Maps

181,070 maps found.

1895, Pirbright Ref. HOSM56770
1895, Wisley Ref. HOSM64938
1894, Ackleton Ref. HOSM35509
1901, Aston Ref. HOSM36477
1900, Broughton Ref. HOSM39223
1900, Bulwardine Ref. HOSM39444
Cosford Airfield, 1881, Cosford Ref. HOSM41936
1901, Danford Ref. HOSM42868
1883, Essington Ref. HOSM45050
1883, Shareshill Ref. HOSM58922
1883, Standeford Ref. HOSM60232
1900, Trescott Ref. HOSM62409
1902, Hollesley Ref. HOSM48715
1883, Letheringham Ref. HOSM51129
1881, Martlesham Ref. HOSM53365
1884, Saxtead Ref. HOSM58612
1898, Woodleys Ref. HOSM65061
1884, Cotheridge Ref. HOSM41967
1884, Grimley Ref. HOSM47128
1903, Inkberrow Ref. HOSM49389

Books

438 books found. Showing results 4,801 to 4,824.

Memories

29,013 memories found. Showing results 2,001 to 2,010.

Grace Darling's Tomb

Visiting the Grace Darling Musuem, then her grave in the churchyard opposite, was an annual event while on holiday on the Northumberland coast. Peering through the bars around the tomb I was often reminded of how my grandmother ...Read more

A memory of Bamburgh in 1968 by Jonathan Vernon

The Bakery

My wife Margaret and myself started a bakery and shop in part of what had been 'The Manchester House'. We had a small gas oven, a 10 qt mixer and a pie blocker and that was about it! One Easter we made 500 hot cross buns in that ...Read more

A memory of Ellesmere Port in 1969 by Ian Mabbitt

A Crying Shame

The Castle used to be the home of the borough council, but was demolished some time during the 1960s and a new civic centre, which is an eyesore, was built on the land opposite. It was an absolute travesty that this lovely building was destroyed.

A memory of Barnstaple in 1960 by Stuart Ackland

Childhood Memories

I was born at home in a house within a housing estate called East Park, I think it was No 39, in Old Harlow and then we moved to No 38 Chippingfield, Old Harlow. My elder brother went to Mark Hall School and my other brother and I ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1964

Cramlington Co Op

My family and I used to live at Forest Hall. My grandfather John, Malone, was General Manager for the Co-op, in Cramlington, Forest Hall, Blyth, Seaton Delaval, and Westmoor. I have memories of going with him on a Saturday ...Read more

A memory of Cramlington by Brenda Glover Nee Malone

The Jarretts Of Ermington

My mother's maiden name was Jarrett, her father was Fred Jarrett who along with his brother Jim ran a small building company. I lived in Ermington from 1957-1974 and was related, or so it seemed, to almost everyone within a ...Read more

A memory of Ermington by Chris Stephens

Edinburgh Street Liverpool 5

I was born in 101 Edinburgh Street in 1943, my parents were Norman and Ellen Harris, i was christened in St Georges Everton, i have fond memorys of Netherfield Road my My Uncle Alec Harris ran the Protestant Reformers in ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1950 by Nina Walker

Fishcross

I left Fishcross in September 1962. I was part of the MacKay clan way back when everyone knew everyone. I had a friend across from where I lived at 2 Alloa Road, her name was Catherine Logan. My brother Ken (Kye) had a pal Michael Finnan ...Read more

A memory of Fishcross in 1962 by Marg Mackay Bell

St Gennys School

During the Second World War I was evacuated from Harrow and stayed with my relatives in Crackington Haven. I was only 6 years old at the time and went to St Genny's School for about 6-7 months before returning home. The headmaster ...Read more

A memory of St Gennys in 1943 by Graham Ward

Living In Chilton

My family moved to Chilton Foliat and took over the "Old Post Office". I was still young then and went to the old school run by Mr & Mrs Hassall who lived next door to the school. Two classrooms and very fond memories. At ...Read more

A memory of Chilton Foliat in 1964 by Steve Elliott

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Captions

29,398 captions found. Showing results 4,801 to 4,824.

Caption For Basildon, 'brunswick' Lower Dunton Road, Langdon Hills 2005

The zany comedienne Joan Sims, star of many crazy 'Carry On' films, started her acting career in amateur dramatics in the Basildon area.

Caption For Epsom, Meadway 1927

Each day at dawn, strings of racehorses would pass gracefully up the hill, as they had 100 years earlier.

Caption For Evershot, Fore Street C1965

Wimborne Street c1955 Thomas Hardy writes of a journey into Cranborne in ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’, where the present Fleur-de-Lys tavern is depicted as the much less salubrious ‘Flower-de-Luce

Caption For Haverfordwest, Salutation Square 1906

A charming turn-of-the-century tableau of Salutation Square, the main access into the town. Note the hotel carriage by the entrance and the various horse-drawn conveyances.

Caption For Cawdor, Castle 1890

A few miles to the south of Nairn stands Cawdor Castle, one of Scotland's finest medieval buildings. It is famous for its association with Macbeth and the murder of Duncan.

Caption For Eyemouth, The Harbour C1960

The picturesque coastal town of Eyemouth is situated five miles north of the border where the Eye Water flows into the North Sea.

Caption For Bangor, High Street 1908

In the early years of the 19th century, there were only 93 houses in the town.

Caption For Llandrindod Wells, Middleton Street 1949

True, the shops may have similar uses, but the Victorians made the most of the spa town by building wide, airy thoroughfares.

Caption For Leominster, High Street C1960

It looks quiet here now, but once the market at Leominster was so successful that the cities of Hereford and Worcester were jealous of its success.

Caption For Newark, Appleton Gate 1909

This was one of the principal ways in which Victorian and Edwardian retailers advertised the location of their premises; on large city stores the letters were often six feet high.

Caption For Newark, Trent Bridge C1955

Newark owes much of its development to the fact that Henry I gave Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, permission to divert the route of the Fosse Way through the town.

Caption For Old Swinford, The Castle, Church Road C1960

There are few places in the Black Country as attractive as this secluded corner of Old Swinford, where superb Georgian houses grace quiet streets below a medieval church.

Caption For Ottery St Mary, Market Place 1907

Set in the midst of particularly fertile part of the county, Ottery had a market for centuries.

Caption For Ranworth, St Helen's Church 1934

One of the most beautiful of the many lovely Broads churches is St Helens at Ranworth, a short walk from the staithe.

Caption For Byfield, High Street C1955

This photograph of the village of Byfield, on the old turnpike road midway between Daventry and Banbury, shows plenty of pedestrians, but no traffic.

Caption For Naseby, The Monument C1955

Naseby is famous for its Civil War battle of 1645 between King Charles I and the Parliamentarians, with Sir Thomas Fairfax as Commander-in-Chief and Oliver Cromwell as Lieutenant-General of the Horse.

Caption For Blackpool, From The South Jetty 1890

As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a trip in a boat.

Caption For Bourne, Market Square 1955

The Market Square is at the busy cross-roads in the centre of this delightful small town.

Caption For Brixham, Parish Church 1922

St Mary's, the parish church of Higher Brixham, was the town's original place of worship, dating back to the 15th century. There are some impressive altar tombs and a font dating back to the 1300s.

Caption For Brixham, Parish Church 1922

St Mary's, the parish church of Higher Brixham, was the town's original place of worship, dating back to the 15th century. There are some impressive altar tombs and a font dating back to the 1300s.

Caption For Worcester, The Monastic Ruins 1891

This is all that remains of the Guesten House, built in 1320 for visitors to the monastery.

Caption For Hungerford, St Lawrence's Parish Church 1903

This photograph could well be a study in oils, but the church of St Lawrence, standing next to the canal, is said to be large and uninspired.

Caption For Leeds, The Post Office And Revenue Office 1897

Leeds was the industrial power house of the old West Riding.

Caption For Washington, Main Street C1955

On the upper reaches of the Wear and once a part of County Durham, Washington was where William Doxford built his first ships before moving to Pallion in the 1870s.