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Photos

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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1896, Marton Green Ref. RNE775359
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1897, Ashton Ref. HOSM36373
1898, Blacon Ref. HOSM38010
1897, Brown Knowl Ref. HOSM39226
1897 - 1909, Capenhurst Ref. HOSM40008
1908 - 1909, Eccleston Ref. HOSM44645
1898 - 1909, Handbridge Ref. HOSM47543

Books

19 books found. Showing results 889 to 19.

Memories

2,057 memories found. Showing results 371 to 380.

The Lane Pauline Johnson

I used to walk to Blands School through the lane with my friend Jean Brookes, we would often stop outside the Clark's (Terry) house and climb up the bank where we could see Jean's house across the field. Then we would ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield in 1955 by pauline.hutchins

Holiday Memory

In the previous two years we'd had our holiday in South Devon, but in 1958, for some reason, my father decided we would stay in Lerryn, & booked himself, mother & I into a B&B (possibly The Old Forge?) by the river. I was 11 ...Read more

A memory of Lerryn in 1958 by Anthony Kerrison

Bicycle Storage

I was born and lived at Longdon Green. I started work at West Cannock Colliery No.5 in 1951. I used to cycle to Rugeley every morning and store my bicycle in Jack Hill's shop doorway along with other miners' bikes, then catch the green ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1951 by Carl Linney

Deal Railway Station

I moved to Deal when I was 3. We lived in a house owned by the railway in the station approach. My father was linesman on the railway. I went to the parochial school on London Road. The Headmaster was Mr Scholl and my teacher, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1947 by Lilian Maxwell

From The 1950s On

I moved to Hundleton in the 1950s and spent all my childhood in and around, living at Belmont then Quiot's Hill before living for a while in Gilead, then back to River View. As the years passed my love for Freshwater West grew but ...Read more

A memory of Hundleton in 1957 by Charles Stanley

New Vicar For Dovercourt

My father was inducted as the new vicar on 31st December 1949 at All Saints Church. I was just nine at the time but I retain some dim memories of a packed church! My dad stayed at Dovercourt until his retirement in 1976. I ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt in 1949 by Martin Johnson

Longtown High Street

My great-great grandfather was George 'Dood' McKie and he lived in a house about six doors beyond the Graham Arms Hotel which is shown in the Francis Frith photo number L203002.  He was one of those Longtown characters who are ...Read more

A memory of Longtown in 1880 by Chester Forster

As A Child I Lived In The Estate Office

As a child I lived in the estate office in the square, my father was estate bailiff for W J Brymer for all of the war years. I remember many of the troops were billeted with us in the house, at one time we ...Read more

A memory of Puddletown in 1940 by Richard Gaunt

My Family Used To Own This!

A photo very similar to this hangs in my bedroom, I am a West and spent many a happy summers here. My family used to own the tearooms, my mother and her brother were caught in the fire in 1966 which resulted in the top ...Read more

A memory of Marlborough by Natalie West

Horndean War Memorial

I am seeking help in identifying two soldiers recorded on the Horndean War Memorial. I have found the details of all of the others. I intend to publish the results of my research. The two men are recorded as follows Turner ...Read more

A memory of Horndean in 1910 by David Goble

Captions

1,993 captions found. Showing results 889 to 912.

Caption For Okehampton, Meldon Viaduct 1906

The London and South Western Railway built their Exeter to Plymouth line to the north of Dartmoor through Okehampton.

Caption For Hardingstone, Primary School C1965

The photographer is looking west along the High Street, past the Victorian primary school with its cluster of steep slated pyramidal roofs and the hall 'erected by General Bouverie for the use of the parish

Caption For Bristol, Cathedral 1900

In 1542 Henry VIII created the diocese of Bristol, and the former church of the Augustinian priory was elevated to the rank of cathedral.

Caption For Leeds, The Town Hall 1894

When Leeds town hall was opened by Queen Victoria, the streets were lined with palm trees and triumphal arches.

Caption For Winster, West Bank C1955

West Bank winds up the hill towards the significantly-named Miners' Standard public house on the hill above the village.

Caption For Iona, Abbey, West Front 1903

The island of Iona, near Mull off the west coast of Scotland, is known as the cradle of Scottish Christianity or 'The Mecca of Gael'. St Columba built his monastery here in AD563.

Caption For Dartmeet, The Clapper Bridge 1925

The meeting of the East and West Dart rivers has drawn tourists for as long as transport has been available.

Caption For Lyndhurst, High Street 1908

Note the hay rake, coal-scuttles and assortment of pip- ing and rope adorning the window of the local iron- mongers in the centre of Lyndhurst.

Caption For Padstow, Church Chapel Stile 1901

Although it is sheltered and here looks relatively tranquil, the estuary has claimed many ships. The famous Doom Bar (so famous it even has a beer named after it!)

Caption For Stonehouse, High Street C1955

Standing in the Severn Vale to the west of Stroud, Stonehouse was once a cloth-making town.

Caption For Blue Anchor, The Beach C1955

Blue Anchor is a hamlet in Carhampton parish, and it takes its name from the local inn. In 1874 it became a halt on the Taunton to Minehead railway line, now the privately run West Somerset Railway.

Caption For Abergavenny, St Mary's Church C1960

The wide porch and twin gabled west front were part of Thomas Nicholson's restoration of 1881-82.

Caption For Carnforth, Lancaster Road C1955

Carnforth's industries of sand and gravel extraction and iron smelting depended upon the Lancaster Canal and later the railway, when an important junction between the north-south and east-west

Caption For Odiham, Western Cross 2004

The former toll house was demolished as part of a road-widening scheme, and access to and from West Street was blocked to traffic in the interest of safety.

Caption For West Huntspill, High Road C1960

West Huntspill, which we see here, grew from a conglomeration of agricultural hamlets straggling across the Levels.

Caption For Lincoln, Guildhall 1890

To the right is John Gibson's dignified Italianate bank of 1883, now the Nat West and well restored. It towers over Stone Bow and is one of the city's finest Victorian commercial buildings.

Caption For Kingswinford, Summer Hill C1965

The four roads which meet at the Cross are Moss Grove, Market Street, High Street, and Summer Hill, which are part of the main roads linking Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Wolverhampton.

Caption For Ilfracombe, From Capstone Hill 1906

In 1928 the west wing was rented to the council for use as offices, but the rot had set in.

Caption For Swinton, Main Street C1960

The small hamlet of Swinton, west of Malton on the B1257, above the wide valley of the River Rye, was completely deserted when the Frith photographer called on a summer's day.

Caption For Spilsby, Franklin Monument 1956

His last expedition found the North–West Passage around the north of Canada, but Franklin and his crews died in 1847 when his ships, 'Erebus' and 'Terror', were trapped in the Arctic ice.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle 1914

Two of the girls have come down from the bridge and are inspecting the ruined south-west towers.

Caption For Ripon, The Cathedral From The South East 1901

Stonemasons and glaziers from France and Italy built St Wilfrid's first stone church on this site in 672. Reconstruction began in 1069, although the building we see today dates from 1180.

Caption For Charlestown, From The East 1890

Tranquil waters lap around the two outer piers and the narrow entrance to the dock, which was cut back into West Polmear Cove around a century before this photograph was taken.

Caption For Aylesford, Village From The River C1960

One of Kent's most ancient villages, Aylesford occupies a strategic crossing of the Medway, and dates from the time of the Saxons. The parish church crowns a hillock and is principally Norman.