Maps

181,031 maps found.

1882, Tregadillett Ref. HOSM62307
1882, Tremaine Ref. HOSM62376
1882, Trewen Ref. HOSM62482
1882, Warbstow Ref. HOSM63390
1886, Cubbington Ref. HOSM42541
1885, Harbury Ref. HOSM47591
1885, Ufton Ref. HOSM62826
1898, Filkins Ref. HOSM45398
1886, Bosbury Ref. HOSM38433
1886, Stanley Hill Ref. HOSM40361
1903, Kynaston Ref. HOSM50599
1903, Parkway Ref. HOSM56140
1886, Staplow Ref. HOSM60361
1890, Selby Fork Ref. HOSM56220
1898, Butterton Ref. HOSM39685
1885, Gaulby Ref. HOSM46127
1885, Groby Ref. HOSM47262
1884, Keyham Ref. HOSM49335
1904, Loddington Ref. HOSM52155
1885, Ratby Ref. HOSM57464

Books

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Memories

29,043 memories found. Showing results 1,031 to 1,040.

A Holiday At Cleave Farm

I spent a fortnight's holiday at Cleave Farm, Upottery, with my parents, sister and brother in 1968 - a wonderful holiday. The farm belonged to the Curtis family and Mr Curtis let us help bring in and milk the cows. Since ...Read more

A memory of Upottery in 1968 by Yvonne Appleby

Rotherham Clifton Park Childrens Paddling Pool C1955

I lived at Ecclesfield and I remember being taken to Cliton Park as a yearly treat aged 7. It must have been a Bank Holiday because the pool was full of kids and lots of parents sat around the ...Read more

A memory of Rotherham in 1953 by Megan Ward

The Old Days

Hi, I am Linda Atkinson, nee Halford, I was brought up on the Gypsy Lane estate, attending Woodhouse Junior school and remember the carnivals/parades held on the village green. My best friends were Nancy and Maria Churms, and Lynne ...Read more

A memory of Normanton by Linda Atkinson

Brentford Memories From Grandparents Stories..

I was born and bred in Brentford and can remember it well from the 1970's onwards. Both of my grandparents and their families were also old Brentonians all of their lives. I have many stories from my nan ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1950

School And War

I was born in Jan 1936 in Witham, where my father's family had settled in the 1790's. When I was two my parents moved into one of the new council houses at the north end of Church Street, so I went to Chipping Hill Infants School. I can ...Read more

A memory of Witham in 1940 by David Woodwards

Prisoners Of War

I can remember a POW camp just inside Boldmere Gates. The Americans used the inmates to destroy lots of things at Jubillee Hill(?) at the sand pits, when war ended. This was material from the Streetly Camp area. Lots of it ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1945 by Gordon Baker

Welcome To My Nightmare

I remember this place well. The people ran it like a victorian workhouse. You wouldn't believe some of the things that went on here; when I didn't eat my dinner (I didn't like meat), I sat there ages looking at it then got ...Read more

A memory of Glenfield in 1955 by Leigh Horder

Crambe In The Early 50,S

My fathers side of the family (Wood) lived at Low Moor Crambe according to the Census, which is where I presume I spent a couple of holidays in the early 50' probably 52 or 53 just after my Grandfather died and before my step ...Read more

A memory of Crambe in 1952 by Keith Wood

Childhood Memories.

I was born at 50 Nancy Road, Grimethorpe on the 12 December 1944. At this time this address was the White City police house and had the West Riding police crest attached to the front of the house. My dad, Robert Cox, had come down ...Read more

A memory of Cudworth in 1944 by David Cox

Look Out For The Policeman!

This photograph of Southport shows a member of the local constabulary on point duty in Lord Street in the mid 1950s. The wearing of white coats was introduced in some towns during the Second World War, and gave policemen ...Read more

A memory of Southport in 1955 by Julia Skinner

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 2,473 to 2,496.

Caption For Bridport, West Street C1965

The lower end of West Street, looking westwards, has all manner of public houses from the Sun Hotel (left) to the Lily Hotel. Between them are the showrooms of Bridport Motors.

Caption For Cliveden, The House 1893

Built on a 1660s terrace, today's Cliveden is a Victorian mansion by Sir Charles Barry, one of the architects of the Houses of Parliament.

Caption For Cranbrook, Stone Street 1903

This perfect little town, the capital of the Kentish Weald, was formerly a centre of cloth weaving.

Caption For Rye, The Canal 1912

The ancient town of Rye was built on a sandstone rock at the confluence of the Tillington and Rother rivers.

Caption For Bearsted, Church 1898

The 15th-century Perpendicular west tower of the Church of the Holy Cross is remarkable for the three sculptures of heraldic lions, which crouch at the corners of the battlements.

Caption For Chartham, Paper Mills & Hatch 1906

A splendid panoramic view, taken early in the year, of the Stour Valley looking across to the Julliberrie Downs, with the 14th-century tower of Chartham church rising above the trees.

Caption For Swindon, Cricklade Road C1965

Looking South This photograph shows the wide carriageway of Cricklade Road leading to Stratton Crossroads, with the junction of Beechcroft Road to the left and Whitworth Road to the right.

Caption For Troutbeck, Kirkstone Pass C1870

His carriage has stopped near the summit of one of the most famous of the Lake District passes. It connects Troutbeck with Patterdale.

Caption For Birmingham, Corporation Street 1896

Described in 1890 as a 'handsome modern thoroughfare', Corporation Street was the result of a massive redevelopment of 93 acres of slums.

Caption For Bath, From Empire Hotel 1935

This view, taken from an upper floor window of the execrable Empire Hotel, looks beyond the Parade Gardens, laid out in the 1880s, to North Parade, a long 'palace front' of twenty-five bays with a central

Caption For Darlington, Entrance To Northgate 1926

The statue of Joseph Pease stands guard over the entrance to Northgate.

Caption For Canterbury, General View C1952

This view was photographed from the tower of the Westgate.

Caption For Ludham, Village From Lower Ludham 1929

An overview of Ludham from the tower of St Catherine's Church shows the well-wooded, rich agricultural land surrounding the village before many of the hedges had been removed.

Caption For Leicester, Belgrave Gate C1949

In a road of rather mundane buildings is the Palace Theatre, a remarkable building designed in a Moorish style by the Robert Adam of theatre design, Frank Matcham, for Moss Empires in 1901, with a seating

Caption For Dover, Beach 1908

During the summer months there is a good service of steamboats between this interesting watering-place and London. Shakespeare's Cliff commands a broad view of the shores of France.

Caption For London, Mansion House And Cheapside C1890

In the distance, the graceful Portland stone spire of St Mary le Bow soars sublimely over the City. It was the most expensive of Wren's refurbishments, costing £15,400.

Caption For London, Bank Of England And Royal Exchange 1886

In 1838 there was a grat conflagration which began in the rooms of Lloyd's coffee-house. Thousands of tons of masonry fell and the old Royal Exhange was destroyed.

Caption For Tidenham, Church 1906

These features included a tower-keep separated from the rest of the castle by its own moat, multiangular towers, and ornate machicolations of the type seen here adorning the tops of the hexagonal corner

Caption For Abingdon, St Nicholas's Church 1890

Of the great Benedictine Abbey of St Mary in Abingdon little survives above ground.

Caption For Dover, Castle Keep From The Walls 1890

Henry II's great keep stands high above the mural towers of the inner bailey. It was under Henry and his son Richard I that Dover was transformed into one of the greatest fortresses in the kingdom.

Caption For Brecon, High Street 1955

Brecon is a well-manicured town on the River Usk with a smart range of buildings, mainly of the Georgian and Victorian periods, as we can see here.

Caption For Darlington, Market Place C1955

Though he was the nephew of King Stephen, Hugh was a Prince-Bishop in the true sense of the word.

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.