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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1886, Perrystone Hill Ref. HOSM65388
1903, Cawston Ref. HOSM40427
1881, Newton Ref. HOSM54962
1899, Ruthin Ref. HOSM35135
1899, Waen Uchaf Ref. HOSM48632
1899, Llanfwrog Ref. HOSM51860
1914, Bar Moor Ref. HOSM37046
1896, Clavering Ref. HOSM41159
1896, Newport Ref. HOSM55013
1896, Rickling Ref. HOSM57790
1900, Bishopdown Ref. HOSM37860
1923, Boscombe Ref. HOSM38364
1908, Landford Ref. HOSM50675
1900, Pentridge Ref. HOSM56488
1900, Redlynch Ref. HOSM57589
1900, Woodfalls Ref. HOSM65012
1886, Burraton Ref. HOSM39653
1905, Cotehele Ref. HOSM41957
1893, Charltons Ref. HOSM40622
1893, Lingdale Ref. HOSM51276

Books

442 books found. Showing results 10,465 to 10,488.

Memories

29,071 memories found. Showing results 4,361 to 4,370.

Vicarage St John & St James

My sisters, Anne and Mary, and I lived at the Vicarage, 175 Linacre Lane on the corner of Monfa Road. The church was along Monfa Road. We had a Cable Works opposite and during the war there was no canteen but workers were ...Read more

A memory of Litherland in 1940 by Lambert Maudsley

Memories Of Netherton

We lived in the Old Manse at the end of Manse Road; our dad spent all his spare time doing it up. When we moved in it was antiquated and stinky but it ended up a nice house. Our dad was a music teacher at Larkhall Academy. I ...Read more

A memory of Newmains in 1959 by Carol Dobbie

Eynsford Primary School

All of the Abbott family attended this little school and we would journey down each day in the old Bedford bus operated by Heaver coaches that were driven by John Heaver or his father. Our head teacher was Miss Capper and I ...Read more

A memory of Eynsford by David Abbott

My Mum, Violet Johnson

History memories of Miss Violet Johnson who was born at Baydon and my gran (I never knew) or my uncle buried at Baydon cemetery Roger Johnson, brother to Johnny Johson and Tony Johnson who knows Mrs Bishop and knows Grampy ...Read more

A memory of Baydon in 1860 by Dawn Howe

Vane Dancing School

Yes, I was at Vane Dancing School and remember June Bannister and Roger. I am Joan and my sister is Valerie Copas, my brother Ray also was in the shows and my mum sometimes played the piano if she had to! Esme was our dedicated ...Read more

A memory of Cheam in 1952 by Joan Arnold

Growing Up In Bredbury Hall

My name is Norma Webster, now Evans. I was born in Bredbury in 1938 and at first lived in Annabel Rd. My parents became caretakers of Bredbury Hall until 1948 when we all migrated to Australia. Bredbury Hall was a ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury in 1944 by Norma Evans

Duchess Of Edinburgh Pub

I was born in Bexley in 1948 and lived in Queens Road, Welling until we moved to Crawley New Town in 1962. The Duchess of Edinburgh pub was on the corner of our street where they used to sell whelks, cockles and jellied eels ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1960 by Stephen Sansom

1950 61 A Child's Memory Of Kirkconnel

On 11th October 1950 I was born in the flat above Drife's butchers shop in Kirkconnel. My dad, Tommy, worked in the shop with Cameron Purvis and struggled to feed a family of three on the butcher's wage and ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm by Jim Smith

Good Times

I lived in Whitchurch Road, number 85. I was Pat Smith then, mum was Connie, and dad Ron, was there from about 1960 until 1976. I went to Dycourts School and had Mr Smith as one of my teachers - he was brilliant! I remember he read The ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1963 by Pat Stewart

A Rural Childhood

I was born in 1941 and lived at Austage End, Kings Walden; next door were my grandparents, Bob and Jessie. Bob was employed on the Harrison estate as a Game-keeper. I have photos of the V.E. and V.J. day parties. I attended the village school when the head teacher was Miss Etherington.

A memory of King's Walden in 1941 by Margaret Reed

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 10,465 to 10,488.

Caption For Guildford, Park Street 1911

Three young boys in the distinctive uniform of Christ's Hospital school at Horsham, accompanied by a lady, pass by the 16th- and 17th-century cottages which stood at the beginning of Farnham Road.

Caption For Linwood, The Village C1965

Linwood lies over to the western edge of the New Forest, and is surrounded by woodland, heath and plain - as this picture suggests.

Caption For Staylittle, Clywedog Reservoir C1965

1965 saw the completion of this dam, which has made Llyn Clywedog Reservoir a nature lover's delight. The reservoir provides drinking water for consumers from Llanidloes to Bristol.

Caption For Wadworth, The Village C1965

This well-preserved village, built around the old Wadworth Hall, lies just south of Doncaster.

Caption For Conisbrough, The Castle 1895

Built out of the local creamy-white limestone, the castle keep is 90 ft high and has six semi-hexagonal buttresses which rise above it to form mini-turrets.

Caption For Polegate, High Street Looking North C1965

We are looking north from the railway station and level crossing, and there is little of distinction in the architecture.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Hodder Bridge 1921

This splendid view of the River Hodder shows the magnificent scenery of the area.The photograph shows the scene as it could have been 100 years earlier, except for the gas pipe crossing the river in

Caption For Knottingley, High School C1960

The new A1 bisected the town of Ferrybridge after 1967.

Caption For Lulworth Cove, 1925

This shows classic landform geology of what is now a gem of World Heritage status.

Caption For Phillack, The New Inn C1960

The New Inn is a welcome haven in the centre of the small village, with its own car park at the side allowing calling motorists to leave the narrow street.

Caption For Barry, Glan Y Mor, The Knap C1955

This YMCA residential hostel was opened in 1931 by the Countess of Plymouth, and was advertised as a modern residential centre catering for 130 guests.

Caption For Cheltenham, Lower High Street C1955

This is the original part of Cheltenham, pre-dating the grander areas that grew up when the town rose to prominence as a fashionable spa.

Caption For Stroud, Town Centre C1965

Stroud lies at the convergence of five valleys, so there is very little flat ground.

Caption For Weston Rhyn, Chirk Castle From Bronygarth C1950

Bronygarth sits across the England-Wales border, which at this point follows the line of the River Ceirog in the valley.

Caption For Greenock, Princes Pier 1904

The pier and railway station were rebuilt and extended between 1892 and 1894 at a cost of over £62,000.

Caption For Bideford, The Old Ship Tavern 1906

The 19th-century author Charles Kingsley was passionately fond of Devon; Rose of Torridge and the Brotherhood of the Rose feature in his best-known book, 'Westward Ho!'

Caption For Malpas, The Cross 1898

Notice how the children stand unconcernedly in the middle of the road in this charming photograph!

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street 2003

For many people around the world, the name 'Warrington' is associated with a terrible atrocity when a bomb blew up causing the death of two young children and maiming many others one Saturday morning in

Caption For Clacton On Sea, The Bandstand 1907

In this evocative scene of an English holiday resort, holidaymakers in their deckchairs enjoy the summer sun, facing the sea rather than the bandstand.

Caption For Seaton, Promenade 1922

This view shows the sea front before the construction of the modern sea wall that holds back the sea on stormy days.

Caption For Thetford, Mill Head 1929

In 1669 the course of the Little Ouse was cut and extended to Thetford, enabling barges to ply for the first time between the country towns of the region and the port of King's Lynn.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Pier Lighthouse 1901

Outward bound from Ramsgate harbour, with a good view on the left of the West Pier and the lighthouse (note the masts of the sailing vessel moored in the harbour).The lighthouse was designed by John

Caption For Letchworth Garden City, Leys Avenue 1955

Named after the field on which it was built, Leys Avenue was, even in 1960, a busy shopping thoroughfare.

Caption For Deerhurst, The Saxon Church 1901

St Mary's is one of the finest Saxon churches in Britain. The minster of Deerhurst-on-Severn is known to have existed in the early 9th century, but was later destroyed by Danish raiders.