Maps

575 maps found.

1908, Beachy Head Ref. HOSM37360
1883, Cwm Head Ref. HOSM42697
1901, Lye Head Ref. HOSM52871
1897, Cowan Head Ref. HOSM42049
1912, Field Head Ref. HOSM46787
1886, Lopen Head Ref. HOSM52338
1892, Dam Head Ref. HOSM59078
1905, Blackshaw Head Ref. HOSM37988
1895, Carterway Heads Ref. HOSM40247
1899, Raughton Head Ref. HOSM57497
1898-1900, Lopen Head Ref. RNC767352
1902-1903, Lane Head Ref. RNC752152
1903-1904, Slack Head Ref. RNC832314
1922, Great Ormes Head Ref. POP720256
1925, High Water Head Ref. POP733637
1924, Running Hill Head Ref. POP822778
1903-1904, Scar Head Ref. RNC826100
1903-1904, Stone Head Ref. RNC840321
1903, Running Hill Head Ref. RNC822778
1903-1904, Town Head Ref. RNC851061

Books

3 books found. Showing results 433 to 3.

Memories

2,508 memories found. Showing results 181 to 190.

Days Gone By

My family arrived in Seaforth late in 1939 after we were shipped back from Gibraltar where my father was stationed with the Kings Regiment. Early memories of our house in Holly Grove are vague. My sister Maureen and I, along with ...Read more

A memory of Seaforth in 1940 by Charles Hegarty

My Early Days

I was born in Abercych and lived there until I was 10 in 1947. I returned every year in the summer for over 20 years. My grandfather and his brother used to make coracles and did a lot of salmon fishing, and frequented the Nags Head ...Read more

A memory of Abercych in 1947

Boyhood Memories From 1952

It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the  streets ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by Dave Southern

Family History

It was a very sad day when Laindon School closed and even worse when it was demolished. I have fond memories of my days at Laindon, I joined when Mr Chadband was head, and made many friends there. Apart from attending myself I was part ...Read more

A memory of Laindon by Christine Hymas

A Townie In Timberland 1947

My memory is of arriving in Timberland with my widowed mother to look after my grandad, George Curtis. I had to go to Timberland C of E school, imagine me, 9 years old and wiv a Sussex accent, everyone called me a ...Read more

A memory of Timberland

Croydon Thornton Heath And Norbury

I was born and brought up in Croydon and although I now live in the Channel Islands I still regard it as my home. I remember living in Northborough Road, Norbury and attending Norbury Manor Infants School only ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1963 by Annie Deuchar

My Second Home

Right from a small child i have grown up loving Wells-next-the-Sea, my dad used to take us on holidays there and we stayed in a little cottage which was a short walk to the quay where my brother and I would wander down to ...Read more

A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1969

The Castle School For Boys

I was in Castle School from 1961 to 1964. It was good at times and also bad. Mr Bowls was the head, and didn't we know it. I had the walking stick on many a Friday morning after assembly. I cannot remember any names from ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1961 by Keith Cutts

Coastguard Station

We came to Bolt Head in 1950, my father having joined the Coastguard service after being in the Royal Navy for 40 years. I found it quite a way to cycle to work, I worked in the post office in Malborough. I used to go rabbiting ...Read more

A memory of Bolt Head in 1950 by Patricia Perring

Raf Radar At Inverbervie

I was based in Inverbervie from March 1957 till March 1958 with 977 Signals Unit of the Royal Air Force. 977 SU operated radar from an underground site on the hill a couple of miles north of the village. Height finding ...Read more

A memory of Inverbervie in 1957 by Martin Dilly

Captions

1,136 captions found. Showing results 433 to 456.

Caption For Greatham, The Green C1955

The road is heading towards the old Cerebos salt factory on the outskirts of the village.

Caption For Laxfield, Bridge Street C1955

On the corner of Low Road, leading to the King's Head, are houses called St Margaret and St Mary (centre left). The prominent jettied timber-framed building facing us is Waterloo House of c1540.

Caption For Preston, Penwortham Hill 1921

Note the jaunty open-top car, no doubt heading through Preston and on to Blackpool.

Caption For Ipswich, Lock Gates 1921

Ipswich, at the head of the Orwell Estuary, has been a major port for centuries. Here, a sailing barge negotiates the lock gates.

Caption For Porthgwarra, Cove And Caves 1908

There is just space to bring a few open fishing boats between the rocks to a slipway at this little cove down by the granite cliffs of Gwennap Head.

Caption For Keswick, And Skiddaw C1873

The smooth slopes of Skiddaw dominate the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.

Caption For Arnside, The Beach 1894

To the south lies Humphrey Head, which according to legend was the place where the last wolf in England was killed.

Caption For Ullswater, From Place Fell 1892

This view, looking west from the slopes of Place Fell, is towards the head of the lake at Glenridding, and shows the northern stretch.

Caption For Diss, Market P Lace C1965

On the left is 'The King's Head', its signboard depicting Henry VIII - John Skelton was tutor to the portly King when he was still Prince of Wales.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, Madeira Cove 1902

On the promenade above, a tram is heading for Birnbeck Pier.

Caption For Roseberry Topping, And The Kings Head C1960

This view from The King's Head at Newton-under-Roseberry shows the quarried face of Roseberry Topping, known affectionately as 'the Matterhorn of Cleveland', which stands at just over 1,000 feet above

Caption For Woodbridge, The Old Pump C1965

Off to the left is the King's Head Inn. The buildings are unchanged, but the baker's and the hardware shop have both been closed.

Caption For Beachy Head, The Lighthouse 1910

Beachy Head is where the chalk range of the South Downs reaches the sea in magnificent chalk cliffs rearing almost vertically five hundred feet out of the sea.

Caption For Roseberry Topping, C1885

At the foot of Roseberry Topping is the hamlet of Newton under Roseberry, and in this view we see the Kings Head Inn (extreme right).

Caption For Blaenavon, The Memorial To Gilchrist Thomas C1960

The bronze head on the statue was designed and cast by the sculptor Fred Mancini.

Caption For Belfast, Victoria Street 1897

This view shows Victoria Street at the crossing with Ann Street, heading for Queen's Bridge. The telephone wires must also have been going over the river.

Caption For Springfield, Holy Trinity Church 1898

Springfield had started to grow after the canal-basin arrived here. Holy Trinity was built in 1843 as a chapel of ease for the expanding population.

Caption For Blaenavon, The Eastern Valley C1955

Standing at the head of the Eastern Valley, in an industrially ravaged landscape, Blaenavon was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000.

Caption For Aberdour, The Stone Pier 1900

The length of the boat is fairly substantial compared to the head of the jetty, so she requires delicate and careful manoeuvring if she is to be handled

Caption For Penarth, The Cliffs 1893

As we move further eastwards, the vista concludes with this dramatic portrayal of Penarth Head and its cliffs.

Caption For East Horndon, Herongate, The Boar's Head 1908

hamlet was engulfed by a major cross-roads and roundabout —the intersection of the A127 Romford to Southend Road and the A128.The brick-built hilltop church is said to be the burial place of the head

Caption For Liverpool, The Royal Liver Building C1955

The famous Liver birds, which gave the city its name, look out across the Pier Head from clock towers 295 feet tall, whose faces are each 25 feet in diameter and larger than those of Big Ben

Caption For Bath, The Paragon And Guinea Lane 1904

Continuing uphill past the end of The Paragon and at the junction with Guinea Lane, Roman Road heads for the junction with a steeply climbing Walcot Street and London Road.

Caption For Waddington, The Village 1903

Ribble Valley archaeological finds are on display at Ribchester Museum, including the replica of a Romano-Celtic head and metal objects from the Iron Age hill fort at Portfield, Whalley.