Maps

181,031 maps found.

1890, Barlby Ref. HOSM37030
1889, Brackenholme Ref. HOSM38546
1907, Selside Ref. HOSM58816
1895, Crouch Ref. HOSM42455
1900, Bedchester Ref. HOSM37344
1900, Cann Ref. HOSM39955
1907, Ninham Ref. HOSM55087
1906, Sheerness Ref. HOSM35172
1906, Warden Ref. HOSM63393
1891, Deepcar Ref. HOSM43051
1897, Hemsworth Ref. HOSM70492
1897, Norton Ref. HOSM55401
1890, Worrall Ref. HOSM65192
1882, Chicksands Ref. HOSM40763
1885, Hornblotton Ref. HOSM48929
1884, Waterlip Ref. HOSM63504
1886, Alweston Ref. HOSM35922
1901, Goathill Ref. HOSM46491
1901, Bradford Abbas Ref. HOSM65311
1881, Hixon Ref. HOSM48750

Books

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Memories

29,033 memories found. Showing results 1,451 to 1,460.

Spitfire

I well recall the day I set off for school, it was sunny as I left the house by Black`s garage. As I approached the school, I noticed a large crowd opposite the school gates. A spitfire had come down between two houses without touching ...Read more

A memory of Callander in 1940 by Christopher Fentiman

Family

My great grandmother, Mrs Burbidge lived in the house on Charwelton Hill, three fields away from the main road. Mother said a tin box was left by the road where post, bread and groceries were left. Later, in 1941 my grandfather, gran and my ...Read more

A memory of Charwelton in 1940 by Terence Wilcox

Henbury Old Boys School And Hallen Vilage School

I was a Junior pupil at this school in 1947 - 1948. Fond memories, as some of my older cousins also attended the school at the same time. Having previously attended Hallen Village School, which was ...Read more

A memory of Henbury by Frederick Hillberg

Happy Days At Port Ann

I lived in Port Ann for 16 years. I have a lot of memories of Port Ann, I would go to the blue rocks and go swimming - be there all day and sit under the bridge and hide when you get called in for your bed, or even guddling ...Read more

A memory of Port Ann

Cafe In Market Square

I remember the cafe in the market square, my mum use to work in the open top part in the summer and my brother and I used to go and help her clear the tables when we were on school holidays. I remember the shops that ran around ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1960 by Pauline Wallis

Circus!

Just to the left of this pub was the entrance to the woods where my parents used to take me for walks when I was very young.

A memory of Hockley in 1964 by Dominique Payne

Falmouth Fishstrand Quay C1960s

Ah yes, I remember going with my mother to Fishstrand Quay ice house to buy mackeral and crab. It was like a huge walk-in freezer with lots of large fridge doors and had massive latches on them with lots of ice blocks ...Read more

A memory of Falmouth in 1960 by Derek Asquith

Years Gone By From 1944 To Present Time

Hi, my name is Dot Dunn (nee Harmer). I've lived in Station Town and Wingate all my life and wouldn't want to live anywhere else and am still in contact with a lot of my school friends. I can still name all ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1950 by Dorothy Dunn

Wonderful Childhood

I spent a wonderful childhood in Norton Fitzwarren when it was a village from 1950 to 1958. I have priceless memories of roaming the fields, woodlands and surrounding countryside freely. Of sitting on top of Moses Park ...Read more

A memory of Norton Fitzwarren in 1950 by Gerald Bull

Dulcie Ann Haines Born Dagnall Street 8/11/1948

I was born in Dagnall Street but my nan and grandad owned the house and, as most of the children got married, [there were 9 of them] most were allocated a room of their own. I was born there, the ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by Dulcie Loftus

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 3,481 to 3,504.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, C1960

A fun fair can be seen in the foreground, and the beach entertains many visitors in this view of old Saltburn, with the Ship Inn just visible over the shoulder of Cat Nab (right).

Caption For Yarm, High Street 1963

We are looking south, with a good view of Yarm Town Hall, built in 1710 and standing in splendid isolation in the centre of the High Street.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, The Pantiles C1955

The Garden of Rest is on the left of this photograph, in which we can also see the colonnade which enabled visitors to shop under cover all down one side of the Pantiles.

Caption For Rye, Harbour C1955

Good supplies of local oak supported Rye's thriving boat and barge building industry, and as the patches on the hull of the sloop indicate, facilitated repair work.

Caption For North Nibley, The Tyndale Monument 1897

Two carefully-posed groups of young girls are a feature of this photograph of the village of North Nibley, with the 111 foot- high memorial tower to the martyr William Tyndale on the knoll

Caption For Cowley, Iver Lane C1955

In the parish churchyard at Cowley lies the body of William Dodd, novelist, religious author and social celebrity.

Caption For Wendover, From The South West 1901

This long view of Wendover is taken from the opposite direction to No 44773, looking north-east from the foot of Bacombe Hill; here the national long distance footpath, the Ridgeway Path, leaves the road

Caption For Luton, New Bedford Road 1897

The main road was diverted when Napier set out the grounds of Hoo Park.

Caption For Ludlow, St Lawrence's Parish Church 1949

The tree on the right has since been replaced with cherry trees on either side of the west door.

Caption For Stirling, Old Parliament House 1899

It was here that both James II and James V were born and where Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI both lived for a number of years.

Caption For Wilmington, The Long Man C1960

The design of this huge, ancient giant, on the South Downs near Eastbourne, is cleverly elongated vertically to counteract the effect of foreshortening when viewed from below the hillside.

Caption For Grimsby, The Docks 1893

Grimsby is a major port, lying at the southern entrance of the River Humber.

Caption For Oundle, Mill Road C1950

West of the town centre, Mill Street climbs uphill to West Street and remains little altered since the 1950s, although the bus stop has gone.

Caption For Devizes, Market Place C1960

The old Town Hall (centre right) was built in 1752 on the site of the old Guildhall; the front is thought to have come from a demolished mansion.

Caption For Hitchin, The River Hiz 1931

By 1931, the redevelopment of St Mary's Square was complete. The river to the east of the church has been widened and landscaped, and bridges built to the north and south of the Churchyard.

Caption For Chilham, Old Wives' Lees 1908

Lying just to the north of Chilham is this small and curiously named hamlet where, until the beginning of the 20th century, an annual race was staged between two village youths and two maidens for a

Caption For Bridport, W.Frost Shop Front 1909

This is a detail of the frontage of 34 West Street, which was the `Bridport News` office and West Dorset Printing Works in 1909.

Caption For Southwold, Beach 1919

This is our first look at Southwold Pier, which opened in the summer of 1900.

Caption For Frimley, Bridge 1906

At the other end of Frimley High Street, we cross the River Blackwater, which is the boundary between Surrey and Hampshire.

Caption For Burnley, Towneley Hall 1906

Townley Hall was first opened to the people of Burnley on 20 May 1903.

Caption For Pendleton, 1921

The houses here are built of local stone.The stream meanders through the centre of the village, and local children play pooh sticks and just watch the stream.The fortunes of the village have fluctated

Caption For Charmouth, 1890

Charmouth village stretches up the long hillside on the western side of the river Char.

Caption For Eastry, Church C1965

This is a large solid church of Early English design with a Norman tower. Nearby was once the royal palace of the early Saxon kings of Kent. There is also an underground labyrinth of caves.

Caption For Glynde, The Square C1955

Glynde is most famous for its internationaly renowned opera house built in the grounds of Glyndbourne. In this view of the village the old building on the left is timber-framed with a false façade.