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Maps

2,499 maps found.

1898, Boldon Colliery Ref. RNE645510
1898, Awkley Ref. RNE629276
1898, Bridge Yate Ref. RNE650008
1946, Downend Ref. NPO692667
1946, Little Sodbury Ref. NPO757976
1946, Latteridge Ref. NPO753249
1946, Leyhill Ref. NPO755525
1946, Little Badminton Ref. NPO756847
1946, Hanham Ref. NPO726499
1946, Hawkesbury Ref. NPO728820
1946, Hawkesbury Upton Ref. NPO728823
1946, Horwood Riding Ref. NPO740913
1947, Hebburn Colliery Ref. NPO730399
1946, Moorend Ref. NPO783317
1946, Morton Ref. NPO783989
1946, Mount Hill Ref. NPO784806
1898, Little Sodbury Ref. RNE757976
1898, Moorend Ref. RNE783317
1897, Lower Morton Ref. RNE769576
1898, Primrose Ref. RNE810903

Books

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Memories

1,580 memories found. Showing results 791 to 800.

My Time At Studwell Lodge And In The Village Of Droxford

My family first came to live in Studwell Lodge, which they bought from the Bruce family,  when my father retired from farming in Berkshire at the age of fifty five. It was then 1959 and I, as a ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1960 by Charles Skipwith

The New Inn Crowd

My parents, Ron and Mary Grant took over the New Inn at Drayton in 1957. Prior to that they had the Royal Pier Hotel at Sandown, on IOW. My sister Suzanne came over with them. I joined them the following year, as I ...Read more

A memory of Drayton in 1957 by Roland Grant

Mike Daley

I lived in Fleetwood in Crake Avenue until Christmas 1970 when we moved down south. I always remember the events at the Marine Hall, the top names in wrestling, as my Uncle Richard (Dicky Allen as everyone knew him) was the caretaker for ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood in 1962 by mick.daley

A Wonderful Christmas Time

We arrived in England on 15/12/1988.  My hubby Stephen and I were to be married on 7th January 1989 in Biddulph. I was amazed at the size of Heathrow Airport and for the first time in my life, I saw an English taxi, the ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph in 1988 by Martie Shallcross

My Holidays At South Shields In The 1940s And 1950s

My lovely memories are of going to South Shields from London to stay with my mum's brother, we stayed in Marsden Street and my cousins lived round the corner. We would leave London about 5 in ...Read more

A memory of South Shields in 1950 by Margaret Foyle

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

'holiday House'.

I was born and lived the early years of my life in South Molton.   My father had his own building firm there.   In 1958 we moved to Croyde Bay my father having bought this large house on the cliffs above the bay for £1800.   This photo ...Read more

A memory of Croyde by Steve Cundy

Cowgate

The view is of Cowgate looking south. The white building in the background is the Green Dragon Inn - once a haunt of Dick Turpin. The beck, mill dam and church are just to the left. Welton once had 3 water mills - the last of which was working into the 1950s

A memory of Welton by Maurice Mann

Waterloo In The 1940s To 1950s

My early memories are of Waterloo where I used to live at Winchester Avenue until 1958. My father died there in 1989. On College Road there were air raid shelters which me and other kids played in after the war ...Read more

A memory of Waterloo by Graham White

Goldthorpe The Miners Welfare Hall

Ooh, I remember going to the Goldthopre Welfare Hall to see musicals staged there by the South Yorkshire Musical Comedy Society in the 1960s when they moved from their former home, the Mexborough Empire Cinema, ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe in 1963 by Richard Roper

Captions

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Caption For Bridport, St Mary's Parish Church 1902

This is St Mary's parish church in South Street, seen from the north-east.

Caption For Mitcham, Lower Green C1962

To the south-east is Mitcham Common, which offers more open space and increased rural character.

Caption For Maidenhead, Ray Park Avenue 1911

It is in effect the north-south spine road of the prosperous middle class estate as far north as Ray Mill Road East, the north limit of Ray Lodge's former grounds.

Caption For Swanage, From The Pier 1897

We are looking towards Stair Hole, where the downlands of Dorset meet the sea, is hollowed out by vast caverns, many used by smugglers for centuries.The South West Way Coastal Footpath, once an old

Caption For Buttermere, 1889

We are looking south from Lower Gatesgarth.The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

Caption For Penrith, Aerial View C1953

The latter benefited from huge quantities of the bird manure 'guano' imported from South America to Whitehaven, carried by rail to the town in tons, and retailed by J and W Maxwell in Cornmarket

Caption For Turton, The Tower 1897

Turton Tower lies four miles south of Darwen, and four miles north-east of Bolton.The villages of Turton and Turton Bottoms are next to the Tower.Turton Tower is basically two buildings, a pele

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral, South Porch 1895

Known as the Judgement Porch from its carved scenes of the Last Judgement, the south porch of Lincoln Cathedral led into the richly carved Angel Choir, the east arm of the cathedral built for St Hugh's

Caption For Goudhurst, Measuring The Hops 1904

From Victorian times up to the start of the Second World War, Goudhurst and other Wealden villages among the hop fields were subjected to an annual late summer invasion of entire families from South

Caption For Bramley, St James Church C1960

The large south window of the chapel is filled with 16th-century glass and is the work of Flemish craftsmen.

Caption For Salisbury, St John Street C1950

St John Street is the main entrance to the city from the south.

Caption For Lewes, High Street 1898

Lewes, the medieval guardian of the gap through the South Downs cut by the River Ouse, occupies a fine hilltop site which produces a superb townscape.

Caption For Carmarthen, Coracles 1898

In the background is a popular promenade called the Bulwark, an embankment extending for about a mile on the south side of the river.

Caption For Whiston, The Post Office C1960

Two miles south east of Rotherham, Whiston was a large village by the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

Caption For Alfriston, Cuckmere Valley From High And Over C1960

High and Over, or Hindover, is a vantage point on the South Downs, overlooking the Cuckmere river valley.

Caption For Bedford, Swan Hotel And The River 1898

Holland had worked for the Duke of Bedford at his seat at Woburn Abbey some ten miles south-west of Bedford, and the duke had acquired the old inn in 1787.

Caption For South Cave, West End C1955

Named after the original landowner, Justin de Cave, South Cave is a village of two halves, separated by the castle, built in 1787.

Caption For Minehead, The Parade 1892

The new seaside resort was mostly laid out south of the old town on flatter land between the Lower Town, largely destroyed by fire in 1791, and the sea.

Caption For Burrowbridge, The Mump C1960

Two miles south-west of Othery, the Taunton Road skirts the Mump, a natural tor rising steeply from the surrounding Moors.

Caption For Hailsham, The Church 1900

This view, from the south east near Vicarage Road, shows a heavily Victorianised medieval church; it further suffered in 1943 when a bomb blast destroyed all its stained glass.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Bridge Over The River Thames 1890

Scott also rebuilt the river bridge in 1864, a fine red brick one in a medieval style, seen here from the south by the Thames. We can just see the church spirelet.

Caption For Studland, New Inn 1890

Lawrence was one of Wellington's infantry, serving in the 40th Regiment of Foot in campaigns from South America and the Peninsular War - where he was wounded in the storming of Badajoz in 1812 -

Caption For Wilmslow, Lindow Common C1955

This view looking south over Lindow Moss towards Alderley Edge, overlooks the area where Lindow Man, a first-century sacrificial victim, was found in 1984.

Caption For Newtown Linford, C1960

The church is comparatively plain apart from its large 15th-century traceried window on its south side.