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Maps

181,006 maps found.

1903, Flixton Ref. HOSM45541
1896, Buckland Ref. HOSM39356
1896, Sandon Ref. HOSM58491
1896, Throcking Ref. HOSM61756
1884, Berrow Ref. HOSM37632
1892, Clow Bridge Ref. HOSM41304
1891, Fence Ref. HOSM45282
1905, Furnace Ref. HOSM43192
1879, Pinged Ref. HOSM56660
1882, Dunstall Ref. HOSM44051
1882, Needwood Ref. HOSM54571
1882, Rangemore Ref. HOSM57445
1891, Edenfield Ref. HOSM44676
1891, Greenmount Ref. HOSM47044
1891, Shuttleworth Ref. HOSM59215
1883, Barrow Ref. HOSM37120
1884, Gedding Ref. HOSM46153
1884, Hawkedon Ref. HOSM47864
1884, Rede Ref. HOSM57565
1883, Rougham Ref. HOSM58147

Books

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Memories

29,072 memories found. Showing results 741 to 750.

Getting Locked In The Arboretum

I remember when I was 14 my friend Josie Weston and I rode our bikes along Broadway West to the Arboretum. We were walking along the paths and around by the lake when we met two boys and one of the boy's mothers worked ...Read more

A memory of Walsall by Patricia Littel

Holidays At Sandilands

My late father used to rent an apartment in a large house opposite the 'pullover' where we would stay for some 2-3 weeks each summer from about 1949-1955. I remember that the lady who owned the house had a large black ...Read more

A memory of Sandilands in 1950 by Elizabeth Hodgson

Gandparents

I am 62 years of age and never got to see my grandparents, but I have just found out today that they were married in Bedwelty, I have no idea when, but my grandfather's occupation was a Heaver, something to do with mining I have ...Read more

A memory of Bedwellty Pits

Wembley Triangle

I used to visit Wally Kilmisters to buy balsa wood kits to make models. It was a fantastic shop for all kinds of model making materials as well as sporting goods.

A memory of Wembley in 1962 by Ian Grierson

Kings Builders

I started school in Smallfield in 1934. In those days there were bucket lavatories. The sewer was laid in 1938 and then most of Smallfield was able to do away with the buckets. There were 3 teachers, Miss Kempshall who came from ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1945 by Dennis Stenning

Living In The Village In The 1950s

How I loved it there! My father, Richard Thomas, was Headmaster from 1952 - 1955 and we lived in the schoolhouse. I used to climb an ivy covered tree in the back garden and look all the way down the road to ...Read more

A memory of Cheswardine in 1953 by Diana Powell

Childhood Days At Rivermead Island

Rivermead Island takes me back to my childhood through the 1960s, I remember the outdoor swimming pool, BRRR!  Paddling in the Thames, a real family place to go on summer Sundays, school holidays.  My first school ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1965

The Old Ride

I first saw Frankleigh House through the trees in the distance as I was driven there for my first day at The Old Ride Preparatory School for Boys. The school and its predecessor had been based there for many years. As a seven ...Read more

A memory of Bradford-On-Avon in 1974 by Ian Frost

Restaurant In Walton On Thames High Street

As a child we used to go to eat at a restaursant in Walton on Thames High Street, it was where Zio Toto's now is roughly, and in the 1960s it was United Dairies. I'm thinking it was maybe French or something along those lines and I am desperately searching for the name of it - can anyone can help?

A memory of Walton-on-Thames in 1870 by Sally Norfolk

St Mary's Church

I have come across a lovely drawing of St Mary's Church by H J Woods, I also have lots of other original pictures by this artist and wondered if he was well know in Pulborough?

A memory of Pulborough in 1920

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 1,777 to 1,800.

Caption For Stourbridge, King Edward Vi School C1950

It was constructed on the opposite side of the canal to the New Level Furnaces and adjacent to the tracks of the recently opened Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway.

Caption For Pinner, High Street C1955

Pinora, recorded in the Feet of Fines in 1232, is a village of considerable beauty and well-manicured charm.

Caption For Downham, The Church 1921

Listed by Edward Baines in his Gazetteer with the many villages of Blackburn Hundred, Downham is 3 miles north-east of Clitheroe.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1893

Perhaps it is the time of one of the annual fairs, rather than an ordinary market day, as stalls can be seen on both sides of Trinity Church Square.

Caption For Swindon, Regent Street C1950

The View to Bridge Street This section of Regent Street is immediately to the north of the McIlroy's store.

Caption For Fareham, West Street C1955

A Ford Consul heads out of Fareham. West Street is a mile long, and this section is now pedestrianised.

Caption For Kempston, The Barracks C1955

The Regimental Depot of the 16th Foot, the Bedfordshire Regiment, Kempston Barracks was opened in 1876 and the first members of the Regiment arrived in May 1877.

Caption For Epsom, West Hill 1923

But most of all, Edwards remembered Clay Hill - West Hill as it is now - where he enjoyed the hospitality of Colonel Dennis O'Kelly, and was taken to view his stables.

Caption For Avebury, St James' Church C1955

The lower parts of the excellent Perpendicular rood screen and lofts were largely restored in the 1900s. Parts of the stalls are 17th-century, but few survived the Reformation.

Caption For Llanthony, The Priory, From The North West 1893

The tranquillity of the Vale of Ewyas and its surrounding hills must have appealed to the Augustinian monks who founded a church here in 1108, possibly on a site where St David, the patron saint of Wales

Caption For Llanthony, The Priory, From The North West 1893

The tranquillity of the Vale of Ewyas and its surrounding hills must have appealed to the Augustinian monks who founded a church here in 1108, possibly on a site where St David, the patron saint of Wales

Caption For Belfast, Antrim Road 1897

This photograph was taken to capture the early days of the Antrim Road as a superior residential area of Belfast.

Caption For Exmouth, The Miniature Railway C1960

All of this area of the sea front is now part of the Exmouth Fun Park, a modest theme park for the young and not so young who want a break from the miles of sandy beaches.

Caption For Larne, Main Street 1900

An excellent view of Boyd's souvenir shop, situated in Larne's Main Street. A wide range of knick-knacks of all descriptions are waiting for customers.

Caption For Barry, Knap Boating Lake C1960

Knap is located in the quieter area of Barry, and here we see a very genteel-looking boating lake. Barry was to become one of the busiest of resorts on the south coast of post-war Wales.

Caption For Winchester, Church Of St Cross 1919

A great deal of money was spent on the buildings of this charitable foundation.

Caption For Margate, Sands 1906

THE golden sands have always been one of Margate's main attractions and have given the resort an advantage over the more common shingle beaches of South-East England.

Caption For Dublin, Westmoreland Street 1897

The imposing Greek portico is the east front of the Bank of Ireland, originally the entrance to the House of Lords of the Irish Parliament, erected by James Gandon in 1785.

Caption For Reading, Bridge 1924

Reading Bridge is one of only two crossing points on this stretch of the River Thames. To the east of it lies King's Meadow, and just beyond it, the confluence of the Thames and the River Kennet.

Caption For Bridport, South Street C1965

In contrast to the bustle of East Street, the southern length of South Street was very much a secondary shopping area. There are fewer people and fewer cars.

Caption For Leicester, Gallowtree Gate C1950

Gallowtree Gate runs out of Granby Street and London Road as it drops down to the Clock Tower.

Caption For Lytham, Parish Church 1890

The square-towered St Cuthbert's Church is not far from the large cricket ground, where a socket of a stone cross (marking one of the resting places of St Cuthbert when he was being carried to his final

Caption For Beaumaris, The Cottage Café C1955

This extravagant jettied veranda is an amusing addition to this catering establishment, which attempts to afford some additional dining space at the expense of the traditional facades we see in the rest

Caption For Newport, Ye Olde Murenger House C1950

What appears to be a medieval jettied building may be nothing of the sort.