Maps

181,031 maps found.

1909, Rhosllanerchrugog Ref. HOSM57814
1909, Worthenbury Ref. HOSM65209
1882, Wramplingham Ref. HOSM65234
1884, Bellever Ref. HOSM37454
1884, Postbridge Ref. HOSM57116
1901, Ashington Ref. HOSM36339
1883, Shenstone Ref. HOSM59035
1883, Wall Ref. HOSM63279
1883, Weeford Ref. HOSM63600
1885, Aisthorpe Ref. HOSM35723
1886, Bardney Ref. HOSM36993
1887, Coningsby Ref. HOSM41756
1886, Harmston Ref. HOSM47674
1886, Navenby Ref. HOSM54638
1886, Skinnand Ref. HOSM59359
1887, Timberland Ref. HOSM61897
1882, Liskeard Ref. HOSM34795
1882, Darite Ref. HOSM42880
1882, Horningtops Ref. HOSM48938
1882, Roseland Ref. HOSM58033

Books

442 books found. Showing results 8,233 to 8,256.

Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 3,431 to 3,440.

Machen Forge

I'm starting to track my father's family history. I believe an aunt and uncle of mine lived at the rear of the Machen Forge. My father's family lived in Blackweir and several were employed on the Glamorganshire canal as lock keepers and weighbridge operators.

A memory of Blackweir by Ronald Davies

Childhood

Between about 1956 and 1963, every year, my Mum and I would holiday in London for a week and then visit Auntie Claire in Cerne Abbas for one week. Claire lived in Acreman Street a direct reflection that the Cerne Giant took up an Acre of ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1960 by Dave Knight

Drumnagorich Of The Grange

My mother was a housekeeper on a farm there and my memories are of hay making, milking and butter churning. I loved ever year I was there; I can't remember the family but I have been back and what a feeling i got....it was ...Read more

A memory of Keith in 1951 by Valerie Carver

Being In Garfield House Childrens Home,And Going To School In Crown Road, Dereham

My maiden name was Marion Grange, I am now known as Marion Yallop. I used to go to Crown Road, Dereham school, where I finished my school days from there in 1968. I am ...Read more

A memory of Dereham in 1966 by Marion Yallop

Weddinbg

Wedding breakfast in the Crown Hotel. Has any one got any photos of the Crown?

A memory of Slough in 1959 by Robin Adair

Laneswood The Home

As quite young boys of then 7 and 6, my brother and I with our parents, over Christmas in 1945 soon after the end of WWII came across from Holland, to visit our grand-parents who lived in "Laneswood", a true manor house standing ...Read more

A memory of Mortimer by Jan Willem Van Weel

Dock Area Life

I was born at 13 Ellor Street, Hankey Park, in 1940 to Sarah and Charles Feeley (snr), the youngest of five siblings: Charlie (jnr) Eileen, Monica and Hannah. In 1941 my father left for the army, and we moved to 46 Brookland St off ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1940 by Kevin Feeley

Is This The Lytch Gate In College Street Through To Angel Place

My Grandad lived in 8 College Street Worcester, just opposite the Cathedral. Part of the house was this room that went over the lytch gate and through to the street behind, which I ...Read more

A memory of Worcester in 1950 by Jennifer Jewkes

Our Camelot...

Our little family of Mom, Dad, (Nan and Tom Mackie) my four year old sister Dorothy and myself seven years older, moved from the North to U Slaughter where my Dad and Mom were hired as butler/valet to Major Witts (Dad) and cook ...Read more

A memory of Upper Slaughter in 1948 by Gwenneth Steward

My First School

The Anson family arrived at Strensall in 1957. My father was at the camp as a 'skill at arms' instructor until 1959 attached to the K.O.Y.L.I. I can remember the first day at school in Strensall village.I caught the bus which cost ...Read more

A memory of Strensall in 1957 by Kathryn Anson

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 8,233 to 8,256.

Caption For Shaw, Market Street C1950

Shaw developed as part of Crompton and by the early 1900s it had 29 spinning mills.

Caption For Bitteswell, White Cottage And St Mary's Church C1960

St Mary's with its late 13th-century tower dominates the east side of the village green. On the south side of the tower is a recess which may once have held a monument.

Caption For Castle Donington, Borough Street C1955

In the far north-west of the county, and almost in Derbyshire, this village must deserve small town status.

Caption For Quorn, Cross C1965

The battlemented tower of St Bartholomew's (left) just shows above the row of rather good brick and tile cottages, into which the post office has been thrust.

Caption For Felixstowe, Pier 1906

Opened in 1906 with a length of half a mile, the pier incorporated an electric tramway - one of its cars is clearly visible in the photograph.

Caption For Newark, Devon Bridge 1909

The Devon is in reality a branch of the Trent, but it played a vital role in Newark's commercial success.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 2003

This ancient town crowns the steep hill above the valley of the River Kensey. Here we see the broad market place, with its pleasing facades of 17th- and 18th-century slate-roofed buildings.

Caption For Loughborough, Church Gate C1955

The characteristics of a real country market town were being established. A handsome stone church was built, originally dedicated to St Peter and St Paul but later to All Saints.

Caption For Pakenham, Windmill C1955

The village of Pakenham is noted for having both a watermill and windmill in close proximity to each other. The tower windmill was built in 1831.

Caption For Worcester, The Cathedral Quire 1891

The photographer was standing below the high altar to take this view, which looks westwards the length of the quire and nave to the great west window.

Caption For Ribchester, Church 1894

The church is dedicated to St.Wilfrid, the Archbishop of York in the 660s. Wilfrid is a northern dedication, and usually denotes an ancient church.

Caption For Manchester, The Cathedral 1897

This view looks from Fennel Street, with Cathedral Street going off to the left. This corner of the Cathedral (the Manchester Regiment Chapel) was badly damaged in the blitz of the Second World War.

Caption For Hadleigh, Deanery Tower 1922

The Village c1955 Shotley Gate, at the very end of the Shotley Peninsula, was home to the former HMS 'Ganges', the Royal Navy's training school.

Caption For Swansea, General View From Hill 1893

There is also very great trade for coal which they export to all the ports of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and also to Ireland itself so that one sometimes sees a hundred sail of ships at a time loading

Caption For Corby, High Street C1955

The High Street of the old village, now traffic calmed, has shops somewhat marred by security shutters, but in the 1950s all that was in the future.

Caption For Horncastle, Market Place C1965

The Stanhope Memorial stands in the middle of the space where the market is held twice a week.

Caption For Wisbech, Market Place C1955

The north side of the Market Place was the drinking heart of Wisbech, whose taste for alcohol saw one hundred inns, taverns and pubs recorded around the town.

Caption For Manchester, The Royal Infirmary C1885

When this picture was taken, the infirmary had on its staff Walter Whitehead, probably one of the most talented surgeons of the late-Victorian era.

Caption For Bethesda, Town C1955

This Snowdonian village on the Holyhead Road (A5) lies at the mouth of the pass of Nant Ffrancon, beneath the famous Penrhyn slate quarries, once the largest in the world and still producing slate today

Caption For Haverfordwest, St Mary's Church C1955

St Mary's has undergone several periods of renovation and in 1843 some schoolboys accidentally knocked some plaster off the arcade to reveal capitals of exceptional quality.

Caption For Boston, The Docks 1890

In earlier times, war had only affected the soldiers and sailors directly involved and people who happened to live on or near the battlefield, or the route of the marching army.

Caption For Manchester, Town Hall 1895

Princess Street is running away to the left, with the big bay window on the corner of the building.

Caption For Thornton Hough, Village C1950

This village is referred to as 'Torintone' in the Domesday book, but during the reign of Edward II it, and much of the surrounding land, came into the possession of Roger de Thornton, whose only daughter

Caption For Paignton, 1894

If we imagine this scene without the buildings, we can get some idea of the expanse of the marshlands.