Maps

181,006 maps found.

1884, Norton Ref. HOSM55407
1884, Pirton Ref. HOSM56687
1884, Powick Ref. HOSM57165
1884, Wadborough Ref. HOSM63207
1923, Workington Ref. HOSM35462
1898, Branthwaite Ref. HOSM38711
1923, Hawk Hill Ref. HOSM55373
1897, Worksop Ref. HOSM35463
1897, Darfoulds Ref. HOSM42878
1897, Oldcotes Ref. HOSM55806
1897, Wigthorpe Ref. HOSM64589
1909, Worthing Ref. HOSM35464
1896, North End Ref. HOSM55351
1909, Worthing Ref. HOSM71256
1881, Bournstream Ref. HOSM38435
1881, Wickwar Ref. HOSM64543
1909, Chirk Ref. HOSM40944
1909, Gyfelia Ref. HOSM47294
1909, Overton Ref. HOSM55910
1898, Rhosrobin Ref. HOSM57730

Books

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Memories

29,053 memories found. Showing results 1,871 to 1,880.

Chelmsford, Shops In The High Streeet, 1919.

This view is taken from outside the island where the current Lloyds Bank stands, and shows the view down the High Street. In the background can be seen the spire, which was the Wesleyan Church, and to-day ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Memories Of Raf Lichfield

My father was an officer in the RAF and was based in RAF Lichfield from 1954 - 1956. My brother and I went by bus to St. Christopher's School in Alrewas. The school building was on the side of the canal and from one ...Read more

A memory of Lichfield by Andrew Robertson

My Twin

Ray is my twin brother, he was the one with all the brains, really, really smart. And of course Joy, lovely Joy, God took Joy from us many, many years ago.

A memory of Addlestone

My First School

My dad was from yr Aber. We lived in Pandy Square until my dad died in Feb 1952, he was the fireman on the little train from Towyn to Abergynolwyn, he was also, I believe, a local football referee. He was an ex soldier in the ...Read more

A memory of Abergynolwyn in 1950 by Michael Jones

Petty France Cottages

I was born in the middle cottage out of three which the Duke of Beaufort owned back those days, now they have been modernised to a high standard and are privately owned. I used to spend a lot of my time in the Seven Mile ...Read more

A memory of Petty France in 1970 by Terry Hewer

Whitfield During World Wat Ii

My father was the Head Gardener and also commander of the local Home Guard. We lived in the servants quarters of the Manor House which was otherwise unoccupied at the time. Later on ...Read more

A memory of Whitfield in 1940 by David Hill

Foxleys Jewellers

This is my grandad's and his family's old shop. They don't own it any longer but the shop and name still remain the same and there was a chain of them and think there still is.

A memory of Rugby

Mr John White, Principal Lighthouse Keeper

My great-grandfather, John White, was Principal Lighthouse Keeper, from 1883 onwards. John, with his family, a wife, and three sons, travelled from Wales where he was a Lighthouse Keeper at South Bishop ...Read more

A memory of Cromer in 1880 by Jillian Carr

Ward End Park

I can remember the boat shed in the park and where the swings used to be. There was a cafe-cum-ice cream seller in the white house and the most beautiful greenhouse full of strange plants that to a child looked very scary. Every ...Read more

A memory of Washwood Heath

Windermere Hydropathic Hotel

This is the front entrance to the Windermere Hydropathic Hotel. During the Second World War it was the home of Ashville College of Harrogate, as they had been evacuated to Windermere as the school buildings in ...Read more

A memory of Windermere in 2011 by David Lishman

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 4,489 to 4,512.

Caption For Horsham, The Carfax 1907

St Mary's Church 1907 Moving north-east to the western end of the Sussex Weald, we reach the town of Horsham, which expanded greatly after the railway arrived in 1848.

Caption For Stanmore, The Broadway C1965

On the left are the shops which came with the 1930s transformation of this previously rural area, while on the right is the Ernest Bernays Memorial Institute of 1870, only really attractive when compared

Caption For Walditch, Village 1899

This is a fine example of Bridport`s eastern countryside, with the Dorset Downs falling away into the Marshwood Vale (far left) from the heights of Eggardon Hill and woods of Knowle Hill (left), in

Caption For Marden, High Street C1955

Marden lies nine miles south of Maidstone. In this quintessential village scene, we see the village bobby standing next to the red telephone box, with a café selling ice creams behind.

Caption For Baldock, White Horse Street 1925

This view looks back towards the site of photograph No 77098.

Caption For Windsor, Castle Hill 1914

The original tower was probably the first part of the castle to be built of stone, though its internal buildings were still wooden.

Caption For Cheam, Ewell Road C1955

On the left, two uniformed schoolboys, probably from either Sutton Grammar or Sutton High School, are about to pass the hedge in front of Cheam Hall as they make their way towards the main junction.

Caption For Headcorn, The Village 1903

During the 15th century, Headcorn was a cloth-making centre which prospered with the arrival of Flemish weavers, and its single, long street has several fine buildings dating back to that time.

Caption For Bramfield, The Street C1955

The roof of the former vicarage can be seen between the pub and the bus shelter of c1953. On the left is the garden of Thomas Neale's almshouses of 1723, demolished in 1968.

Caption For Bebington, Higher Bebington Road C1960

For all its evocative name, Higher Bebington Road is quite short in length; it services Bebington High Sports College, the Higher Bebington recreation ground and the local branch of Wirral

Caption For Borrowdale, The Hotel C1870

This very early postcard view of the Borrowdale Hotel, with Grange Crags behind, shows the Lake District as it was before the tourist invasion really took hold.The traffic-free minor road meanders

Caption For Rockingham, The Village C1960

This photograph was taken about five years after R353020 (pages 62-63) and further down the hill towards the centre of Rockingham.

Caption For Portland, Chesil Beach 1890

Boats are on the Chesil Beach between Chiswell and Victoria Sqaure (top left), with Portland Harbour on the other side of the pebble bank (centre background), in a panorama north-westwards from Paradise

Caption For Kingsbury, Kingsbury Road C1960

Kingsbury Underground Station is situated some distance to the north-west of the original village centre, and within a range of not unattractive shops, seen on the right, with their pitched dormered and

Caption For Houghton Le Spring, The Broadway C1955

Hidden behind the trees is the parish church of St Michael and All Saints; burial place of Bernard Gilpin (died 1583), cleric, orator, philanthropist, and founder of Houghton Grammar School.

Caption For Whitby, From Tate Hilll 1885

Taken long before the days of amusement arcades and the bandstand, this photograph shows that Pier Road and the Crag consisted solely of dwelling houses, probably occupied mainly by the fishing community

Caption For Worcester, The Cathedral Quire 1891

This view of Worcester Cathedral was taken looking west along the length of the quire and nave to the great west window.

Caption For Petworth, Lombard Street 1906

Lombard Street is one of the least changed streets in this delightful market town, a tangle of narrow lanes and alleys winding to the east of the towering walls of Petworth House's grounds.

Caption For Tongwynlais, Castell Coch C1960

Castell Coch has featured in a number of films, both for screen and television.

Caption For Chesham, Town Hall 1897

Chesham has been a market town since 1257 when Hugh, Earl of Oxford, obtained from King Henry III a grant of a weekly market and annual three-day fair.

Caption For Groby, The Village C1960

A lovely composition of local stone cottages in the lee of the tree-shrouded parish church.

Caption For Abingdon, The Bridges From The Church Tower C1945

Here we see the river bridges and Nag's Head island, which separates the main river on the right and the back water on its left.

Caption For Preston, County Hall 1894

County Hall was built in 1882 and was the administrative headquarters of Lancashire County Council.

Caption For Sandilands, The Village C1955

This view is taken from the steps up to the sea wall behind the dunes, and looks across the small resort of Sandilands, just south of Sutton on Sea.