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Maps

9,439 maps found.

1925, Muston Ref. POP786277
1919, Middletown Ref. POP779591
1919, Sandford Ref. POP824975
1923, Santon Ref. POP825476
1924, Shipton Ref. POP830322
1925, Rosehill Ref. POP820094
1925, Rowden Ref. POP821100
1925, Roxby Ref. POP821317
1925, Simonstone Ref. POP831494
1925, Threapland Ref. POP847613
1919, Stock Ref. POP839684
1903-1904, Heathfield Ref. RNC730278
1903-1904, Heathwaite Ref. RNC730334
1899, Downside Ref. RNC692809
1901-1903, Dudley Ref. RNC694630
1903, Gunthorpe Ref. RNC723630
1904-1905, Harthill Ref. RNC727825
1899, Brockley Ref. RNC651436
1903-1904, Farnham Ref. RNC703543
1903-1904, Oatlands Ref. RNC795753

Books

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Memories

1,550 memories found. Showing results 781 to 790.

Rhoos Hall (Aka Roos Hall Or Rose Hall)

Previously I had posted to My Memories, a much longer, "informative" post, but I learned from further research that a lot of what I had previously heard was not accurate in fact.  My memories remain unchanged, ...Read more

A memory of Beccles in 1995 by Julie Freitag

'the Annie'.

The owner was my grandfather George Rowe. My father, his son, was born in Tenby in 1905 and died in late 1999 aged 93 years. You might be interested to learn that the boat (M26) in the middle of your picture was called ''The Annie'' and was ...Read more

A memory of Tenby by Pat Devlin

A Long Way From St Pauls Road

Hi, my name is Susan Thompson, formerly Hawkins and I'm 54, I was born in the above address and lived there for 18 years although my parents lived there for over 40 years. I went to Brook St. school finally ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1967 by Susan Thompson

Search For Manning Family

August 3, 2006 Greetings from Las Vegas! I am George Lear, currently living in Las Vegas.  I am hopng to hear from  anyone related to my grandmother. My Grandmother was Rose Alice Manning and was born in Alderton in 1894 ...Read more

A memory of Alderton in 1890 by George Lear

Living And Working In Great Yarmouth

Back in 1976 I moved away from home to work as a photographic salesman at Debenhams in Great Yarmouth. I also helped out at the Norwich branch. I found a 'home from home' at Pavilion Road in Gorleston with ...Read more

A memory of Great Yarmouth in 1976 by Stephen Smith

Wonderful Times Too

I read John Grehan's contribution with great interest. I too enjoyed the air raid shelters and LMS Station at Cold Meece, though four or five years later than his own expeditions. I too attended St Joseph's and the two boys in ...Read more

A memory of Swynnerton in 1967 by Jim Jamieson

A Fondly Remembered Childhood

I was born in 1942 and and spent my childhood in Walthamstow, which up to the time I left in 1967 was predominantly a white working class area in north-east London; I went to Chapel End Infants and Junior Schools ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow by Roy Beiley

Dollis Hill Avenue

I was 6 years old and we lived close to Gladstone Park where we children would  play the year round. I remember the pond, the swimming pool and the tennis courts. Then there was the scary steep hill where we played ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1955 by Mythili Sarkar

Charabanc Trips

Reading through other people's memories is a great delight, it stirred my own memories of past times. Eastleigh Baptist church ran regular day trips to Bournemouth, a pleasure for those who would probably never have seen the ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1948 by John Scott

The Pellys Of Nether Compton

In August 2006 my daughter and I visited Nether Compton in a Trace Your Ancestors search. My father, the son of an Eliza Pelly here in Lancashire, always told the tale of two brothers, Charles and Henry Pelly, who ...Read more

A memory of Nether Compton by Frances Barton

Captions

2,645 captions found. Showing results 1,873 to 1,896.

Caption For Aylesbury, The Vale Park C1950

At the bottom end of the High Street is The Vale, a park formally opened in 1937 in fields between the now vanished London and North Western Railway station (demolished in 1960) and the gas works, also

Caption For Caldy, The Village C1955

Pevsner in The Buildings of England says of Caldy: 'Cheshire is something of a Surrey of the North, but Surrey has nothing to compare with this'.

Caption For Wallasey, The Village 1952

We are looking north along Wallasey Village, with the bollards at the top of Leasowe Road visible on the left. The cobbled street to the immediate left, just beyond the chemists, is Lycette Road.

Caption For Garston, Manor Work Assessment Shop C1955

In 1931, the widow of Stafford Bourne (the son of one of the founders of Bourne & Hollingsworth's store in London) sold Garston Manor to Benskins the brewers, who transferred it to the North West Metropolitan

Caption For Letchworth Garden City, The Council Offices C1950

The Georgian-style council offices, now North Herts District Council's housing department, were built for the Urban District Council in 1935 to a design by Bennet & Bidwell, architects of many of the buildings

Caption For Much Hadham, The Church C1955

Adjacent, to the north, is the old palace which belonged to the Bishop of London. Some of the windows in the church were designed by Henry Moore, who lived in the nearby hamlet of Perry Green.

Caption For Talybont, General View C1955

This compact village is situated on the main coast road north of Aberystwyth; it grew up to serve the workers of the nearby lead mines and woollen mills.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The Castle From The River 1890

An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the Castle and the impressive Castle and prison itself.

Caption For Forth Bridge, 1897

Designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, the Forth Bridge cost £3,000,000 to build. Of the workforce of 4,500 men, 57 were killed in work-related accidents.

Caption For North Nibley, The Tyndale Monument 1897

Two carefully-posed groups of young girls are a feature of this photograph of the village of North Nibley, with the 111 foot- high memorial tower to the martyr William Tyndale on the knoll

Caption For Bedford, Suspension Bridge 1921

The hatted ladies are leaving the Suspension Bridge on the north bank, the Embankment Gardens side: casual wear in the 1920s was somewhat more formal than today.

Caption For Wendover, From The South West 1901

This long view of Wendover is taken from the opposite direction to No 44773, looking north-east from the foot of Bacombe Hill; here the national long distance footpath, the Ridgeway Path, leaves the road

Caption For Wanborough, St Andrew's Church C1965

The tower and spire rest on crossing piers and arches to north, south, east and west. Monuments dating back to 1418 include Thomas Polton and his wife, in brass with demi-figures 13 ins long.

Caption For Dunnottar, Castle C1900

The castle stands to the south of Stonehaven on a rocky headland overlooking the North Sea. It was here, in July 1650, that Charles II was entertained by the Earl Marischal.

Caption For Northampton, Market Square C1950

A market place since at least 1235, the west side shown here survives much better than the north side.

Caption For Hitchin, The River Hiz 1931

The river to the east of the church has been widened and landscaped, and bridges built to the north and south of the Churchyard.

Caption For Chilham, Old Wives' Lees 1908

Lying just to the north of Chilham is this small and curiously named hamlet where, until the beginning of the 20th century, an annual race was staged between two village youths and two maidens for a

Caption For Long Melford, The Green And Melford Hall C1955

This is taken from the north end of the Green, looking south towards Hall Street, showing the wide expanse of the Green, where fairs are still held.

Caption For Nether Alderley, The Cross 1896

This view, looking north along what is now the main A34 towards Alderley Edge village, shows where Welsh Row crossed the old turnpike, connecting the old enclosed fields on the plain with the open

Caption For Lancaster, Penny Street C1950

Lancaster is on the edge of the Lake District, and an important point on routes both north and south.

Caption For North Holmwood, Church Walk C1955

Now merged with Dorking, North Holmwood is one of three small villages along the west side of the large and mostly wooded Holmwood Common - the other two villages are Mid Holmwood and South

Caption For South Nutfield, The Village C1955

This view is taken looking along Station Approach north from beside the station; at this date, the shops and houses are almost unchanged since they were built in the 1890s.

Caption For Newquay, Bank Street 1930

Hartnoll Brothers (right), stationers and printers at Burlington House, were the proprietors of the Newquay Guardian and the Handbook to Newquay and North Cornwall.

Caption For Amble, The Beach C1965

Amble became a centre for coal exports, and was served by a branch line of the North Eastern Railway.