Maps

181,031 maps found.

1888, Stowford Ref. HOSM60706
1896, Sittingbourne Ref. HOSM35188
1896, Bredgar Ref. HOSM38860
1896, Doddington Ref. HOSM43302
1896, Iwade Ref. HOSM49536
1896, Kingsdown Ref. HOSM50161
1896, Lynsted Ref. HOSM52895
1896, Wichling Ref. HOSM64516
1907, Bordley Ref. HOSM38326
1907, Conistone Ref. HOSM41765
1907, Draughton Ref. HOSM43594
1907, Grassington Ref. HOSM46870
1907, Hubberholme Ref. HOSM49191
1907, Rylstone Ref. HOSM58353
1907, Skyreholme Ref. HOSM59387
1887, Boughton Ref. HOSM38410
1887, Ewerby Ref. HOSM45018
1887, Garwick Ref. HOSM46098
1887, Heckington Ref. HOSM48147
1887, Holdingham Ref. HOSM48701

Books

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Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 2,391 to 2,400.

School Dance Display

The Wyggeston Girls Grammar School put on a Dance display for Parents. I remember my mum & younger sister coming to watch and my friend and I took them to a local espresso bar afterwards. I also recall a visit with my dad to ...Read more

A memory of Leicester in 1960 by Maggie Martin

Alice Eastwood Nee Colthup

My great aunt Alice was a teacher at Five Ashes village school in the early years of the 20th century. She was born in New Brompton, Kent on 29.8.1879 and died 23.12.1966 and is buried in the village. She married Fred ...Read more

A memory of Five Ashes in 1900 by Michael Canton

Place Of Birth No Memories!

I was born in Kench Hill Nursing Home to parents living in Payne Street Farm, Charing but have never visited. Does it appear on the map or jigsaw puzzle?

A memory of Charing in 1944 by Ann Manno

Coinant Collary

Always when my gran (Cath Hatton) was working in the canteen I would go up and have a drink and a piece of cake, and she would shout at me for bringing my friends up. On a couple of occasions a man used to show me a trick by moving his ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1983 by Paul Hatton

The Hump

Just on the other side of the bridge you can see the footpath leading up and over a mound. This mound was built up in preparation for a projected relief road from the Midland Railway station to the Sheepmarket (on the other side of the ...Read more

A memory of Stamford by John Riley

Boyhood In Navenby

This is the village where I was born and grew up. The first shop on the right was my Dad's, a Butcher. This was next to Welbourn's the baker. The other side of Tenters Lane was another Bakers, Marshall's. The village school then was ...Read more

A memory of Navenby by Graham Dawson

Family Day Out Clerkenwell To Caterham 1925

The above photo depicts Dorothy Connor (nee Step) aged 10, with her late Mother Elizabeth Step (aged 46) and her Sister, Florence Step (aged 21) having alighted from the 159a Bus which brought them from their ...Read more

A memory of Caterham by Elisabeth Connor

My Early Years

On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Yealand Conyers in 1952 by Sue Tomlinson

St. Mary Bourne

This is the War Memorial, which is in the centre of the village. The white house was occupied a few years later by Air Vice marshall and Mrs. Perry-Keene and adjacent is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cook with their daughter Angela, not to mention the Jack Russell Terriers.

A memory of St Mary Bourne in 1955 by Stephanie Garnham

Winnville

Winnville opposite Askrigg Post Office was the residence of George Winn and his wife Elizabeth. George was born in 1808 in Nappa Hall Askrigg along with his brothers Richard Metcalfe Winn and John Winn who became the vicar of St Andrews ...Read more

A memory of Askrigg in 1860 by Julie Brutnell

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 5,737 to 5,760.

Caption For Penally, Giltar Point And Sands C1955

Giltar Point is an expanse of limestone projecting out into the sea at the end of Tenby's South Beach.

Caption For Abergavenny, 1898

To a current inhabitant, the most striking feature of this view is the absence of houses in the centre.

Caption For Bushley, Post Office C1960

Almost in Gloucestershire, Bushley lies but a couple of miles from Tewkesbury.

Caption For Staveley, The Village C1955

The township of Staveley-in- Cartmel is part of a civil parish of the same name. The name 'Staveley' means 'a woodland clearing where staves were to be found'.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1912

Chideock, usually pronounced without the 'e', stands rooted in history along the line of an old stagecoach route.

Caption For Emery Down, 1904

Cattle graze on Emery Down's green in the early years of the last century, a more familiar sight then than now.

Caption For Luton, From Eaton Farm 2005

FEW PEOPLE would be shocked by the idea of a national poll, conducted by Idler magazine, discovering that Luton was Britain's 'crappiest town'.

Caption For Kippax, The Leeds Road C1960

KIPPAX was a small estate village servicing Kippax Hall and Kippax Park for three centuries before developing rapidly in the mid 19th cen- tury with the discovery of coal reserves.

Caption For Witchampton, Mill 1904

The mill at Witchampton stands on the site of a much older mill building.

Caption For Kendal, Looking North 1896

This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.

Caption For Leek, St Edward Street C1955

The parish church is at the top of the street, out of camera shot.

Caption For Halse, Village C1955

A meet of hounds at Halse, a charming old village to the north west of Taunton. In medieval times there was a branch of the Knights Hospitallers at Halse.

Caption For Buxton, Thermal Baths And Crescent 1923

The fame of Buxton as a Medieval spa grew and in Tudor times was greatly enhanced by the visits of Mary Queen of Scots who came to take the waters for her various illnesses, including rheumatism

Caption For Helston, Coinagehall Street 1931

Just out of the picture on the left stands Barclay's, once the home of Hugh Rogers, who was the first Squire of Penrose.

Caption For Sidford, Village 1906

Sidford's 12th-century packhorse bridge was built because the ford in question was proving difficult for horses; only the north parapet remains of the original structure.

Caption For Cambridge, Trinity Hall Lathams Buildings 1909

Not part of Trinity College, but a college in its own right, Trinity Hall was founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.

Caption For Shaldon, Fore Street 1922

Shaldon remains an unspoiled regency fishing village on the Torquay side of the Teign estuary. A long bridge and foot-ferry lead across to neighbouring Teignmouth.

Caption For Monsal Dale, C1955

This picture gives another impression of the wonderful feeling of space engendered by the Peak District.

Caption For Bexley, St Mary's Church C1955

The tower stands out because of its unique design of an unusual octagonal shingled spire. In 1853 the great-grandparents of Queen Elizabeth II married here.

Caption For Blackdown Camp, 1906

A sextet of non-commissioned officers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade adopt a casual pose for the photographer amid the gorse bushes and sparse clumps of grass outside the Sergeants Mess at this camp on

Caption For Wimbish, Aldridge's Cottage C1960

The ancient art of the thatcher has been caught in this interesting photograph. Many Essex villages have fine examples of thatched buildings.

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street 1931

The old industrial town of Stourbridge owes some of its fortunes to the European glass- blowers who settled here in Elizabethan times, founding an industry which has endured.

Caption For Pershore, The Abbey C1960

This truncated church is all that remains of the great abbey that once stood on this site.

Caption For Lindfield, Finches Park Road C1960

These detached houses are part of the Finches development, with no trace of the original house remaining.