Maps

459 maps found.

1895, Down Street Ref. RNE692630
1899, Down, The Ref. RNE692632
1895, Earl's Down Ref. RNE696540
1895, Kerley Downs Ref. RNE746428
1898, Woodhouse Down Ref. RNE873413
1946, Fleet Downs Ref. NPO706646
1946, Combe Down Ref. NPO675958
1940, Earl's Down Ref. NPO696540
1919, Winterbourne Down Ref. POP871609
1898, Charlton Down Ref. RNE666875
1898, Buckland Down Ref. RNE654742
1895, Crawley Down Ref. RNE681576
1946, Lelant Downs Ref. NPO754953
1946, Higher Downs Ref. NPO733997
1946, Mithian Downs Ref. NPO781684
1895, Mithian Downs Ref. RNE781684
1896, Lelant Downs Ref. RNE754953
1896, Lyne Down Ref. RNE771065
1895, West Downs Ref. RNE863997
1947, Hetton Downs Ref. NPO732019

Books

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Memories

8,155 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Post Office

I was born in Hereford in 1952 to Roland S G Hodges and Doreen his wife. I have fond memories of Kings Caple and Fawley. My grandmother ran the village post office for nearly 40 years right up to decimalization. She ran her Post ...Read more

A memory of King's Caple in 1960 by Andrew Hodges

Visiting The Isle Of Man Railway

Two of my friends i(Bob and Tony) n our Manchester University Hall of Residence were both train buffs and motorcyclists so one early summer weekend in 1967 we rode our bikes on a Friday evening down the "East Lancs ...Read more

A memory of Douglas in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

Atwick Holidays

our family ( from Bradford ) , me and 2 sisters rented one of the chalets at the end of cliff road in the mid fifty's I think it was 2nd from left in on the cliff top .Can remember the garden getting shorter as the cliffs collapased ...Read more

A memory of Ulrome in 1954 by Andy Howard

A Native Of Tynemouth In Exile

I was born in Tynemouth, in Percy Park, the road leading down to the sea by the Grand Hotel. In 1956, I began at Tynemouth Prep. School, now The Kings School, in Huntington Place. I live in Hampshire now, but, I have ...Read more

A memory of Tynemouth in 1955 by tonythecriminologist

Lost Times

My memories are of Okenden in the early days, my father was born there and was from a family of 11 children, he was called Arthur Oakley, he lived there when the local bobby walked the streets pushing his pushbike, and if he did any ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1959 by Howard Oakley

Almondsbury

I know the above scene well! I attended the Knole Park house - now sadly demolished - which was then a boarding school, St. Catherine's. One weekend we went on a day trip to the shore of the Severn.......fascinating place. Would ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1952 by Beryl Lillaston

Parkstone Girls' Grammar School

This was the entrance to Parkstone Girls' Grammar school where I went from 1956, with Miss Allen as headmistress, until we moved to the present site in Sopers Lane in, I think, 1960 or 61, when these buildings were taken ...Read more

A memory of Poole in 1956 by Marion Brown

Living In Queens Avenue And Going To School

I was three when we moved to Muswell Hill in 1951. My parents had both been in the forces and it was difficult to find accommodation for a family. My grandmother knew a Mr. Wood, he was a judge. His son ...Read more

A memory of Muswell Hill in 1953 by Susan Morley

Miners Strike

My father (Robert Summers born Dec  1916) was 6 months old when his father was killed in Ypers. A few years later my gran remarried a miner, James MacLachlan, an ex Cameronian. My father told me a story of how, during the strike and at ...Read more

A memory of Twechar in 1920 by Roy Summers

Clog Morris Dancing At Torquay Harbour On An August Evening

This view of the harbour taken in 1888 has by chance captured dead centre the very spot where 120 years later the dancers and musicians of Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers turned out to ...Read more

A memory of Torquay in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

2,242 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Andover, Anton Mill 1906

In this picture, Anton Mill, some distance down-river beside Barlows Lane, can be compared with the Town Mill. This pleasant Georgian building was taken over by Hovis in 1914.

Caption For Bath, Wells Way C1965

This view of the then new dual carriageway section of the A367 Radstock road, Wells Way, as it drops down from Odd Down towards the city, seems a curious subject for a photograph, but in those far-off

Caption For Penzance, Quay Street 1906

Its pinnacled tower looks down over the old fishing quarter. This narrow lane winds down to the docks and harbour. On the left is the Dolphin Inn and, on the corner, the Harbour Office.

Caption For Winchester, High Street 1909

A walk down High Street from Westgate to the Buttercross takes the sightseer along one of the most ancient streets in the realm.

Caption For Offham, The Village 1894

We are looking down to the road, the old Lewes turnpike from the slopes of the South Downs at Offham (pro- nounced 'Oaf-ham') hill; this was the mustering place of De Montfort's unfortunate Londoners

Caption For West Marden, Village C1955

This sizeable hamlet on the Downs south of Harting has no church, but boasts some attractive flint cottages and fine scenery.There is plenty of history here: Bow Hill was a great Stone Age centre

Caption For Uffington, Dragon's Hill C1960

Looking down from the White Horse can be seen the flat-topped Dragon's Hill where, legend has it, St George slew the Dragon; the white markings on the side are where the blood of the Dragon ran down in

Caption For Beachy Head, The Lighthouse 1910

Beachy Head is where the chalk range of the South Downs reaches the sea in magnificent chalk cliffs rearing almost vertically five hundred feet out of the sea.

Caption For Bewdley, The River C1938

Boats from further down the river generally do not reach Bewdley, although there is a statutory right of navigation. The rowing skiffs are as much activity as you are likely to see today.

Caption For Stamford, St Peter's Callis C1955

St Peter's Church was 'pulled down' in 1560, and this building was built in 1863.

Caption For Goodwood, Racecourse 1904

Racing on the Downs was started in 1802 by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, and the course remains largely unchanged.

Caption For Coverack, 1911

The lane winds gently down between stone banks towards this picturesque fishing village of white-washed cottages and bright spring flowers.

Caption For Streatley, From Streatley Downs 1890

Downstream from Wallingford, the Thames cuts the Goring Gap between the Chilterns and the Berkshire Downs.

Caption For Abbey Dore, Dore Abbey C1965

Like many abbeys and monasteries up and down the country, this former Cistercian monastery was dissolved in the reign of Henry VIII.

Caption For Farningham, High Street C1955

The Lion Hotel, down the hill, was a grand coaching inn whose gardens run down to the River Darent.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Market Street 1906

A busy scene looking down towards the High Street.

Caption For Eastleigh, High Street C1960

The third shop down was John Cole, a furniture shop that is now an interiors shop. Half way down on the right is Eastleigh Museum.

Caption For Wellingborough, Midland Road C1955

From the Hind Hotel we walk down Market Street and turn right down Midland Road. All the buildings on the left have been replaced by the modern Swansgate shopping centre.

Caption For Alton, Crown Hill C1960

The second shop down on the left at 55 High Street is Stoodley & Sons, the jewellers, established in 1861 and still trading in Alton today.

Caption For Findon, Post Office Corner C1960

Findon is on the top of the Downs, just north of Worthing, and was noted for an annual sheep fair. Now horse breeding and training is an important local activity.

Caption For Cocking, The Church 1906

A pair of late 19th-century farm labourers' cottages with slate roofs is on the right, and in the distance is the steep escarpment of the South Downs at Harting Down.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1949

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1899

This photograph was taken from outside the Market Hall looking down Blackburn Road towards its junction with Abbey Street.

Caption For Brockham, Old School Lane 1958

Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at