Maps

181,006 maps found.

1945, Springhill Ref. NPO836957
1945, Soho Ref. NPO833929
1946, Stonehouse Ref. NPO840557
1946, Newborough Ref. NPO790650
1947, Kingsland Ref. NPO748119
1945, Sandford Ref. NPO824978
1946, Whitehall Ref. NPO868616
1945, Whitwell Ref. NPO869619
1903-1906, Barnton Ref. RNC633790
1901-1902, Bretton Ref. RNC649583
1897-1909, Thornhill Ref. RNC847186
1897-1909, Bassett Ref. RNC634567
1903-1904, Joppa Ref. RNC745257
1901-1902, Gunthorpe Ref. RNC723632
1902, Cotham Ref. HOSM60021
1890 - 1892, Bolton Ref. HOSM34185
1896, Newport Ref. HOSM34972
1896, Blackwater Ref. HOSM37997
1881 - 1899, Whitemoor Ref. HOSM60503
1899 - 1900, Newborough Ref. HOSM38344

Books

11 books found. Showing results 529 to 11.

Memories

29,058 memories found. Showing results 221 to 230.

New Inn Littleham

The picture of the New Inn at Littleham Village brought back memories of my childhood. Together with a sister and three brothers we were evacuated to Littleham and after our home in London was bombed all the family moved into a ...Read more

A memory of Littleham in 1940 by Albert Froud

1945 To 1966

My grandparents, Jabez Smith and Kate his wife owned the post office in Coombe Valley Road, formerly Union Road, before and during the war. Their daughter Rose Moss (my Mother) ran it from the age of sixteen. They also owned and lived in ...Read more

A memory of Dover by Ken Moss

St John's Church (1950's And Early 60's)

St John's Church has its own peculiar smell which I used to appreciate during "the long kneel" (communion). Once a month, (or every week) an army of children would be frogmarched from The Langsmead School ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet by Christine Beddows

Visiting This Shop

I started Gainford School in 1954 & remember Miss Browns little shop crammed full with habberdashery, stockings (nylons) hankies, knitting-wool, etc., everything you could possibly want - an oasis in this small village. She ...Read more

A memory of Gainford in 1955 by Faith Spence

Evacuation To Combpyne

My sister Margaret and I (nee Rayner) were evacuated to the home and caring of a friend Olive Tuck who had a cottage next to a farm just out of Combpyne.  Across the fields where we were allowed to play, was the path to Landslip ...Read more

A memory of Rousdon in 1942 by Jean Mc Kern

My First Job

I worked for Green and Dysons/FC Dysons in the high street during 1960/61. I can recall the manager's name as being Tom Lott. Mrs Hearn worked in the canteen, well a corridor really rather than a proper canteen. From memory I think ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1960 by Victor Harmes

Early Years Of My Life

I was born in 1936 in Shipley nursing home and we lived at 1 The Green, Micklethwaite until 1944. My father died in 1941 and my mother was left with me and brother John, surname Walker, to bring up on her own. I ...Read more

A memory of Micklethwaite in 1930 by Christine Elliot

Family Holidays

We had many happy family holidays at Polzeath. We always stayed in a bungalow above Tristram Cliff and could walk down across the fields to the beach. In the early days cars were not confined to the area at the top of the beach and ...Read more

A memory of Polzeath in 1960 by George Barbour

Fender Primary School

I remember going to school and watching the community baths being built and then remembering the the flats opposite the Fender school and the mansionets by Fender School were where I spent most of my time playing and growing up.

A memory of Woodchurch in 1977 by Tina Driver

Princess Christian College

26 Willbraham Road used to be the home of the Princess Christian College of Nursery Nursing where I spent a happy if hectic 18 months - in those days my surname was Smith. We used to be able to go out through the back ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1968 by Rosemary Chalmers

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 529 to 552.

Caption For Northampton, The Drapery 1949

This very detailed photograph depicts one of Northampton's busiest streets.

Caption For Hinderwell, Runswick Lane C1960

Runswick Lane leads out of Hinderwell High Street to Runswick Bay, a local beauty spot much beloved by many Clevelanders.

Caption For Penarth, The Cliffs 1893

As we move further eastwards, the vista concludes with this dramatic portrayal of Penarth Head and its cliffs.

Caption For Morfa Bychan, Garreg Wen Lake 1925

Known today for its caravan parks and the long sandy beach of Black Rock sands, Morfa Bychan, just west of Porthmadog, was long celebrated for the story of Dafydd Garreg-Wen, the blind harpist, known for

Caption For Waddington, High Street C1960

Waddington is now noted more for its large Royal Air Force station to the east of the village, but it grew up on a diversion of Ermine Street to the western scarp of the limestone ridge.

Caption For Worthing, Esplanade, East End 1890

During the summer of 1894, Oscar Wilde and his family occupied this house overlooking the sea at the eastern end of the extended Esplanade.

Caption For Cardiff, War Memorial 2004

Visually unaltered, the memorial is still the focus of remembrance in the city.

Caption For Faversham, Court Street C1965

The lines of parked vehicles on both sides of the road tend to detract from the architectural riches of the fine Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buildings that adorn this spacious street; they are evidence

Caption For North Berwick, Tantallon Castle 1897

Tantallon was a stronghold of the Douglases, a powerful family who were wardens of the Border Marches, lords of Galloway, and by the end of the 15th century masters of much of Lothian, Stirlingshire and

Caption For Chesham, Stanley Avenue 1906

Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.

Caption For Inverlochy, Castle C1890

This 13th-century castle, home of the Comyn family, is built in the form of a square, with round towers at the corners.

Caption For Ware, New Road 1925

Even before the arrival of the railway, Ware was home to a population of rising middle-class entrepreneurs who demanded the most modern housing.

Caption For Ickenham, The Pump C1965

This good view of the village pump captures some of the feel of the old village of Ickenham. The road has been widened substantially since this communal water supply was in regular use.

Caption For Maidenhead, High Street 1921

At the height of the coaching era, Maidenhead was littered with posting inns either side of the High Street. Some of these hotels continued to thrive during the age of the motor car.

Caption For Boston, From The Ferry 1893

The charter not only gave them the lordship of the manor of Hallgarth and a large collection of property, but also the right to collect tolls belonging to the manor, and the right (previously held

Caption For St Neots, The Rotary Club Millennium Clock 2005

THE YEARS of decline that had marked the first part of the 1990s were decisively reversed during the last years of the old century and the early years of the new millennium.

Caption For Netley, The Royal Victoria Hospital C1955

This must be one of the last photographs of the old military hospital at Netley before most of it disappeared from the shores of Southampton Water in a huge heap of rubble.

Caption For Nailsworth, View Of The Town C1955

The A46 from Bath can be seen snaking down into Nailsworth, which lies at the meeting place of three steep and wooded valleys.

Caption For Empingham, Crocket Lane C1960

The large very attractive Saxon village on the road from Oakham to Stamford now overlooks the modern dam on the north-east angle of Rutland Water formed in the valley of the River Gwash,

Caption For Portsmouth, The Harbour 1898

In the centre of the picture are a number of coal and stores hulks, and also what appears to be the turret-ship HMS 'Conqueror', built at Chatham and carrying a main armament of 2 x 45-ton guns

Caption For Newark, Market Square C1955

At the heart of Bishop Alexander's town was the large market place into which the Fosse Way was diverted, although none of the buildings in this view are medieval.

Caption For Westmill, The Village C1960

This village of great beauty is said to be the most photographed in Hertfordshire.

Caption For Brechin, David Street 1900

This small town once played host to one of the significant events in Scotland's history: John Balliol surrendered the realm of Scotland to Edward Longshanks here on 10 July 1296.

Caption For Muker, Village 1896

The village of Muker, set toward the western end of the dale, dates back to 1274. After a chapel of ease was built here in 1580, the delightfully named Corpse Way gradually fell into disuse.