Maps

9,439 maps found.

1898 - 1919, North Hinksey Village Ref. HOSM55228
1898, North Leverton With Habblesthorpe Ref. HOSM47299
Map Of North Ridings Of Yorkshire, North Riding Of Yorkshire Ref. F58
1896, Togston Ref. HOSM55169
1898, Denchworth Ref. HOSM55204
1886, Wareham Forest Ref. HOSM55316
1882, Selsley Ref. HOSM55327
1895, Hazlerigg Ref. HOSM55222
1898, Fawley Ref. HOSM55219
1878, Roskear Croft Ref. HOSM55289
1912, Ham Ref. HOSM55276
1900, Tholomas Drove Ref. HOSM55168
1905, Dimson Ref. HOSM55205
1919 - 1920, Colerne Ref. HOSM55192
1904, Caemorgan Ref. HOSM55269
1894 - 1909, Brock's Green Ref. HOSM55307
1878, Roskear Croft Ref. HOSM55290
1899 - 1909, Marsh Gate Ref. HOSM55301
1894 - 1895, Coulsdon Ref. HOSM42010
1895 - 1935, Welham Green Ref. HOSM55257

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,513 to 1,536.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 631 to 640.

Summer Memories Of Picktree Village

In the late 1950’s and as a young boy around 8 or 9 living in the west end of Newcastle, I used to visit my Auntie Bella and Uncle Ted regularly. They lived at Number 3 Picktree Cottages, a short row of picturesque cottages ...Read more

A memory of Picktree by Ben Haddon

Frenchies

Hi David Rowe ,only just found this site ,so apologies. Re W&C French, you may have remembered my father and my grandfather working at Frenchies. My dad Ron Dent ,drove cranes and brought the first 20 ton mobile Coles crane to ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by peter.dent3

The Mystery Bridge Across The Mill Brook In Baguley.

The Mystery Bridge across the Mill Brook in Baguley. I was born in September 1946 and lived in Overdale Road Benchill before moving to Fouracers Road in Baguley about 1951. The Lanes, Farms and ...Read more

A memory of Wythenshawe by christopher.bowden

A Million Miles From A Game Of Football.

I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The day ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by shea.carol

The Bells Of Aber Dovey

My brothers and I would cycle from Borth to Ynyslas sand dunes from where we could see the village of Aber Dovey nestled on the other side of the estuary. We were told that on a clear day if you listened carefully you would hear ...Read more

A memory of Aberdyfi

Silver Jubilee 1977

We moved to the Grove in North Cray from Edgebury Chislehurst in 1965. I went to the Boys side of Alma Rd School in 966 and later to Bexley Lane School. I have mixed emotions of attending Bexley Lane school, (now Cleave Park School) ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup by stevefmatthews

Good Times!

I moved to Cranham, Lexington Gardens, a new estate when I was about three in 1961. I recall being in the cab of the lorry as we moved from my Grandparents house in Eyhurst Avenue, Elm Park. I went to school for the first term at Oglethorpe ...Read more

A memory of Upminster by Paul Bradford

60's

We moved to Churchtown in '61 from the North East. Attended the junior school attached to St Cuthbert's church. Remember the area very well, Botanical Gardens especially. Used to go fishing there even though it was prohibited [which boys didn't!]. Left in 1970. Fond memories

A memory of Churchtown by David P

Northolt Wonderland

I was born in Barnet in 1942, but the Germans bombed our house and killed my dad a few months later. I was sent to Wales to avoid the Blitz. (BlitzKrieg - Lightening strikes) after 5 years I found myself in Millway Gardens in ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Philip Yorke Edgell

They Emigrated To Australia From Allerton

Pollard and Nancy Smith and their three sons emigrated to Australia in 1884. Their oldest son James went first and Robert (14) and Sidney (0-1) travelled separately with Nancy and Pollard. They went to Liverpool, a ...Read more

A memory of Allerton by Lesley Muller

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,513 to 1,536.

Caption For Ferryside, Glan Tywi Estate C1955

Over to the left of the picture can be seen the railway line heading north to Carmarthen.

Caption For Colchester, North Hill 1891

North Hill descends from the High Street. The church on the right is St Peter's - the town church.The tower was completed in 1758.

Caption For Cardiff, Fidlas Road C1965

Then, as now, Rhydypennau crossroads was a thriving commercial intersection at which three north eastern suburbs meet - Llanishen to our right, Cyncoed to our left and Heath straight ahead

Caption For Barnstaple, The Square 1903

The Square lies at the north end of the Long Bridge. The building to the right is the red façade of The Athenaeum, built in 1888, which houses the museum and a collection of fossils.

Caption For Brentor, 1908

In the foreground is the village of North Brentor; Christ Church was built in 1856 after it was decided that the long walk to the old church was too much for the poor delicate villagers.

Caption For Hunstanton, The Green 1901

Hunstanton is unique for north Norfolk resort towns in that it looks west across the sea and not east.

Caption For Coventry, The Blue Coat School C1890

of the wealthiest in the midlands, and the sheer bulk of its buildings must have made an imposing sight on the Coventry skyline.The complex included a church about 400 ft long; a cloister on the north

Caption For Ardingly, The Village C1950

Ardingly is a village overlooking the Ouse valley, north of Haywards Heath.The 14th-century church of St Peter has an impressive tower.

Caption For Silchester, The Clock C1965

In the north of the county sits Silchester. This modern clock tower is part of Silchester House, built in 1820, but the clock tower is more modern.

Caption For Chapel St Leonards, The Beach C1955

This view looks north towards Chapel Point and the Coastguard Station. There was also a Second World War gun emplacement on the point. Again there are houses on the sand hills.

Caption For Treherbert, Station Road C1955

The road leading out of this village, climbing the north-east flank of the head of the valley, was built in 1930-32 by unemployed miners. Note the two boys on the left of the picture.

Caption For Darlington, South Park 1896

Opened in 1853, Bellasis Park, as it was then called, was one of the earliest public parks in the north-east.

Caption For Blackpool, From North Pier 1906

In 1910, the section from North Pier round the Metropole to Cocker Street was widened; the work was completed in time for Easter 1911.

Caption For Colsterworth, The Village C1960

He was born in Woolsthorpe Manor, an early 17th-century house, in 1643; Woolsthorpe is a hamlet immediately north-west of the village.

Caption For Waddington, High Street C1960

The medieval church was destroyed by bombs in World War II intended for Lincoln or the RAF base, but in this view we look north past the Horse and Jockey pub in a view little changed since 1960.

Caption For Runcorn, Transporter Bridge C1906

One of only three such bridges in the country, the transporter bridge connected Runcorn with Widnes on the north shore of the River Mersey.

Caption For Tenby, Fishwives 1890

Posed on Goscar Rock on Tenby's North Beach, these women were paid for their work as models.

Caption For Staithes, Baiting The Lines C1900

Staithes was a fishing port of some standing, landing sufficient cod, mackerel and haddock for the North Eastern Railway to run three or four special fish trains a week.

Caption For Lichfield, The Cathedral, The West Front 1887

The west front of Lichfield Cathedral dates from the Decorated period, but most of this amazing display of sculpture is Victorian – only five statues high up on the north-west tower are original.

Caption For Llandudno, The Promenade 1898

Llandudno stands back against the mass of the Great Orme's head, which shelters it from north winds, and on a neck of sand between two bays, which are so close together that in rough weather their spray

Caption For Hunstanton, Green And Pier 1907

On the north-west angle of the coast of Norfolk stands the pretty watering-place of Hunstanton St Edmunds, which, during the summer months, is crowded with visitors, the rooms, which out of the season

Caption For Chesham, High Street 1897

This view, looking north along the High Street which gently and picturesquely winds along rather than following a straight line, shows the George and Dragon inn on the left with its projecting

Caption For Grantham, Grammar School 1890

Facing the churchyard on the north side of Church Street is the oldest building in the King's School, built just before 1528 as a chantry school.

Caption For Colsterworth, The Village C1960

He was born in Woolsthorpe Manor, an early 17th-century house, in 1643; Woolsthorpe is a hamlet immediately north-west of the village.