Maps

2,499 maps found.

1921, South Acre Ref. POP834320
1919, South Baddesley Ref. POP834358
1925, South Beach Ref. POP834398
1920, South Beddington Ref. POP834403
1926, South Blainslie Ref. POP834426
1919, South Bowood Ref. POP834434
1919, South Brewham Ref. POP834448
1920, South Bromley Ref. POP834451
1925, South Broomhill Ref. POP834457
1919, South Cadbury Ref. POP834474
1923, South Carlton Ref. POP834486
1919, South Carne Ref. POP834487
1919, South Cerney Ref. POP834499
1923, South Cockerington Ref. POP834532
1919, South Common Ref. POP834545
1919, South Down Ref. POP834617
1919, South End Ref. POP834667
1919, South End Ref. POP834671
1919, South Gorley Ref. POP834781
1922, South Green Ref. POP834798

Books

23 books found. Showing results 193 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 81 to 90.

My Oldham

I was born in Oldham in 1946. Lived in Norfolk Street, Chadderton until 1953 then moved to the Isle of Wight. My mother, Marjorie Bolton, lived in Hollinwood and represented Oldham as Cotton Queen in the 1930's. Have always loved the ...Read more

A memory of Oldham in 1946 by Margaret Lorraine Toms Nee Mangnall

Teenage Years

I was born and grew up in Perth, going to Caledonian Road Primary School and then to Perth High School. I lived in South Methven Street until I was about 12 when we moved to Muirton. My teenage years were spent visiting coffee bars ...Read more

A memory of Perth in 1960 by Joan Hall

A Very Unusual Bank Building In Style

The bank's origins relate to Blackburn, Lancashire, then moved to Manchester where a later generation of the Cunliffe Brooks became a very wealthy local landowner. Opened an Altrincham branch on 7th April ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1870 by Trevor Jones

Do You Remember?

Does anyone remember or know about a florist's shop called 'Jedith' which was situated in the parade of shops at the front of the cinema in London Road, on the South Circular opposite Forest Hill Railway Station? It was run by ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hill by Nick Gilman

Greenford Gardens

We moved to 1 Greenford Gardens in 1936 from Northolt; it was a great place to grow up. Spent most of the time in Ravenor Park playing football/cricket, went to Bethams then Costons Junior with Mr Blount the Headmaster who lived ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1940 by John Meade

Childhood Memories

My grandparents lived in Bryn Mynach Avenue (Beach family) and later my Uncle Fred & Aunty Doreen. My own mother had moved to London shortly after leaving school. My brother spent the war years in Ystrad and I have spent ...Read more

A memory of Ystrad Mynach in 1958 by Peter Dimond

The Tarry Beck

I remember pulling George Thompson from the beck at high tide. The streets were Prospect Place, Customs Row, Cargo Fleet Lane, South View, Bristol Street, Dover Street, Chester Street, Cambridge Rd and one I don't remember. I lived ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by Donald Bennett

Binbrook, The Holiday And Life.

Onwards and upwards through the years, I had an aunty and grandmother who lived there. Ending up at No2 Mount pleasant after living in Low Lane. Lilly and Bill Stone, parents of my mother Jaqueline Stone (now Stevens). ...Read more

A memory of Binbrook in 1956 by Ian Stevens

Wartime Camp At Horton Chapel

I was a child living in a large house next to the river at Horton Chapel adjacent to a bridge. In the Second World War in 1944 prior to Normandy, a squadron of Canadian Engineers camped next to the river and built a ...Read more

A memory of Chartham in 1944 by Patrick Mc Neile

My Mum Ran Comerfords Corner Shop

We moved south from Chadderton near Oldham in 1965. My mum had taken over running the corner shop that had been bought by Comerford's in their quest to own the entire block. All but one house has succumbed ...Read more

A memory of Thames Ditton in 1965 by Paul Devall

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 193 to 216.

Caption For Sutton Courtenay, High Street C1965

One of Berkshire's finest villages is Sutton Courtenay, with the cooling towers of Didcot Power Station a constant companion to the south.

Caption For Polzeath, St Endellion Church 1895

St Endellienta's church is beside the road between Polzeath and Delabole, a mile south of Port Isaac.

Caption For Kilby, Main Street C1965

This small village is set in an enclosure landscape of straight hawthorn hedges, between Fleckney and Countesthorpe, to the south of the city.

Caption For Chichester, The Market Cross 1890

With a plan based on its Roman predecessor, Noviomagus, this fine walled city is divided into quarters by North, South, East and West Streets, which all meet at the splendid Market Cross in the centre

Caption For East Blatchington, The Village 1906

The field in the foreground, with its flint wall, lies to the south of East Blatchington Farm; the view looks south down Blatchington Hill, the village main street, with Belgrave Road passing in front

Caption For Chesham, The Church 1897

The tower bell chamber and south porch were added in the 15th century and the leaded spire in the 18th. The church was heavily restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s.

Caption For Swindon, Town Station 1961

This photograph was taken on 10 September 1961, the last day of passenger services on the former Midland & South Western Junction Railway line that connected Andoversford (near Cheltenham

Caption For Swindon, Goldfish Pond, Town Gardens 1948

The Goldfish Pond from the South This portion of the gardens is situated near the south-eastern arm of the perimeter path.

Caption For Sutton, The South Metropolitan District Schools 1896

They were the South Metropolitan District Schools, where over 1,500 pauper children from south London were sent, as well as any vagrant children spotted by the authorities.

Caption For Corfe Castle, 1890

Curtain defences include the Butavant Tower (top left), South Tower, North Tower, South-west Gatehouse, Fourth Tower, Third Tower and Second Tower (centre right).

Caption For Great Easton, The Village C1960

Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.

Caption For Swithland, Reservoir C1965

A mile or so south of Quorn, the camera looks north towards the weir, with Hawcliff Hill and Buddon Wood to the left.

Caption For Brighton, The Ferry 1902

In 1901 they expanded operations to the south coast when they bought the Brighton, Worthing & South Coast Steamboat Co.

Caption For Henley On Thames, The Bridge 1899

All three views taken by the Frith photographer in 1899 are south of the Regatta course, which from 1886 had its finishing line near Phyllis Court.

Caption For Scarborough, The Beach C1885

Punch and Judy hold the attention of the formally-dressed crowd of holidaymakers in the South Bay.

Caption For Wisbech, St Peter's Church Walk C1950

Looking past the south porch towards Church Terrace.

Caption For Horsham, The Carfax 1907

To the south, Denne Park prevented expansion across the River Arun.

Caption For Braemar, Cairnwell 1879

The road south from Braemar climbs through Glen Clunie and then over the rugged Cairnwell Pass.

Caption For Saxelby, St Peter's Church C1955

This wintry shot of the 13th-century ironstone church looks from the south east at the dominant 15th-century tower and its recessed crocketed spire.

Caption For Bramley, High Street C1955

Bramley stands about four miles south of Guildford on the Horsham Road; it is a long village with a busy crossroads with Station Road (there has been no railway since the 1960s).

Caption For Kilby, Main Street C1965

This small village is set in an enclosure landscape of straight hawthorn hedges, between Fleckney and Countesthorpe, to the south of the city.

Caption For Potters Bar, Council Offices 1966

This part 16th-century timber-framed building is named after the Wylyot or Williot family, who held the manor in the mid 1300s as an outlier of the manor of South Mimms.

Caption For Amberley, Castle Courtyard 1896

It looks north over the wide, flat, formerly marshy valley of the River Arun and the Amberley Wild Brooks, and west to the narrowing valley as the river cuts through the South Downs.

Caption For Alnmouth, General View C1955

Six miles south of Craster, the seaside resort of Alnmouth was once the port for Alnwick.