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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1892, Staincliffe Ref. HOSM60172
1898, Blewbury Ref. HOSM38190
1898, Chilton Ref. HOSM40819
1903, Burgate Ref. HOSM39493
1904, Rushall Ref. HOSM58283
1883, Shelfanger Ref. HOSM59002
1883, Shimpling Ref. HOSM59206
1903, Thelnetham Ref. HOSM61554
1887, Rhydymain Ref. HOSM70969
1898, Beckingham Ref. HOSM37333
1891, Braithwaite Ref. HOSM38652
1901, Branton Ref. HOSM38713
1885, Drakeholes Ref. HOSM43484
1891, Hampole Ref. HOSM47489
1905, Heckdyke Ref. HOSM48035
1890, Intake Ref. HOSM49404
1904, Huggin Carr Ref. HOSM51260
1883, Hilton Ref. HOSM48586
1882, Streethay Ref. HOSM60798
1887, Bloxholm Ref. HOSM38134

Books

442 books found. Showing results 5,617 to 5,640.

Memories

29,073 memories found. Showing results 2,341 to 2,350.

Abernethie & Son Ltd

I was very interested in your web site. William Abernethie, owner of Abernethie & Son Ltd 140-144 Uxbridge Road, was my Great great grandfather. He also had a branch at 25 Broadway, Ealing. It was a very successful drapery ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Kay Pack

Childhood Memories

My mother and I came from the USA to Port of Ness in the summer of 1939. We lived in Port of Ness and I went to Lionel School until I was in Class 2. These were the war years, but we were relatively safe in Port of Ness. I ...Read more

A memory of Port of Ness in 1940 by Christine Pratt

The Taplin Family

Hello, my Great-Grandmother worked in Blockley silk mill. Her name was Emma Taplin, then she went on to marry a West. Her family lived in Paxford and her father worked on the Blockley railway. I only live down the road from ...Read more

A memory of Blockley in 1880 by Angela Lamb

Being Born And Living In West Bromwich

Hello all, Joseph Howorth here. 1971 was a good year as I married my dear wife Linda (nee Grigg), we married in West Bromwich Registry Office on the High Street and next April 17th will be our 40th year ...Read more

A memory of West Bromwich in 1971 by Joseph Howorth

My Fathers Past

My father was born in 1922 at Coleford Farm Cottage, Mytchett, Frimlet, to his unmarried mother Hilda May Hockley. She married my father's dad a month after my dad's birth. My father's name was Henru Reuben Fisher. My dad's father ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1920 by Marilyn Heath

William Dyer Anderson, Clergyman

I'm seeking information, any information, about my great-grandfather, William Dyer Anderson, who was a clergyman at the Church of England in Milton Damerel in the 1870s. He was listed there in the 1871 Census. ...Read more

A memory of Milton Damerel in 1870 by Kevin Anderson

Born In Fairford 1939 Left 1957 I Still Call It Home Prim Clements

My family moved to Fairford with Rev Gibbs? 1937, I always lived at Victory Villas, went to infants school, Farmors School and Cirencester Grammar School, worked at Busbys garage. I ...Read more

A memory of Fairford in 1957 by Primrose Croteau

1954 And 1955

I was stationed here for the year above. Last time I visited was maybe 1972 or so. The headquarters company there had been torn down and nothing left but the foundation. The English folks were VERY gracious to the American ...Read more

A memory of Colliers End in 1954 by Tom O'loughlin

Cockey Joe

Does anyone remember when the prefabs were being torn-down, Cockey Joe was working for the demolition firm, a couple of hours "here and there" I think, anyways I remember seeing him up on the gable end of one, swinging a mash, knocking ...Read more

A memory of Fishcross by Charlie Bradley

Happy Island

I remember playing at Happy Island with my brothers and sister, and friends, having a picnic, and watching the trains pulling out of the station. Happy days. Now I have eight grandchildren and I want them to see life as I grew up in Bridport.

A memory of Bridport in 1960 by Sarah Taylor

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 5,617 to 5,640.

Caption For Wisbech, Market Place 1929

Wisbech's elongated market place bustles with activity on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Caption For Ipswich, Old Houses, St Margaret's Plain C1955

This group of Tudor houses was originally plastered, and before a road-widening scheme in 1931, three gables stood across the St Margaret's Plain end.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Oaklands 2005

He finally bought a three-acre plot from the Sergison family just north of Muster Green; one of the many restrictive clauses was that any future house built on any part of the site must cost in excess

Caption For Wroxham, The Broads 1902

This broad is almost a mile long, and at this part of it the dinghy passengers and the cattle are enjoying a quiet moment.

Caption For York, Micklegate Bar 1886

In the 10th century, when permission was granted for a house to be built on the bar, the yearly rentcharged was sixpence.

Caption For Cromer, The View From Lighthouse Hill 1894

Cromer was one of the most fashionable resorts for gentlefolk in late Victorian Britain. The story of the town as a popular holiday destination began when the railway arrived in 1877.

Caption For Little Dalby, The Church C1955

The church sits in a well-treed landscape, close to the basically late 16th-century Hall of the Hartopp family, who financed the building of the church in 1851.

Caption For Charmouth, The Beach C1960

Below, a shingle beach with patches of pea-grit provides a spot for rest and relaxation between Raffey's Ledge and the Mouth Rocks, where the River Char enters the sea.

Caption For Bedford, Town Bridge C1955

The significance of Town Bridge is that of an enduring physical presence.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, Harrow Schools 1906

The camera looks north, with Old Schools on the left; this is effectively the original Harrow School building of 1608, with the wing seen here added by C R Cockerell in 1819.

Caption For Boxgrove, The Village C1960

We are on the southern slope of the Downs, north of Chichester. Boxgrove Priory, of the Benedictine Order, was founded in 1105.

Caption For Bangor, High Street And Clock 1908

Looking across the Menai Straits to Anglesey, the city of Bangor is the largest town in the north-west corner of Wales, the former principality of Gwynedd, and home to an ancient diocese and the University

Caption For Epsom, Sculpture, Evocation Of Speed 2005

The library is housed on the first floor of the new centre, leaving the ground floor for retailers.

Caption For Belaugh, The Church 1921

The bottom of the church steeple is higher than the roof of the parsonage, just visible in the trees.

Caption For Wrecclesham, Village 1907

As the Alice Holt Forest receded, this area was planted with hop-bines; Wrecclesham helped to supply the breweries and ale-houses of Farnham with their raw materials, while its inhabitants maintained a

Caption For Cottingham, King Street C1955

Seven miles from the Humber and to the west of Hull, Cottingham was another desirable place to live for prosperous merchants; in the 18th century there were five magnificent houses here, which were all

Caption For Godmanchester, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1898

The church was built between 1623 and 1625 of materials from the original 13th- century structure.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Cattle Market C1965

Uttoxeter cattle market was the biggest market south of Nantwich. Before the foot and mouth outbreak of 2001, it hosted fat and store cattle sales on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Caption For Little Dalby, The Church C1955

The church sits in a well-treed landscape, close to the basically late 16th-century Hall of the Hartopp family, who financed the building of the church in 1851.

Caption For Northleach, The Green C1960

The supporting bearers to the timber frame of the Tudor building are visible in detail.

Caption For Earley, St Peter's Church 1910

St Peter's is Early English in style and is appropriately in Church Road, Earley, now part of Reading.

Caption For North Berwick, Tantallon Castle 1897

The Douglases were a powerful family: they were wardens of the Border Marches, lords of Galloway and skilled in war.

Caption For Bingley, Five Rise Locks, The Leeds & Liverpool Canal 1894

The locks lifted boats and barges a full 60 ft, and is one of the most impressive groups of locks on the canal. The canal was a vital link for Bingley's manufacturers with the port of Liverpool.

Caption For Newton Abbot, Clock Tower 1898

Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel were two discrete settlements at the head of the Teign estuary when William of Orange arrived there from Brixham in 1688, on his way to displace James II as King of England