Maps

9,439 maps found.

1947, Fishpool Ref. NPO706232
1947, Howe Ref. NPO741399
1947, Luddington Ref. NPO770360
1947, Norby Ref. NPO792643
1947, Otterburn Ref. NPO798265
1947, Laverton Ref. NPO753433
1946, Middletown Ref. NPO779591
1947, Moulton Ref. NPO784663
1946, Stock Ref. NPO839684
1947, Simonstone Ref. NPO831494
1946, Redhill Ref. NPO814832
1947, Rosehill Ref. NPO820094
1897, Mickley Ref. RNE778691
1898, Roxby Ref. RNE821317
1897, Moulton Ref. RNE784663
1897, Simonstone Ref. RNE831494
1898, Oxton Ref. RNE799269
1899-1900, Sandford Ref. RNC824975
1903-1904, Tollerton Ref. RNC849415
1899-1900, Woodhill Ref. RNC873351

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,921 to 1,944.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 801 to 810.

The Howard Family At Hammersmith And Barnes

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of ...Read more

A memory of Hammersmith in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

1955 & Prior The Cricketers Etc

I was born in 1947 (a home birth) in Grove End cottage which was, and still is, located pretty much across the London Road and railway line from the Cricketers pub. Although I've never been inside the pub, I have on ...Read more

A memory of Bagshot in 1953 by Liz Schultz (Nee Berry)

Memories Of Wrekenton A Mining Village In Gateshead

Memories of Wrekenton a mining village in Gateshead, County Durham from my late mother and my memories from the 1950’s My mother was born in Wakes Yard in a mining village called Wrekenton, a ...Read more

A memory of Wrekenton in 1950 by Ron Summerson

The Village Green

I lived in Turners Hill from 1941 on Tulleys Farm just down the road from the village. On a Sunday evening my family would first go to St Leonard's church then we all went and sat on the wall over looking the village green to ...Read more

A memory of Turners Hill in 1945 by Timothy Franks

Jellicoe Square

Shoebury Hall Farm was owned by Capt H R Townsend RN and his wife Margaret I think.  There was also a daughter Pamela.  They were like the country squire and his family.  Their house was between the church and the camp site.  I ...Read more

A memory of Shoeburyness by Alan Perry

Beck Side

My father lived at 7 Beck Side North as a child having moved there from Hull. The gardens were long and contained fruit trees. His father was a keen gardener. The neighbours kept cows and sold milk! My father fell in the beck aged 3 but managed to get out.

A memory of Beverley in 1920 by Brenda Reeve

Stonehills Wgc

This view is looking north from the west side of Stonehills towards the Cherry Tree Public House. Just out of view on the left was the old Police Station (the site of which has still not been developed) whilst across the road ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1958 by Alan Vacani

Crofts Bank Road Shops Circa 1956

I lived in Urmston between 1951 and 1974 with my parents and twin brother, Michael. We knew most of these shops and business premises very well indeed. On the left side the premises were as follows, The corner shop ...Read more

A memory of Urmston in 1956 by John Owen

Post Office Radio Station

The Maritime Radio service of the Post Office had medium wave radio stations at Wick (Caithness) and Port Patrick (Dumfries & Galloway). As the Minches were a very busy area for fishermen from Fleetwood and Milford ...Read more

A memory of North Connel in 1947 by Graham Allister

Springhead Terrace

I was born at number 11, and was told I did not open my eyes, so Mrs Tyreman baptized me. She had changed from Methodist to Catholic when she married her husband who was a tailor. When the priest came the next morning and blessed me ...Read more

A memory of Loftus in 1930 by Joseph Lavelle

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,921 to 1,944.

Caption For Northampton, Market Square C1950

A market place since at least 1235, the west side shown here survives much better than the north side.

Caption For Hitchin, The River Hiz 1931

The river to the east of the church has been widened and landscaped, and bridges built to the north and south of the Churchyard.

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 Long Melford, The Green And Melford Hall C1955

This is taken from the north end of the Green, looking south towards Hall Street, showing the wide expanse of the Green, where fairs are still held.

Caption For Nether Alderley, The Cross 1896

This view, looking north along what is now the main A34 towards Alderley Edge village, shows where Welsh Row crossed the old turnpike, connecting the old enclosed fields on the plain with the open

Caption For Lancaster, Penny Street C1950

Lancaster is on the edge of the Lake District, and an important point on routes both north and south.

Caption For North Holmwood, Church Walk C1955

Now merged with Dorking, North Holmwood is one of three small villages along the west side of the large and mostly wooded Holmwood Common - the other two villages are Mid Holmwood and South

Caption For South Nutfield, The Village C1955

This view is taken looking along Station Approach north from beside the station; at this date, the shops and houses are almost unchanged since they were built in the 1890s.

Caption For Newquay, Bank Street 1930

Hartnoll Brothers (right), stationers and printers at Burlington House, were the proprietors of the Newquay Guardian and the Handbook to Newquay and North Cornwall.

Caption For Amble, The Beach C1965

Amble became a centre for coal exports, and was served by a branch line of the North Eastern Railway.

Caption For Andover, From North West 1898

The most scenic approach to the town is from the north. A

Caption For Brean, The Post Office Stores C1960

All the way north from Burnham to Brean Down, the six miles of road behind the sand dunes and beaches has a string of bungalows, chalets, shops, caravan parks, amusement parks and holiday camps, as well

Caption For Penrith, Hugh's Crag Bridge 1893

On 18 July 1844 the London and North Western Railway Company began work to extend the railway from Lancaster to Carlisle.

Caption For Douglas, Victoria Pier 1907

In 1896 the Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Co introduced a summer service from Llandudno.

Caption For Abergele, Market Street 1890

This pleasant market town lies just inland from the chalets and caravans of the 'honky-tonk' north coast between Rhyl and Colwyn Bay.

Caption For Swimbridge, 1900

Looking north, the road runs close to the church whilst a back lane to Yarnacott - in the distance - climbs out of the valley.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, C1959

In the distance is Birnbeck Pier with the steamer jetty to the north, and the lifeboat slipway on the south.

Caption For Kingsclere, St Mary's Church C1955

This Norman church was heavily restored in 1848-9, though the north doorway is original. It was once paved with medieval tiles, and later the walls were hung with them.

Caption For Yoxford, Village 1909

North of Saxmundham, Yoxford was once a coaching stop on the London to Great Yarmouth route.

Caption For Boroughbridge, Fishergate 1907

Boroughbridge probably saw its best days when it was a coaching town for traffic on the Great North Road, and had no less than twenty-two inns.

Caption For Richmond, Castle And Bridge 1923

When the castle was begun, the border between that part of England firmly under Norman control and those still willing to put up a fight lay just a few miles to the north.

Caption For Devizes, St John's Church 1898

Externally the church is Perpendicular, except for the west front, which was rebuilt in 1861-62.

Caption For Tickhill, Market Place C1955

In medieval times Tickhill, which lies 4 miles south of Doncaster, was more important than Sheffield; its castle, built about 1130, was one of the most important in the north - we can just

Caption For Dorking, The White Horse Hotel C1960

The Marquis, it is true, had no more life outside Dickens's brain than Sam himself, but its counterpart in our everyday world is said to have lain in North Street, the King's Head, a vast establishment