Maps

181,031 maps found.

1901, Stourbridge Ref. HOSM35254
1900, Bobbington Ref. HOSM38177
1883, Sytchampton Ref. HOSM61143
1884, Brockford Street Ref. HOSM39052
1884, Ringshall Ref. HOSM57846
1885, Bearley Ref. HOSM37310
1900, Crimscote Ref. HOSM42275
1885, Pathlow Ref. HOSM56165
1885, Wolverton Ref. HOSM64949
1882, Bisley Ref. HOSM37963
1882, Box Ref. HOSM38505
1882, Bussage Ref. HOSM39750
1882, Dudbridge Ref. HOSM43919
1882, Edge Ref. HOSM44594
1882, Waterlane Ref. HOSM55531
1882, Painswick Ref. HOSM56095
1882, Selsley Ref. HOSM58935
1882, Sheepscombe Ref. HOSM59086
1882, Slad Ref. HOSM59498
1882, Bisley Ref. HOSM60227

Books

442 books found. Showing results 9,169 to 9,192.

Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 3,821 to 3,830.

Early Years

Where do start?! I (then Aidan Jackson) moved to Burnhope at the age of 3 in 1944. I lived at 1 Jaw Blades (now demolished) with my grandparents, uncles and mother. I started school at the old infant/junior school in October 1946. ...Read more

A memory of Burnhope in 1946 by Aidan Tasker

Royal Hotel Ww2 And Afterwards

From 1939 to 1959 I lived in West View, just a couple of hundred yards from the Royal. We were friendly with the proprietress of the time, a Miss Florence Shute. Miss Shute had a brother who lived in our flats and ...Read more

A memory of Ilkley in 1940 by Christopher Youhill

High Bridge

When I was very young, just before 1950, I can remember High Bridge was like this without the footbridge beside it. Without so much traffic it was safe to walk over the main bridge. Then the river was tidal and had banks of mud on either ...Read more

A memory of Spalding in 1955 by Barbara Taylor

Washington Road

I lived as a child at 49, Washington Road, Worcester Park, Surrey, which I learnt to relate parrot fashion as a 5 or 6 year old in case I got lost. We had a black dustbin with the Number 49 on it, a monkey puzzle tree in the ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1954

The Village Policeman 1979 To 1989

I remember well pushing my police bicycle around Kempston, covering Spring Road across to St Johns Avenue and over to the chantry factory estate. I was the last of the resident beat officers living and working my ...Read more

A memory of Kempston in 1979 by Donald Underwood

Shelly And Sarah Stanway

I only have sad thoughts of Prees, my sisters Shelly and Sarah stanway were killed in a house fire in 1992 and I have no memories of them. Sadly I was only 13 months old at the time, wondered if anyone knew what happened as it's too painful for my parents to talk about.

A memory of Prees in 1992 by Susan Stanway

Old Days

Ah! the old town where I was born and grew up before leaving in 1977 for Canada. My grandparents had the fruit shop on Doncaster Road and supplied the Hall at Hickelton for the Halifax family before it became the Sue Ryder Home. I ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe in 1953 by An Old Goldthorpian

My Time In Peterlee Starting In 1955

My family and I moved to Peterlee in the Autumn of 1955. We lived in Thorntree Gill. Petelee was quite new then. We could see the North Sea from my parent's bedroom window. At that time there were no schools, ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 1955 by Margaret Sewell

Memories

Recently visited for first time in 10 years and High Street is a shadow of what it used to be, quite sad.

A memory of Willington in 2012

Great Times

We used to live in Yeadon in a council house, and when my Dad came out of the Army as an Officer he bought a plot in Hawksworth Lane (number 54). He had a house built by Prior who built all the Tranmere Park Estate ...Read more

A memory of Hawksworth in 1953 by blackwellken

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 9,169 to 9,192.

Caption For Byfield, High Street C1955

This photograph of the village of Byfield, on the old turnpike road midway between Daventry and Banbury, shows plenty of pedestrians, but no traffic.

Caption For Naseby, The Monument C1955

Naseby is famous for its Civil War battle of 1645 between King Charles I and the Parliamentarians, with Sir Thomas Fairfax as Commander-in-Chief and Oliver Cromwell as Lieutenant-General of the Horse.

Caption For Blackpool, From The South Jetty 1890

As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a trip in a boat.

Caption For Bourne, Market Square 1955

The Market Square is at the busy cross-roads in the centre of this delightful small town.

Caption For Bangor, High Street 1908

In the early years of the 19th century, there were only 93 houses in the town.

Caption For Llandrindod Wells, Middleton Street 1949

True, the shops may have similar uses, but the Victorians made the most of the spa town by building wide, airy thoroughfares.

Caption For Leominster, High Street C1960

It looks quiet here now, but once the market at Leominster was so successful that the cities of Hereford and Worcester were jealous of its success.

Caption For Newark, Appleton Gate 1909

This was one of the principal ways in which Victorian and Edwardian retailers advertised the location of their premises; on large city stores the letters were often six feet high.

Caption For Newark, Trent Bridge C1955

Newark owes much of its development to the fact that Henry I gave Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, permission to divert the route of the Fosse Way through the town.

Caption For Old Swinford, The Castle, Church Road C1960

There are few places in the Black Country as attractive as this secluded corner of Old Swinford, where superb Georgian houses grace quiet streets below a medieval church.

Caption For Ottery St Mary, Market Place 1907

Set in the midst of particularly fertile part of the county, Ottery had a market for centuries.

Caption For Pontefract, St Giles' Church And Buttercross 1964

The church was badly damaged during the last siege of the castle after being used as a lookout for the opposing side.

Caption For Dunstable, High Street 1898

We are looking north along the A5, with the Town Hall tower on the grey horizon.

Caption For Gourock, From The Pier 1900

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left of the picture.

Caption For York, Micklegate Bar 1886

The heads of traitors and conspirators were often displayed on pikes here up until 1754, when the government called a halt to this practice because two of the heads were stolen by a Jacobite tailor.

Caption For York, Bootham Bar 1911

Carved in 1894 by George Milburn, the statues on the top of the bar replaced the older, worn statues.

Caption For York, The Shambles C1962

The Shambles was originally known as Haymongergate, because it was the site of the haymarket.

Caption For Leeds, The Post Office And Revenue Office 1897

Leeds was the industrial power house of the old West Riding.

Caption For Camborne, Free Library 1902

Built at a cost of £2,000 on the junction of Basset Street (left) with Trevenson Street, the Passmore Edwards Free Library was opened on 23 May 1895 and boasted 5,400 volumes.

Caption For Brixham, Parish Church 1922

St Mary's, the parish church of Higher Brixham, was the town's original place of worship, dating back to the 15th century. There are some impressive altar tombs and a font dating back to the 1300s.

Caption For Brixham, Parish Church 1922

St Mary's, the parish church of Higher Brixham, was the town's original place of worship, dating back to the 15th century. There are some impressive altar tombs and a font dating back to the 1300s.

Caption For Worcester, The Monastic Ruins 1891

This is all that remains of the Guesten House, built in 1320 for visitors to the monastery.

Caption For Hungerford, St Lawrence's Parish Church 1903

This photograph could well be a study in oils, but the church of St Lawrence, standing next to the canal, is said to be large and uninspired.

Caption For Salisbury, The Cathedral From The River 1887

In a scene that has changed little in 100 years, the tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the Cathedral and its magnificent 404 feet spire, the highest in England.