Maps

9,439 maps found.

1884, Haydon Ref. HOSM47918
1919, Coley Ref. POP675355
1919, Breach Ref. POP649103
1946, Tunley Ref. NPO854301
1946, Welton Ref. NPO863243
1946, Westfield Ref. NPO865912
1946, Clutton Ref. NPO671381
1946, Mearns Ref. NPO777339
1946, Ridge Ref. NPO816496
1946, Newbridge Ref. NPO790680
1946, Northend Ref. NPO794238
1946, Haydon Ref. NPO729221
1946, Larkhall Ref. NPO753102
1946, Kingsway Ref. NPO748268
1919, Timsbury Ref. POP848600
1946, Ashgrove Ref. NPO627681
1919, Westfield Ref. POP865912
1919, Whitchurch Ref. POP867543
1899, Townsend Ref. RNC851265
1899, Amesbury Ref. RNC624975

Books

39 books found. Showing results 2,545 to 2,568.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 1,061 to 1,070.

Radstock My Home Town.

I moved to Radstock in 2014 to live nearer my children. I have spent most of my life living in North Somerset so know the area well. Radstock is steeped in history being an old mining town.It has a superb museum which gives a good ...Read more

A memory of Radstock by robertbrailsford

The Vicar Of Blaengwynfi

In the summer of 1966, I (an American) was driving around the UK with a close English friend. In Wales, we found ourselves on a virtually impassable fog-covered road filled with sheep, and drove downhill at 1 mile per hour ...Read more

A memory of Blaengwynfi by Alan Charles Kors

Plympton Staion Signal Box

When I was at junior school (I was born in 1946) my maternal Granddad lived in Morley Cottages in Colebrook and worked in the signal box at Plympton Station. I lived in Molesworth Rd, down the road from Plympton Grammar ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by jlhenderson21

Diddleywacking

In 1960's Newcastle we didn't see a lot of woodland or wildlife on a daily basis. My dad was from a Romany family and during the war had spent a lot of his childhood, when school was closed, travelling with his uncle who was a ...Read more

A memory of Plankey Mill

Whitley Bay 1957 1965

I lived in South Wellfield just outside Whitley Bay in the years listed above. Despite being something of a mongrel in terms of heritage I always look upon the town and area as my true home. Although being probably conceived in ...Read more

A memory of Whitley Bay by Neil Johnson

80 Years Turnchapel

Hi, my name is William John Maunder and I am 81 years old and my first memory of Turnchapel is the early years of the WW2 . At the time I was living at Crownhill at that time on the outskirts of Plymouth, today day near B&Q ...Read more

A memory of Turnchapel

Lower Morden

I was born in 1941 my dad bought the house in Lower Morden Lane in 1939,I went to Morden Farm School. Morden was a great place to be as a child I remember starting school and not liking it one bit I only started liking it in the last few ...Read more

A memory of Morden by David Huggett

Easington Colliery 1899 To 1963

Below I give a thread on my blog which currently contains 24 items about Easington Colliery. In addition, I have three articles covering its history between 1899 and 1935 which appear in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery by Harry Barnes

Funfair At Manor Park Aldershot

I was born in Aldershot in 1950, went to Newport road infants/primary school then on to Manor Park Secondary Modern school. The first year though had to go to North Camp Buller Barracks as there was no room until Heron ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by joycemghandour

Wartime Evacuee

I lived with a lovely Welsh family in a cottage, on the road down to the viaduct, I have forgotten the road name. The Gwaun-cae- Gurwen Juniors School was nearby; I attended that school ,my foster sister Esther Mary Davies also ...Read more

A memory of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen by bassemad157

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 2,545 to 2,568.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Bridge Street 1909

This remarkable photograph, looking north- eastwards along Bridge Street, shows weather-boarded buildings on the ancient Buddle Bridge.

Caption For Wells, New College 1892

The battlemented building opposite the North Porch, No 9 Cathedral Green, currently the Cathedral Music School, was originally a canonical house re-built , an Italian scholar.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Cannington Viaduct 1903

This view looks north- westwards from Horseman's Hill.

Caption For Titchfield, St Peter's Church 2005

Fact File (Christopher North) St Peter's contains some of the oldest ecclesiastical architecture in Hampshire.

Caption For Gloucester, Eastgate Street C1960

Before by-passes and motorways, Gloucester's location as a route centre meant that virtually all traffic from the south-west heading north, and all traffic from South Wales heading east (

Caption For Weymouth, The Swannery 1890

North of Westham Road bridge, at the northern end of the Backwater, it carried its last passengers in a special service on 29 April 1959 when Queen Elizabeth II crossed in the royal train.

Caption For Brancepeth, The Village 1914

Inside the church was the 17th-century woodwork associated with Bishop John Cosin (1660-1672) and the effigy of Robert Neville, who was known as the 'Peacock of the North.'

Caption For Lyme Regis, Harbour 1890

The North Wall of the harbour (left centre) was still detached from the beach.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Marine Parade C1955

Frith's photographer originally titled this as 'The Walk', which was the old Lyme name for the upper length of Marine Parade long into the 20th century.

Caption For Hodder River, Lower Hodder Bridges 1858

Rising on Lamb Hill Fell, the river now runs into the Stock Reservoir and then resumes its wandering in North Lancashire.

Caption For Puddletown, The Square C1955

The Lord's Prayer is painted on the north wall.

Caption For Walsall, The Bridge 2005

Upper Rushall Street and Peal Street running north and south from the bottom of the church steps indicate ancient routes to Lichfield and Wednesbury.

Caption For Barnard Castle, From The River 1892

In November 1569, during the Rising in the North, it was held by Sir George Bowes, a loyal servant of Queen Elizabeth I, against a force led by Charles Neville, Sixth Earl of Westmoreland, and Thomas Percy

Caption For Dorking, The Stepping Stones To Boxhill 1932

On our left as we approach Dorking from the north are the Stepping Stones.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1905

Down the north side of the street are the post office, and the Great House, where William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham brought his 15-year-old son, Pitt the Younger, to recover from illness

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.

Caption For Simpson, Main Road C1958

About two miles north of Bletchley, with the Grand Union Canal passing to its west and the River Ouzel to its right, Simpson has a number of old cottages and many new city houses and estates.

Caption For Enfield, The Old Market C1960

It has been 'restored' more than once, but it is often open and a must for the town visitor.

Caption For Saffron Walden, St Mary's Church, The Interior 1925

There are steps up to the top within the pillar at the north end, and it is from here that the organ is played.

Caption For Formby, The Old Lifeboat Cottage C1965

Lying north from Liverpool were continuous golden sandy beaches.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Parade And Sands 1922

We look north-westwards at low tide to the cuboid shape of Sundial Cottage, and Library Cottage, which incorporates exotic but re-set older lead-work from France.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate 1899

In this delightful and evocative view, we see the north or `top' side of Westgate.

Caption For Ware, Ware Park Sanatorium 1925

Ware Park, rebuilt in the 1880s by William Parker, is located about three-quarters of a mile north-west of Bengeo on the outskirts of Hertford.

Caption For Newark, The Castle 1895

This photograph shows the north-west wall of the ruined castle towering above the river Trent.