Maps

2,499 maps found.

1897 - 1919, South Weston Ref. HOSM59754
1895 - 1907, South Gorley Ref. HOSM59668
1886 - 1887, South Bowood Ref. HOSM38494
1878 - 1906, South Tehidy Ref. HOSM59749
1896 - 1907, South Bockhampton Ref. HOSM52692
1889 - 1890, South Dalton Ref. HOSM59651
1887 - 1903, South Witham Ref. HOSM59757
1887 - 1888, South Thoresby Ref. HOSM59750
1875 - 1896, South Stoke Ref. HOSM59746
1898 - 1910, South Ascot Ref. HOSM59708
1891 - 1892, South Kilvington Ref. HOSM59693
1904 - 1917, South Reddish Ref. HOSM64383
1894 - 1895, South Wonston Ref. HOSM59758
1910 - 1919, South Hinksey Ref. HOSM59685
1886 - 1887, South Elkington Ref. HOSM59660
1896 - 1898, South Chailey Ref. HOSM59630
1886 - 1887, South Willingham Ref. HOSM59756
1893 - 1913, South Bank Ref. HOSM59364
1898 - 1910, South Fawley Ref. HOSM59663
1883 - 1902, South Stoke Ref. HOSM59800

Books

23 books found. Showing results 1,057 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 441 to 450.

The Taylors

My grandfather who I never knew was Albert George Taylor, born in Petham 1886. He was killed in France on Christmas Eve 1914. His father was Frederick and mother Elizabeth Taylor, he had brothers and sisters: Thomas, Frederick, Rosa, ...Read more

A memory of Petham in 1910 by George Allen

Burnt Oak In The Second World War And After

I moved to Burnt Oak in May 1940, to 84 Fortescue Road. I was 4. My memories are like a batch of video clips, as follows: Moving in. Removal men trying to get a wardrobe into the front bedroom by hauling ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1940 by David Brusselen

Very Fond Memories

I was born in Ewell in 1945 and lived with my family at 156 Banstead Road South from 1950 to 1966. My first school was Miss Attrel's at the top of Station Road opposite the garage. I used to walk from home and back although a bit ...Read more

A memory of Belmont in 1951 by Hugh Soper

Wilsons Bakery Griffith Wilson

My parents are Angela (nee Goulden) and Bryan Wilson (now sadly deceased), both from Bramhall. My paternal Grandfather owned the bakery in the village "Wilsons" which was taken over after my grandfather's retirement by ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall in 1955 by Helen Young

Welwyn Garden City, Sweet Briar

This view is from the west side of Sweet Briar looking south down the hill towards Cole Green Lane (out of view). To the left is the entrance to Heronswood School (since closed, now a modern housing area). I ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City by Alan Vacani

I Grew Up Here

My first recollection of living in the valley was at Duffrin where my sisters Pat and Pam Smith also lived, later we moved to the Gwynfi, and that is where I lived and was educated in the local infants school at the bottom of the ...Read more

A memory of Abergwynfi in 1953 by Kenneth Smith

Memories Of Colden Common

I have never heard of this person, although he makes reference to some people, and places in Colden Common I knew. So if anyone who knows him ever comes across this then I have been some help! COLDEN COMMON? Oh, yes - ...Read more

A memory of Colden Common by Bert Catt

Is This The Watch Tower

I wonder if anyone can tell me if the tall black object in the distance in this photo is the coastguard watch tower which was at the top of Sea Lane throught the war and into the sixties or seventies. My grandfather was an ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet by Janice Edwards

A Holiday In South Street, Seahouses March 2004

A friend let me stay in her wee fisherman's cottage in Seahouses for an early holiday in March 2004. My wife Elizabeth and I drove up from our home in Watford through the unseasonal snow and we were ...Read more

A memory of Seahouses in 2004 by John Howard Norfolk

Piddock And Smiths

My gt. grandfathers married sisters named Brothers. The three familes have been in and around Deal for centuries Gt. grandfather Maxwell was a Royal Marine, as was grandfather Piddock.  My father 'Phys' Pidddock was welterweight boxing ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1860 by Herbert Piddock

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,057 to 1,080.

Caption For Rolvenden, Church 1901

At Great Maytham Hall to the south of the church, Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote 'Little Lord Fauntleroy'; the Hall was also the setting for her tale of 'The Secret Garden'.

Caption For Dorchester, Thomas Hardy's School C1965

This is a modern replacement for the earlier building in South Street. The school was founded in 1579 by an earlier Thomas Hardye.

Caption For Drayton Bassett, The Green C1965

Drayton Bassett is situated four miles south of Tamworth.

Caption For Rugeley, Blithbury Reservoir C1955

Shown looking across the causeway towards Rugeley, Blithfield Reservoir is owned by the South Staffordshire Water Company which, as well as catering for leisure uses, supplies 75m gallons

Caption For London, Stock Exchange Celebrating The Relief Of Mafeking 1900

In May 1900, during the Boer War, Mafeking in South Africa was relieved after being defended by the future Boy Scout founder Robert Baden-Powell for 215 days.

Caption For Saxilby, Waterside C1955

Further south is the Foss Dyke. In the middle distance is the site of the old swing bridge, now replaced by the present 1937 bridge on the A57 bypass upon which the photographer is standing.

Caption For Coulsdon, Downs Road C1955

Beyond the motorcar the road turns sharply to meet the busy Brighton Road south of Coulsdon.

Caption For Lechlade, The Church From The River C1955

Looking north from roughly the same viewpoint on the south bank of the Thames, the Perpendicular Gothic parish church with its tall spire, one of Gloucestershire's fine 'wool' churches, dominates the view

Caption For Launceston, The Priory 1938

The priory was razed to the ground during the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539, and these ruins were discovered in 1886 during the construction of the London and South West Railway.

Caption For Glasgow, Renfield Street 1897

Renfield Street is now part of the south-bound one-way system.

Caption For Peterborough, River Nene C1955

A few lorries of the period are parked on rough ground behind a hut; this makes a contrast with the full south-east outline of St Peter's Cathedral.

Caption For Whitchurch, High Street C1955

This view, looking south towards Aylesbury, shows some of the range of buildings, including the rendered and jettied Tudor House in the middle distance.

Caption For Buntingford, High Street 1929

This view looks south towards London, along the narrow stretch of Ermine Street or the Old North Road, with its overhanging 17th-century houses and gables.

Caption For West Bay, Coastguard Station 1907

Its Victorian and Edwardian staff would have been very occupied in monitoring the substantial shipping traffic in the treacherous waters of Lyme Bay, where in severe south- westerly storms many

Caption For Cawdor, Castle 1890

A few miles to the south of Nairn stands Cawdor Castle, one of Scotland's finest medieval buildings. It is famous for its association with Macbeth and the murder of Duncan.

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

Caption For Monsal Dale, The Viaduct C1955

The line closed north of Matlock and south of Chinley in 1968. Central station is now Manchester's G-Mex Centre.

Caption For Devizes, St Mary's Church, Interior 1898

The wood sculpture of a pelican over the south door could have been a roof corbel.

Caption For Mablethorpe, High Street C1955

In this later view, taken a little further south-west from photograph 26717, Dales' premises, Lindum House, on the corner of Wellington Road, has been rebuilt, but the former hotel beyond, now shops, can

Caption For Tillington, In The Village 1912

In the shadow of the 13th-century church of St Mary, to the south of Petworth House, the two young girls and the driver of the horse and cart pose for the camera in one of the innumerable nooks and crannies

Caption For Beachy Head, Lighthouse 1912

At the eastern extremity of the South Downs, the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse at the foot of Beachy Head warned shipping of the hazards of the chalk cliffs, which now lie under the sea.

Caption For Ticehurst, The Square 1925

The village was built around a crossroads to the south-east of the church. On the right is the 14th-century Bell Hotel, used as the headquarters of the British Legion from 1921.

Caption For Churchtown, The Village C1955

The village cross dates from the 18th century and, at the top of the column on its south-facing aspect, its a sundial, from which the village took its time.

Caption For Ribchester, The New Bridge C1955

The photograph looks to the south bank, where a footpath follows the river downstream through Marles Wood to Salesbury Hall.