Maps

9,439 maps found.

1903-1904, Howe Ref. RNC741399
1903-1904, Howsham Ref. RNC741667
1899, Kenn Ref. RNC746129
1904-1905, Parkside Ref. RNC801607
1903-1904, Stonegate Ref. RNC840487
1901-1903, Rosehill Ref. RNC820094
1903-1904, Simonstone Ref. RNC831494
1904-1905, Morningside Ref. RNC783884
1925, Brackenthwaite Ref. POP647711
1925, Cray Ref. POP681608
1925, Dacre Ref. POP687447
1903, Upperthorpe Ref. RNC858000
1903-1904, Well Ref. RNC862861
1903-1908, Wootton Ref. RNC874449
1903, Whitton Ref. RNC869581
1903-1904, Whorlton Ref. RNC869678
1903, Windsor Ref. RNC871178
1904-1905, Wishaw Ref. RNC871787
1903-1904, Thimbleby Ref. RNC846704
1903-1908, Ulceby Ref. RNC856503

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,609 to 1,632.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 671 to 680.

Born In The 60s In Whetstone

I was born in Oakleigh Road North in 1965. I went to school at Sacred Heart Primary which was just up the road but felt like it was miles away while I was hanging onto my brother's hand and he walked with long ...Read more

A memory of North Finchley by Victoria Mabbott

Down The Wood

Born next door to Smiths post office-chemist in 1949. The high street was full of shops and you could buy anything. I can recall: HOLMES FRUIT SHOP, FELTONS THE BUTCHERS, COLMANS BY THE BRIDGE WHO SOLD BIKES BY DAY AND FISH AND ...Read more

A memory of Walsall Wood by Brian Jones

Widnes Road C1960

This takes me back. I had a Friday night/Saturday job there when I was 14 in the Tesco store. Great fun, and all that money - £1 5s!! My dad was greengrocery buyer for Tesco in those days and we went all over the north to visit ...Read more

A memory of Widnes by Rosie Brierley (Nee Hodge)

Catford By Bus

We lived in Lewisham High Street over a DIY store (I think) and mum often took us to Peter Pan's playground. I always thought there was a tunnel in Catford as the bus conductors used to yell 'Catford Town'all' as we got to that stop. ...Read more

A memory of Catford in 1955 by Mary Cox

Birds Nuts And Bumping Cars

In 1944 my mother and I moved from a two bedroom basement flat in Grosvenor Road at the top of the town, to Chrismas Avenue, a three bedroom semi-detached, that connected between Ash Road and Newport Road. My father was ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1940 by Raymond Hay

Hogsthorpe Farms

I have fond memories of Hogsthorpe in 1959. I worked on a farm just outside the village, I think the area was called Slackholme End. The farm belonged to Silas Willey and next door was a bigger farm belonging to Taylors. In busy ...Read more

A memory of Hogsthorpe in 1959 by Chris Webb

Majula House

When my grandfather Edward Mackenzie was married in 1915 his place of residence was given as Majula House, Lower Eythorne. I presume he was lodging there. He was a miner who I believe came from the north east. Does anyone know where is/was Majula House? jbmack

A memory of Eythorne in 1910 by James Mackenzie

North End

Hi there, I just started doing my family tree, found out that my grandfather was born in Quainton, lived at North End. My great-grandfather was killed by a horse in 1905 working on a local lord's land. I am trying to find out which estate he ...Read more

A memory of Oving in 1900 by Gillian Waters

Trams, Markets And Bright Yellow Trolly Buses

With big hugs from waiting family on one of the many platforms that was Central Station, we hurried though the noise and clouds of steam towards the station exit and into the sunlight...my eyes ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1940 by Raymond Hay

Court Hall Remembered

From 1946 until 1949 I was a boarder at Court Hall. At the time I was there Lady Poultimor lived in a cottage in the grounds and kept parrots. There were stables at the rear of the house and a full pack of hounds was kept ...Read more

A memory of North Molton in 1946 by Brenda Mitchell

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,609 to 1,632.

Caption For Taunton, St Mary Magdalene's Church 1888

Hammet Street, with its brick terrace houses, was laid out in 1788 off North Street, focusing on the magnificent late 15th-century tower of St Mary's church.

Caption For Mells, The Village 1907

The photographer is looking north-west downhill across the Mells Stream bridge to the village, an attractive cluster of stone houses with many thatched roofs.

Caption For Billesdon, Market Place C1955

Not only does the ancient 'Jurassic Trackway' run on a north-south line to the east of the village towards Tilton-on-the Hill, but a Neolithic road from Leicester, eastwards towards Ingarsby, skirts the

Caption For Rosedale Abbey, C1955

The chapel is prominent on the right in this view of the small hamlet of Rosedale Abbey, which sits in the heart of Rosedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, seen filling the background.

Caption For St Margarets Bay, South Foreland Lowerlight 1898

It was built in 1843; for a further ninety years after this photograph was taken, it offered both a warning and guidance for ships passing north along the white cliffs, and for those heading

Caption For Bodmin, Lanhydrock 1890

The north wing on the right is dated 1636, and contains an impressive long gallery with a decorated plaster ceiling.

Caption For Grantham, High Street C1955

The George Hotel on the left, a very large coaching inn on the old Great North Road built in 1780, has now been successfully converted into The George Shopping Centre.

Caption For Brookhouse, Bull Beck C1960

Brookhouse is an ancient village north-east of Lancaster just above Caton. It is at a junction on the old Caton to Claughton road, which we can see going off to the left.

Caption For Wyke Regis, The School 1898

The view looks north from Chamberlaine Road (foreground) up All Saints Road (left) to the tower of Wyke Regis parish church and the trees around the rectory.

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street C1955

Frogmore Street begins near the bank on the right, site of the medieval north gate. The pedestrians walking towards the camera are heading for the High Street and, no doubt, the market.

Caption For Whitworth, Facit 1951

This view looks north from above the Memorial Park, with the huge Facit New Mill on the right. Built of Accrington brick, it replaced a mill demolished in 1904.

Caption For Whitchurch, High Street C1955

The next photographs follow the High Street from north to south.

Caption For Wyke Regis, The School 1898

The village of Wyke Regis, now a suburb of Weymouth, north from Chamberlaine Road (foreground).

Caption For Netherbury, And Lewesdon 1902

We are looking north-westwards from above Lower Yondover Farm to the 1839-built Congregational chapel (centre left) at the crossroads near Laurel Farm.

Caption For Barrow Upon Soar, The Bridge C1960

Situated about 8 miles north of Leicester, by Domesday 'Barhou' was settled. Today, it is the river and the lime works which are the village's most valuable assets.

Caption For Luccombe, The Village 1901

West Luccombe, a hamlet a good mile north-west of Luccombe itself, has some good cottages on the lane from Hawkcombe, with Inglenook on the left and the yellow ochre-washed Rose Tree Cottage on the

Caption For North Curry, The Square C1955

Continuing south-west, the route reaches North Curry, a village on the low ridge that separates West Sedge Moor from the Tone valley.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Sherborne Lane C1955

The north-eastern end of Sherborne Lane descends to Lym House and the Angel Inn (centre left).

Caption For Congleton, The Canal C1965

This view shows some of the locks at Bosley, three miles north-east of the town.

Caption For Hartlepool, Memorial Gardens C1965

It was built in 1899 for the London and North Eastern Railway Company. The open space behind the trees on the left was known as the Bull Field.

Caption For Stockton On Tees, High Street And Parish Church C1955

We are looking in the other direction, to the north end of the High Street. The parish church tower stands prominently on the right, with the war memorial with its white columns in front.

Caption For Bridgend, St Illtyd's Church 1898

St Illtyd's is built in the Decorated style and dates from the early 14th century; the nave was rebuilt and a north aisle added in 1849 at a cost of £1,200.

Caption For Madingley, Hall C1955

Madingley Hall was purchased by Cambridge University in 1948 for the Extra-Mural Board, their staff and research students. By 1950 the stables had been rebuilt to provide offices and accommodation.

Caption For Caldecott, The Green C1955

Once there was a cross on the green and also another at the north end of the village.