Maps

2,499 maps found.

1946, South Mimms Ref. NPO835101
1947, South Moreton Ref. NPO835121
1946, South Newington Ref. NPO835141
1947, South Normanton Ref. NPO835146
1947, South Pelaw Ref. NPO835187
1946, South Pickenham Ref. NPO835193
1946, South Pool Ref. NPO835202
1945, South Ruislip Ref. NPO835230
1946, South Runcton Ref. NPO835231
1947, South Stainmore Ref. NPO835280
1946, South Stifford Ref. NPO835284
1946, South Stoke Ref. NPO835285
1947, South Street Ref. NPO835297
1946, South Thoresby Ref. NPO835315
1945, South Town Ref. NPO835326
1946, South Town Ref. NPO835327
1945, South Wimbledon Ref. NPO835406
1946, South Woodford Ref. NPO835434
1946, South Wootton Ref. NPO835440
1946, South-End Ref. NPO835557

Books

23 books found. Showing results 985 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 411 to 420.

Ww2

When I was about 5 years old I remember my mum picking me up from Smallfield school on her bike, I was in the back on a little seat when a doodlebug roared overhead, and the engine switched off ... My mum panicked, and pushed me off the bike ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1943 by Michael Wright

Halcyon Days In The 1950s

What fantastic days they were, despite the hardship. We were a family of 9 Seven children Allan Joy,twins Michael and David, myself Sam and a second set of twins Kathryn and Brian I too remember Mrs Greys shop, also ...Read more

A memory of Wrottesley Park in 1955 by Sam Woolley

Frenchay Hospital, Bristol Built By The American Army

Frenchay Hospital in Bristol was built by the American Army during the Second World War. Frenchay Hospital is a large hospital situated in Frenchay, South Gloucestershire, on the (NE) outskirts of ...Read more

A memory of Frenchay by Paul Townsend

Grandparents

I was in Featherstone at the weekend and visited Cressys Corner as my grandparents lived there in the 1960s. I'm doing our family tree and visited various places in Featherstone. It all looks so different to when I was growing up ...Read more

A memory of Featherstone by Kay Dalby

Tennis Courts Portway Bristol

These Clifton Tennis Courts alongside Bristol's Portway road were built just after the road was opened. The new built Portway from Bristol to Avonmouth a very modern road in its day. The wide A4 Portway trunk road passes ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Paul Townsend

Bristol's Loveliest Church, St Mary Redcliffe.

St Mary Redcliffe Church. Bristol's loveliest church, St Mary Redcliffe, was described as 'the fairest, the goodliest and most famous parish church in England' by Queen Elizabeth I in 1574. Thanks to ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1880 by Paul Townsend

Recollections Of Pitsea From 1941 Onwards

Born in Northlands Drive, Pitsea in 1938, my first recollection was aged 3 years when I remember being put to bed in a cot under the kitchen table during an air raid. We had an Andersen shelter in the garden ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea in 1940 by Mike Perry

Re. Where's Our Susan?

I was looking at the old Co-op photo of Widnes. I was amazed when I read about Susan. I too lived in South Street. I lived at number 4. It's been many years but I'm almost certain I know you all! Lol! By the way my name is Charlie I was 6 in 1960.

A memory of Widnes by Charles Wood

Early Childhood In Romford

I was born in 1953 and lived for the first 3 years in an old house in Junction Road (Number 8) with my parents and Mum's mum (Granny). The back garden of the house seemed to be a jungle and had its end boundary with ...Read more

A memory of Romford by Roger Harley

A Long Time Ago

My Godmother Ruth Pallister came from Shildon. Her father and mother owned a shop there, and she would recount the story of a bull or steer that escaped from the local slaughter house, and pushed its head through the shops front ...Read more

A memory of Shildon in 1910 by Iain Chapman

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 985 to 1,008.

Caption For Desborough, Station Road And Havelock Street C1965

This view of Station Road looks south-west past the junction to Havelock Street, with the imposing clock tower of the 1903 Co-op store.

Caption For Southsea, The South Parade Pier C1935

The South Parade pier is the more traditional of Southsea's two piers. It was opened in 1879 by Princess Saxe-Weimar, and it was extensively rebuilt in the Edwardian era after a fire in 1904.

Caption For Brixham, Prince Of Orange Monument 1891

Brixham is located at the south end of Tor Bay. Its natural harbour, sheltered by the limestone cliffs, made it ideal for settlement.

Caption For Kirkburton, North Road C1955

Just five miles south of Huddersfield on the road to Wakefield, Kirkburton in the 19th century was just as polluted by smoke as its near neighbours.

Caption For Bampton, White Horse Hotel C1950

This was once an important stopping place on the main road from Taunton to the north Devon area; now, a new road further south has removed much of the traffic from this place.

Caption For Bursledon, The River Hamble C1955

The first structure was a toll bridge; today the river is spanned by various busy roads and a motorway - a far cry from the days centuries ago when this river and many others like it on the south coast

Caption For Goring, The Village 1896

Excavations undertaken in 1892-93 revealed a medieval priory on the east and south side of the parish church.

Caption For Sleaford, Monument C1950

This view looks north along South Gate past the extraordinarily grandiose statue in its towering medieval-style spired canopy to a 19th-century MP, Henry Handley, which dates from 1850.

Caption For Henfield, High Street C1955

The High Street is part of the old London to Brighton route through Henfield, which lies to the east of the River Adur on a belt of Wealden clay behind the South Downs.

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 Middleton, Church 1895

The church has a Norman nave and chancel, with Norman mouldings to the south door and chancel arch. The porch is Tudor.

Caption For Little Waldingfield, Church 1906

The south porch dates from 1466. The tower has stone figures at the corners instead of pinnacles. The whole church was restored in 1872. The vicar in 1906 was the Rev John Brown.

Caption For York, Skeldergate Bridge C1885

We are looking towards Ouse Bridge with South Esplanade on the right.The view has remained virtually the same, except for the difference in the river traffic and a change of use for some of the

Caption For York, View From Skeldergate Bridge C1885

We are looking towards Ouse Bridge with South Esplanade on the right.The view has remained virtually the same, except for the difference in the river traffic and a change of use for some of the

Caption For Beckbury, The Seven Stars Inn C1965

Beckbury, just a mile or so to the south, can certainly be described as a village, and it still retains its pub, the Seven Stars.

Caption For Reading, Christ Church 1896

As Reading expanded south, St Giles', decaying and small, proved unable to cope, and Christchurch was built in 1861-2.

Caption For Troutbeck, The Village C1880

At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, 1893

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from this splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.

Caption For Branston, The Church C1955

In this view we look past the Horse and Jockey pub towards the south of the village; the church is beyond the high tree on the left.

Caption For Cambridge, Jesus College C1955

Since 1955 a new residential block has been built in the background of the picture, whilst a new library to the south of the chapel has appeared.

Caption For Rendham, The White Horse C1960

Ahead is the 17th-century timber-framed White Horse and the Victorian South View Cottage. The road to the left leads to the former Independent Chapel of 1750.

Caption For Oxford, Carfax C1950

Carfax stands at the crossing point where the original north to south and east to west routes ran through Oxford.

Caption For Oakham, The Fire Station C1955

By 1955 a new station had been built on the corner of Brooke Road and South Street. In recent years this has been considerably modernised.

Caption For Uppingham, Brooklands C1955

A half-mile south along London Road, it was built in 1861 by the school usher, Rev W J Earle, in brick with a subdued polychromatic treatment by a Birmingham architect.