Maps

2,499 maps found.

1920, South Holmwood Ref. POP834927
1920, South Hornchurch Ref. POP834931
1925, South Kilvington Ref. POP834971
1921, South Knighton Ref. POP834986
1920, South Lancing Ref. POP835000
1924, South Newbald Ref. POP835139
1923, South Ormsby Ref. POP835158
1920, South Oxhey Ref. POP835166
1925, South Pelaw Ref. POP835187
1919, South Radworthy Ref. POP835214
1925, South Shields Ref. POP835248
1920, South Street Ref. POP835294
1919, South Tawton Ref. POP835308
1919, South Tehidy Ref. POP835311
1919, South Town Ref. POP835327
1919, South Widcombe Ref. POP835401
1921, South Wigston Ref. POP835402
1898, South Barrow Ref. RNE834386
1896, South Benfleet Ref. RNE834411
1898, South Bents Ref. RNE834413

Books

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Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 221 to 230.

Croydon18+/Croydon Cemetery

I have just found this site, and although I now live in Manchester I have many memories of growing up in South Norwood and Croydon in the 1950s and 60s. I had forgotten about the donkey in Kennards Arcade, but when I read ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1960 by David Greenfield

From The 2nd World War

My grandparents lived at The Cottage in South View, Uppingham for 40 years from 1908 where he was a well known Director of Music at the public school. From a very early age during the second world war I made my first visit. ...Read more

A memory of Uppingham in 1943 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

Police Station

I have only just found this site. I was born in 1944 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, my Mom was sent there as bombs were falling still in the London area and Woodford was still getting there fair share. We lived in an alleyway ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1947 by Brian Staines

Walking Up Lane To See Gran And Grandad Foot

I walked Trampers Lane so many times as a child to see my Grandparents George and Jane Foot who lived in Oak View Cottage, also my dear Great Aunts, the Misses Mabel, Hilda and Hazel Foot, who lived ...Read more

A memory of North Boarhunt by Margaret Watts

A Promise To Dad

Many years ago, I promised to buy Dad a drink in the "Labour In Vain" public house in Oldswinford, a hostelry that the family has talked about for generations. I had driven past it once before in the 1980s but at that time it ...Read more

A memory of Old Swinford in 1994 by Chris Skelding

Fishers Lane

We lived in Somerset Road but then moved around the corner onto Irby Road and could see across the fields to the Welsh hills. Late evenings in spring we would hear the sound of the Gypsies coming along Irby Road and turn into Fishers ...Read more

A memory of Pensby in 1953 by Len Riley

Kirdford School 1960's

Stired by a recent visit to Ifold. I noticed the reference to Kirdford School. I to went to this school in the early 1960's - and also lived in Ifold. Happy memories especially of Sports days & what seemed like halcyon ...Read more

A memory of Kirdford by Keith Davis

Harold Hill

I was born in north London, at the age of 5, I moved with my two twin younger brothers & parents to Harold Hill council estate on the first part built; 24 Charlbury Crescent. We had farms all around us as the rest of Harold Hill ...Read more

A memory of Gidea Park in 1956 by Brian Johns

Camp Road

Unless I am mistaken, this shot is pointing due south in which the trees of Lynchford Road can be seen in the distance. The distant building on the left hand corner of the "T" junction at the end of Camp Road was "Boots cash chemists" ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough by Billy Moon

Lemington Upon Tyne, Scouting

Scouting Life during the Forties I was born in January 1936 in a large village, Lemington in Northumberland, England. Lemington bordered on the limit of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was a working class area ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1944 by George Ritson

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 529 to 552.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, Mayburgh Henge 1893

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre. It is thought to have been built between 1000BC–2000BC.

Caption For Weston Under Redcastle, Hawkstone Park, The Lake C1955

This is the view along the street looking south.

Caption For Croft On Tees, View Over The River C1955

A line of mainly 18th- and 19th-century cottages line the banks of the mighty River Tees at Croft-on-Tees, a small settlement to the south of Darlington and very close to the borders of County Durham.

Caption For Skelmanthorpe, Commercial Road C1955

Two chums (right) march down Commercial Road, in the South Yorkshire colliery village of Skelmanthorpe.

Caption For Romford, Western Road 1908

Since the part-pedestrianisation of South Street, Western Road has become a major traffic route lined with bus stops, its pavements crowded with scurrying shoppers.

Caption For Devizes, Hartmoor 1899

The Hartmoor area of Devizes lies to the south. This photograph is a revealing view of old England.

Caption For Buriton, Pond 1898

Located at the western extremity of the South Downs, Buriton captures the essence of the traditional English vil- lage.

Caption For Gatley, Gatley Road C1955

Once a small village just a few miles west-south-west of Stockport, Gatley was chosen in the 1840s as the site for the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital.

Caption For Melton Mowbray, Burton Street C1955

Burton Street refers to the former leper hospital of St Mary and St Lazarus established about 1150 by Robert de Mowbray, to the south of the town; it can only be seen now as a series of earthworks to the

Caption For Nottingham, The Old Castle Gateway 1902

It was by this secret passage on the south-east side that Edward III is said to have gained entry to the castle to arrest Roger Mortimer, his mother's lover.

Caption For Bosham, Old Mill C1960

This former ancient tide mill, sited to the south of Dell Quay and at the head of the Bosham Channel, today stands alongside the Bosham Yacht Club quay, and is the haunt of many yachtsmen who enjoy the

Caption For The Lizard, Path To Kynance Cove 1927

The path between Lizard and Kynance is part of the South West Coast Path, which for long stretches owes its existence to the feet of the ever watchful Customs men: in the 18th and 19th centuries, they

Caption For Newton Abbot, From Decoy 1906

Another open area of Newton Abbot is Decoy, to the south of town. With playing fields, a recreation area, a lake and woodlands, it is very popular with the local townspeople.

Caption For Saltwick Bay, Saltwick Nab 1913

This dramatic rock formation lies just south of Whitby, on the Cleveland way, along the old railway track.

Caption For Wadworth, The Square C1965

The White Hart Inn at Wadworth, south of Doncaster, was once an important stopping place on the old Great North Road.

Caption For Ambleside, Windermere From Loughrigg 1912

We are looking south down the length of Windermere from Todd Crag, a southern outlier of Loughrigg Fell above the hamlet of Clappersgate.

Caption For Romsey, Broadlands 1898

Situated to the south of the town, overlooking the Test, Broadlands is an imposing porticoed house remodelled in classical style by 'Capability' Brown and John Holland in the mid 18th century.

Caption For Southampton, The Royal Pier Pavilion 1908

The Royal Pier, at the eastern end of Mayflower Park, was opened in 1833 and for many years was the largest in the south of England.

Caption For Andover, Ladies' Walk 1904

Ladies' Walk ends a little more than a kilometre south-west of the bridge where the workman sits on Ladies' Walk.

Caption For Stokenchurch, The Common C1955

Looking across Bowling Green to the south side of Oxford Road, these houses are mainly early and later 19th century.

Caption For Mousehole, 1927

Mousehole (pronounced 'Mouzel') is an ancient village, the south pier having been first built in around 400 AD.

Caption For Carmarthen, Guildhall Square 1925

Nott Square leads down to the Guildhall and Law Courts, with the South African War Memorial in front of the classical and dignified Guildhall facade.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Market Place 1892

In 1838 the South Midland Temperance Association embraced a large number of towns, including Stratford-upon-Avon. One of the movement's organisers was Thomas Cook, founder of the famous travel agents.

Caption For Sandilands, Promenade Looking South C1955

Sandilands can be found just to the south of Sutton on Sea.