Maps

181,031 maps found.

1888, Carlton Ref. HOSM40089
1888, Gowdall Ref. HOSM46690
1889, Knedlington Ref. HOSM50461
1888, Saltmarshe Ref. HOSM58425
1888, Snaith Ref. HOSM59595
1889, Spaldington Ref. HOSM59834
1888, Yokefleet Ref. HOSM65447
1887, Allington Ref. HOSM35832
1887, Barkston Ref. HOSM37024
1887, Foston Ref. HOSM45706
1886, Fulbeck Ref. HOSM45891
1887, Gelston Ref. HOSM46178
1887, Marston Ref. HOSM53241
1887, Oasby Ref. HOSM55543
1887, Sudbrook Ref. HOSM60893
1895, Cobham Ref. HOSM41475
1895, Northfleet Ref. HOSM55441
1904, Belton Ref. HOSM37477
1904, Bradwell Ref. HOSM38686
1887, Top Fm Ref. HOSM39742

Books

442 books found. Showing results 8,665 to 8,688.

Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 3,611 to 3,620.

Good Old Stan

I was to live in Blackpool for a short while and would work on a farm; I lived with my sister and brother in law in Delphine Avenue. Lawrence my brother in law leant me his Honda fifty motorbike, I pulled into a petrol station some ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool in 1970 by Roland Mitchell

My Move To Cranford From Croydon 1948

My father was a Aircraft Engineer for K.L.M. He started as an apprentice at Croydon Airport in 1934. After the second world war, Croydon was getting too small for the larger aircraft coming along, so K.L.M. ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1948 by John Howard

Lower Broughton

I remember so well every Saturday going with my Mum down Lower Broughton Rd to do the shopping. We used to live on Elton Street which was across from Lower Broughton Road at one end. My Grandparents lived on Edward Street. There was a ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1961 by Bernadette Hefferan

The Army Firing Range At Hythe

The original site of the School of Musketry is no more, having been demolished to make way for a modern supermarket, but I remember using the nearby army firing ranges. My first encounter was with 39 Signal Regiment in ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1971 by John Howard Norfolk

Halls Of Galmpton

The Hall family lived scattered about Devon since the late 1600's, from what I can gather. In the 1850's to the 1890's they seemed to settle around Galmpton and Dittisham, later into Torquay and beyond. My GGG Grandfather William ...Read more

A memory of Galmpton in 1860 by Quentin Hall

School Road Nursery

I am researching my family and was wondering if anyone knew of the School Road Nursery at Yardley Wood. I have recently been given an old family photo which was sent to Mrs A Horton, at that address. I think the photo dates ...Read more

A memory of Yardley Wood by Lesley Rutter

Forty Years Ago.

Sept 1971, and Ventnor became the place of our honeymoon. We had a fabulous week, the weather was good, a lovely hotel just up the hill from the beach. At the end of it, we were very brave and returned to the mainland by hovercraft - ...Read more

A memory of Ventnor in 1971 by Susan Moore

The Davidsons And The Cunninghams

My Grandparents - David C. Davidson and Isabel Cunningham were from Slamanan and came to the U.S. in 1906. David was a coal miner alongside of George Cunningham who came to the U.S. with David; my Grandmother and ...Read more

A memory of Slamannan in 1900 by June Maxwell Mc Clain

Exciting And Interesting Times

Not sure if anyone reads their comments later in life, but in response to one, it was Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers. Cliff lived in Long Lane, next door to where I lived when I was 3 or 4. We lived in the flats ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1968 by Nick Brown

Abbotts Hall Chase Army Huts From 1946 1948

I was four years old when our family moved from Liverpool to squat in one of the army huts. I remember it very well, and the German prisoners of war who made such a fuss of us children. We had no ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1946 by Irene Lewsey

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 8,665 to 8,688.

Caption For Arundel, High Street 1902

The hotel takes its name from the Dukes of Norfolk, formerly the Earls of Arundel, whose principal ancestral home is Arundel Castle.

Caption For Midhurst, North Street 1921

North Street leads out of the town in the direction of Cowdray Park, with which the town is most closely associated.

Caption For Sedbergh, Market Place 1894

Here the Market Place has a fair number of local people and tradesmen curiously watching the cameraman's antics in the middle of the street.

Caption For Armathwaite, The Red Lion Hotel C1965

The Red Lion Hotel in the charming village of Armathwaite occupies a beautiful position at the foot of a tree-clad bank above the River Eden.

Caption For Upper Dicker, The Plough Inn C1950

Much of the brick is now painted, and the 'lych gate' roof can be seen next to the inn sign. Beyond are the walls to the grounds of The Dicker, but many of the trees are now gone.

Caption For Aylsham, Market Place And Hotel C1965

The 18th-century coaching inn, the Black Boys, with its Dutch gable, is in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Bath, The Circus 1896

A walk up Gay Street, named after Robert Gay, who granted John Wood the lease on this hilly area north-west of the old city, leads to one of the most celebrated pieces of this remarkable city's townscape

Caption For Bath, Upper Weston High Street 1907

Upper Weston has all the appearance of a typical Cotswold stone village with its main street winding gently uphill.

Caption For Monkton Combe, The Post Office C1955

Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.

Caption For Madingley, The Church C1955

Madingley is a typical example of an estate village, remodelled in order to improve the view from the landlord's mansion.

Caption For Lealholm, The Village C1955

The road leads down through the village of Lealholm to the bridge over the River Esk in the background.

Caption For Brimscombe, Walls Quarry 1901

On the left is the main London railway line and, still further to the left, the Thames and Severn Canal.

Caption For Worcester, Friar Street 1891

Friar Street was an odd assortment of buildings, including a number of 15th- and 16th-century half-timbered houses and shops.

Caption For Catterick, The Games Room, Sandes Soldiers Home C1955

Mention Catterick to most people and they will immediately think of the great army garrison, which is actually situated four miles from the village itself.

Caption For Altrincham, George Street 1900

This was one of the principal shopping streets of the town, though the Methodist New Connection chapel and the Salvation Army Hall were also along here.

Caption For Castletown, Promenade 1897

If coal was burned in these houses, it had to be imported from the mainland.

Caption For Coniston, The Parish Church 1929

The blue-grey slate walls of Coniston parish church looks down on a memorial to one of England's greatest writers and social reformers, John Ruskin.

Caption For Sheerness, Esplanade And Beach C1955

East of Gravesend, near where the Thames Estuary meets the North Sea, is Sheerness, a port and seaside resort on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey.

Caption For Alnwick, Bondgate Hill C1955

Here we see Bondgate with its famous slope of cobbles. The buildings on the right are mainly late 18th- and early 19th-century.

Caption For Washington, The Village C1955

The Village c1965 This photograph was taken after the formation of Washington New Town.

Caption For Abingdon, The Lock From Downstream 1890

The bushes to the left hide the site of the old abbey at Abingdon, founded in 676 and again in 955 after the original had been destroyed by marauding Danes. It was the mainstay of this area.

Caption For Fulking, The Shepherd And Dog C1950

This well-known public house stands at the foot of the Downs. The area was noted for grazing sheep. There is a spring-fed well by the roadside next to the pub.

Caption For Belfast, Methodist College 1897

There was an urgent need for this school for the sons of Methodist ministers, for the ministers were re-located every three years.

Caption For Cannock, Market Place C1965

Between 1801 and 1901 the industrialisation process brought tens of thousands of people into Staffordshire. The population of Cannock rose from 1,359 to 23,974; Wolverhampton from 12,565 to 94,187.