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Maps

9,439 maps found.

1947, Tollerton Ref. NPO849415
1895, Barlow Ref. RNE633348
1947, Well Ref. NPO862861
1903-1904, Brackenthwaite Ref. RNC647711
1901-1903, Burradon Ref. RNC656850
1903-1904, Killerby Ref. RNC747151
1903-1908, Howsham Ref. RNC741668
1904-1905, Hartwood Ref. RNC728036
1889, Ryton Ref. HOSM58361
1889 - 1909, Sherburn Ref. HOSM59051
1886, Howsham Ref. HOSM49057
1891, Londonderry Ref. HOSM52195
1895, Chirton Ref. HOSM40848
1891 - 1892, Shipton Ref. HOSM59112
1888 - 1906, Stainburn Ref. HOSM71055
1884, Sandford Ref. HOSM58464
1907, Denton Ref. HOSM43024
1888 - 1906, Stainburn Ref. HOSM60169
1889 - 1907, Weston Ref. HOSM64221
1890, Wilton Ref. HOSM64789

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,825 to 1,848.

Memories

1,550 memories found. Showing results 761 to 770.

Heather And Gorse Clog Dancers Dance At The Passage House Inn

On the north bank of the Teign estuary between Bishopsteignton and Kingsteignton is a waterside pub - the Passage House Inn - reached at the far end of mile long lane. This was ...Read more

A memory of Bishopsteignton in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

Down St Mary School

Down St Mary School was built in 1878 on the site of the Bell Inn by the Rev. W T A Radford. In the 1930s I was a pupil in the infants' class which was divided from the upper class by a green curtain on a pole. There were ...Read more

A memory of Down St Mary in 1930 by John Shapland

Fleetwood Grammardistrict Bank

I too went to Fleetwood Grammar, about 1948-51. Dr Grieve was headmaster & Miss Lumsden headmistress. Latin master was Mr Terence Huss who ran a troop of Scouts. He must have been very keen to have taken the troop ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood by Bryan Shaw

My Family In Kilkhampton.

My grandparents Tom & Minnie Croucher lived at Cross Cottage (between Stibb and Kilk), their youngest son Derek married Jette after meeting her during the war in Denmark. They lived at 21 North Close Estate for many ...Read more

A memory of Kilkhampton by Dawn Burley

A Weekend To Remember

We were on holiday in the village of Killin, Perthshire, when my daughter announced she wanted to explore further north, no special destination, just to 'up and go'. I was concerned at her taking this trip alone, and ...Read more

A memory of Ullapool in 1982 by Margaret Mosley

Clare House

Does anyone know where the name Clare House came from? Is this property in the High Street, north side? I had relations surnamed 'Clare' who lived in a very similar property in the 1930/40s. The front door is different now, and steps went up to it.  Any information please?

A memory of Tenterden by Jill Howell

Brick House London Road

I was born in Brick House, London Road, in 1930. My father was Arthur Herbert Holmes, an architect and surveyor. He planned many shops and other buildings around Essex. My older brother Anthony James Holmes is buried in St ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea in 1930 by Colin Holmes

The Heroes

This is the original Heroes pub (double-fronted building on left of photo), named after the soldiers returning from the battle of Waterloo who set up camp at Waterloo having marched from Portsmouth docks on their way to London. It was ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville by Meryl Davidson

My Time At Studwell Lodge And In The Village Of Droxford

My family first came to live in Studwell Lodge, which they bought from the Bruce family,  when my father retired from farming in Berkshire at the age of fifty five. It was then 1959 and I, as a ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1960 by Charles Skipwith

Church Road

This photo was taken in Church Road, looking north towards Sole Farm Road. The large building on the right was originally a flour mill and later converted into a house called The Granary.

A memory of Great Bookham by Maureen Argyle

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,825 to 1,848.

Caption For Westcott, The Village 1922

The dovecote on the small triangular green, with its unusual weathervane carrying the letter 'T' signifying north, was erected as a First World War memorial.

Caption For Merstham, The Village 1923

This attractive cul-de-sac running north to the gates of Merstham House, where rampant lion statues guard the way, acquired its name as a joke.

Caption For Woolverstone, The Church C1955

In 1888-90 a new nave and chancel were built over the north aisle of 1830, which left the earlier church as the new south aisle and chapel.

Caption For Ollerton, Thoresby Hall, The Queen Victoria Room C1965

To the north of the house Warner's have built a brick and stone-dressed bedroom block and a spa and health club.

Caption For Chilham, Old Wives' Lees 1908

Lying just to the north of Chilham is this small and curiously named hamlet where, until the beginning of the 20th century, an annual race was staged between two village youths and two maidens for a

Caption For Worcester, The Cathedral, West Front 1891

In 1066 Harold had taken Wulfstan with him when he had travelled north to seek acceptance from the Northumbrians.

Caption For Middleton Tyas, Scotch Corner Hotel C1960

This landmark, familiar to drivers on the A1, was in the 1950s THE place for film stars to stay on their way north, and most of the cars we see here are in the luxury class.

Caption For Symondsbury, Village C1940

Here Symondsbury may be deficient but it can boast the thatched Ilchester Arms Inn (right), which is named for the Strangways family, owning lands from Abbotsbury Swannery to Melbury

Caption For Culbone, The Smallest Parish Church In England 1929

Nearing the coast, in a steep wooded combe 400 feet above the sea, Culbone's church is well-known to walkers along the Somerset and North Devon Coast Path , but is inaccessible by public road

Caption For Tickhill, Market Place C1955

Situated nine miles east of Rotherham on the A361, the village of Tickhill once had one of the most important castles in the North, built on a motte no less than 75ft high and surrounded by a wet

Caption For Marcham, Church Street C1965

West of the crossroads, Church Street runs north from Frilford Road, behind the camera, to the church, glimpsed to the left of the big tree at the far end.

Caption For Marcham, North Street C1965

This view is at the village crossroads, looking across the main A415 Frilford Road from Mill Road into North Street.

Caption For Great Cornard, Church 1895

The apparent terracing between the river and the church is actually hedges on either side of the Marks Tey to Sudbury railway line and of the road from Bures to Sudbury running south to north across

Caption For Fleckney, The Grand Union Canal C1965

The canal bypasses Fleckney on its eastern side; the photograph looks north east across Second Lock, towards Kibworth bridge and Bridge House, as the waterway winds towards Newton Harcourt

Caption For Leeds, Cookridge Street C1955

In June 1840, Thomas Cook arranged a members' excursion to York by way of the Leeds & Selby and the York & North Midlands Railways.

Caption For Bedford, The Promenade 1897

In this view, looking north-east from the bridge on the south bank of the Ouse, the Swan Hotel is seen without ivy.

Caption For Torquay, From Waldon Hill 1888

Tor Bay is bounded on the north by Hope's Nose (round the corner to the left) and Berry Head, seen here across the bay.

Caption For Penarth, Esplanade Hotel From Pier 1896

Being on a headland, there are two shores here - north and south. Along the latter runs the wide Esplanade, with extensive views across the Bristol Channel.

Caption For Stamford, The Lodge Gates, Burghley Park 1922

Positioned alongside the old course of the Great North Road, the unusual and impressive 'Bottle Lodges' at the entrance to Burghley Park must have been a familiar sight to travellers approaching Stamford

Caption For Northampton, Park Avenue Methodist Church C1960

Churches were built to serve the suburbs north of Abington Park.

Caption For Sunderland, Fawcett Street 1890

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

Caption For Abergynolwyn, The Village 1968

There is little apart from the Mini van parked in front of the terraced house on the bottom right of the picture to give away the date of this view, which looks north over Abergynolwyn.

Caption For Belfast, Ulster Bank, Waring Street 1897

For those coming into town by way of Donegall Street or North Street, it gave quick access to the first docks.

Caption For Symondsbury, Village C1940

Here Symondsbury may be deficient but it can boast the thatched Ilchester Arms Inn (right), which is named for the Strangways family, owning lands from Abbotsbury Swannery to Melbury House