Maps

181,070 maps found.

1876, Hollingwood Ref. HOSM48720
1876, Inkersall Ref. HOSM49391
1879, Stonehay Fm Ref. HOSM60607
1895, Newfield Ref. HOSM54865
1909, Chidham Ref. HOSM40770
1896, Eartham Ref. HOSM44169
1896, Maudlin Ref. HOSM53342
1896, Norton Ref. HOSM55388
1909, Selsey Ref. HOSM58932
1896, Singleton Ref. HOSM59404
1896, Tangmere Ref. HOSM61211
1910, Walderton Ref. HOSM63252
1896, Westerton Ref. HOSM64079
1899, Bromham Ref. HOSM39176
1881, Dyrham Ref. HOSM44125
1899, Lyneham Ref. HOSM52886
1899, Patterdown Fm Ref. HOSM56172
1900, Mickleton Ref. HOSM53673
1900, Paxford Ref. HOSM56188
1898, Heythrop Ref. HOSM48261

Books

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Memories

29,010 memories found. Showing results 861 to 870.

Oakhanger, Hampshire

Grew up in Oakhanger and enjoyed the freedom of exploring the common in the centre of the village. Some good times were had sledging down a hill on the common in the snow. Also, finding and catching tadpoles in the pond ...Read more

A memory of Oakhanger

School Holidays

I remember long hot summers back then 1960’s playing in Crago’s barn just outside of village and picking primroses down the hill at Treburgy Water with my sister .. we had to fill a basket and then when we got home we had to ...Read more

A memory of Dobwalls by Janice Webb

Shopping With Mum

The girl in the foreground could easily be me with one of my brothers in his pram. It was usual to be left outside the shop to look after one or all of my brothers - and of course very safe to do so - when my mum went inside to ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster

'holiday House'.

I was born and lived the early years of my life in South Molton.   My father had his own building firm there.   In 1958 we moved to Croyde Bay my father having bought this large house on the cliffs above the bay for £1800.   This photo ...Read more

A memory of Croyde by Steve Cundy

Shop Names And Trades.

The buildings from left to right are an antique shop, then a sweet shop that was full of the most delightful assortment of sweets all in glass jars and weighed out on brass scales into white paper bags. Then Dudeney and Johnston ...Read more

A memory of Woburn by Claire Allen

Family Connections.

The gentleman in the foreground of the Quadrant in the dark suit is my father Albert (Bert) Brandon a local business man. He opened a fruit and flower shop at 12 Albion Street which was previously his mother's shop and sold ...Read more

A memory of Dunstable by Claire Allen

Childhood Memories.

I noticed with some surprise a photo of myself aged about 12 years. I am the girl on the left with the ponytail the year being about 1960. I don't recall the boys name but it looks as if we are standing by the machine that used ...Read more

A memory of Lyme Regis by Christine Rowe

W Redman & Sons

The van on the left of the photograph was owned by my great-grandfather Wilfred Redman who had the butcher's shop at 41 The Triangle, Westport from the early 1900's until 1945. He died in that year and his son took over the family ...Read more

A memory of Malmesbury by Claire Allen

Barnstaple, Bear Street C1955

The parked car is outside my great uncle's cobbler and shoe shop. When I was eight, I spent time 'working' in the shop for a few pennies The church opposite was where the local Brownies met weekly of which I was one.

A memory of Barnstaple by Claire Allen

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Captions

29,398 captions found. Showing results 2,065 to 2,088.

Caption For Bristol, Broadmead C1965

Broadmead runs between Union Street and Penn Street, and was a part of the regeneration of the city centre following the destruction of the Second World War.

Caption For Andover, Anton Mill 1906

A child gazes wistfully into the tranquil waters of the River Anton, a tributary of the Test, which rises to the north of Andover and runs through the heart of the town.

Caption For Belfast, Castle Place 1897

All parts could be reached from this corner, and its popular name of Castle Junction had become fixed. The 114 cars and 1,000 horses were the property of the Belfast Street Tramway Company.

Caption For Bakewell, C1955

Here we see another view of the Wye valley. Again, trees and attractive small fields give a vivid impression of the glorious nature of the Derbyshire Peak District.

Caption For Dublin, Glasnevin Cemetery, Honest Tom Steele Monument 1897

Honest Tom Steele's monument is near the entrance of the cemetery. Many of the tombs carry shamrock, Irish harp and wolfhound motifs, indicative of the Young Ireland Movement.

Caption For Kidderminster, The Ring Road C1970

This view of the main road (known here simply as 'The Ringway') shows St George's Park just to the left of the dual carriageway.

Caption For Totternhoe, The Village 1897

An air of tranquillity pervades this pretty scene with its unmetalled road, and it could almost be a photograph of modern Totternhoe.

Caption For Devizes, On The Canal 1898

Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley. From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down the extraordinary flight of 29 locks at Caen Hill to the valley below.

Caption For Scarborough, The Bay 1886

A magician entertains a crowd of well dressed Victorian holidaymakers on the beach.

Caption For Clevedon, Green Beach 1892

Clevedon's immunity from the heavy excursion element which affects many seaside towns renders it a veritable haven of rest.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Pier 1914

A scattering of mansions, cottages, and odds and ends of streets nestling beneath a limestone cliff or half hidden away among wooded slopes, this tiny Torquay of Lancashire has, as yet, escaped the notice

Caption For Hastings, Ecclesbourne Glen 1890

East Cliff 1890 Hastings had been one of the medieval Cinque Ports, and it remained a major fishing port until relatively recently.

Caption For St Margarets At Cliffe, 1898

This little village stands on the edge of a cove in the chalk cliffs of South Foreland, where the road drops steeply down to St Margaret's Bay; it clusters around an impressive Norman church, built around

Caption For Loughborough, Market Street 1949

It grew both in physical size - occupying a rabbit warren of connected shops on the corner of Cattle Market and Market Street - and in its range of goods.

Caption For Cirencester, Castle Street 1898

Much of the woollen industry, by which Cirencester prospered, was organised by the monks of the great abbey which was completed during the reign of Henry II.

Caption For Cambridge, Emmanuel College 1914

Emmanuel College was originally the site of a Dominican friary. After the dissolution came a short period of disuse before Sir Walter Mildmay restored parts of the friary for use as a college.

Caption For Woodchester, The Village 1890

This is a typical wool village of the region.

Caption For Wisbech, The Clarkson Memorial C1965

Dedicated to Wisbech's most famous son, Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846): one of the key figures in the movement for the abolition of the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Caption For Aberdeen, The Bridge Of Dee C1900

The bridge was built to designs by Alexander Galloway, Rector of Kinkell, started in 1521 and widened by John Smith, 1840. The upstream facings were removed and replaced on the widened structure.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier 1896

Wheeled bathing machines at the water's edge preserve the modesty of Victorian swimmers so none can be seen braving the waters.

Caption For Dinas Powys, The Tennis Courts C1955

Dinas Powis Tennis Club was founded in 1901, thanks to the generosity of General Lee as Lord of the Manor. Premises were amicably shared with the Bowls Club.

Caption For Penarth, The Beach C1955

Beyond the headland, the intrusion of industrial Cardiff into this view illustrates just how close the large docks were – albeit as the crow flies.

Caption For Clifford, Village 1897

This village is just one mile from Boston Spa and even less from the Great North Road.

Caption For Five Ashes, The Five Ashes C1960

The village is named after five ash trees on the green. Twits Gill was once the home of Sir Austen Chamberlain, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1903 and Foreign Secretary in the 1920s.