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Maps

9,439 maps found.

1895, North Hayling Ref. RNE793462
1912, North Aywick Ref. RNC792869
1900, North Buckland Ref. RNC792992
1901, North Common Ref. RNC793078
1900, North Country Ref. RNC793110
1903, North Elkington Ref. RNC793210
1898, North End Ref. RNC793222
1899, North End Ref. RNC793228
1898, North End Ref. RNC793250
1898, North Lee Ref. RNC793621
1898, North Marston Ref. RNC793699
1898, North Moulsecoomb Ref. RNC793748
1900, North Tamerton Ref. RNC793971
1899, North Whilborough Ref. RNC794074
1899, North Widcombe Ref. RNC794083
1946, North Chingford Ref. NPO1188996
1890, North Frodingham Ref. HOSM55303
1887, North Petherton Ref. HOSM55270
1899, North End Ref. HOSM39578
1895, North Fambridge Ref. HOSM55218

Books

39 books found. Showing results 985 to 1,008.

Memories

1,550 memories found. Showing results 411 to 420.

Ealing Grammar In The Good Old Days

My family returned emergently to Ealing, from the U.S., in late 1969. We lived with my widowed grandfather in North Ealing and I was sent to school at Ealing Grammar. As we were not sure how long we would be staying, ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1970 by Michael Gross

Mimi And Grandad's Sweet Shop

My grandparents owned the sweet shop at the end of this parade. They were Harry and Gladys Godwin. My mother grew up there, as did my Uncle Paul. My brother and I have hundreds of fantastic memories from the 1970s. I ...Read more

A memory of Rainham in 1971 by Jonathon Cooke

The Perfect Holiday

In the late 1950s we had a couple of holidays in Bracklesham bay, which was then a tiny, but growing village. I had never seen shops which were the equivalent of wooden shacks mounted on bricks. There were some modern bits; ...Read more

A memory of Bracklesham Bay in 1959 by Tony Steadman

Hummed To Sleep By A Factory

We used to live on what was called The Avenues on the Rylands estate. This was situated behind the Princess shopping parade, so called after the name of the local flea pit where all the kids went to Saturday morning ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1961 by John Simpson

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

Choir Boys

Hello - I was a chorister at the church, I think between 1958/60 as I was born in 1947,o ur family the Schofields lived at no 10 Carville Avenue, Southborough, we were a Christian family. I have only found out by doing family research ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1958 by Nigel Schofield

Staying With Nanna.

This memory goes from 1953 up to the 1960s because our holidays in them days were always at Rossington, staying with Nanna. Me my older brother Alex and my twin brother John loved it. Nanna and Grandad were Jack and Burtha ...Read more

A memory of New Rossington in 1953 by Robert Wilson

Born In Burnt Oak

I was born in Burnt Oak in July 1956 in North Road - the same house that my mother was born in.  My grandparents lived in North Road for many years until North Road, South Road and East Road were compulsory purchased by Barnet ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1956 by Sandra Gibney

Bognor Briefly!

My parents George and Phyllis Stroud ran the Hotham Club in Waterloo Square - now the HQ of the RAFA Bognor branch. After National Service I worked first for Lec Refrigeration as a welder and then as a porter at the War Memorial ...Read more

A memory of Bognor Regis in 1960 by John Stroud

Raf Upper Heyford

I was in the Parachute section at Heyford until 1950 when I left the RAF, as an ageing wrinkly my memories are not that good, But I remember we used to get a battered old coach at a weekend ( Smiths Coaches)( I ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1950 by John Bond

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 985 to 1,008.

Caption For Amberley, The Church 1899

Amberley church lies between the castle and the village at the western end of a ridge of high ground, which is about one mile north of Houghton Bridge.

Caption For Oulton, Hoisting Sail C1955

The yacht is passing by the north side of the Broad, with 1930s bungalows along the frontage. The yacht is typical of those developed since the 1930s for use on the Broads.

Caption For Guildford, Market 1908

The livestock market was originally held in the High Street on Tuesdays, before being moved to North Street in 1865; thirty years later it moved again to this site in Woodbridge Road.

Caption For Matlock Bath, From High Tor C1955

This dizzying view from the summit of High Tor looks north towards Matlock.

Caption For Hadleigh, The Castle 1891

The castle had two main towers and a further tower guarding the entrance on the north side.There was no keep. Kentish Ragstone was brought across the River Thames for the construction.

Caption For Reading, Forbury Gardens 1890

From a point further north-east, this view looks towards the gatehouse past the elaborate fountain which still remains today and the entrance gates beyond the thatched bothy, now replaced.

Caption For Bewdley, Severnside North C1965

By the 1960s, only craft drawing less than 21 ins of water could attempt the river north of Stourport, and even then their passage into Bewdley was blocked by a shoal about one mile south of the town.

Caption For Bolsterstone, The Village From Folderings Lane C1955

The ridgetop village of Bolsterstone stands at nearly 1,000 feet above the sea on the edge of the Peak District moors north-west of Sheffield.

Caption For East Runton, High Street C1955

This narrow road is still the main highway along the north Norfolk coast. The caravan site on the right is on top of the Runton cliffs.

Caption For Haverhill, High Street C1965

We are looking north towards the church. On the right, we can see the carriage entrance of the Red Lion next to Carter's the jeweller's; further on is Barclays Bank, which was re-fronted in 1822.

Caption For Saffron Walden, The Church From The Golf Course C1955

The town has not spread to the north beyond this point for the last 500 years.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cobb 1906

The Cobb is part of the isolated North Wall, and was built in the 14th

Caption For Ripon, The Minster And The Bridge C1885

Ripon is the farthest north a barge can travel without being removed from the water. This short, 2-mile canal was opened in 1773, and is an extension of the River Ure.

Caption For Newark, The Old Mill 1906

Newark's position on the Great North Road and the River Trent attracted industry including flour milling, maltings, brewing, an iron works, leather working, and even a glue factory.

Caption For Romford, High Street 1910

South Street is to the left, with the Golden Lion and North Street to the right.

Caption For Ludlow, Corve Street 1910

Corve Street is the main road leading north to Shrewsbury. Notice the way that the road suddenly becomes that little bit wider.

Caption For Headingley, Otley Road C1955

Headingley had once been a small village to the north of Leeds and its population in 1775 was estimated at 667 people.

Caption For Skegness, South Parade 1899

The buildings on the left survive, now with large shops built out at ground floor level, but the corner building on the north side of Lumley Road, to the left of the Clock Tower, has been (badly) replaced

Caption For Carmarthen, The Riverside 1893

There is a similar walk on the north bank, and on summer evenings there are many pleasure boats on the water. This picture was obviously not a summer evening!

Caption For Millom, Wellington Street C1955

With the slopes of Black Combe and the Lakeland mountains to the north, Millom occupies an enviable position, and was the home of the Lakeland poet Norman Nicholson.

Caption For Little Sutton, Chester Road 1966

Little Sutton lies just north-west of Ellesmere Port, and in recent years, along with Great Sutton, it has more or less coalesced with it.

Caption For Barford St John, The Village C1965

Barford St John is a typical example of the remoteness of some of the villages in north-west Oxfordshire.

Caption For Steventon, War Memorial And Abingdon Road C1955

The tree-lined B4017, running south to north, bisects a village green that is reputed to be one of the finest in the county.

Caption For Yarm, High Street C1955

Yarm has a remarkably wide High Street, typical of many North Riding market towns.