Maps

789 maps found.

1947, Rudheath Woods Ref. NPO822500
1946, Norton's Wood Ref. NPO794703
1895, Cliffe Woods Ref. RNE670604
1896, Baker's Wood Ref. RNE630608
1898, Leigh Woods Ref. RNE754839
1897, Ireton Wood Ref. RNE744283
1895, Higham Wood Ref. RNE733787
1896, Holme Wood Ref. RNE738724
1924, Clinkham Wood Ref. POP670746
1920, Coolhurst Wood Ref. POP676827
1919, Crown Wood Ref. POP684997
1920, Binley Woods Ref. POP640248
1921, Dudley Wood Ref. POP694637
1946, Warley Woods Ref. NPO860802
1940, Talbot Woods Ref. NPO844560
1921, Park Wood Ref. POP801330
1920, Petts Wood Ref. POP805513
1921, Prees Wood Ref. POP810536
1947, Booth Wood Ref. NPO646011
1946, Donnington Wood Ref. NPO692041

Books

4 books found. Showing results 361 to 4.

Memories

2,403 memories found. Showing results 151 to 160.

School Days

I am surprised that no one has added any memories to this page. When I was a child the village was small and everyone knew everyone else, now it has changed out of all recognition, apart perhaps from the very centre by ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1947 by Gloria Knight

Daresbury Firs And Other Memories

Brought up in the Square I have happy memories of playing in Daresbury Firs. The blue bells were always marvellous in the spring! I used to help my stepdad (Roy Forster) collect leaf mould for his vegetable ...Read more

A memory of Daresbury Firs by Sue Lomas

Family Connections.

The photograph shows my great-aunt's tea room/restaurant. She was Mrs Matilda Howells, known in the family as Aunt Tilly. I can clearly remember visiting the tea room on many occasions as a 9/10 year old child with my mother ...Read more

A memory of Lyndhurst in 1920 by Claire Allen

The Old Becoming New!

I arrived in Weaverham in one of its transition periods. ICI had built many houses to house its workers in all the surrounding villages including Weaverham. So Weaverham had already transformed in a way when I got there, but of ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham in 1955 by David Yates

Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were all ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

Beanz Dreamz...

Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more

A memory of Abbey Hulton by Marc Thorley

Harriott Brothers The Butcher's Shop

My Father was Arthur Harriott who owned Harriott Brothers Butchers Shop (which can be seen at the bottom left-hand corner of the picture) together with his Brother, Edward. We lived in "Old Sarum" which is the ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1950 by Pamela Beeching

My Childhood In Coldharbour

In July 1959, I was born at home, to Eric and Ann Shields in Coldharbour village.  My father was the village policeman; we lived in what was then the police house, which was situated next to the village shop opposite ...Read more

A memory of Coldharbour in 1959 by Rosemary Shields

Sports

The sports fields had 3 football pitches and a cricket green. There was a pavilion in one corner of the higher field made of wood with a thatched roof. The pavilion became vandalised and eventually dismantled. It would appear that the fields have not been used for sports for a long time.

A memory of Perham Down by Ron Bevis

Phil Munton

Hi, I've recently discovered this while doing research on a book I am writing and was interested to hear how many people from Selsdon remember their childhood and, in most cases, enjoyed the village as I knew it as a good place to grow up. I ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by philmunton48

Captions

663 captions found. Showing results 361 to 384.

Caption For Leeds, Temple Newsam Gardens C1960

Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.

Caption For Leeds, Woodhouse Moor 1897

Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.The first house known to have been built here belonged to Thomas, Lord Darcy, who was executed for

Caption For Alderley Edge, The Edge 1896

With the Hough on the left and looking towards Waterfall and Clockhouse Woods, the path up the Edge, originally an old right of way from the Hough over to Macclesfield, has recently been

Caption For Forest Green, The Smithy 1924

This smithy in this Wealden hamlet snuggled beneath the woods below Leith Hill was still busily occupied in the repair of farm machinery and the shoeing of horses.

Caption For Eling, The Quay C1955

This photograph somehow conveys the feel of a picturesque West Country creek, with its thickly wooded shore and little boats stranded at low tide. The scene has changed little today.

Caption For Balderstone, Commons Lane C1955

Mellor Brook is the nearest village of any size in this well-wooded area.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Sherborne House School C1955

It is in delightfully wooded grounds of four acres. There are extensions to the original house in Lakewood Road with facilities for sport and music.

Caption For Badbury Rings, 1899

The view from Kingston Lacy House shows the wooded Badbury Rings on the horizon.

Caption For Sproughton, The Wild Man Inn C1965

This pub is named after the Woodwose, or wild man of the woods. He is usually shown as he is on the sign here - bearded, hairy and carrying a club.

Caption For Porlock, 1923

Between is the flat farmland running inland from Porlock Bay between the wooded northern edge of Exmoor's sandstone hills and the hills west of Minehead.

Caption For Lytham, Clifton Street 1952

The main street and good shopping centre is made more pleasant by the Victorian glass arcade, useful in wet weather.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1934

This water-mill, powered by a hidden undershot wheel, stands on the bank of the river Bure, and is built of entirely of wood. There are two large millstones leaning on the small annexe.

Caption For Collingham, The River Café C1933

This summer recreation corner on the banks of the Wharfe lay below the present Collingham Wood House on the Wetherby road.

Caption For Mytholmroyd, View From Scout Road C1955

Prominent in this view from Scout Road, which leads up through Hathershelf Scout Wood, south east of the village, is the Moderna Blanket Factory.

Caption For Sutton On Trent, The Mill And Mill House 1909

It was painted by the artist Karl Wood in 1931 in a derelict condition; it is now converted to a private house.

Caption For Sandringham, The House 1896

Within its 7,000 acres are the lands of seven parishes, and a profusion of deep woods, sandy heathland and broad grassy rides, which are the haunt of deer.

Caption For Bala, The Town And The Lake 1931

The lake is over three miles long and 100 feet deep; it stretches north-east towards the edges of the town, its borders wooded and its shores gravelled.

Caption For Rydal, Rydal Water 1886

This well-wooded little stretch of water is now in the hands of the National Trust.

Caption For Lostwithiel, On The Road To Restormel House 1906

Labourers have been clearing coppice wood beside the lane from Lostwithiel to Restormel Castle.

Caption For Penarth, The Walk To The Beach 1893

A wide clearing was fashioned through the deeply wooded dell with two bridges traversing its streams, providing safe and unhindered passage.

Caption For Poole, Rockley Sands, The Palladium C1965

Just behind the roof is wooded Beacon Hill.

Caption For Southbourne, Fisherman's Walk 1913

Boscombe was built across a wooded chine (a wide ravine) that led down to the sea; these features are common along this coast.

Caption For Great Tew, Stocks C1960

The stocks have succumbed to wood rot and are no longer there.

Caption For Gweek, The Post Office C1960

Gweek was at one time a port of some significance at the head of the tidal Helford River, which lies between the buildings and the wooded hillside.