Maps

2,499 maps found.

1897, Shepperdine Ref. RNE829780
1897, Sundayshill Ref. RNE842796
1898, Winterbourne Ref. RNE871603
1897, Townwell Ref. RNE851286
1879 - 1881, Cromhall Common Ref. HOSM48006
1880 - 1881, Leyhill Ref. HOSM51190
1879 - 1880, Milbury Heath Ref. HOSM53716
1880 - 1881, Tortworth Ref. HOSM62221
1879 - 1880, Tytherington Ref. HOSM62799
1881, Wickwar Ref. HOSM64543
1881, West Littleton Ref. HOSM63900
1880 - 1901, Almondsbury Ref. HOSM35970
1880, Bradley Stoke Ref. HOSM38605
1881, Dodington Ref. HOSM70317
1879 - 1880, Earthcott Green Ref. HOSM44170
1881, Frenchay Ref. HOSM45916
1896, Henfield Ref. HOSM34628
1880 - 1900, Littleton-Upon-Severn Ref. HOSM51692
1902, Longwell Green Ref. HOSM52327
1880, Lower Morton Ref. HOSM52622

Books

23 books found. Showing results 1,657 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 691 to 700.

Dees Ford Dealer South Croydon

I purchased my first vehicle at Dees in 1959. I was twenty four and really wanted a car but the prices were high for used vehicles and the registration fees also. I went to Dees with my friend Graham (we met while ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by David Roberts

Growing Up In Dumfries

I was born in 1950 at Cresswell Hospital and brought up in Greenbrae Loaning till I left to move up to West Lothian when I was eighteen. Went to Noblehill School then Marchmount in 1961/62. My maiden name was Wilson and my ...Read more

A memory of Dumfries by Judith Dunlop

South Ealing Before The War

Does anyone remember St. Mary's school which was in South Ealing Road. I have tried contacting the church to which it was affiliated but have had no luck. As a child I attended this school and rememer teachers names also ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1930 by Margo Atkins

Stockdale Road

My mum and her sisters and brother moved with my nan to Stockdale Road from the Kings Cross area. She told me that when the rent collector came round on his bike, if he saw a group of women talking by their gate, he would tell them ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1930 by Brian Dudley

Orange St South Shields.

My nana was born in Orange Street, South Shields. Can anyone tell me where Orange Street was situated in South Shields? My nana was born 1892, Alice Duffie, sisters Mary and Isabella. Any help would be most appreciated, as yet again I have hit a brick wall thanks x

A memory of South Shields in 1900

The Changes Over The Years.

My memories of the village are so precious that I wished it to be preserved intact with no alterations whatsoever, which of course was ridiculous. The main change is the size. When I was a child, in the '40's and 50's, ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong in 1950 by Dorothy Blake

Happy Days

I have a lot of happy memories of living in Peterlee. My mam, dad and me moved there when I was 6 months old from Hartlepool. We lived in Bailey Rise, a new house then. I can still remember the smell from the Tudor crisp factory which was ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 1955 by Carol Bone

Here 1947 1950

When I first came here the NHS hadn't begun, I think my mum was asked to pay 7/6d per week! Visiting was 2hrs on the 1st Sunday of the month only. Just as well really because my parents had to travel from 3 miles south of Dorking. I laid ...Read more

A memory of Alton by Terence Mayne

The Ship Inn, Aveley, Essex, England

My grandparents, Arthur Andrew Rush & Lilian Maud Rush 9nee Sayers0 had this pub, The Ship Inn, from 1940 -1955. They had two daughters, my Mother, Lilian Beatrice Gough (nee Rush) & Gladys Barker (nee Rush). ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1940 by Peter Gough

Tantobie And Tanfield Lea

Hi, I lived in Tantobie in John Street, then we moved to Derwent Street. I went to Tanfied Lea School, I remember the snow quite well and walking to Tanfield Lea School and sliding in the school yard. I say people do not ...Read more

A memory of Tantobie in 1966 by Carole Stokoe

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,657 to 1,680.

Caption For Godmanchester, Chinese Bridge C1960

At this point, the river is placid, and silver fish can be seen darting just below the surface; to the south, in the still water by the Causeway, all kinds of ducks and wading birds are fed

Caption For Gumfreston, Church 1890

The chancel and south chapel date from the 14th century and the exceptionally tall tower was built about a century later.

Caption For Crewkerne, Market Square C1955

Heading south-west towards Dorset we reach Crewkerne, another medieval market town that later specialised in sail- making for the Royal Navy until steam supplanted sail.

Caption For Bray, Jesus Hospital 1890

A little further south, is Jesus Hospital, a fine quadrangle of 28 single- storey almshouses with a taller entrance bay.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Low Tide 1930

Double rows of beach tents (centre left) line the Cart Road to the south of the Bay Private Hotel.

Caption For Uppingham, West Bank C1965

Located at the corner of Stockerston Road and South Backway, West Bank was built in 1866 by Howard Candler, 'a small, energetic mathematician', who always refused to have more than six boys boarding.

Caption For Colindale, Edgware Road C1955

Said to derive its name from a local family, the area basically occupies a stretch of Edgware Road about a mile south of Edgware.

Caption For Wisbech, View From North Brink 1901

The North and South Brinks, sombre rows of mansions and warehouses, look out over each other on opposite sides of the river.

Caption For Bamburgh, The Castle 1954

Unable to take the fortress from Robert de Mowbray, third Earl of Northumberland, William headed south, leaving the prosecution of the siege to others.

Caption For Abertillery, Penybont And Cwmtillery 1955

Between the 1880s and the early 1920s, workers flocked from all over the south-west to find work in Abertillery's coal mines.

Caption For Grays, The Lightship C1955

South of the town, a long-redundant lightship lies on the slipway near Argent Street; its light was hauled up to the masthead on cables.

Caption For Compton, Post Office C1955

A secluded village in the middle of the Downs near the Hampshire border, south of Harting. There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.

Caption For Turners Hill, Corner Shop And Chapel C1960

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs. St Leonard's church was built in 1895.

Caption For Bedford, Lower River And Weir 1921

The photographer is positioned on the south-east corner of Mill Meadows Island looking north to Boatslide Weir Bridge with its rustic-style balustrades.

Caption For Oving, The Village C1955

of Waddesdon, the last two villages on this tour, Oving and Whitchurch, are on the Quainton- Whitchurch Hills, a ridge of Portland limestone that gives fine views over the Vale of Aylesbury to the south

Caption For Chipping Campden, Old Campden House And Church C1955

The 120-foot tower of St James' dominates this view from the south-east. The church is notable for its 15th- century frontals, which are said to be the earliest set in the country.

Caption For Northleach, The Green 1952

The Green continues south from the market place. The half-timbered house on the right dates from Tudor times.

Caption For Sleaford, West Banks C1955

To the south are further artisan terraces and short side streets. The early 19th-century cottages on the left were lost in the 1960s.

Caption For Wadhurst, Lower High Street 1903

Wadhurst, a village about six miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells, was a centre of the iron industry during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Caption For Eastleigh, Leigh Road C1960

What the Army did for Aldershot, the London and South Western Railway Company did for Eastleigh, helping to transform a forgotten rural backwater into a bustling and thriving town.The image of the

Caption For Redditch, St Stephen's Parish Church C1950

Dragging a cumbersome plate camera with him, he took four photographs, looking north, south, east and west.

Caption For Lee On The Solent, Lee Tower C1955

Inside there was a restaurant, a cinema and reputedly the south coast's best ballroom. Unfortunately, it was pulled down in 1971. Lee has definitely lost some of its character.

Caption For Maidstone, The Colonnade C1955

To the south is the oldest nonconformist chapel in Maidstone, the Unitarian Church of 1736, where William Hazlitt's father was minister from 1770 to 1780.

Caption For Chedworth, St Andrew's Church C1960

The most outstanding feature is the fine Perpendicular windows on the south side, which were reputedly installed by the Neville family in 1490.