Maps

471 maps found.

1919, Winkfield Ref. POP871414
1920, Hale End Ref. POP724853
1920, Friday Hill Ref. POP709426
1920, Higham Hill Ref. POP733778
1919, Popeswood Ref. POP808910
1940, Chavey Down Ref. NPO667119
1940, Brookside Ref. NPO652176
1940, Cabbage Hill Ref. NPO658293
1895, Chavey Down Ref. RNE667119
1896, Cranbourne Ref. RNE681295
1895, Binfield Ref. RNE640210
1940, Wick Hill Ref. NPO869773
1946, Walthamstow Ref. NPO860159
1895, Moss End Ref. RNE784173
1895, Little Sandhurst Ref. RNE757922
1895, Sandhurst Ref. RNE825081
1946, Leytonstone Ref. NPO755606
1940, Nuptown Ref. NPO795017
1940, Sandhurst Ref. NPO825081
1896, Winkfield Place Ref. RNE871417

Books

2 books found. Showing results 289 to 2.

Memories

432 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.

There Was No Smith

This is the title of my memoirs that I published in 2010. I was born in Woodside Nursing Home, Woodford Wells on 30.11.30. My father was Dr.David H Smith, a local G.P. and we lived at 22 Primrose Road, S.Woodford until ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1930 by Ray Smith

Middle Rainton Part 2

enjoyed a drink (bottled Guinness) at both “The Travellers’” and “The Tavern” almost daily throughout his life. In fact he is still remembered for his love of dominoes. To this day if someone plays double 3, the call is ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton by John Harvey

Middle Rainton Part 4

Pathways were made up of compressed dirt, West Street (facing West Rainton), Back Row (facing the Meadow’s Pit), Lewis Street running parallel with Back Row) and Cross Street running parallel with West Street). Krone ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1940 by John Harvey

Samples Yard

I used to live a few doors from auld Jimmy Sample and his wife Carrie, his son John was married to June and they lived in Francis Terrace. They had their rag and bone yard down the Winnin, anyway I would spend summer nights, weekends and ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1955 by Jimmy Burrows

The Local Dances And Playing Pool

In the mid 1950s to early 1960s there were local dance halls, one at Newburn which was down Station Road, take a left towards the bridge and it was just there on the left side opposite the level crossings near ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1955 by Jimmy Burrows

Bomb Craters In Buckhurst Hill

I note that several Memory Writers have mentioned Knighton Woods and Lord's Bushes in their stories. I too remember these great places to play. We'd pretend we were soldiers defending an imaginary stronghold. ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

The Cowleys Of High Barnet

Dear Roland, How interesting - your memories of High Barnet. As far as I am aware - we were not related to the Sunderlands of Hadley. The Cowley family who lived in Cockfosters, would most probably be my Uncle ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet in 1940 by Margaret Mosley

St Georges School

This is from my gran, Eunice Burridge, now Smallman. " My main teacher was Mr Church at the school. I always remember walking across the iron bridge to reach Mr Allen, the headmasters, office. My first teacher was Mrs Forest. My ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1950 by Georgina Moorhouse

The Place Of My Ancestors

I found out that my great-grandmother was born at Tintern, she came with her parents to Warrington in 1870. Warrington was a big name in Wire and so was Tintern, that is the link. We first visited Tintern in 2003 and ...Read more

A memory of Tintern by Madelaine Kirk

Childhood In Buckhurst Hill

I lived at 4 Fairlands Avenue, Buckhurst Hill. My parents moved there just before the Second World War, and I was born in April 1939. I well remember W.C.French Ltd's yard next to Fairlands Avenue fronting the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Richard Moules

Captions

372 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Caption For Bellingham, Market Place C1960

The town is considered the gateway to the moors and forests of the Northumberland National Park, and the Pennine Way also passes through the town.

Caption For Waterlooville, London Road C1965

Further north is a small oak forest. To the north-west is the church of St George, rebuilt in 1970 with a concrete tower. The town is by-passed today, and the M27 is nearby.

Caption For Langstone, Old Cottages C1955

last glaciation, approximately 8,300 BC, brought significant increases in temperatures and rainfall, and the landscape cover evolved gradually over the next two thousand years into the mixed forests

Caption For Turners Hill, Corner Shop And Chapel C1960

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs. St Leonard's church was built in 1895.

Caption For Delamere, Fishpool Inn C1960

Delamere, originally called 'foresta de la mare', is a very scattered community with no real village centre.

Caption For Flimwell, The Village 1903

Seacox is a French chateau- style house built in 1871 for the Goschen family, who were great benefactors of the village; they built a number of cottages for estate staff.

Caption For Borth, The Beach 1921

Beneath the sand is the remains of a forest that grew here at the end of the Ice Age before the sea rose to its present level.

Caption For Daventry, Market Square C1950

The Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society is the building to the right of the church, which later became the Daventry Christian Assembly.

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Caption For Borth, The Beach 1921

Beneath the sand are the remains of a forest that grew here at the end of the Ice Age before the sea rose to its present level.

Caption For Uckfield, High Street 1904

Continuing south-east across Ashdown Forest, the tour finishes at Uckfield, a town now by-passed and the terminus of a commuter railway line to London, the continuation to Lewes having been closed.

Caption For Cadnam, The Sir Walter Tyrrell C1960

This well-known inn is situated in a peaceful corner of the New Forest, close to Cadnam.

Caption For Bolton By Bowland, Yew Tree Cottages C1955

This beautiful village, once famous for its skilled bowmen, stands on the edge of Bowland Forest. The school, built of local limestone, replaced a school which had stood on the Green since 1620.

Caption For Cadnam, The Sir Walter Tyrrell C1960

This well-known inn is situated in a peaceful corner of the New Forest, close to Cadnam.

Caption For Betws Y Coed, The Royal Oak Hotel 1892

Today a visitor centre in the stables tells of Snowdonia National Park's natural history and that of Gwydir Forest.

Caption For Edwinstowe, St Mary's Church C1960

Described as 'Robin Hood's village', Edwinstowe lies south of the Sherwood Forest Country Park.

Caption For Worth, St Nicholas's Church And The Lychgate C1960

Worth village stands in the Forest of Worth, east of Crawley, and was a place of pilgrimage.

Caption For Edwinstowe, Sherwood Forest C1955

Here we have another view of a track in the forest. Here we might catch glimpses of fallow deer and even roe and red deer.

Caption For Great Meols, St Johns Church C1965

It stands on the junction of Forest Road and Birkenhead Road, and is most imposing, thanks to its turrets and ornate brick and tile work.

Caption For Cam, Chapel Street C1955

Above The Forester's Arms' door is a sign for Cheltenham Ales, which is a brand name with a long lineage.

Caption For Caernarfon, Boats 1890

The sails contrast strongly with the forest of masts from the background boats and the sturdy dominance of this very famous Welsh castle.

Caption For Houghton, The George And Dragon C1960

In 1292 the Earl of Arundel submitted to the Bishop of Chichester, who had excommunicated him for walking his dog in the bishop's forest.

Caption For Caversham, Church Street 1908

Henry III ordered the Keeper of Windsor Forest to deliver to Andrew, Sergeant of Caversham, one good oak to make a boat for ferrying poor people over the water of Caversham.

Caption For Holmbury St Mary, Pitland Street 1906

This old community, and the one at Felday, were joined together into the village of Holmbury St Mary in 1879,when wealthy Victorians popularised them and built large houses in the surrounding pine forests

Caption For Bolton By Bowland, Cross And Stocks 1921

This beautiful village, once famous for its skilled bowmen, stands on the edge of Bowland Forest. The stump of the old 13th-century market cross dominates this scene.