Photos

279 photos found. Showing results 1,001 to 279.

Maps

1,651 maps found.

1896, Nova Scotia Ref. RNE794854
1897, Newton Ref. RNE791680
1947, Hetherson Green Ref. NPO732007
1947, Higher Whitley Ref. NPO734279
1947, Higher Wych Ref. NPO734291
1947, Tarvin Sands Ref. NPO845398
1947, Tilston Ref. NPO848548
1947, Parkgate Ref. NPO801410
1947, Puddington Ref. NPO811399
1947, Rowton Moor Ref. NPO821306
1947, Saighton Ref. NPO823503
1947, Saughall Ref. NPO825675
1947, Town Fields Ref. NPO851025
1947, Two Mills Ref. NPO854876
1896, Whitbyheath Ref. RNE867528
1896, Willaston Ref. RNE870358
1897, Tilston Ref. RNE848548
1897, Tilstone Fearnall Ref. RNE848550
1902, Shocklach Green Ref. RNC830475
1902-1903, Tarvin Ref. RNC845397

Books

19 books found. Showing results 1,201 to 19.

Memories

2,051 memories found. Showing results 501 to 510.

My Family Used To Own This!

A photo very similar to this hangs in my bedroom, I am a West and spent many a happy summers here. My family used to own the tearooms, my mother and her brother were caught in the fire in 1966 which resulted in the top ...Read more

A memory of Marlborough by Natalie West

Horndean War Memorial

I am seeking help in identifying two soldiers recorded on the Horndean War Memorial. I have found the details of all of the others. I intend to publish the results of my research. The two men are recorded as follows Turner ...Read more

A memory of Horndean in 1910 by David Goble

Information On Second World War Byfleet

My grandmother, Beatrice Lay, lived in Byfleet during the 1940s and up to her death in 1998, only ever moving as far as West Byfleet; my mother, Cynthia Lay, was also born there in 1941.  I believe they lived in ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet in 1940 by Neil Lloyd

Weekend Visits From School

I was a partially deaf pupil at Ovingdean during the 1970s and as my home was a long way from there, I was one of the very few pupils that resided at the school during the weekends. I do remember two very profound memories ...Read more

A memory of Newhaven in 1974

Jimmy Malone

I was born and lived in Forest Hall. My father Gerry Malone was also born in Forest Hall, his cousin Jimmy Malone, lived in West Allotment, he used to sing in a lot of social clubs around the area, and also in West Allotment Social ...Read more

A memory of West Allotment by Brenda Glover Nee Malone

Snowed In

If my memory is correct it was the winter of 1940/41 when I was a teenager, working for a long distance transport company from the midlands. We had left Carlisle on our way south via Shap Fell when we were caught in a blizzard and the roads ...Read more

A memory of Carlisle in 1940 by Douglas Robinson

17th Century Murder Replayed At Church Norton.

The more I think back on this incident, the more bizzare and terryfying it seems. In 2001, around Oct/Nov, myself and a friend drove to the car park at Church Norton church at about 11:00pm. We were at ...Read more

A memory of Sidlesham in 2001 by Jon Clatworthy

Grammar School And All That!

I remember the Grammar School well - I got transferred from Mexborough Tech because I had failed my 11+ Then I actually got to TEACH at the Grammar School whena student when the music teacher was ill for a time. ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne in 1956 by Terry Ladlow

Wonderful Memories

I was born in Blenheim Gardens in 1964 at my parents' house. I have great memories from the Tuffty Club through to starting school at the Primary in Aveley. Teachers that come to mind were Mrs Sykes and Mrs Southgate. The sports ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Andrea New

Morris Dancing At The Union Inn Denbury

It was a stormy July evening with heavy showers bucketing down so the Union Inn on the village green at Denbury was absolutely bursting with people crowded around the bars. We should all have been outside the ...Read more

A memory of Denbury in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 1,201 to 1,224.

Caption For Chigwell, The Meadow C1965

The spire in the background is that of St Mary's, and this view has not changed.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, 1898

This general view looks west over the bay towards the town.

Caption For Bridgend, Ogmore Castle 1901

Situated two miles south-south-west of Bridgend, Ogmore was originally a ringwork with a timber palisade built in 1116 by William de Londres to guard crossing points on the rivers Ewenny and Ogmore.

Caption For Tettenhall, St Michael's Church C1965

Only the medieval west tower and the Victorian south porch survived.

Caption For Tetbury, Long Street C1960

Long Street, which was once known as West Street, has been the main artery of Tetbury since at least the 16th century.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, The Harbour C1955

Wells was a port long before it became a tourist town, as the functional harbour and large warehouses make clear.

Caption For Haworth, Main Street 1958

The Bronte industry, founded in this pretty, cobble-streeted West Yorkshire town after the famous literary family made the Parsonage their home in 1820, was already well under way, if this 1950s photograph

Caption For Richmond, Messums Boatyard 1899

As we approach Richmond, this view from the west bank looks towards the Petersham Road across to the former Messum's Boatyard.

Caption For Whitwell, The Square C1965

Whitwell stands at the entrance to the Duke of Portland's Welbeck Abbey, and it is in the heart of north-east Derbyshire's former coal mining country.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Boating Lake And Pier Hill C1950

This photograph looks west beside the boating pool, with the Palace Hotel dominating the scene.

Caption For Langold, The Lake C1955

Immediately south- west of the village and approached via Church Street is Langold Country Park, dominated by a fine lake.

Caption For Southwell, The Minster And The Bishop's Manor 1920

The Bishop's Palace occupies the west half of the Archbishop of York's palace, which was rebuilt in the 14th century.

Caption For Tettenhall, St Michael's Church C1965

Only the medieval west tower and the Victorian south porch survived.

Caption For Cirencester, Market Place 1898

In Roman times Cirencester, Corinium Dubunnorum, was the second most important town in Britain after London, standing near the Roman roads of Akeman Street, the Fosse Way, Ermine Street and the older Icknield

Caption For Islip, Church And Lychgate C1955

Continuing along the west side of the River Nene as it heads north-east, we reach Islip.

Caption For Peaslake, The Village Green C1955

Peaslake is a small village west of Holmbury St Mary, separated from it by a ridge of wooded hills.

Caption For Par, Par Green 1927

This is the reverse view along Par Green, looking west.

Caption For Colchester, High Street 1902

A year after photograph 47650, the photographers returned to take another view looking west towards the New Town Hall.

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral 1890

Their function was to stand in for the normally absentee cathedral dignitaries and Prebendaries.

Caption For Stone, Railway Station 1900

Stone was on the North Staffordshire line from Stoke, which linked with the London & North Western at Colwick West Junction.

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 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 Calver, The Village C1950

This crossroads west of the village of Calver is known as Calver Sough - a sough (pronounced “suff”) being a drainage tunnel designed to take water out of lead mines.

Caption For St Austell, Church 1890

The late-15th century tower of Holy Trinity church is one of the finest in Cornwall; its west side has carved figures depicting the Trinity, the Annunciation and the Resurrection.