dairy was confused with Rackhams Bakery which was situated near the Crooked Billet pub and has since been demolished to make way for a block of flats. Drapers Dairy was at the bottom of the hill ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1954 by Peter Nevill

Reference To Northleach.

I have no personal memories but my family history shows me that the HART familiy lived and worked in the nearby villages and some were born in North and East Leach. I am curious as to life in a bygone English village. Also ...Read more

A memory of Northleach in 1870 by Christobel Knight

Mistley

I was born in Mistley at Ye Olde Mill House in 1930. My father Rupert Edwards was a family butcher and my grandparents lived at Shanghai Villa, Mistley. I attended Mistley Norman School and won a scholarship to Colchester High School. My early ...Read more

A memory of Mistley in 1930 by Namethelma Laelkinst Name

Living In North Bank House

Hi, name Theobald, we - mother Ivy, 3 kids (Mavis, Fred, Ivy) lived in North Bank House in 1939, we were evacuated from London with Aunt Ada Smith, Uncle Vic and Aunt May. We went to the village school, went back to London ...Read more

A memory of Spratton in 1930 by maviswatson246

My Beautiful Grandmother

My beautiful grandmother was just that and hailed from Woodhouse Eaves or so I think. I am trying to find history regarding my family and found this site which may be useful. I remember Grandma talking of her past, ...Read more

A memory of Woodhouse Eaves in 1947 by Doreen Stone

Pub Outing

From 1972- 1975 I lived in North Devon, and on the 20th Feb 1974 there was an outing from the White Hart. I remember the date as it was my 27th birthday and a coachload of us were going to Exeter bowling. The landlord of the White ...Read more

A memory of Bratton Fleming in 1974 by Philip Ross

Family Holidays At Barmston

My grandfather bought one of these ex-RAF officers bungalows after the Second World War so that the family could have a holiday base. In the B850004 photo, our bungalow is roughly alongside the white car you can see parked ...Read more

A memory of Barmston in 1953 by Peter Rodger

In The Hills Of North Devon

Shovelled off to Boarding School, aged 7 (just), small boy, shorts, huge trunk, sandwiches and standing on the platform in London shivering and not just from the cold. School train huffing and puffing heading for ...Read more

A memory of Tawstock in 1960 by James Burgess

The Lordship Of Tilstock

I hold the Lordship of the Manor of Tilstock and have many maps and papers relating to its history. The Manor covers 2550 acres (just over 4 square miles) and has existed since before the Norman Conquest, when it was part of ...Read more

A memory of Tilstock in 2009 by Raymond Lescott

A Canadian In Wartime

My father must have arrived in Church Crookham around 1942. About a half dozen Canadian officers were quartered in an extremely 'modern' house, called The White House. My father, a young Captain, always spoke of that ...Read more

A memory of Church Crookham in 1942 by Ted Gale

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 2,473 to 2,496.

Caption For Wymondham, The Abbey 1891

When they see it from the road or the nearby railway, travellers are puzzled by this church with towers at both ends.

Caption For Conwy, The Bridges C1960

abstract lines of the various bridges - road, rail and foot - that span out from under the walls of Conwy Castle and illustrates perfectly the importance of this river crossing to the history and economy of North

Caption For Worksop, Priory Church C1965

The fourth tour starts in Worksop, the largest town in north Nottinghamshire, often seen as the gateway to the Dukeries.

Caption For Daventry, Grammar School C1965

North Street joins High Street by Lloyds Bank, and it is down here on the left that we find the last Daventry Grammar School building.

Caption For Rothley, Woodgate C1965

Rothley lies some five miles to the north of Leicester, and to the west of the busy A6.

Caption For Caerphilly, Castle C1955

In the centre of the curtain of the outer ward is the south water gate; there might also have been one on the north side, but alas no trace remains.

Caption For Leicester, St Margaret's Church, St Margaret's Way C1955

Situated just outside the Inner Ring Road on the north side of the city, St Margaret's, one of Leicestershire's fin- est mainly 15th-century churches, can hardly be said to be enhanced by its factory

Caption For Weybridge, The Parish Church C1955

This view of the parish church is from the north-west.

Caption For Preston, The Bridge Over The Ribble 1903

The railway bridge here was built in 1838 by North Union Railways for the Preston to Wigan line at a cost of £70,000, and is now part of the west coast main line.

Caption For Liverpool, Ranelagh Street C1950

Named after the 17th-century London pleasure gardens, Ranelagh Street provides an important link between Lime Street and the now pedestrianised shopping centre to the north of Hanover Street.

Caption For Quorn, The Church C1960

It is faced in hard, local Mountsorrel granite, with alterations and the addition of a north aisle by William Parsons in 1842 (see St Mary's, Bitteswell).

Caption For Bodmin, The Church 1938

Note also the new screen on the right for the Lady Chapel.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, St George's School 2004

By 1874 the main North Lonsdale Hospital had opened, and it continued to serve the Barrow community for over 120 years.

Caption For Mullion, Golf Links 1911

Golf was hardly played outside Scotland until the 1860s, when the first English club, the North Devon at Westward Ho!, was formed.

Caption For Henley On Thames, The Bridge 1899

The third (bottom left) was taken looking along Riverside north with the gardens of the Red Lion on the right; this was a most exclusive seating area, but it has since been lost to road improvements

Caption For Warnham, Topiary Work 1928

We are just north-west of Horsham. The church of St Margaret's has a neatly clipped yew tunnel at the churchyard entrance.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, On The Sands 1898

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

Caption For Lytham, Lytham Hall 1894

In 1606 the Clifton family of Westby (3 miles to the north) purchased the manor and estate of Lytham from the Molyneaux family of Sefton for £4,300 and fanned the coals of patronage into a comforting

Caption For Accrington, Accrington Pals Memorial 2004

The East Lancashire Regiment, together with the South Lancashire Regiment and the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), is the forebear of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.

Caption For Harlow, Old Harlow, Churchgate Street 1903

Churchgate Street lay on the main route from London to Newmarket, Cambridge, Norwich and the North.

Caption For Headingley, The Cricket Ground Pavilion 1897

Also, in the same year a North of England XI entertained the Australian team. In the first Yorkshire cricket game in June 1891 the home team lost to Derbyshire by 45 runs.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Hospital 2004

By 1874 the main North Lonsdale Hospital had opened, and it continued to serve the Barrow community for over 120 years.

Caption For Headingley, The Cricket Ground Pavilion 1897

Also, in the same year a North of England XI entertained the Australian team. In the first Yorkshire cricket game in June 1891 the home team lost to Derbyshire by 45 runs.

Caption For Staindrop, Raby Castle C1955

It was at Raby in 1569 that the Rising of the North was planned: the intention was to place Mary, Queen of Scots on the throne of England in place of Elizabeth Tudor.