Maps

9,439 maps found.

1883, Littleton Ref. HOSM51691
1883 - 1884, Camerton Ref. HOSM39909
1882 - 1883, Corston Ref. HOSM41919
1882 - 1883, Wilmington Ref. HOSM64675
1899, Blackrock Ref. RNC642884
1919, Ashgrove Ref. POP627681
1919, Walcot Ref. POP859619
1898-1899, Newbridge Ref. RNC790680
1899, Larkhall Ref. RNC753102
1946, Littleton Ref. NPO758332
1946, Southdown Ref. NPO835533
1946, Townsend Ref. NPO851265
1898, Ridge Ref. RNE816496
1899, Timsbury Ref. RNC848600
1899, Radford Ref. RNC812716
1899, Littleton Ref. RNC758332
1899, Northend Ref. RNC794238
1946, Corston Ref. NPO678148
1898, Littleton Ref. RNE758332
1898, Larkhall Ref. RNE753102

Books

39 books found. Showing results 2,569 to 2,592.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 1,071 to 1,080.

A 'wealden' House Converted To 'continuous Jetty' Type

Interesting photo: this timber-framed building is actually a 'Wealden' converted to 'Continuous Jetty' type. "Towards the close of the 15th century, an entirely new kind of dwelling appeared in ...Read more

A memory of Tenterden by Jonathan Gurr

Post Office And Local People

My husband was stationed at RAF Acklington. I used to collect my marriage allowance at the post office. I recall a VERY cold day waiting for a bus. I had just returned from the heat of the Far East and was unaware how ...Read more

A memory of Red Row in 1959 by Rosemarie Hodge

Amazing Bacton

I am an artist from Belgrade, Serbia and I loved Bacton at the first sight. The most wonderful Christmas of my life was in Bacton! I will never forget it! My friend has lived in Bacton, so I had to see that magic place, Bacton. I spent ...Read more

A memory of Bacton in 2007 by Dora Zorica Kljajic

One Of My Playgrounds

I lived in Tollers Lane, Old Coulsdon and would regularly go to the Marlpit Lane rec' to play rounders, football and hide and seek around the memorial. There was a hole in the chain-link fence behind the memorial which gave us ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon in 1957 by Richard Everest

Horden 1930s

I was born in 1928 at 20, Cotsford Crescent, the third son of a miner William Holmes. All his brothers were miners and myself and my brothers worked underground. I remember Lumleys shop as it was not far away and Mr. Lumley refused to ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1930 by Albert Holmes

4 The Gap And 7 Parkside

NO 4 THE GAP My memory of Marcham started in 1946-7. My grandmother, Lydia Lawrence, used to live at no 4 The Gap. She was born in Long Wittemham, then she married ...Read more

A memory of Marcham in 1946 by Graham Davis

Early Years

I was born 1945 at Mason Green Farm and attended the little school from 1950 until 1954 when my father moved on to other employment away from the area to Furness in north Lancs. My sister Barbara who is 4 years younger than me only ...Read more

A memory of Bashall Eaves in 1950 by George Appleton

Calder Farm Roddam

Last year I visited the place in search for memories of my old folks. I came from Argentina, my country, and stayed at Cheviot View B & B run by Dean & Kay Wilkinson, lovely people, located in close by Powburn village. The ...Read more

A memory of Roddam in 2000 by Alejandro Bouquet

My Early Days In Romford

I was born in 1929 in my parent's house at 40 Medora Road, adjacent to the old football ground. Any time I hear the Sousa march - 'Liberty Bell' - I am reminded of Saturday there. It was played at the close of every match to ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1940 by Geoffrey Styles

Sproul Family

My father, Joseph MacNab Sproul, his brothers, sisters and parents always lived and were born in Washington, they are all gone now and I am trying to find some information on them. My grandparents were Samuel and Ellan, I was told by ...Read more

A memory of Washington by John Sproul

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 2,569 to 2,592.

Caption For Formby, The Old Lifeboat Cottage C1965

Lying north from Liverpool were continuous golden sandy beaches.

Caption For Plaistow, The Village C1955

Located in a remote region north of Petworth, the village was originally formed in a clearing in the woods. The local wealden clay district is remarkable for large oak trees.

Caption For Clitheroe, The Castle 1927

As well as being harassed by Matilda's supporters, the North was sorely troubled by Scots raiding parties.

Caption For Fleetwood, The King Orry Leaving For The I.O.M C1955

'King Orry IV' drifted from her moorings in a fierce north-westerly storm in January 1976. She had been sold for breaking-up to R Taylor of Bury.

Caption For Knaresborough, River Nidd, The Rapids 1914

In 1765 he began his career as a master road builder, completing the construction of 200 miles across the North.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street C1955

It grew from the humble beginnings of a bathing shelter on the border of North Meols into the sizeable conurbation depicted here.

Caption For Royston, The Roundabout C1965

Up to the southern border of Royston, the A10 follows the route of the Roman Ermine Street, but close to the market Ermine Street becomes the Old North Road (which was the A14 and is now the A1198) taking

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

Beyond is North Hill, above Burton Bradstock, with the hills of Bothenhampton and Hyde forming the eastern horizon (left).

Caption For Cosby, Main Street C1965

The arid area of grass and the 1950s housing (both family and sheltered) could, with a lightness of touch, have provided a more special entrance to the village from the north, under the shadow of

Caption For Gloucester, Baker's Clock 1952

It has five striking jacks representing England (John Bull) sounding note 'A'; Ireland (Irish girl) note 'B'; Scotland (The Cock of the North) note 'D'; Wales (Welsh girl) note 'G' and Father

Caption For Leeds, The Town Hall 1894

At the time of the opening of the Leeds Town Hall in 1858, an arch commemorating Queen Victoria's visit was erected in north Leeds.

Caption For Old Windsor, The Church, Ham Fields C1965

The ground floor has Norman windows reflecting the prominent Norman work inside, together with a north arcade of 1858 by Woodyer.

Caption For Glasgow, The Necropolis 1897

Glasgow received its first charter from King William the Lion in about 1175, and for the first time it was designated by the Latin term civitas (city).

Caption For Southampton, No5 (Prince Of Wales) Dry Dock 1908

This was the port of destination or call for such lines as Union Castle, North German Lloyd and American Lines.

Caption For Belfast, Alexandra Park 1897

There was no park in the north end of the town, but the opportunity was there in the shape of some unwanted land.

Caption For Glasgow, Buchanan Street 1897

It was demolished in 1966, and lines to the north thereafter operated out of Queen Street; its site is now occupied by the Royal Concert Hall.

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 Lynmouth, Countisbury Hill 1929

LYNMOUTH, set on the rocky north coast of Devon, was 'discovered' in 1812 by the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who stayed here with Harriet Westbrook, his first wife.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Oaklands 2005

He finally bought a three-acre plot from the Sergison family just north of Muster Green; one of the many restrictive clauses was that any future house built on any part of the site must cost in excess

Caption For Redmire, Village 1929

Lead mining was a major employer here, but now the stone quarrying is further north, leaving Redmire in peaceful seclusion.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Little Market House, Cornmarket 2005

The Falcon, a 17th-century inn, received an 18th-century front, while on the north side the Red Lion was re-fronted in brick in 1792 (the porch, surmounted by a carved wooden lion, was added about

Caption For Fleetwood, Euston Gardens C1950

The gardens were laid out in front of the North Euston Hotel, which by 1861 had become Euston Barracks.

Caption For Belfast, The Isle Of Man Steamer, Fenella 1897

services to Belfast were the IOMSPCo, the Barrow Steam Navigation Co, controlled by the Midland Railway with sailings from Barrow and Morecambe, and a joint Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North