Maps

2,499 maps found.

1921, South Willesborough Ref. POP835404
1925, South Wingate Ref. POP835407
1923, South Wingfield Ref. POP835408
1919, South Wraxall Ref. POP835443
1919, South-End Ref. POP835557
1903, South Beach Ref. RNC834400
1903, South Crosland Ref. RNC834576
1898, South Fambridge Ref. RNC834685
1898, South Heighton Ref. RNC834866
1903, South Hiendley Ref. RNC834872
1900, South Hole Ref. RNC834914
1903, South Kirkby Ref. RNC834979
1899, South Knighton Ref. RNC834987
1901, South Lopham Ref. RNC835055
1898, South Malling Ref. RNC835083
1903, South Milford Ref. RNC835096
1903, South Moors Ref. RNC835119
1903, South Owersby Ref. RNC835164
1900, South Radworthy Ref. RNC835214
1898, South Street Ref. RNC835292

Books

23 books found. Showing results 697 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 291 to 300.

Evacuation

I am with my Dad, peter Brandon, who was also evacuated to the area during the war with his 2 brothers and sister and parents. They were in a terrace of cottages, Dinnaton Cottages south od Swimbridge. he went to Swimbridge school, probably ...Read more

A memory of Swimbridge by Tony Brandon

Florence Gibson Ward

Hi all, I was there about 1961, I think it was late summer, I'd just got out of Myrtle Street Hospital in Liverpool, and instead of going home to terrible accommodation in Liverpool 8, they (whoever "they" were) sent me to Heswall to ...Read more

A memory of Heswall by Frederick Johnson

Surveying At Newry

In the early 1950s Mining undergraduates at the University of Birmingham practised land surveying at Llanfairfechan. They lodged for most of June at Newry Cottages, now Plas Heulog. The task was to traverse the area south of ...Read more

A memory of Llanfairfechan by Phil Rwad

Memory

Yes Hassobury school was a nice school I was there in 1969 I in joyed it there the teachers was nice it gone now all house and flats there now the teachers was miss Bog miss eveans miss donlop she was South Africa miss Hendry miss Newman it ...Read more

A memory of Farnham by judystone12

Mitcham

I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Norbury

Wandsworth Common

Lived at 26 WestSide from late 40s until the underpass was built, then to Morville House in later 1960s. Loved being able to cross Trinity Road to the common where I spent many hours with different friends, often playing football and ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by Hugh Betterton

1966 69 Happiest Year Of My Childhood

Reading all the memories, mostly happy, and recollections from both staff and pupils at Warnham Court has opened the floodgates to my own happy, carefree school days. Gosh, so many people and ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School by Susanne Baylis

Standing Up For Fornethy

I have been reading lots of accounts of how bad Fornethy was, of beatings, and abuse, but I didn't experience any of that. I was there twice, including for my 11th birthday in May 1970. I have a letter I sent ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by Marjorie South

I Was A Bexley Tech Girl, 1950 54

My name at school was Yvonne Reynolds and I was in the JDSX-SDX stream. Thank you everyone for your memories. I'm pleased to see that there some writing who are about my age now [b.1937]. My first year was at ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Kate Sanford

Snapshots

As a very little boy we moved from Birkenhead in the North West, Merseyside to Luton. It was the 1950s and my Dad had a job in Vauxhall's. His brother Tom was already a General Foreman there and his younger brother John (that's what we all called ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Gerard Fitzpatrick Howkins

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 697 to 720.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1900

The prosperous town, built where the sea meets the wild heathlands of Dorset, is one of the largest on England's south coast.

Caption For Borrowdale, The Hotel C1870

The traffic-free minor road meanders south between drystone walls through the dale, towards Grange and Rosthwaite.

Caption For Eyam, Composite C1920

The other pictures show (clockwise from the top left) Eyam Hall and the stocks; Mompesson`s Well; the plague cottages and the church; and the parish church from the south east.

Caption For Sandown, The Beach 1892

Sandown and its twin resort of Shanklin, a couple of miles to the south, are connected by a long promenade that winds around the curve of Shanklin Bay.

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 Melton Mowbray, St Mary's Church 1927

This is probably the most beautiful of all Leicestershire churches, floating here above the trees and grassland, its magnificent late 15th-century tower dominating the market place and the south side of

Caption For Poole, High Street 1900

The prosperous town, built where the sea meets the wild heathlands of Dorset, is one of the largest on England's south coast.

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1949

Here we see the view southwards along South Street, from the taxi rank (left) to the tower of St Mary's Parish Church (right of centre). This was the B3157 to West Bay and Burton Bradstock.

Caption For The Broads, Fleet Dyke C1934

The Fleet Dyke flows from the River Bure to South Walsham Broad. A break in the storm cloud allows the evening sun to cast shadows on the rippling water, a sight not uncommon on the Broads.

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1912

This photograph looks southwards along South Street from the Cross Keys (left) next to butcher Arthur Lewis and cycle agent Charles Frederick Fooks. The cart belonging to the former is moving off.

Caption For Sutton, Wesleyan Chapel 1894

The chapel was built in 1884 on the south side of Carshalton Road, but has since been demolished.

Caption For Fulking, The Village C1960

At Fulking, 16th-century cottages still lie on either side of the village street that winds its way below the South Downs.

Caption For Peterlee, Yoden Way C1965

To the south of Easington, the new town of Peterlee was developed with the aim of attracting light industry into the area.

Caption For Rodborough, The Village C1960

Rodborough parish extends from Stroud to Minchinhampton on the south side of the Frome valley, and includes the hamlets of Butterrow, Houndscroft and Rodborough Common.

Caption For Falmouth, Cowlands Creek River Fal 1912

This tranquil creek, three miles south of Truro, is one of many on the River Fal. Here two girls are enjoying the sunlight.

Caption For Honiton, New Street 1904

The station is to the right, on the old London and South Western Railway line from Waterloo to Exeter.

Caption For Two Dales, Red House C1960

This small settlement to the south of Bakewell lies between Halldale and Darley Dale and, architecturally at least, has little to commend it.

Caption For South Wigston, Blaby Road C1960

It was W G Hoskins who said of South Wigston that 'it reaches the rock bottom of English provincial life', and it would be hard to disagree with his sentiments.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, St Mary's Church 1898

The south porch was removed for road widening in 1831, and is now a folly at Nowton Park.

Caption For Hawkshead, Esthwaite Water, Roger Ground From Colthouse Heights 1912

Esthwaite Water, south of Hawkshead, is one of the quietest of the lakes, and its Norse name means 'the lake by the eastern clearing'.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Capstone Hill And Parade 1911

Before efficient transport links were opened to Ilfracombe, steamers crossed the Severn estuary from South Wales, discharging hundreds of day-trippers into the town.

Caption For Eastleigh, Market Street C1955

Originally a village, Eastleigh expanded rapidly around Bishopstoke Junction after the London and South Western Railway Company's carriage works moved here in 1889-90, followed by the locomotive

Caption For Manchester, Portland Street 1885

In the warehouse district, Portland Street in 1885 began on the south side of the infirmary and was used to link Oxford Street and Piccadilly by tramway.