Maps

181,006 maps found.

1880, Painsbrook Ref. HOSM56013
1880, Petton Ref. HOSM56582
1882, Pitchford Ref. HOSM70927
1880, Shawbury Ref. HOSM59062
1881, Shelton Ref. HOSM59019
1881, Shorthill Ref. HOSM59154
1881, Shrawardine Ref. HOSM59186
1895, Broomhaugh Ref. HOSM39172
1907, Harbridge Ref. HOSM47590
1890, Ripon Ref. HOSM35111
1890, Melmerby Ref. HOSM53475
1890, Nunwick Ref. HOSM55470
1890, Sharow Ref. HOSM58926
1896, Rochester Ref. HOSM35114
1895, Paglesham Churchend Ref. HOSM56089
1895, Shootash Ref. HOSM59139
1891, Newchurch Ref. HOSM54855
1887, Baysham Ref. HOSM37261
1887, Dadnor Ref. HOSM42774
1903, Linton Ref. HOSM51298

Books

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Memories

29,019 memories found. Showing results 2,821 to 2,830.

A Family Business

To anyone local to Dorchester this was a familiar scene day in and day out for almost 50 years. My grandfather Ben Courtney started selling 'fruit and veg' in 1947 from hand-carts on the roadside. His son Doug started in 1950 and ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1955 by Trevor Courtney

Meadowbank Primary School

I attended Meadowbank with my two brothers from 1968-71 and can remember there only being about eighty pupils and four classrooms and a hall used for just about everything else including assembly ...Read more

A memory of Meadowbank in 1968 by smithk52

Stocks Hill

Hi, we have bought a property 75 yards from Ali Dent's the butcher, a little red-brick house in 'The Yard' belonging to a Mr Howlett. I wonder if you remember the cottage? If you're interested I can send you some pictures of the cottage and ...Read more

A memory of Hilgay in 2007

In The House Of The Laird

My parents were 'in service' to the local 'laird' who was Lord Doune, traditionally the eldest son of the Earl of Moray and owner of lands around Doune. Lord Doune owned the beautiful old mansion on the hill 1.5 miles north of ...Read more

A memory of Doune in 1948 by Alastair Macdonald

Paper Boy

As a 12-year-old I sold newspapers every morning outside the cookhouse where hundreds of National Servicemen were going through the horrors of their initial training in the Guards regiments. I believe they earnt 28/6 per week, much of which ...Read more

A memory of Caterham in 1950 by Francis Younghusband

Salters Lode C1900 Painting

I have a painting by Charles A Challis c1900 of Salters Lode. I've tried to research him & believe he was a schoolmaster at Salters Lode or nearby.

A memory of Salters Lode in 1900

Wickham Bishops Born And Bred

In 1950 I was born on a cold winter's night to my mother Rosemary Jesse, at 'The Black Houses', Kelvedon Road, Wickham Bishops, built by architect, designer and socio-economic theorist Arthur Heygate Macmurdo. I ...Read more

A memory of Wickham Bishops by Marilyn Jesse

Blacksmith's Yard

My paternal grandmother Annie Cowell came from Stanford and I have always been led to believe that the space on the left of the house in the foreground, where the trees are, was the site of her father's blacksmith's ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1940 by Gordon Mead

Beginnings Of Greensward Academy

This is the school 3 of my children attended between September 1985 to July 2003. It was Greensward Lane School, then it changed to Greensward College then it became a City Academy.

A memory of Hockley in 2003 by Christine Willis

Badgers Hole

My father (who died recently) used to play in Shirley Hills, and Badgers Hole, which was close to his home in Shirley Way, Croydon when he was a small boy. He had 4 other brothers and a sister. He often told us of the fun they had there, ...Read more

A memory of Shirley in 1920 by Susan Francis

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 6,769 to 6,792.

Caption For Dublin, Christchurch Cathedral, Nave 1897

A further view of the magnificent nave, this time looking west to where view number 39257 was taken.

Caption For Ewell, The Spring Hotel And Coach 1924

This picture was taken at the junction of London Road and Kingston Road. The coach appears to be a revival of the great days of the coach era when many such 'equipages' used to pass through here.

Caption For Croxley Green, 1897

A magnificent oak tree dominates the common land and the pleasant nearby houses of this little hamlet on the southern outskirts of Rickmansworth, where, on land to the south-west, the famous Croxley

Caption For Sandbanks, Poole Head 1904

The photographer is looking east towards Poole Head, at the end of the long high cliff of Poole Bay which includes Bournemouth. To the left, Banks Road runs alongside Poole Harbour.

Caption For Bodmin, Fore Street 1901

This photograph was taken at the top of this main thoroughfare where it levels out and widens into Bore Street.

Caption For Ballymoney, High Street C1900

This turn of the century view shows the broad and spacious high street. In the centre is the former town hall, later a masonic hall, which dates from 1775.

Caption For Manchester, Cathedral From Grosvenor Hotel 1889

Victoria Street passes in front of the cathedral. We can see a part of the white North Porch at the side of the tower.

Caption For Ripon, Market Place 1901

Market stalls huddle around the 90ft obelisk raised in 1781 to commemorate William Aislabie's 60-year stint in the House of Commons as the local Member of Parliament.

Caption For Staithes, Bank Top 1929

The area at the top of Staithes is known as Bank Top and here, in 1929, we see two recently- completed bay-fronted detached bungalows (right of view) which have been carefully positioned to take full

Caption For Skelton, High Street C1955

The High Street of Skelton is dominated by the tower of the parish church.

Caption For Congleton, The Town Hall 1898

Here are kept the seals of office used by John Bradshaw, who became Lord President of the High Court and took part in the trial of Charles I.

Caption For Davington, The Priory 1892

The single remaining tower of the Priory church can be seen across the creek and parkland in this turn-of-the-century view. The church was restored and rededicated in 1932.

Caption For West Stafford, Thatching C1960

The art of thatching is still much in demand throughout Dorset. Local thatch was originally made of wheat, rye or barley straw, but now longer- lasting reed is often used.

Caption For Great Haywood, Boatyard C1955

Great Haywood lies at the junction of the Trent & Mersey with the Staffs & Worcestershire canals.

Caption For Howth, Ladies Bathing Beach 1897

A view looking north west, past the tower and along the east wall of the harbour, to Ireland's Eye.

Caption For Newquay, 1901

We are looking north-west across Towan Beach towards the harbour, one of the more sheltered on this exposed coast, built in the lee of Towan Head which protects it from the brunt of the ferocious Atlantic

Caption For Ilfracombe, Fore Street C1935

At the bottom of Fore Street - down by the harbour and therefore handy for the maritime fraternity - are two pubs, the George and the Prince of Wales, both of which claim to be the oldest hostelry in

Caption For Furness Abbey, 1892

This view shows the late Norman arches of the cloisters. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536-9) it became the property of Thomas Cromwell and soon fell into disrepair.

Caption For Bladon, Folly Bridge C1960

Bladon is situated outside the southern boundary of Blenheim Park. Blenheim Palace is the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.

Caption For Crouch End, Crouch End Hill C1965

The road drops down into the Broadway with an array of modest but attractive late 19th- and early 20th-century buildings. What can be said in defence of the intruder on the right of the photograph?

Caption For Haverfordwest, From Priory Hill 1890

A panoramic view of the town with the Priory ruins in the foreground and the tower of the church of St Thomas à Becket on the hill to the left. The Castle can be seen in the centre.

Caption For Sandhurst, Royal Military College 1911

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

Caption For Salford, Peel Park Museum 1889

Peel Park opened in 1846 and is named in honour of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. He not only secured government funding for the park, but made a generous donation himself.

Caption For Barton Under Needwood, The Village C1955

The village gets its name from a Barton (or Berton), the old word for a rickyard.