Maps

181,006 maps found.

1890, Catton Ref. HOSM40383
1890, Sowerby Parks Ref. HOSM47157
1892, Thirlby Ref. HOSM61569
1892, Upsall Ref. HOSM63078
1895, Tilbury Ref. HOSM35318
1887, Tiverton Ref. HOSM35322
1887, Chettiscombe Ref. HOSM40840
1903, Clayhanger Ref. HOSM41096
1887, Bolham Ref. HOSM50485
1887, Nomansland Ref. HOSM55103
1903, Uplowman Ref. HOSM62902
1903, Whitnage Ref. HOSM64462
1887, Witheridge Ref. HOSM64967
1887, Withleigh Ref. HOSM64895
1895, Matfield Ref. HOSM53323
1896, Staplehurst Ref. HOSM60448
1905, Cremyll Ref. HOSM42326
1905, Millbrook Ref. HOSM53838
1888, Polbathic Ref. HOSM56799
1886, Rame Ref. HOSM56809

Books

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Memories

29,054 memories found. Showing results 2,421 to 2,430.

Oakmere

I have found a painting  of Oakmere House, Potters Bar dated 1935. I believe the house is now a Beefburger Resaurant. There is a clearer view of the house from across the lake, there is the large pine tree & smaller trees on the right ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar in 1930 by David Walker

Fedsden

Fedsden a large white house just outlying the nearby hamlet of Roydon. Was it to become the nursing Hospital of the 1940's or a School in the 1950's? Is this the same place that Ralph Fowler was born? Any idea as to the current title and ...Read more

A memory of Roydon in 1900 by Rob Holliday

My Early Years In Salford

I was born in Salford, at 15 School Street in 1951. My first school was Stowells Memorial, I think the headmistress was a Miss Dent. There was a butchers shop one the corner with the same name as our family, but I don't think ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Jacqueline Timperley

The Friendly Pub

We used to live in the house opposite the Horse & Groom, it was called Yonder Cottage, I wonder if it is still there, it was a very friendly public house, and we spent many happy hours in the company of friends, which I will ...Read more

A memory of Tylers Green in 1940 by Rita Francis

The Old Bell Hotel

Well not my memories exactly, but those from my father's diaries. He was John Welch and married a Peggie Richens who had grown up in Warminster. They married in the Minster Church and he left immediately for the war. When he came ...Read more

A memory of Warminster in 1940 by Penelope Welch

The Capitol Cinema

I used to look forward to the weekend so I could pay my 'tanner' and go to the Saturday morning pictures at the Capitol (now Marks & Spencer I believe). I was born and raised in Barking, Sutton Road (off Movers Lane). Went to ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1956 by Peter Hutt

Nefyn Beach

The beach cafe shown in the photo entitled 'the anchorage' was owned and run by my aunts, the Misses Miriam and Evelyn Wales, whose father moved to Morfa Nefyn in the late 1800s to take charge of the cable station linked to Ireland. Also my ...Read more

A memory of Nefyn in 1940 by Pamela Stunt

A Little Bit Of Chudleigh History

When a boy, my father, Donald William Stevens, used to show visitors through the Pixie caves for 1/2d per person, with the light from a candle for illumination. After WWII he followed in his father's (William Henry ...Read more

A memory of Chudleigh by Richard Stevens

Walks

Brockworth oh Brockworth, what a lovely village! I grew up there and my dad used to take my brother Melvyn and I for walks up the hill. Castle Hill and Coopers Hill. I remember walks from 1975 onwards, especially on the lower slopes of Coopers ...Read more

A memory of Brockworth in 1975 by Derek Oram

Torpoint Memories

I was born in Tor House Torpoint in 1933.  Tor House was purchased by my Grandfather R S G Norgate, Royal Navy, in the early 1900s.  My Uncle Dr Robert Norgate inherited the property in 1934.  My Brother Joseph and I lived with my ...Read more

A memory of Torpoint in 1943 by Jessie Sichter

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 5,809 to 5,832.

Caption For Rake, The Flying Bull 1934

We are now right on the border - part of the inn is in Hampshire. The name of the inn comes from two stagecoaches, 'The Fly' and 'The Bull', which plied the road.

Caption For Frome, Christ Church Street 1907

From the evidence of these ornate High Victorian villas, with their William Butterfield-style Gothic architecture phasing into more Italianate styles in the distance, Frome's economy successfully

Caption For Bolney, Post Office 1957

Only the post office is still here, and it too is under threat of closure.

Caption For Beer, Sea Hill C1965

Beer remains a fishing village, if not quite on the scale of yesteryear, and there are still a number of family-owned boats.

Caption For Maidstone, The Archbishop's Palace C1955

Here we see the impressive battlemented three-storeyed gatehouse of Archbishop Courtenay's college for a master and twenty-four chaplains.

Caption For Abergavenny, The River Usk C1955

Another general view, this time of the tranquil Usk as it wends its way down towards the Severn estuary south of Newport, Gwent. The Usk rises south-west of Trecastle in Powys.

Caption For Witchampton, Mill 1904

The mill at Witchampton stands on the site of a much older mill building.

Caption For Kendal, Looking North 1896

This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.

Caption For Leek, St Edward Street C1955

The parish church is at the top of the street, out of camera shot.

Caption For Halse, Village C1955

A meet of hounds at Halse, a charming old village to the north west of Taunton. In medieval times there was a branch of the Knights Hospitallers at Halse.

Caption For Buxton, Thermal Baths And Crescent 1923

The fame of Buxton as a Medieval spa grew and in Tudor times was greatly enhanced by the visits of Mary Queen of Scots who came to take the waters for her various illnesses, including rheumatism

Caption For Helston, Coinagehall Street 1931

Just out of the picture on the left stands Barclay's, once the home of Hugh Rogers, who was the first Squire of Penrose.

Caption For Sidford, Village 1906

Sidford's 12th-century packhorse bridge was built because the ford in question was proving difficult for horses; only the north parapet remains of the original structure.

Caption For Cambridge, Trinity Hall Lathams Buildings 1909

Not part of Trinity College, but a college in its own right, Trinity Hall was founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.

Caption For Shaldon, Fore Street 1922

Shaldon remains an unspoiled regency fishing village on the Torquay side of the Teign estuary. A long bridge and foot-ferry lead across to neighbouring Teignmouth.

Caption For Monsal Dale, C1955

This picture gives another impression of the wonderful feeling of space engendered by the Peak District.

Caption For Bexley, St Mary's Church C1955

The tower stands out because of its unique design of an unusual octagonal shingled spire. In 1853 the great-grandparents of Queen Elizabeth II married here.

Caption For Blackdown Camp, 1906

A sextet of non-commissioned officers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade adopt a casual pose for the photographer amid the gorse bushes and sparse clumps of grass outside the Sergeants Mess at this camp on

Caption For Wimbish, Aldridge's Cottage C1960

The ancient art of the thatcher has been caught in this interesting photograph. Many Essex villages have fine examples of thatched buildings.

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street 1931

The old industrial town of Stourbridge owes some of its fortunes to the European glass- blowers who settled here in Elizabethan times, founding an industry which has endured.

Caption For Pershore, The Abbey C1960

This truncated church is all that remains of the great abbey that once stood on this site.

Caption For Lindfield, Finches Park Road C1960

These detached houses are part of the Finches development, with no trace of the original house remaining.

Caption For Par, Par Green C1955

Par Green begins to look narrower and congested with the addition of more cars, wandering pedestrians and a white line in the road.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff Parade Band Stage C1955

Deck chairs still provided the main form of seating. The shelters remain unchanged.