Maps

181,031 maps found.

1887, Boston Ref. HOSM34194
1887, Frampton Ref. HOSM45880
1887, Moorby Ref. HOSM54025
1887, Revesby Ref. HOSM57748
1887, Sibsey Ref. HOSM59225
1887, Stickney Ref. HOSM60462
1887, Swineshead Ref. HOSM61189
1887, Dunsby Ref. HOSM44038
1904, Llandre Ref. HOSM51798
1898, Evenley Ref. HOSM44988
1902, Avoncliff Ref. HOSM36707
1896, Pattiswick Ref. HOSM56179
1895, Eals Ref. HOSM44144
1899, Lanercost Ref. HOSM50786
1899, Milton Ref. HOSM53792
1899, Lanercost Ref. HOSM54544
1898, Newbiggin Ref. HOSM54800
1899, Talkin Ref. HOSM61276
1881, Lakenheath Ref. HOSM50726
1903, Knowle Ref. HOSM50565

Books

442 books found. Showing results 2,281 to 2,304.

Memories

29,033 memories found. Showing results 951 to 960.

The Rone Clarke Family Rose Cottage Bristol Road Bournbrook Birmingham

My great-great-grandfather was CHARLES RONE CLARKE born 6 March 1837 at 13 Court, Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. He was a master woodturner and sixth great-grandson of Henry ...Read more

A memory of Bournbrook in 1860 by Sue Coates

Braintree Road

I was born at 38 Braintree Road in 1942 and enjoyed growing up in the area close to Chipping Hill. The old forge was in operation and us kids would spend hours watching My Dorking shoeing horses. I went to the Chipping Hill School from ...Read more

A memory of Witham in 1950 by Edward Green

Benjamin Siddle Rm

My great-grandfather served on this ship between 1875/1876 as a Royal Marine marksman, having joined the RM's at 13 years old in 1870. He also served on HMS's 'Agincourt', 'London', 'Simoom', 'Thetis', 'Lion' and finally ...Read more

A memory of Devonport in 1870 by Peter Graham Siddle

Pupil

I was a pupil at Rotherham Grammar School until 1948. My memories are of our form master 'Cabbage' Green, an ardent Labour Party member, and his use of the 'Flog Iron' which he used on all our form when we made a young female French teacher ...Read more

A memory of Rotherham in 1946

Redhill Pool Hair Spray And Teddy Boys

I remember the pool at Redhill and the cardboard boxes for our clothes. Oddly I was only thinking of it last week when I was locking my clothes up at the gym, I was wondering how they tracked our clothes when ...Read more

A memory of Redhill by Yvonne Alexander

Chislehurst & Sidcup School For Girls

My parents were so pleased when I won a scholarship to the Sidcup branch of the school and my father bought me the new-fangled biro (was there a propelling pencil the other end?) as a present. Mum could only ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup in 1950 by Dorothy Soar

Family Tree Hiscott Davie

In researching my family tree I have discovered a number of ancestors born in and around Frithelstock. The family name is Davie with either a middle name or secondary surname of Hiscott. I have tracked back to Philip ...Read more

A memory of Frithelstock

Marmora Road Street Party

I remember the street party that was held to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II that wass held for the children in Marmora Road. Unfortunately during various house moves the photos that I had have all been lost. ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich by Jack Brett

Fivehead Baptist Church

One Sunday in August 1998 my husband and I were privileged to attend a Sunday morning service in the Fivehead Baptist Church. It was an emotional time to sit there and read the marble plaque on the wall for my great grand ...Read more

A memory of Fivehead in 1998 by Catherine Corpe

Blue Gems Chinese Restaurant

I remember many enjoyable Friday evenings at 'The Plough' on the corner of Gooseacre Lane (usually with too much beer!) and the following visits to the 'Blue Gems' in Kenton Road for some Chinese food at pub closing time. ...Read more

A memory of Kenton in 1962 by Tony Nyman

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 2,281 to 2,304.

Caption For Friern Barnet, St James' Church C1965

In the 12th century Friern Barnet belonged to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and the church, notwithstanding extensive mid 19th-century additions, dates from around that time.

Caption For Clitheroe, Castle 1903

His paintings of the town show a great interest in its rooftops, which are well illustrated in this photograph. Rooftops echo the different periods of building.

Caption For Cilcain, The Village C1955

The White Horse Inn (facing us, left) is now the last of seven public houses that are said to have once traded in the village; it is remarkable that the local population of so many small

Caption For Southampton, On The Common 1908

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks—quite a bargain!

Caption For Portchester, The Castle 1892

It was in this house on the left of the photograph that Jane Austen wrote 'Mansfield Park', 'Emma' and 'Persuasion'.

Caption For Dogmersfield, House 1903

It was in this house on the left of the photograph that Jane Austen wrote 'Mansfield Park', 'Emma' and 'Persuasion'.

Caption For Rothesay, The Esplanade 1897

Rothesay is the chief town of the County of Bute, and is situated in a well-formed bay, which affords safe anchorage in high wind.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pier 1897

From the ever-green valley of the Bourne (whence arose the nucleus of this resort) Bournemouth stretches for miles in either direction upon the sandy cliffs and pine-clad table-land of a gently curving

Caption For Hawkhurst, Colonnade 1902

The modern segment of Hawkhurst, known as Highgate, grew up along a section of the A268 during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Caption For Ayot St Lawrence, Shaws Corner C1955

This photograph shows the back of the late-Victorian rectory which became the home of the writer George Bernard Shaw from 1906 until his death in 1950, at the age of ninety-four.

Caption For Wotton Under Edge, Kingswood Abbey 1897

This 15th-century gatehouse is in the village of Kingswood, one mile south of Wotton; it is part of the Cistercian abbey which existed here until the Dissolution.

Caption For London, Mansion House And Cheapside 1890

Mansion House, the lavish building on the left, has been the official residence of the Lord Mayor for two centuries. It was built by George Dance on the site of the old stocks market.

Caption For Selsey, Lifeboat House 1930

Unlike Rye, the medieval town of Selsey lies below sea level owing to coastal erosion. It was the seat of an Anglo-Saxon bishopric, hence the local legend of a cathedral under the sea.

Caption For Glasgow, Municipal Buildings 1897

It used to be said that George Square reminded visiting Londoners of Trafalgar Square, except that the central column was a monument to Sir Walter Scott instead of Lord Nelson.

Caption For Exmouth, The Esplanade C1955

By the middle of the 20th century we see something resembling the modern scene.

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 Charminster, The Village 1913

Charminster stands across the valley of the River Frome from Dorchester. It has grown considerably since this picture was taken.

Caption For Bovington, A.F.V. Garage C1955

Bovington is the home of the popular tank museum, where a great many tanks and armoured military vehicles can be seen.

Caption For Rydal, Rydal Water 1886

We are on the peaceful, reed-fringed shores of Rydal Water, near Grasmere. Rydal was the home of William Wordsworth from 1813 until his death in 1850, and this was one of his favourite lakes.

Caption For Buriton, 1898

Edward Gibbon, the historian who wrote 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', lived at the Manor House as a child.

Caption For Hitchin, High Street 1903

A Backyard 1903 The everyday drudgery of turn of the century life, before modern household appliances eased the burden, is displayed in this portrait of three elderly ladies in this Hitchin backyard

Caption For Blackgang Chine, View From The Observatory C1955

The great chasm of Blackgang Chine was an early tourist attraction on the Isle of Wight, with its dramatic waterfall and eroded colourful cliffs.

Caption For Chatsworth, And Italian Gardens C1870

Here we see the east front of Chatsworth, where a team of gardeners with their carts full of bedding plants are working on the Italian gardens.

Caption For Bredon, St Giles' Church C1955

The beautiful village of Bredon stands at the foot of Bredon Hill, and is deservedly on everyone's list of favourite English villages.