Maps

181,031 maps found.

1884, West Newton Ref. HOSM36065
1884, Ashwicken Ref. HOSM36398
1885, Great Bircham Ref. HOSM37783
1885, Coxford Ref. HOSM42084
1884, Pentney Ref. HOSM56436
1884, Roydon Ref. HOSM58225
1885, Shernborne Ref. HOSM59066
1902, Bradnor Green Ref. HOSM38612
1902, Kingswood Ref. HOSM50220
1902, Sunset Ref. HOSM60950
1911, Beck Side Ref. HOSM37341
1911, Chapels Ref. HOSM40561
1911, Grizebeck Ref. HOSM47162
1897, Kirkby Stephen Ref. HOSM60629
1885, Nateby Ref. HOSM64330
1892, Arkendale Ref. HOSM36201
1883, Calcutt Ref. HOSM39816
1892, Coneythorpe Ref. HOSM41638
1892, Flaxby Ref. HOSM45511
1892, Hopperton Ref. HOSM48904

Books

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Memories

29,068 memories found. Showing results 1,011 to 1,020.

A Day At The Seaside Littlehampton C 1955

I cannot remember how old I was when we started going to the south coast of England for a Sunday trip, but it was when my father sold his Norton motorbike and bought a Golden Flash with a sidecar ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1955 by Carole Baldwin

Le Fevers And Coo Op Denson 'winkle Pickers'

I went to Gillingham Technical School in Green Street and at the end of the school day ran down Gardiner Street, making a left turn into Gillingham High Street. This picture shows my homeward view with ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1960 by Dan Pieters Ericksonn

School Days

I was at Christ's Hospital School from Sept 1936 to Dec 1943.During this period we had visits by General de Gaulle and other well-known people. We used the roof of the dining hall to look out for raiding aircraft and incendary ...Read more

A memory of Christ's Hospital by Brian Haynes

Youthful Memories From A Member Of A 1960s'' Bromley Band

In the 1960s, in my late teens, Bromley was the hub of my universe. I played in a local group - Paul and the Playboys (later 'The Machine' - I had a 1958 Ford Popular with 'The Machine' crudely ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1964 by Peter Hobden

The Old Bakery

The building in the distance is the old bakery. When I was a child/teenager (in the 1960s) my grandparents (Bert and Annie Hurd) lived in a cottage just behind where this picture was taken, and whenever we visited them we would go ...Read more

A memory of Byworth by Ian Richardson

Dancing Lessons

It was 1952 and the NAAFI Club held dancing lessons. Now, trying to learn to dance in hobnailed Army boots was impossible, but I did chat up a NAAFI girl and arranged to meet her after her work, which I did. She had, to me, an ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by Graham Vahey

Childhood Memories

Hello, I was born in Builth Wells hospital in 1957, we were living in the village of Tirabad at the time. My uncle and auntie, Ellis and Dot Topliss, plus my cousins also lived here. My father and uncle worked for the forestry and ...Read more

A memory of Tirabad in 1957 by Ian Topliss

Ealing 1962 Onwards

I moved to Windsor Road in Ealing in 1962 when I was 11. I remember the Grove with fond memories. All the shops! The tailor's shop and the barbers. The sweet shop which always had a bowl of water for the dogs outside in the summer, ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1962

Kilmaurs

My husband and I are Australians and went to Britain on a driving holiday in 2007. We stayed in some marvellous B&Bs but one that will always be memorable for us was at Anna Steel's farm 'Laigh Langmuir'. What a welcome we had - ...Read more

A memory of Kilmaurs in 2007 by Kay Armstrong

Tweedsana Epsom High Street

Above "The Woolwich" (c1987-91) on the corner of Waterloo Road rhs also Mike Burton's "Radfords" Electrical Installation Design Consultants moved from 2a East Street(1984- 87) then to Church Street c1991-94. Mike now works from home near Plaistow, Sussex.

A memory of Epsom in 1987 by Barry Hall

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 2,425 to 2,448.

Caption For Hampstead, Jack Straw's Castle C1955

The pub occupies a picturesque setting on the crown of the hill, and is named after the leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

Caption For Stanford On Avon, C1965

Very close to Junction 19 on the M1 motorway, the village is unremarkable.

Caption For Newnham, Badby Road C1955

Newnham is situated south of Daventry, and is reached by a narrow country lane passing over Newnham Hill.

Caption For Leighton Buzzard, All Saints Church C1965

Leighton Buzzard's name has nothing directly to do with birds of prey, despite several local organisations adopting the title 'The Buzzards' and using the hawk as an emblem.

Caption For Launceston, Dunheved Cross 1906

The top part of the cross was discovered in the 19th century at Tresmarrow Farm, and was put in the town museum.

Caption For Syston, The Green C1960

The 15th-century local granite and limestone church tower of St Peter and St Paul, heavily restored in 1872 by P W Ordish, shows above the houses of quality which bound The Green.

Caption For Corsham, St Bartholomew's Church C1955

The fine setting of the town church is shown in this picturesque view through the gateway.

Caption For Helston, Penrose From The Park 1890

Helston Penrose Walk 1913 Penrose Walk runs from the bottom end of Coronation Park down to the Loe and follows its shore to Penrose.

Caption For Kington St Michael, The Church C1950

We can see the porch attached to the west tower, and also the good proportions of the building. Inside, the wide three-bay nave is tall and light with thin piers.

Caption For Coventry, The Cathedral C1965

When Basil Spence designed Coventry's new cathedral, he incorporated the bombed ruins of the old St Michael's into the modern building; the old church became the new cathedral's vestibule.

Caption For Eastbourne, Meads Road 1890

The first master plan drawn up by Henry Currey, the Duke of Devonshire's surveyor, covered the stucco seaside terrace and squares.

Caption For Addlestone, Station Road C1955

Addlestone grew up in the mid 19th century with the arrival of the railway, when a few villas and many more terraces and pairs of artisan houses were built.

Caption For Frimley, Frimley Street C1955

East of Camberley, the route moves on to the villages between Bagshot and Guildford along the A322 on the east side of the sandy heathland of the Bagshot Sands; on the map we see army firing

Caption For Brampton, High Street C1955

In the last forty or so years, very little has changed in the High Street, although the recently built premises of the Midland Bank (right) has now become a private house.

Caption For Bangor, Main Street 1897

Here we see another view of the main street. The jaunting car tells of the recent changes, and the lamps tell of a gasworks only waiting to be expanded.

Caption For Stafford, Greyfriars C1965

The Stone and Eccleshall roads used to divide in front of the Waggon and Horses public house, but by this time a roundabout had been built to the rear of it, on the left.

Caption For Ramsgate, Harbour 1907

Part of the fleet of fishing smacks is seen in this unusual view of the harbour. Note the nets hung to dry in the foreground, while a dredger is moored in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Ringwood, Somerley House 1891

To the north-west of Ringwood is Somerley House, sometime residence of Lord Normanton. In the valley to the east are the winding waters of the River Avon, to the west the trees of Ringwood Forest.

Caption For Newtown Linford, Bradgate Park C1965

In the heart of the park stand the ruins of Bradgate House, a Tudor mansion; it was the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey, the tragic nine-day Queen of England who was executed in 1553.

Caption For Dursley, Union Street C1950

The narrow steeply- sloping Union Street, east of the church of St James, leads the eye northward out of town and towards the stark ridge of Peaked Down; its visible notch gives the down

Caption For Cheam, Park Road 1925

The façade of Ye Olde Red Lion pub in Park Road had undergone some minor changes shortly before this photograph was taken, with the removal of two decorative signboards above the main doorway and the replacement

Caption For Birkenhead, Arrowe Park C1960

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Scout Movement, 56,000 scouts from around the world held their 3rd International Jamboree in Arrowe Park.

Caption For Birkenhead, Arrowe Park C1960

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Scout Movement, 56,000 scouts from around the world held their 3rd International Jamboree in Arrowe Park.

Caption For Cranbrook, Stone Street 1902

Cranbrook's High Street, entering the town from Hawkhurst, and Stone Street, leading on towards Tenterden and Maidstone, form a L-shape with the tile-hung fascia of the 15th-century George Hotel at