Maps

181,070 maps found.

1892, Newgate Ref. HOSM62894
1907, Calton Ref. HOSM39871
1907, Cray Ref. HOSM42196
1907, Drebley Ref. HOSM43520
1907, Embsay Ref. HOSM44929
1907, Hanlith Ref. HOSM47669
1907, Hebden Ref. HOSM48137
1907, Hellifield Ref. HOSM48186
1907, Kilnsey Ref. HOSM50118
1907, Wigglesworth Ref. HOSM64669
1887, Anwick Ref. HOSM36043
1887, Asgarby Ref. HOSM36266
1887, Birthorpe Ref. HOSM37836
1887, Crofton Ref. HOSM42341
1903, Helpringham Ref. HOSM48089
1887, Horbling Ref. HOSM48913
1887, Roxholm Hall Ref. HOSM58216
1910, Chalvey Ref. HOSM40525
1897, Stoke Green Ref. HOSM64212
1885, Somerton Ref. HOSM35198

Books

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Memories

29,014 memories found. Showing results 1,931 to 1,940.

The Children’s Home In Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire 30 Years Of Childcare 1950 1980

Many questions are often posed about the history of the Children’s Home known as Long House in Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire in a local history group which has a ...Read more

A memory of Long Hanborough

Gone For Ever

IN THE 1940s TILL THE 1960s, NUNHEAD WAS FULL OF STREETS OF HOUSES THAT HAD MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE WAR YEARS, EVERYONE KNEW EVERYONE, MOTHERS WOULD CHAT AT THE FRONT GATES OF THEIR HOUSES, THE CHILDREN PLAYED IN THE STREETS WITH NO FEAR OF ...Read more

A memory of Nunhead by Peter Mills

Memories

I was born in 54 Mill Street, Trecynon. As was my sister, our mother and her brothers and sitsters. A little 2 down 2 up, stone cottage. It was on the top of the hill, and we could run down "the trip" as we called it, and play there, ...Read more

A memory of Trecynon in 1947 by Heather Forey

Coronation Day

My mother took short term housekeeping positions and in 1953 we lived in Westbrook House in Westbrook village, looking after Sir Edgar and Lady Ludlow Hewitt. He was a gentleman farmer and I sometimes drove around his land with him in ...Read more

A memory of Bromham in 1953 by Sonia James

Park House Farm

My wife and I spent one year ( circa 1953 ) living in an apartment at Park House Farm where Tony Warner raised sugar beets and pigs. The Manor House was built on a Roman foundation which then formed the basement of the building. ...Read more

A memory of Snettisham by Herbert Kulik

The Queen's Visit

I cannot be specific as to the date of the Queen's visit because I was very young at the time. On the left hand side of the road you can see what was at one time the post office but which later became a carpet shop.  On the ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1956 by Kathleen Green

When We Had A Shop

I was born in Little Marlow in 1947 and lived three doors away from the village shop, run by Miss Littlewood. I would go there and weigh the sultanas, currants etc., and put them into little blue bags. My Mum (Phyllis Wright) ...Read more

A memory of Little Marlow in 1950 by Liz Hughes

Heswall Childrens Hospital

I was transferred from Myrtle Street to Heswall in 1953 as a TB contact, I was in a few wards. One faced the main entrance to the Hospital, another one had a partition across the middle separating the girls from the boys. ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1953 by Colin Murray

The Artichoke On The Green

I used to walk or ride my bike past the Artichoke public house almost daily while running errands from the small group of shops opposite the church. There used to be a small cycle shop, news agent, grocers shop, and a ...Read more

A memory of Croxley Green in 1950 by Leon Moore

Parish Church Cemetery

I visited Warborough had lunch in local pub looked round the church cemetery.There were quite a few 'Beislys' interred there during the 1800's. Also one name on the WW1 memorial. Are there any Beislys still living in the ...Read more

A memory of Warborough in 2000 by John Beisly

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Captions

29,398 captions found. Showing results 4,633 to 4,656.

Caption For Leicester, The Tudor Gatehouse, Castle Street C1955

This attractive close-studded timbered house of the mid 15th century provides a fine, almost secret entrance to Castle Yard.

Caption For Earl Shilton, The Hollow C1965

The driver of the 658 Leicester to Coventry Midland Red bus service breaks his journey to await passengers in this familiar view of the centre.

Caption For Sawbridgeworth, The White Lion Inn 1903

This junction of two streets marks the site of the former market place, with the stolid red-brick White Lion, on the extreme right, and the King of Prussia pub along the road on the left, ready to slake

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1890

This is another excellent view of the harbour. There are many children who have presumably been drawn to the permanent excitement of a busy port.

Caption For Sully, The Hospital C1950

In September 1927 the Ministry of Health published a report agreeing to the building of a 300-bed hospital at Sully for the treatment of TB.

Caption For Chepstow, Horseshoe Bend 1950

Just up river from the bridge and the castle, this would appear to be a view from Wintour`s Leap of the beginning of the great Horseshoe Bend which encompasses the peninsula of Lancaut.

Caption For Fishbourne, The Roman Palace C1968

The building was palatial, and would have been comparable to those of Rome itself. The rooms had painted friezes and many mosaics, some of the earliest in Britain.

Caption For Rotherham, 1961

This photograph was taken from All Saints' Church, itself one of the finest examples of Perpendicular architecture in Yorkshire.

Caption For Douglas, Promenade 1897

The Jubilee Clock at the junction of Victoria Street and Loch Promenade was presented to the people of Douglas by George Dumbell in 1887.

Caption For Barham, The Village And Church 1903

Many of the sturdy, timber-framed cottages in the centre of this lovely village have been reinforced and decorated with brickwork during the 18th century.

Caption For Weymouth, The Sands 1909

It was the early use of bathing machines that made Weymouth such a popular resort for sea bathing.The larger machines ran down into the water on rails and consisted of a number of cubicles.

Caption For Wimborne, The Minster, The Beaufort Or Somerset Tomb 1886

The alabaster effigies of the armour-clad John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and his wife Margaret lie recumbent on their elaborate 15th-century tomb in the presbytery.

Caption For Petersfield, The Spain C1955

The same road widening seen in the previous picture led to the demolition of the white-painted end house in this shot. One would not now dream of walking down the centre of this road.

Caption For Fishbourne, The Roman Palace C1968

The building was palatial, and would have been comparable to those of Rome itself. The rooms had painted friezes and many mosaics, some of the earliest in Britain.

Caption For Barham, The Village And Church 1903

Many of the sturdy, timber-framed cottages in the centre of this lovely village have been reinforced and decorated with brickwork during the 18th century.

Caption For Milton Keynes, Caldecotte Lake 2005

He was the mighty Fish Lizard, or Icthyosaurus. Whatever caused his death can only be guessed at. But his corpse was eventually covered and compressed by mud and sand.

Caption For Ironbridge, C1960

Fortunately this period was also to see the devel- opment of an interest in industrial archaeology, and efforts were made to save not only the bridge but other sites of interest locally.

Caption For Oxford, Broad Street 1897

Two of Oxford's most famous colleges, Trinity and Balliol, stand on the left side of Broad Street, famous for its bookshops, among which is Blackwell's.

Caption For Braintree, The Fountain C1955

William Julian Courtauld, of Pennypot in Halstead, gave this fountain to the town of Braintree in memory of King George V.

Caption For Portsmouth, Harbour And Hms Victory 1898

Here we see one of the unsung heroes of the Fleet.

Caption For Wirksworth, Market Place C1965

The steeply-sloping cobbled Market Place in the centre of Wirksworth was the centrepiece of the restoration of this former lead mining town, which won a Casa Nostra award in the 1980s.

Caption For Accrington, St James' Parish Church C1955

The trees soften the box-like lines of the church, and the well-filled graveyard contains many monuments to the people of Accrington.

Caption For Brechin, David Street 1900

This small town once played host to one of the significant events in Scotland's history: John Balliol surrendered the realm of Scotland to Edward Longshanks here on 10 July 1296.

Caption For Twycross, The Village C1955

The camera has been set up on a triangle of land at the junction of the A444 Burton Road with the road to Sheepy Magna, which drifts out of shot to the left.