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Maps

2,499 maps found.

1946, Easter Compton Ref. NPO698218
1946, Goose Green Ref. NPO717565
1946, Great Stoke Ref. NPO720420
1946, Dodington Ref. NPO691488
1946, Coalpit Heath Ref. NPO672602
1946, Cold Ashton Ref. NPO674856
1946, Buckover Ref. NPO654840
1946, Cowhorn Hill Ref. NPO679478
1946, Itchington Ref. NPO744599
1946, Frampton Cotterell Ref. NPO709059
1946, Frampton End Ref. NPO709062
1946, Frogland Cross Ref. NPO709661
1946, Lower Morton Ref. NPO769576
1947, Monkton Ref. NPO782689
1946, Hambrook Ref. NPO726030
1897, Rangeworthy Ref. RNE813359
1897, Rockhampton Ref. RNE819125
1898, Rodford Ref. RNE819264
1898, Patchway Ref. RNE801984
1897, Nupdown Ref. RNE795009

Books

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Memories

1,580 memories found. Showing results 891 to 900.

Sidcup In The 1960s

I lived in Sidcup asa child up to the age of 11, moving away from the area in 1970. I went to Days Lane Primary School. I don’t remember there being a high street as such but a row of shops I do remember which included a Hairdresser, a ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup by lizjeffries

The 11 Plus And Ramsey Abbey Grammar School

I wrote the 11 plus exam in Woodhurst in about 1949 and passed! Miracles will never cease! The school bus didn't come into Woodhurst so we rode our bicycles to Oldhurst, parked them in the garage there (6d a ...Read more

A memory of Ramsey by hamishg

I Am Looking For Felix Road West

Ancestors are listed on RG12/1030 Page 2, of the 1891 census, but I can't find any trace of Felix Road West, apart from just Felix Road. The area immediately west of Felix Road is a cemetery which predates Felix ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell by ff

Bishop Wordsworth's School In The 1960s

I attended Bishop Wordsworth's School between 1964 and 1967 arriving when I was 14. I had previously gone to a very prestigious grammar school in north London which in fact was awful. Discipline was non-existent, ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury by al.birkett

Maesteg

I lived in West st, Maesteg, until 1959, when I moved to South Shields.

A memory of Maesteg

Wilsons Coffee Shops

As I remember the Almshouse have stood on the corner of George St and North End .Wilsons coffee shops were in North End and George St-also in Purley The photo of Surrey St in 1955 might show a stall selling gramoohone records ran by ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by rogerpage0

St Andrews School

I went to this school in 1954 when I was four and living in a large house on Pinner Road, backing onto the railway, shortly before the older terraced houses. I was first in the kindergarten in North Harrow, where we had ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow by rod1terry1

Chichester Bell Tower

Does anyone exactly remember a new bell or bells being winched in by a very large crane into the tower. My memory as an 9 year old standing outside Morants watching with Dad ( Vicar of Oving then) and younger brother, was it ...Read more

A memory of Chichester by chris432121

Happy Days

What a memory has been stirred!! The Classic cinema. Every Saturday morning for I think it was a shilling and we spent the whole morning there. I was born in 1953 and went to Howard infants and junior school then to South Croydon secondary modern school

A memory of Croydon by brendaveiter

The Pumping Station On West Thurrock Marshes

My father Stan Wilson grew up in a cottage on the marshes at West Thurrock where his father was the resident engineer for the adjacent Pumping Station (Sewage?). The 1939 census shows the family ...Read more

A memory of West Thurrock by alandvi.187

Captions

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Caption For Southampton, God's House Tower 1908

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

Caption For Farley Green, The Village C1955

Farley Green is situated towards the south end of Albury parish, and its fields are carved out of the surrounding greensand woods.

Caption For Woking, Chertsey Road C1960

Woking should not be confused with Old Woking a mile south on the banks of the River Wey, a battered remnant of a medieval market town.

Caption For Abingdon, Bridge And River Steamer C1955

The Fraternity of the Holy Cross built the two bridges, the causeway across Nag's Head Island, and then the long causeway that runs south for over a thousand yards across the flood plain to Culham

Caption For Launceston, Castle Entrance C1955

This, the south gate to the castle keep, is today the main entrance, but it is thought that in the castle's heyday the north gate was the main access.

Caption For Bedford, Newnham Bridge 1897

Further east along The Embankment, Newnham Bridge crosses the north branch of the River Ouse at the south end of Tennyson Road. We are looking east from the north bank.

Caption For Elstow, The Swan Inn 1921

East of the church and the Moot Hall, a jettied timber-framed building of about 1500, standing in its green, is the main north-south village road, the High Street.

Caption For Shefford, North Bridge Street 1951

Here we look south down North Bridge Street towards that junction with High Street.

Caption For Oving, Post Office C1955

This view is taken looking south towards Oving from Bowling Alley's junction with the North Marston to Whitchurch Road.

Caption For Liverpool, Dale Street 1895

Dale Street was one of the ancient streets of the city and the main road to all points south.

Caption For Boscastle, St Juliot's Church 1906

The nave became the north aisle during the rebuiding, while the granite-built south aisle (seen here) became the nave and chancel, so it is offset from the tower.

Caption For Easton Royal, Holy Trinity Church C1955

The south-east tower with its pyramid roof, the chancel and the Perpendicular-style east window were added in 1853. The building materials are a mix of local stone and flint.

Caption For Barmouth, Railway Bridge 1896

A train is heading south. The railway was built as part of the Cambrian railway, with two stations, Barmouth and Barmouth Junction.

Caption For Boreham Street, White Friars Hotel C1955

Wartling is another parish like Herstmonceux, with its parish church and part of the village over a mile south of the main road and on the edge of the Pevensey Levels.

Caption For Wilmington, The Old Yew Tree C1960

This very pretty village with its flint and brick houses and cottages runs south from the main road to its parish church of St Mary and St Peter, which is set high above the lane with the ruins of Wilmington

Caption For Guildford, High Street 1953

The town has a superb situation on the chalk ridge, with a castle south of the High Street; the ridge is cut through by the River Wey.

Caption For Langton Matravers, Dancing Ledge C1960

Romantically named for the sea breaking across its rocks, Dancing Ledge is a mile south of Langton Matravers village.

Caption For Highworth, Swindon Street C1950

Looking South The Co-op store on the left was previously a double-fronted residential property (today the windows are gone, and the shop has been taken into a new Co-op store which replaced

Caption For Brierley Hill, Delph Locks C1965

The Main Line of the Stourbridge Canal swung south and then east around Brierley Hill to meet up with the Dudley Canal at Black Delph Locks.The Dudley Canal passed through Round Oak Steel Works and

Caption For Seatown, 1912

This is the classic view of Golden Cap (centre), literally gold when its sandy top catches the sun; at 618ft above sea level it is the highest cliff on the south coast.

Caption For Crystal Palace, 1890

After the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace was moved to Sydenham in south-east London, where it was filled with lavish displays.

Caption For Leeds Castle, 1892

The south front was recast in 1822.

Caption For Caergwrle, The Castle C1955

Situated six miles south-east of Mold, Caergwrle is a small castle comprising the ruins of three round towers and a polygonal turret; it was captured and destroyed in 1282.

Caption For Smeeton Westerby, Christ Church, Saddington Road C1955

The village, which in parochial terms was originally bracketed together with Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt, which share the mother church of St Wilfred, lies some eight miles to the south