Maps

181,006 maps found.

1899, Scaleby Ref. HOSM58627
1899, Stockdalewath Ref. HOSM60498
1899, Unthank Ref. HOSM62875
1887, Croesyceiliog Ref. HOSM42322
1887, Horeb Ref. HOSM48919
1912, Carnforth Ref. HOSM34289
1912, Arnside Ref. HOSM36337
1910, Casterton Ref. HOSM40343
1910, Melling Ref. HOSM53465
1898, Carterton Ref. HOSM40246
1901, Beetham Ref. HOSM37395
1901, Bridge Ref. HOSM38847
1901, Beetham Ref. HOSM42260
1901, Tatworth Ref. HOSM61323
1895, Walderslade Ref. HOSM63251
1900, Swingbrow Ref. HOSM61092
1884, Draycott Ref. HOSM43495
1895, Althorne Ref. HOSM36002
1895, Broomfield Ref. HOSM39164
1895, Latchingdon Ref. HOSM50918

Books

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Memories

29,019 memories found. Showing results 861 to 870.

Welfords Corner Shop

Rose (my mother) used to work in Wellford's coner shop. I was born in the 'Potter Street' Perry springs in the 1960s, wow how Harlow has changed from my day. I remember Wellford's coner shop also Wright's Dairy... and it ...Read more

A memory of Potter Street by Graham Nash

School!

Memory of the hated Catholic school I was sent to, me being one of three Church of England girls, meant I was treated like an outcast! Beautiful house, and grounds, I learnt to ride there, it was my only way to get away from ...Read more

A memory of Denford Park (Training Coll) in 1958 by Susi Allen

Boyhood Memories From 1952

It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the  streets ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by Dave Southern

Lightning Strikes

This is August 1953, I was 10. We were playing cricket on the clay field with some older lads, the stumps were iron and came from Spencers steel works which was nearby and stuff like this was easily got. Anyway I remember it was ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows

Family History

It was a very sad day when Laindon School closed and even worse when it was demolished. I have fond memories of my days at Laindon, I joined when Mr Chadband was head, and made many friends there. Apart from attending myself I was part ...Read more

A memory of Laindon by Christine Hymas

Guy Fawkes!

This is another part of Laindon that is no more. I can remember waiting outside the Fortune of War with a Guy leading up to Firework Night, I always collected lots of change from the kind patrons of this local drinking establishment. I ...Read more

A memory of Laindon by Christine Hymas

Hyde End House

I was at school (Lindfield) in this fine old Georgian building from 1947-1951 and spent many happy hours playing in the extensive grounds and old outbuildings and stables. One year our dormitory was above the stable block where the ...Read more

A memory of Brimpton in 1947 by Paul Alexander

Dibden Purlieu Newsagents Mr Mrs Storey

It was so lovely to see you refer to Mr Storey (Sid) in the earlier post - he was my wonderful Grandad! Nan and Grandad (Grace and Sid Storey) used to run the newsagents, and as a little girl, I was ...Read more

A memory of Dibden Purlieu by Vicki Norman

Childhood Memories From 1949

I was born in Hubert Terrace which ran off Bank Street and along to Cuthbert Street. Further down was School Street and Marian Street which ran along to Derwentwater Road, and on Derwentwater Road was Lady Vernon School ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Betty Harris

Swimming Above Stepping Stones Weir At Bothal

Our Mam being an Ashington lassie, we returned to her birthplace when Mam divorced my father who she met before the Second World War - that was when Mam was in London and working in 'service'. We were ...Read more

A memory of Bothal in 1949 by Wullie Harries

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 2,065 to 2,088.

Caption For Falmouth, Mylor Bridge C1950

This sought-after village grew up at the head of Mylor Creek.

Caption For Winchester, Hospital 1906

As an important cathedral city, Winchester established an important tradition of tending the sick, probably from the days when pilgrims came to the shrine of St Swithun in search of miraculous cures

Caption For Great Ayton, Waterfall Terrace C1965

The bridge in the foreground of this photograph leads over the River Leven to a car park designated for the use of patrons of Suggitts ice cream parlour, something of an institution in

Caption For Alderholt, Fordingbridge Road C1960

Once surrounded by the deer-haunted woods and heaths of Cranborne Chase, Alderholt has kept much of its original character, despite some new houses and a church of little antiquity; the latter is a building

Caption For Hoyland, Elsecar Main Colliery C1960

Elsecar was one of the many collieries which formerly existed in the South Yorkshire coalfield around the village of Hoyland.

Caption For Holkham, The Village Stores C1955

The village stands at the edge of the park of Holkham Hall, the palatial 18th-century home of Thomas Coke, later Earl of Leicester.

Caption For Dorking, Denbies Mansion 1905

Thomas Cubitt purchased Denbies in the autumn of 1850; he had come to Dorking and Ranmore at the height of his very successful building career.

Caption For Colchester, High Street And Town Hall 1901

The impressive Victoria Tower of the Town Hall rises to a height of 162 feet.

Caption For Market Harborough, Canal Boathouses 1922

The canal with its towing path, a symbol of an industrial age, has taken on a mantle of leisure.

Caption For Cheam, Whitehall 1925

Here we have another view of Whitehall, and the adjoining properties of Laurel Cottage and Vault Cottage along the Malden Road, with the elegant rectory beyond which, in its earliest parts, dates back

Caption For Chapel En Le Frith, View From Station C1940

The name of the Peak District town of Chapel-en-le-Frith means literally 'the chapel in the forest'.

Caption For Hartlepool, The Harbour Wall C1960

The Pilot's Pier light sits on a long promontory extending from the sea wall, and cargo shipping and the associated tug boats pass by it on their way in and out of the port.

Caption For Barry, Castle 1899

There is no known record of the history or appearance of this castle, which is situated eight miles south-west of Cardiff.

Caption For Chester, On The River, Suspension Bridge 1891

Hugh Lupus, the first of the Norman earls of Chester, is said to have ordered the construction of a weir so that the mills would have a regular source of water power.

Caption For Lympstone, The Village Square 1904

Lympstone is still a secretive little village on the estuary of the River Exe, once a haunt of fishermen and smugglers and now beloved of artists and birdwatchers.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road C1915

This part of Blackburn Road was a hive of activity with lots of shops.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Market Street 1898

This photograph is taken from the junction of Market Street and Upper Market Street, looking down towards the High Street.

Caption For Chideock, 1927

From the slopes of Quarry Hill, above Park Farm (centre), we look south-westwards to Golden Cap (left of centre) and Langdon Hill.

Caption For Mobberley, The Bird In Hand C1955

Because of its history of divided land ownership, it is difficult to determine the real centre of Mobberley village, but each nucleus has at least one inn.

Caption For Rowton, Rowton Hall Hotel C1955

Built in the 18th century, the Rowton Hall Country House Hotel and Health Club, as it is now called, stands at the southern edge of the city of Chester.

Caption For Cottesmore, The Village C1955

This view of Cottesmore is typical of Rutland's visual feast of limestone and ironstone villages, set in a rolling, spired landscape of hedges and walls which the hunt can, in the main, take in its stride

Caption For Pegwell, Village 1907

Situated at the southernmost end of the Isle of Thanet, the bay is bounded by cliffs on the north, and by marshes to the south.

Caption For The Broads, St Benet's Abbey Ruins C1945

A yacht in full sail races past a well-known landmark on the lower Bure, pulling its dinghy behind. A motor cruiser chugs its way along the north bank.

Caption For Moulton, Implement Gate C1955

These gates, with agricultural implements incorporated, are situated at the Holly Lodge on the Boughton Road west of the village.