Photos

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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1900, Cathole Ref. HOSM41618
1904, Long Compton Ref. HOSM52203
1900 - 1904, Tidmington Ref. HOSM61852
1900 - 1904, Willington Ref. HOSM64652
1903, Acton Pigott Ref. HOSM35531
1880 - 1881, Albrighton Ref. HOSM35831
1880 - 1881, Astley Ref. HOSM36432
1881 - 1882, Boreton Ref. HOSM38338
1880, Commonwood Ref. HOSM41607
1881 - 1882, Condover Ref. HOSM41630
1882, Coundmoor Ref. HOSM42015
1900 - 1901, Criggion Ref. HOSM42268
1881 - 1882, Dryton Ref. HOSM43914
1881, Ford Heath Ref. HOSM45605
1880, Lee Brockhurst Ref. HOSM51001
1881, Lower Hopton Ref. HOSM52588
1903, Morton Mill Ref. HOSM54084
1880, Lee Brockhurst Ref. HOSM54172
1880, Paddolgreen Ref. HOSM55994
1880, Preston Brockhurst Ref. HOSM57120

Books

442 books found. Showing results 18,481 to 18,504.

Memories

29,040 memories found. Showing results 7,701 to 7,710.

Easington Lad

Although I moved away from Easington Colliery over forty years ago I still regard it as where I belong. Born in Glebe Terrace, I spent my early schooling attending the infant and junior departments in the colliery. I had to ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1951 by Stuart Ayre

Lemington Dance

Lemington Dance was held in a prefabricated building at the bottom of Woodburn Street, we used to go there on a Saturday and Sunday night, in fact I met my husband there. We would dance to all the 60s' music, great times. I think ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1962 by Elizabeth(Betty) Phillipson Nee Scott

Penhill Junior School

Hi, long time ago when time had more meaning the teachers were pleasant and we used to have stars put on the work for good standard ,and smaller classes than today, as at the time I lived in Penhill Drive, my headmaster was a Mr ...Read more

A memory of Swindon in 1961 by Ken Russell Everitt

Woodgate, Frog Island

During the war my grandparents moved from Great Yarmouth to Leicester, my grandmother worked at Freres biscuit factory in Woodgate, my father went to Slater Street School and they lived in Henry Street. It was a cul-de-sac ...Read more

A memory of Leicester by Lee Orbell

An Ashbourne Childhood

My family moved to Ashbourne in 1942 when I was 6. I went to school at what must have been the last of the old "Dame" schools run by an elderly lady called Ethel Hunter. The school was at the top of a big house in Church ...Read more

A memory of Ashbourne in 1943

Friends

I remember going to school with Gillian Barsby and her brother, a miner called Mr Griffiths, he had a daughter Pat and lived in a house by the railway crossing. My step father was head lad for Bob Ward. After Bob Ward ceased training we ...Read more

A memory of Hazelslade in 1960 by Jean Bye

Norton Heath Equestrian Centre

My memories are of my year training at the equestrian centre when it was run by Victor Carter as a riding school and renowned BHS exam school. I trained for my BHSAI there, under Mr Carter, along with head ...Read more

A memory of Norton Heath in 1977 by Karen Scott

Childhood In Buckhurst Hill

I lived at 4 Fairlands Avenue, Buckhurst Hill. My parents moved there just before the Second World War, and I was born in April 1939. I well remember W.C.French Ltd's yard next to Fairlands Avenue fronting the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Richard Moules

Born In Oban

I was born in Oban and still have all my mum's family there, does anyone know of the Sloss family, Davie and Ina and their large family - Davie, Peter, Malcome, Alex, Billy, Robert, Jessie, Ina, Irene and Elizebeth?

A memory of Oban in 1967 by Mary Quinn

Benholm Bothy

Responding to Judi Parry's memory of visiting Johnshaven and her mother's surname of Low, I hae a single census record (1901) of my great uncle David Low at the age of 19 being a blacksmith apprentice at the blacksmith's bothy, ...Read more

A memory of Johnshaven in 1900 by James Mc Carthy

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 18,481 to 18,504.

Caption For Daventry, Danetre Hospital C1965

Unfortunately, until recently, many of the old people in Daventry had a fear of 'ending up in the workhouse' as they became infirm.

Caption For Pegwell, Bay 1907

This Edwardian view shows the footpath to Pegwell village; on the extreme left are the coastguard cottages, built to prevent the extensive smuggling activities that were then carried out at this isolated

Caption For Wilmslow, Bank Square Gardens C1955

It was famous for the production of button moulding, although, as in so many towns in the area, cotton was also produced here.

Caption For Bournemouth, Baths From Bath Road C1948

Bournemouth did not exist at all until Mr Lewis Tregonwell built a holiday home in the middle of hitherto wild heathland in 1810. During the 19th century it remained a select resort for the well-off.

Caption For Parham, The Church 1894

The small village around the church all but disappeared at the end of the 18th century, helping to maintain the privacy of Parham House.

Caption For Oakham, School House 1927

School House stands at the corner of Market Place and Market Street. The Hospital of Christ, built in 1398, stood on this site, which was once known as Baresplace. School House was erected in 1853.

Caption For Oakham, The Castle Gateway C1950

This fine gateway is 13th-century in style, but was rebuilt by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, who became Lord of the Manor in 1621.

Caption For Desborough, War Memorial And Church C1955

We are looking south towards the church of St Giles, which dates from the early 13th century; the war memorial stands behind aptly named Dunkirk Avenue on the left.

Caption For Rugby, War Memorial Gates 1922

In 1922, Field Marshall Earl French of Ypres, in the presence of 10,000-15,000 people, unveiled these handsome wrought-iron gates to the Whitehall Recreation Ground as a memorial to Rugby's 404 fallen

Caption For West Bay, The Quay 1897

The brigantine lying in this Dorset harbour has a heavy transom counter, an indication that she might well be fifty years old or more.

Caption For Berkeley, High Street 1956

The arched entrance to The White Hart (centre) reminds us that this inn, along with others in the town such as The Berkeley Arms, rang to the clatter of hooves in the days of horse- drawn coaches.

Caption For Much Wenlock, Wenlock Priory C1955

Wenlock Priory was dissolved in the 16th century, and much of the stone was probably taken to build farms and houses in the locality. Much fine carving detail does survive.

Caption For Yetminster, View From Tarks Hill C1960

We are looking north- eastwards from one of the public footpaths across Tarks Hill over Mill Lane and Brister End (centre) to the twin peaks of Honeycombe Wood (top left) and Lillington Hill

Caption For Kings Lynn, Norfolk Street 1891

In the late 19th century this area of Norfolk Street offered such delights as Mrs Elizabeth Cockerill, china, glass and earthenware dealer, Plowright & Pratt (extreme right), ironmongers by

Caption For Bacton, Abbey 1933

It was well known that the priory had a miraculous section of the True Cross, and a popular exclamation in 14th- and 15th-century texts was 'Oh, Holy Rood of Bromholm!'

Caption For Warwick, Bridge End C1955

Bridge End may have escaped major development, but the house on the right is a 20th-century addition, built onto the end of the terrace (compare this photograph with 72355, above).

Caption For Wimborne, High Street 1904

A few feet to the right, a couple of early motor vehicles hint at the transport revolution to come. Meanwhile, far left, a mother pushes a pram with a penny-farthing wheel arrangement.

Caption For Witchampton, Mill 1904

Witchampton's flour mill closed before the Second World War, but the remains of the huge mill wheel, including its tree trunk shaft, can still be seen outside Flour Mill House.

Caption For Upton, The Village And Church C1950

St Mary's parish church, on the left of Ford Road, is largely obscured by trees now, but the church clock still rings out the time to the people of Upton.

Caption For Fordingbridge, The Village C1960

The local policeman (centre) goes on his daily beat around this peaceful village – a sight not to be seen now. The nearby River Avon attracts anglers.

Caption For Holybourne, Main Road C1960

Underneath this main road flows a stream that rises from a spring under the church of the Holy Rood, built in the 12th century.

Caption For South Tidworth, Old Cottages C1962

These thatched cottages are by the old Reading Room on the North and South Tidworth borders. In front of the Reading Room is a red telephone box.

Caption For Waltham Chase, Post Office And Stores C1950

A number of Victorian redbrick houses survive, intermingled with more modern housing. Notice how quiet the road is. Is the lady making her way to the post office?

Caption For Wickham, Bridge Street C1950

A variety of architecture is to be enjoyed here, from red brick houses to timber-framed cottages.