Photos

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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1902-1903, Dunham-on-The-Hill Ref. RNC695472
1902-1903, Eaton Ref. RNC698861
1902-1903, Gorstella Ref. RNC717939
1902-1903, Great Barrow Ref. RNC719605
1902-1903, Greenbank Ref. RNC721230
1902-1903, Chester Zoo Ref. RNC1190811
1902-1903, Kingswood Ref. RNC1190842
1923, Antrobus Ref. POP625934
1902-1903, Weston Point Ref. RNC866366
1902-1903, Wharton Ref. RNC866889
1902-1903, Whitbyheath Ref. RNC867528
1902-1903, Whitley Reed Ref. RNC869388
1923, Aston Heath Ref. POP628216
1924, Barrowmore Estate Ref. POP634181
1924, Burton Ref. POP657087
1923, Burwardsley Ref. POP657229
1924, Broomhill Ref. POP652472
1924, Childer Thornton Ref. POP667817
1924, Churton Ref. POP668724
1923, Beeston Ref. POP636600

Books

19 books found. Showing results 1,153 to 19.

Memories

2,049 memories found. Showing results 481 to 490.

Sisters Of Charity Of Our Lady Of Mercy

The above order of psychological sadists ran St Clare's orphanage where small children suffered dreadfully (see BBC Wales website 2009). The order also owned a private boarding and day school on West Hill in ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph by Mary Rutley

Trying To Find Family

I am trying to trace anyone who has knowledge of Harold Bulter or his family who lived in Morley around 1957. I believe he could have lived on Albert Terrace although I cannot find this street when I visited recently. I can ...Read more

A memory of Morley in 1957 by Sarah Sinclair

An Evacuee In 1940

I remember my first home in Westbury Leigh was with a family called Rowe, they seemed fairly old people to me (then a ten year old boy) but now I am eighty I don't suppose they were. One of the brothers, a Charles Rowe, ...Read more

A memory of Westbury Leigh by Robin Porter

Ash By Sandwich 1789 1848

Ash is three miles west from Sandwich, a village lying 2 and a half miles south-westfrom Richborough Castle. The Church of St Nicholas has an interesting interior with monuments and effigies. Zachariah Pettman ...Read more

A memory of Ash

Helen Rodes Was My Mother

My mom's name was Helen Evelyn Rodes. She told me he family's name was deRodes and somethng about Horn Castle and Lincolnshire. Her father's name was Josephus deRodes, but when the family came to America (West Virginia ...Read more

A memory of Barlborough by Maxine Turner

The Best 53 Years Of My Life

I came to know Drummore when I met my husband in 1957. We married in 1960 and this year is our Golden Wedding. My memories of Drummore include Crawfords shop, The Queen's hotel with the great family feeling you got when ...Read more

A memory of Drummore in 1957 by Sheila Mc Gaw

Down Memory Lane

I was born in Nottingham and came to live in Gateshead when I was 4 years old. My mother was in the W.R.A.C and met my father when she was stationed down there. He was a Waiter in the Crown Hotel in Bawtry and was originally from ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Pauline Thompson

My Beginning

I returned to Andover in August 2010 and was as excited as the day we left in November 1956 when my family decided we were going to Australia. 54 years is a long time and I think that my wife was surprised at how much I remembered ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1956 by John Abbess

Penhill Junior School

Hi, long time ago when time had more meaning the teachers were pleasant and we used to have stars put on the work for good standard ,and smaller classes than today, as at the time I lived in Penhill Drive, my headmaster was a Mr ...Read more

A memory of Swindon in 1961 by Ken Russell Everitt

Childhood In Buckhurst Hill

I lived at 4 Fairlands Avenue, Buckhurst Hill. My parents moved there just before the Second World War, and I was born in April 1939. I well remember W.C.French Ltd's yard next to Fairlands Avenue fronting the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Richard Moules

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 1,153 to 1,176.

Caption For Ludford, Post Office C1955

Once Ludford Parva to the west and Ludford Magna to the east, the settlements are now merged.

Caption For Coverham, Abbey Church 1926

In between the dramatic hills of Great and Little Whernside, Coverham lies in a hollow 2 miles west of Middleham.

Caption For Wendover, Aylesbury Road C1955

We are a little further north-west, and the clock tower disappears from view.

Caption For Grantham, Market Place 1893

Chapter Three is a tour of the rolling oolitic limestone south-west part of Lincolnshire, until 1974 the County of Kesteven.

Caption For Wolsingham, Parish Church C1965

Dedicated to St Mary and St Stephen, the parish church was rebuilt in the late 1840s; all that is left of an earlier 12th-century structure is the lower part of the west tower.

Caption For Edgware, St Margarets Parish Church 1954

The trees have grown, and the street signs have changed, but the church, with its substantial 15th-century ragstone west tower and mid 18th-century brick-faced body, remains substantially unaltered behind

Caption For London, Houses Of Parliament 1908

By this time the wharves have been cleared away to create Victoria Embankment Garden, a more fitting context for the Mother of Parliaments, rebuilt in Gothic style between 1839 and 1860 by Pugin and Sir

Caption For Watford, Cassiobury Park And Iron Bridge Lock 1921

Here we see two horse-drawn narrowboats, 'Linnet' and 'Evelyn', at the attractively-sited lock in Cassiobury Park, Watford.

Caption For Funtington, Hallidays 1965

An isolated village of flint and brick cottages, to the west of Chichester.

Caption For Guisborough, Market Place 1907

In May 1822, a spring was discovered about one mile to the south west, and Guisborough climbed aboard the spa town bandwagon.

Caption For New Milton, C1965

The town centre is in the distance; there are some Edwardian and many modern buildings here.To the north is a pond, and south of the railway line is a water tower resembling a castle.

Caption For Rolvenden, Church S.W.1901

The church of St Mary the Virgin, standing on its mound on the edge of Romney Marsh and viewed here from the south-west, dates from the 13th and 15th centuries.

Caption For Abingdon, Tea Rooms C1960

Stevens's Boatyard withdrew to the west parts of Nag's Head Island beyond the bridges, and the Abingdon Bridge Restaurant and Tea Rooms took over their buildings to serve river- borne

Caption For Seaton Delaval, The Hall C1965

Seven miles north of Tynemouth, the Hall was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, and completed for Admiral George Delaval in 1707.

Caption For Langdon Hills, Westley Road C1950

After the First World War, there were plans to divide Westley Heights into 231 small plots of land and offer them for development.

Caption For Kettering, Parish Church C1955

The avenue leads to the superb west tower of Saints Peter and Paul church.

Caption For Woodford Halse, Moravian Church And Parsons Street C1965

As a result there are numerous terraces of workers' cottages, all in brick and mainly attached to the west side of the village.

Caption For Swindon, Coate Water C1955

Looking West to the Diving Board Coate Water was originally constructed in 1821-22 as a reservoir, and was designed to overcome water shortages on the canal system around the town when

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 Deerhurst, The Saxon Church 1901

The church was rebuilt in c930, and the nave of the present building is the oldest part still standing.

Caption For Pitsea, High Street C1955

We are looking west from the Rectory Road corner.

Caption For Dublin, The Four Courts 1897

This famous Dublin landmark is situated on the north bank of the Liffey, a little to the west of the centre.

Caption For Pitsea, High Street C1955

We are looking west from the Rectory Road corner.

Caption For Bath, Newbridge Road 1909

This view looks west along Newbridge Road with its terraces of neat villas.