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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1897-1900, West End Green Ref. RNC864100
1897, Westend Ref. RNE865403
1919, Westend Ref. POP865403
1896, Westend Ref. RNE865402
1899, Westend Ref. RNC865403
1919, Westend Ref. POP865402
1946, Westend Ref. NPO865403
1946, Westend Ref. NPO865402
1897, Westend Ref. HOSM70929
1898-1899, Westend Ref. RNC865402
1881 - 1882, Westend Ref. HOSM64057
1900, Caldicot Ref. HOSM63812
1899, Wilcot Ref. HOSM63813
1923, Westmoor End Ref. HOSM63917
1897-1899, Street End Ref. RNC841617
1940, Heath End Ref. NPO730026
1895, Heath End Ref. RNE730026
1897-1900, Heath End Ref. RNC730026
1919, Street End Ref. POP841617
1920, Heath End Ref. POP730026

Books

19 books found. Showing results 289 to 19.

Memories

2,057 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.

Greys Drapers

Grandfather William Grey owned a number of shops in Wingate, Co. Durham one was at 47 North Road West, Wingate, it was a drapers shop. Grandfather died in 1962, his last remaining shop was closed by my mother Winnie England and made into ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1957 by Naomi Donbavand

This Was A New Building When The Picture Was Taken

It was built in 1897 and was designed in the Queen Anne style by the architect Frederick Wheeler FRIBA who had offices in Horsham. It is now the home of the Nat West bank. The bandstand has been moved ...Read more

A memory of Horsham in 1890 by M

Brixham

Coming to Brixham from just outside of London as an 11 year-old was a real culture shock. New smells (fish!) new sounds (seagulls) and new faces (the inhabitants of the south west certainly have distinct facial features...to say nothing of the ...Read more

A memory of Brixham in 1880 by Stephen Jeffery

The Leeds And Sunderland Cup Final

I watched so many cup finals on black and white television when I was a boy never dreaming of the day that I might actually be there. But it happened in 1973! Would you believe my neighbour was a long retired football ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1973 by John Howard Norfolk

Chisholm Cottage

My great-great-great grandparents lived opposite Wesley Chapel in the late 1800s, behind the trees on the right-hand-side of the 1901 Wesley Chapel photo. During the 1830s, Richard JACK (b1813) and some of his brothers moved to ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1880 by Vivienne Hooper

Ye Olde Gate House

This picture is of the Old Gate House, taken from the West Street side.  The sign over the front door was "Ye Olde Gate House".  It was a very old house and is shown on some of the old maps of Wilton. It had two addresses - The Gate ...Read more

A memory of Wilton in 1920 by Wendy Ross

I Know You!

It’s lovely to read all your memories especially yours Deb, my best friend! I was at Berwick Road Primary school from 1960-1965, I remember the aptly named Mrs Pie the dinner lady, also Mr Jones the new assistant head who had radical ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Janet Taylor

Growing Up In Dartford

I lived in Dartford from 1955 (born in West Hill Hospital) til 1977 when I moved to Wales. My dad was manager of the"Bacca Pouch" next to the old Post Office , and opposite the back entrance to the Co-op. He then had the ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1955 by David Hillman

My Early Childhood

Most of the photos here are from 1955. I was a five year old boy living in Greatham in 1955 with my dad, who was the local 'Bobby', my mam and my younger brother.  We lived at 3 Egerton Terrace which was a terraced house with an ...Read more

A memory of Greatham in 1955 by Philip Purdie

Harrogate Station Square

Here is Station Square appearing as its architects intended, an open airy town centre piece. The gardens in the foreground are the Coronation Gardens of c.1953, which complimented the Victorian square admirably. Just as this ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate in 1965 by Nigel Bunce

Captions

1,993 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Caption For Rochdale, Parish Church Interior 1892

A west gallery was added in 1693 and a gallery on the south side in 1698, but both were removed in 1855. The north aisle was rebuilt in 1856 and a clerestory was added.

Caption For Wales, The Church C1955

The church of St John Baptist dates back to Norman times, when it consisted of a west tower, nave and chancel.

Caption For Leeds, St Stephen's Church, Kirkstall 1894

St Stephen's has a west tower with a spire and was almost entirely altered internally in the late Victorian period.

Caption For Westbury Leigh, The Church C1955

It is quite a stocky, neo-Perpendicular building, with a west tower, nave and south aisle; the interior has single-framed roofs, and arched braces to the high collar beams in the chancel.

Caption For Wimborne, From The River 1899

It is hard to disagree with the Dorset writer Sir Frederick Treves's comment, made almost 100 years ago, that Wimborne 'looks its best when seen from a distance'.

Caption For Barford St John, The Village C1965

This is the countryside at its best! Barford St John is a typical example of the remoteness of some of the villages in north-west Oxfordshire.

Caption For Leeds, St Stephen's Church, Kirkstall 1894

St Stephen's has a west tower with a spire and was almost entirely altered internally in the late Victorian period.

Caption For Leeds, St Stephen's Church, Kirkstall 1894

St Stephen's has a west tower with a spire and was almost entirely altered internally in the late Victorian period.

Caption For Gulval, The Village And Church C1900

Thatched cottage roofs are unusual in Cornwall, particularly this far west, and this one has seen several repairs. The 16th-century granite church tower is behind.

Caption For High Halden, The Church C1955

Once surrounded by forested land, this church boasts remarkable timbered west and south porches built in the early 14th century, and comprising some fifty tons of oak wood.

Caption For Lulworth, Bishops Cottage 1894

The villages of West and East Lulworth now stand adjacent to vast military firing ranges, though fortunately they never suffered the fate of nearby Tyneham, which was taken by the army during the Second

Caption For Coalville, The Clock Tower C1965

The clock tower with its slated spire-like roof sits on the western range of the claustral buildings, above the enclosed garden to its west and the small cloister to its east.

Caption For Odiham, The War Memorial C1955

The wide, gently curving High Street is perhaps best admired from its lowest point and looking west.

Caption For Hamble, The Village C1955

Pevsner likened Hamble to a West Country fishing village, and he was right to make the comparison.

Caption For Fishbourne, The Roman Palace, A Mosaic Floor C1968

Fishbourne in West Sussex is by far the most impressive Roman building in Britain, and is rightly called a palace.

Caption For Salisbury, The Cathedral, Choir East 1887

The stone is from Chilmark, ten miles to the west, and the slender black shafts supporting the arches are of Purbeck marble.The wooden choir seats can be seen in the foreground: to the right is the

Caption For Port Erin, Bradda 1907

Development spread beyond the immediate area of the town to Bradda West and Bradda East; many of the houses in this picture have been built since picture No 47241 was taken in 1901 (page 113).

Caption For Manchester, Corporation Street C1885

Before it was cut and constructed in the 1870s, traffic from the north-west and higher Salford had to wend its way through small back streets to reach the market and central Manchester (the Shambles).

Caption For Midhurst, North Street 1921

Fishbourne in West Sussex is by far the most impressive Roman building in Britain, and is rightly called a palace.

Caption For Uckfield, Church Street 1902

This view looks west along Church Street. The building on the left was the old grammar school, and is now a solicitor's office.

Caption For Bath, London Road 1907

Continue east along London Road to Beaufort Buildings West and East, long gently curving terraces of 1791 to 1815.

Caption For Tickhill, Market Place C1955

When this picture was taken Tickhill was in a West Riding mining area, but it had retained its rural image and appeal.

Caption For Westbourne, The Square C1960

An old centre for the district that had a market close to the Hampshire border and the coast. The church of St John the Baptist has an avenue of yew trees.

Caption For Featherstone, Town Hall C1955

This Grade II listed building was built about 1824 for Thomas Hall, a West Riding magistrate from Castleford.