Maps

181,031 maps found.

1898, Eastgate Ref. RNE698589
1898, Easton Ref. RNE698712
1899, Lenton Ref. RNE755047
1896, Maypole Ref. RNE775874
1895, Middleton Ref. RNE779492
1898, Hillfields Ref. RNE736191
1895, Highbury Ref. RNE733821
1899, Highfields Ref. RNE734468
1898, Millfield Ref. RNE780765
1895, Moortown Ref. RNE783582
1896, Paddington Ref. RNE799375
1899, Radford Ref. RNE812712
1895, Redbridge Ref. RNE814642
1898, Redland Ref. RNE814922
1896, Soho Ref. RNE833929
1895, Northwood Ref. RNE794524
1895, Norton Ref. RNE794591
1946, Ravensthorpe Ref. NPO813797
1945, Redbridge Ref. NPO814642
1895, Woodside Ref. RNE874009

Books

442 books found. Showing results 529 to 552.

Memories

29,029 memories found. Showing results 221 to 230.

New Inn Littleham

The picture of the New Inn at Littleham Village brought back memories of my childhood. Together with a sister and three brothers we were evacuated to Littleham and after our home in London was bombed all the family moved into a ...Read more

A memory of Littleham in 1940 by Albert Froud

1945 To 1966

My grandparents, Jabez Smith and Kate his wife owned the post office in Coombe Valley Road, formerly Union Road, before and during the war. Their daughter Rose Moss (my Mother) ran it from the age of sixteen. They also owned and lived in ...Read more

A memory of Dover by Ken Moss

St John's Church (1950's And Early 60's)

St John's Church has its own peculiar smell which I used to appreciate during "the long kneel" (communion). Once a month, (or every week) an army of children would be frogmarched from The Langsmead School ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet by Christine Beddows

Visiting This Shop

I started Gainford School in 1954 & remember Miss Browns little shop crammed full with habberdashery, stockings (nylons) hankies, knitting-wool, etc., everything you could possibly want - an oasis in this small village. She ...Read more

A memory of Gainford in 1955 by Faith Spence

Evacuation To Combpyne

My sister Margaret and I (nee Rayner) were evacuated to the home and caring of a friend Olive Tuck who had a cottage next to a farm just out of Combpyne.  Across the fields where we were allowed to play, was the path to Landslip ...Read more

A memory of Rousdon in 1942 by Jean Mc Kern

My First Job

I worked for Green and Dysons/FC Dysons in the high street during 1960/61. I can recall the manager's name as being Tom Lott. Mrs Hearn worked in the canteen, well a corridor really rather than a proper canteen. From memory I think ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1960 by Victor Harmes

Early Years Of My Life

I was born in 1936 in Shipley nursing home and we lived at 1 The Green, Micklethwaite until 1944. My father died in 1941 and my mother was left with me and brother John, surname Walker, to bring up on her own. I ...Read more

A memory of Micklethwaite in 1930 by Christine Elliot

Family Holidays

We had many happy family holidays at Polzeath. We always stayed in a bungalow above Tristram Cliff and could walk down across the fields to the beach. In the early days cars were not confined to the area at the top of the beach and ...Read more

A memory of Polzeath in 1960 by George Barbour

Fender Primary School

I remember going to school and watching the community baths being built and then remembering the the flats opposite the Fender school and the mansionets by Fender School were where I spent most of my time playing and growing up.

A memory of Woodchurch in 1977 by Tina Driver

Princess Christian College

26 Willbraham Road used to be the home of the Princess Christian College of Nursery Nursing where I spent a happy if hectic 18 months - in those days my surname was Smith. We used to be able to go out through the back ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1968 by Rosemary Chalmers

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 529 to 552.

Caption For Trimley, Village And Church 1899

The two churches of St Martin and St Mary stand adjacent to each other in the same churchyard.

Caption For Orford, The Castle 1937

The keep was built in 1165-73 by Henry II as a check on the power of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, who had castles at Framlingham and Bungay.

Caption For Northallerton, North End C1960

The Highways Department had made a fine job of the flowerbeds of this roundabout at the North End of Northallerton, the busy little town on the River Wiske on the western edge of the North York Moors.

Caption For Wakefield, Wood Street C1953

More evidence of Coronation flags and bunting is shown in this view of Wood Street, Wakefield, looking up towards the clock tower of the Town Hall, built in 1880 in the French Gothic style by T E Collcutt

Caption For Uley, From Uley Bury C1965

Uley Brewery is in business to this day, one of a number of small breweries in the area that produce highly distinctive beers.

Caption For Sapcote, The Wesleyan Church C1965

On the east side of the village, this is an undernourished Non- conformist chapel, in a sense a poor relation of the Methodist church in Castle Donington.

Caption For Carew, From North West 1893

The west range of the castle to the right dates back to the 13th century, whereas the heavily fenestrated north range to the left is Elizabethan, the work of Sir John Perrot, half-brother

Caption For Walberswick, Village Street C1955

The foundation stone of the chapel (left) was laid in 1910. The end of the next house is made up of alternate courses of brick and beach pebbles.

Caption For Matlock Bath, Royal Cumberland Cavern C1955

The Royal Cumberland Cavern was one of several public show caves in Matlock Bath during the 1950s, and was well known for its formations of calcite and traces of the work of former lead miners.

Caption For Calver, The Village C1950

This crossroads west of the village of Calver is known as Calver Sough - a sough (pronounced “suff”) being a drainage tunnel designed to take water out of lead mines.

Caption For Pontyclun, Cowbridge Road C1955

As well as the Midland Bank on the left and the Windsor Arms on the right, this picture also features a branch of Thomas & Evans on the right-hand side of the picture.

Caption For Harlow, The Lawn Tower Block C1955

This nine-storey block was a typical example of housing designed for single people. The first one was built on the corner of Mark Hall Moors in open parkland in the midst of seven magnificent oaks.

Caption For Launceston, The Priory 1938

This jumble of stones, just to the north of St Thomas's Church, is all that remains of a priory so wealthy that it once lent money to the King.

Caption For Launceston, The Priory 1938

This jumble of stones, just to the north of St Thomas's Church, is all that remains of a priory so wealthy that it once lent money to the King.

Caption For Sapcote, The Wesleyan Church C1965

On the east side of the village, this is an undernourished Non- conformist chapel, in a sense a poor relation of the Methodist church in Castle Donington.

Caption For Cleeve Hill, 1907

The Cotswolds reach their highest point at West Down, 1083 feet above sea level, above this parish of Cleeve Hill, east of Cheltenham.

Caption For York, Ouse Bridge C1950

The story is told (which may or may not be true) that in 1154 thousands of people lined the old bridge to herald the arrival of Archbishop William Fitzherbert, later to become St William of York.

Caption For Northampton, The Drapery 1949

This very detailed photograph depicts one of Northampton's busiest streets.

Caption For Hinderwell, Runswick Lane C1960

Runswick Lane leads out of Hinderwell High Street to Runswick Bay, a local beauty spot much beloved by many Clevelanders.

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 Morfa Bychan, Garreg Wen Lake 1925

Known today for its caravan parks and the long sandy beach of Black Rock sands, Morfa Bychan, just west of Porthmadog, was long celebrated for the story of Dafydd Garreg-Wen, the blind harpist, known for

Caption For Waddington, High Street C1960

Waddington is now noted more for its large Royal Air Force station to the east of the village, but it grew up on a diversion of Ermine Street to the western scarp of the limestone ridge.

Caption For Worthing, Esplanade, East End 1890

During the summer of 1894, Oscar Wilde and his family occupied this house overlooking the sea at the eastern end of the extended Esplanade.

Caption For Cardiff, War Memorial 2004

Visually unaltered, the memorial is still the focus of remembrance in the city.