Maps

181,031 maps found.

1887, Whimple Ref. HOSM64304
1903, Eye Ref. HOSM34499
1884, Athelington Ref. HOSM36493
1885, Bale Ref. HOSM36776
1885, Croxton Ref. HOSM42498
1885, Hempton Ref. HOSM48117
1885, Kettlestone Ref. HOSM49810
1885, Testerton Hall Ref. HOSM61420
1885, Toftrees Ref. HOSM62009
1895, Close A Burns Ref. HOSM40424
1907, Padside Ref. HOSM38653
1907, Dacre Ref. HOSM42770
1907, Darley Ref. HOSM42883
1907, Kettlesing Ref. HOSM49809
1895, Wealdstone Ref. HOSM63581
1914, Hartlepool Ref. HOSM34604
1910, Fernhurst Ref. HOSM45432
1910, Linchmere Ref. HOSM51257
1896, Locks Green Fm Ref. HOSM54936
1907, Bedhampton Ref. HOSM37349

Books

442 books found. Showing results 2,761 to 2,784.

Memories

29,043 memories found. Showing results 1,151 to 1,160.

Flaxley Road

I was born in 1950 and lived at 151 Flaxley Road until 1958. My father was William Yardley, he was a manager at the Levis works in Station Road. He died in 1953, and in 1958 my mother was re-married to a local retiring policeman, 'Sam' ...Read more

A memory of Stechford by Alan Yardley

Bretts Farm Romford Rd Aveley

I arrived in Aveley in 1957/58 I was herdsman at Bretts Farm, Romford Road and worked for David Watt. Once a year we would take the young cattle through Belhus Park then along Daglen Drive, up Stifford Road to Ford Place, ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Alan Tarrant

Mayfair Furrier

In 1961, I became an apprentice furrier to Brainin Bothers of New Bond Street. Brainin's owned a large store (I was told it was as big as Harrods) in Russia.They escaped the Communists and moved to Vienna, only to escape Hitler in ...Read more

A memory of London by Martin Newell

Kenley

My dad was born in Lower Road, Kenley. Sadly he passed away in July 2012, but we often would sit and talk about Kenley. He remembered Roke School and playing up on the downs at Riddlesdown. He used to mention that there were caves in that area. ...Read more

A memory of Kenley in 1960 by Vanessa Thorne

Intake Junior School Class 1 4

I remember cheering because we had beaten another class at something and Miss Tune sent me outside the door! I was only 5/6 years old and was very upset! My next teacher was Miss Rustling who was very ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1945 by Gwyneth Evans

Davidson Road

I remember the road very well; I went out with a young lady who lived in the road and went to the school, although she left in 1948. I met her at a club in West Croydon where she and her sister went in the evenings. Their names were ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Alan Lucas

My Best Friend

I lived in Kenton Lane between 1956 - 62, when we left & emigrated to NZ. I don't have a lot of memories, unfortunately I wish I had, but I am sure I went to Priestmead School . I have never forgotten my best friend, Denise Mould - ...Read more

A memory of Kenton in 1956 by Vivienne . Coleman

Beech Mount Maternity Hospital, Harpurhey

My name is Lorna Fielding (nee Singleton), I was born in Beech Mount Hospital Harpurhey, which was in Oak Bank Street, Harpurhey, on 2nd November 1951. I had a sister Hilary Rhoda Singleton who was born ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1951 by Lorna Fielding

Stockleys Of Kings Somborne

I am researching my Stockley ancesters who came from Kings Somborne and Mottisfont in Hampshire. The earliest records that I have found so far relate to a William Stockley from Kings Somborne (born around 1695) who ...Read more

A memory of King's Somborne by Jo Siddle

Oh, It Brings It Back

As a child I remember being dragged around Fine Fair once a week, being sent for a box to the front of the store to put shopping in and being given the job of licking the greenshield stamps and putting them in the book!

A memory of Farnborough by Tony Bingham

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 2,761 to 2,784.

Caption For Acle, Oby Drainage Windmill C1929

The Broads have been called the pleasure grounds of Norfolk; they are the remains of a huge estuary that once spread over much of the eastern part of the county.

Caption For Hawkshead, The Church 1912

The famous church at Hawkshead sits on a little knoll above the village. William Wordsworth's 'snow white church upon her hill' lost its white rendering in 1876.

Caption For Plaxtol, Village 1901

A lone carriage is parked on the other side of the street from the newly-built Red Lion Inn. Just beyond, down the road, is J J Bacon's Stores.

Caption For Leeds, The Town Hall C1965

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225 ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime.

Caption For Parkham, The Village C1955

The rest of the church is 15th-century with early 16th- century aisles - the north one was built by the Risdons of Bableigh, and the south by the Giffards of Halsbury.

Caption For Woolsthorpe, The Village C1955

This is not Isaac Newton's Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other

Caption For Wadhurst, Lower High Street 1903

Wadhurst, a village about six miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells, was a centre of the iron industry during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Caption For Leatherhead, Post Office And Town Clock 1895

The quaint old clock tower with the fire station in its base, which stood at the foot of Gravel Hill, was an early casualty of the town planners' ruthless remodelling of the town centre.

Caption For Cheam, The Bridge And Upper Mulgrave Road 1928

We are looking north down the slope to Station Way, and the bridge which dates from the opening of the railway in 1847.

Caption For Old Harlow, Churchgate Street C1965

The area known as Churchgate Street lies close to Old Harlow, and has the air of a quiet village.

Caption For Thurmaston, The Church C1965

St Michael's stands on the east side of Melton Road in the centre of the village.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Boat Station C1880

This is the corner of the Bowness boating area which is used by rowing boats for hire, following the onset of mass tourism from the mid 19th century.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Cattle Market C1965

From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.

Caption For London, Clerkenwell, St John's Gate C1870

The gateway was built in 1504 as the entrance to the Priory of St John of Jerusalem. The photogapher was standing in St John's Lane, which leads under the arch into St John's Square.

Caption For Astley Burf, Astley Mill C1955

Hartlebury Castle has been the home of the bishops of Worcester for over a thousand years. Today, Worcestershire County Museum is housed in the north wing.

Caption For Coxwold, The Village C1955

The wide main street of the village of Coxwold has not changed much since the days when Laurence Sterne, the author of Tristram Shandy, was vicar from 1760 until his death in 1768.

Caption For Haverhill, High Street C1965

This was taken from the corner of the churchyard. The former Corn Exchange of 1857 is on the left, obscuring the Market Hill Chapel of 1839.

Caption For Thurmaston, The Church C1965

St Michael's stands on the east side of Melton Road in the centre of the village.

Caption For Stroud, High Street C1950

A policeman stands on point duty at the junction of Lansdown, King Street, the High Street, and Gloucester Street, with the Greyhound Inn, built by the Stroud brewery in 1904, on the extreme

Caption For Stanwell, St Mary's Church 1895

Stanwell lies on the northern side of the Staines reservoirs, and is now under the flight path of Heathrow Airport. However, it still manages to retain much of its village atmosphere.

Caption For Leeds, The Town Hall C1965

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime

Caption For Rhymney, From The Station 1952

The stretch of buildings on the other side of the station were once the original Company Shop (of the Rhymney Iron Company), which was set up and strictly run by Andrew Buchan - there was another similar

Caption For Roseberry Topping, And The Kings Head C1960

It is seventy-five years on from view 18148, and the scene is little changed other than a slight realignment of the track in the foreground, which leads to the centre of the village of Newton

Caption For Penrith, St Andrew's Church 1893

In 1716 the parish church of St Andrew was found to be 'in a dangerous and ruinous condition'.