Maps

181,031 maps found.

1905, Rezare Ref. HOSM57668
1882, Tregadillett Ref. HOSM62259
1882, Tresmeer Ref. HOSM62417
1882, Treween Ref. HOSM62481
1905, Treburley Ref. HOSM64977
1886, Eastwood Ref. HOSM44494
1903, Barton Court Ref. HOSM53317
1886, Munsley Ref. HOSM54408
1890, Garforth Ref. HOSM46124
1890, Methley Ref. HOSM53548
1890, Newthorpe Ref. HOSM54935
1892, Shadwell Ref. HOSM58867
1892, Wike Ref. HOSM64595
1898, Grindon Ref. HOSM47150
1885, Desford Ref. HOSM43194
1885, Illston On The Hill Ref. HOSM49305
1892, Leigh Ref. HOSM70615
1892, Pocket Nook Ref. HOSM50687
1900, Clipstone Ref. HOSM38922
1923, Burcott Ref. HOSM39487

Books

442 books found. Showing results 9,409 to 9,432.

Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 3,921 to 3,930.

Plympton Station Holiday Memories

My grandparents, my mother's parents, lived in Vicarage Road, Plympton until 1962 when they moved to Moorland Avenue. As children we always spent our holidays with them and I have early memories of accompanying my ...Read more

A memory of Plympton in 1958 by Edward Godfrey

Kenzie Thorpe

While wild-fowling on Frampton Marsh in the winter of 1954, I met McKenzie a well known Poacher. He showed me a curlew he had shot, he had it in a poachers pocket inside his coat, a jovial sort of fellow. He became a well known painter ...Read more

A memory of Boston by Bob Marriott

Working In My Saturday Job

I remember my Saturday job at Lewis'. I loved my job there. I worked there for two years. I used to go to the Locarna on a Saturday, or the Gaumont Cinema in the week. I remember the bullring being built. I was the ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1958 by Margaret Worcester

Marsh's Pie Shop

Marsh's pork pie shop was opposite Labour Club Number One, at the end of Old Whint Road. The pies were known as the best in the world and we kids at Jagger's (Richard Evans Junior School, West End Road) used to sing 'Marsh's, they ...Read more

A memory of Haydock in 1960 by Ann Atherton

Nefyn Primary School, War Memorial, Doctor's Surgery

This is a photo of all three named "institutions" with the Red Garage and Church Hall just off to the left. I thought this was an ENORMOUS road and we never crossed it by the Memorial! That is Nefyn ...Read more

A memory of Nefyn in 1960 by Janet Kaiser

This Is Jacksons!!

This is Jackson's Field - I lived in one of the houses opposite the rectangle in the background. This was an old WWII water tank and was still lined with metal and we'd play in it as kids. Chipperfields Circus used to pitch just ...Read more

A memory of Rochester

Hop Picking

My memories of Rolvenden will never be forgotten. I was eight years old, we lived in Brighton on the south coast, but every year our families would go hop picking at Little Holden farm. The farm was owned by Mr/Mrs Hilder - they had ...Read more

A memory of Rolvenden in 1945 by Roy Page

Football Matches Between Port&High Clarence

I happened upon this site purely by accident, but it brought back some great memories. I am Pete Boland, young brother of Owen, a keen & very good footballer. I remember as a kid the matches ...Read more

A memory of Port Clarence by Peter Boland

Nurses In Tilbury Hospital

I used to attend the dances in Tilbury Hospital in early '60s - they were great fun. Does anyone remember them or any of the nurses from that time? I worked in Grays and played darts in the pub that was,Ii think, in the ...Read more

A memory of Tilbury in 1960 by Gerry English

Peeping Around The Curtain

Every year we set off from York for a two week holiday at Thornwick Bay. We used to travel by bus, and I well remember the bus always used to breakdown at the top of Garrowby Hill. Everyone had to get off the bus and ...Read more

A memory of Thornwick Bay in 1956 by R Clive Ankers

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 9,409 to 9,432.

Caption For Haverfordwest, St Mary's Church 1950

By the time this photograph was taken, the building to the left of the picture had been painted and deprived of its bay window.

Caption For Bakewell, All Saints' Church, The Vernon Chapel 1890

The Vernons acquired the Haddon Hall estate in around 1170 and, along with the dukes of Devonshire, were one of the principal families hereabouts.

Caption For Haverfordwest, High Street C1950

The Castle Hotel is to the right of this picture. Note the shop frontage for Stephen and Fred Green on the left (now a chartered accountants).

Caption For Alderley Edge, St Hilary's Park 2005

NOW, as we come into the third millennium, it is possible to see that all three communities have become essentially suburban areas, in that few people depend for their living on locally owned farms

Caption For Dolphinholme, Corless Cottage C1950

Four hundred of these workers combed wool in their homes at Forton, Scorton and Nether Wyresdale.

Caption For Preston, Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Ltd 1913

Here we see the offices and entrance gates of Horrockses, Crewdson & Co on Stanley Street.

Caption For Manchester, Market Street 1886

Just on the left of the picture is the entrance to Lewis's Department Store, the first large-scale retail outlet in Manchester.

Caption For Barnsley, Town Hall C1948

Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.

Caption For Sheffield, Weston Park C1955

For a couple of decades or so Sheffield's public parks became the focal point for local Whit-Sunday celebrations.

Caption For Congleton, Little Moreton Hall 1902

Two miles south of Congleton stands Little Moreton Hall, a magnificent moated manor house, originally built in the mid-15th century by Sir Richard de Moreton and added to by successive generations of his

Caption For Hawkshead, The Square 1929

A holidaying family relax with their dog outside the Old King's Arms pub and boarding house in the cobbled centre of the ancient village of Hawkshead.

Caption For London, Thames Shipbuilding Yard C1910

This chapter opens with some views of a long-lost industrial Thames.

Caption For Bishopstoke, Montague Terrace C1955

In 1838, the writer Robert Maudie observed: 'church and the village are beautifully situated, the former close by the bank of the river'.

Caption For Belmont, From The Downs 1903

We are on a high, sandy hillside on the outskirts of Hastings. Nearby, Minnis Rock Hermitage has three rock cells cut out of a sandstone cliff face; it is well conserved.

Caption For Barmouth, High Street 1908

Holiday makers walk the high street, and a coach and four is about to pull up outside the Cors-y-Cedol Hotel, one of the resort's many hotels.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, View From The Pier 1887

To the left, the stone ramparts of Worlebury Iron Age Hillfort can be seen on the very top of the hill.

Caption For Burnley, Workhouse Infirmary 1906

The architect of this building was William Waddington who designed quite a number of distinguished local buildings. This part of the building, which housed the offices, has an impressive entrance.

Caption For Wendover, Coldharbour Cottages, Tring Road 1899

At the opposite end of the High Street, the Tring Road climbs out of Wendover past this delightful range of early 17th-century timber-framed and thatched cottages.

Caption For Middleham, The Castle 1893

The castle passed into the hands of the Neville family, and in 1471 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick.

Caption For London, Blackfriars Bridge 1890

The halfpenny toll on the original Blackfriars Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and

Caption For London, St Paul's C1890

Perched on the summit of Ludgate Hill at almost the highest point in the City,Wren's masterpiece is the pride of London.

Caption For London, Newspaper Seller C1890

A bewildering number of morning and evening newspapers was available to the Victorian reading public, including The Daily Chronicle, The Times,The Evening News and The Morning Advertiser.

Caption For Leeds, Parish Church 1891

John Fowler & Co. built roadrollers, traction engines and farm machinery, and there were a number of companies producing castings of various sorts.

Caption For York, Barges On The Foss Navigation 1885

The first recorded wooden bridge was built in 1583, and was destroyed during the siege of York. Two more were built after one another; the second was washed away by floods.