Maps

181,031 maps found.

1946, Millfield Ref. NPO780765
1945, Kingston Ref. NPO748195
1946, Knowle Ref. NPO750506
1946, Lenton Ref. NPO755047
1895, Oakfield Ref. RNE795413
1896, Strand Ref. RNE841226
1895, Pyle Ref. RNE811921
1898, Newborough Ref. RNE790650
1895, Wellow Ref. RNE863114
1947, Hebron Ref. NPO730417
1946, Westcroft Ref. NPO865380
1946, Westwood Ref. NPO866551
1945, Wootton Ref. NPO874448
1946, Walton Ref. NPO860183
1946, Ufford Ref. NPO856396
1898, Broomhill Ref. RNE652480
1896, Crownhill Ref. RNE685007
1896, Brompton Ref. RNE651655
1895, Easton Ref. RNE698720
1898, Crabtree Ref. RNE679809

Books

442 books found. Showing results 961 to 984.

Memories

29,041 memories found. Showing results 401 to 410.

Memories Of A Childhood In Southwick

I went to Southwick Primary School. I remember being picked as a 'flag flyer' and welcoming the Duke of Edinburgh when he opened the new lock. I think it was in about 1955. We were unable to use the locks whilst ...Read more

A memory of Southwick by Susan Collins

Good Teachers

Does anyone remember the teachers at the Sutton Primary School? The Headmaster Mr. Curwen, Mr. Andrews, Miss Staines, and Miss Walker. In those days we spent a lot of time outside in the countryside studying nature, dancing around ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1940 by Alfred Ward

Mumbles Memories

My Great, Great, Grandfather planted these trees which you can see running down the middle of the photo in 1883 when the cemetery was opened and they are still present to this day. His name was Henry Harris (1827-1911).  He died ...Read more

A memory of Oystermouth in 1880 by Nicholas Johns

Songs Of Praise At Ecclesall Church

This was the church I went to as a child - mostly I had to go as a condition of attending Brownies, but it was always both imposing and comforting as a building and place of worship. However, the most outstanding ...Read more

A memory of Sheffield in 1961 by Jean Smith

Further To Cinemas In Croydon

I grew up in Galpins Road, Thornton Heath and as a youngster joined the ABC Minors at the Rex Cinema, Norbury sadly now demolished and replaced by an office block. I saw many of the MGM Musicals at the Rex, including ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1958 by John Wimpenny

Hop Fields

   Horsmonden - the end of my hop picking days.  I was born in east London 1939 and hop picking was four weeks in the country, camp fire cooking in the evening, a sing along and down to the Gun or the Town House on Saturday evening. ...Read more

A memory of Horsmonden in 1959 by Brian Long

The Rec

Living in Old Barn Way (#14) I attended Southwick Primary School in Manor Hall Road. A memorable day was in 1956 when a Valiant bomber crashed into the "rec" spewing its body parts (and sadly three of its crew) into the surrounding area ...Read more

A memory of Southwick in 1956 by Brian Langworthy

Mixed Feelings

I first arrived in Llanegryn at the latter end of 1939 along with my younger sister and a lot of other kids from my school (St Johns)in Birkenhead. I was eight years old at the time and my sister was six. We were all put into the ...Read more

A memory of Llanegryn in 1930 by Bob Boyd

Aveley An Age Away.

I lived in Aveley Villiage from when I was born in 1957 until we moved to the Kennington Estate about 1971.   We had a funny house in Church View which seemed to be back to front compared to some of my friends houses.   Our end of ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Ann Mc Carthy

My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton

My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their batchelor ...Read more

A memory of Skipton in 1952 by Trevor Jackson

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 961 to 984.

Caption For Cheriton, The Village C1955

Ducks sometimes swim on the river flowing through this charming village, which used to be renowned for truffle hunting.

Caption For Enfield, Market Place C1950

The compact market place on the north side of the town is enhanced by its octagonal timber market cross, built in 1903 in celebration of Edward VII's coronation to replace a stone Gothic cross of 1826.

Caption For Tottington, Brookhouse C1955

The manor or honour of Tottington covered 15 square miles, and was awarded to General George Monck (1608-70) for services to the Crown.

Caption For Stanford Le Hope, The Green C1960

These shops face the small bus shelter in the centre of S258082. Above G W Ager's 'Complete Outfitters' is an advertisement for Dunlop boots.

Caption For Geddington, The Village C1955

The next sequence of photographs looks at the picturesque village of Geddington.

Caption For Seaview, Salterns Cottages 1918

The name 'saltern' suggests that this was a place where early inhabitants of the island would come to the seashore in search of salt for the winter preservation of meat.

Caption For Bourton On The Water, The Footbridge 1948

Just off the Fosse Way, this village, once the site of a Roman settlement, clusters around the banks of the wide, shallow Windrush, which is crossed by a number of simple footbridges, some

Caption For Dublin, Trinity College Library 1897

A ground floor view of the Long Room showing the flanking busts of scholars. Famous students of Trinity include Oliver Goldsmith, Jonathan Swift, Edmund Burke, Oscar Wilde and Samuel Becket.

Caption For Bournemouth, East Cliff From West 1897

Because of the unstable nature of the cliffs above Bournemouth's beaches, many of the buildings were built at a distance from the cliff edge.

Caption For Mull, Duart Castle C1890

Situated on a rocky site at the entrance to the Sound of Mull, the Maclean fortress of Duart dates from the 13th century with 16th- and 17th-century additions.

Caption For Hutton, The Village 1891

Often referred to as 'the Alpine village' because of its sylvan setting at the head of a wooded valley, the cluster of houses known as Hutton Village dates from the mid 19th century, when Mr Thomas

Caption For Guisborough, Parish Church And Cenotaph C1955

As we see here, the large stone gateposts were left standing for a number of years before being removed to give the area in front of the church a more open look.

Caption For Glasgow, The Grand Hotel, Charing Cross 1897

By contrast, Argyle Street, belonging to a previous generation of building, had no green spaces at all, and the solitary tree that towered over the tenements of Sandyford is believed to have begun

Caption For Much Hadham, St Andrew's Church 1899

On the left, peeping through the trees, are the white gables of the Old Rectory; in the foreground are the meadows skirting the River Ash which were part of the grounds of the Bishop of London's palace

Caption For Edgbaston, Hagley Road 1949

Edgbaston is the most famous of all Birmingham's suburbs.

Caption For Bulmer, The Church 1906

The chancel of St Andrew's was restored in 1883, when all the stonework was renewed, but retaining the 14th-century detail of the windows.

Caption For Bramley, St James Church C1960

The late Norman church, distinguished by its red crenellated tower, contains some ancient wall paintings, including a fresco of the murder of Thomas a Becket.

Caption For Sandhurst, St Michael's Church, The Interior C1955

Some people may not agree with Pevsner's description of the interior of St Michael's as being 'uninspiring'.

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Caption For Windermere, 1886

In this tranquil scene, a farmer rests on a fence overlooking Windermere. The wooden gates and fences in the photograph are typical of this southern, less-mountainous part of the Lake District.

Caption For Rotherham, The Bridge Chapel 1895

This photograph was taken from All Saints' Church, itself one of the finest examples of Perpendicular architecture in Yorkshire.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, Blackfriars Tower 1908

This well-worn structure of decorative flint work was part of the old medieval town walls, built as a fortification at the end of the 13th century.

Caption For Cheam, Ewell Road C1950

This relatively tranquil view of the Ewell Road looks towards the cross roads and the foot of the High Street from the forecourt of the imposing showroom and garage of Cheam Motors.

Caption For Great Waltham, Chelmsford Road C1965

The Fiat garage seen here is typical of the period; Castrol and Regent petrol are advertised, and so are Green Shield Stamps - when enough of these had been collected, they could be exchanged for a wide

Caption For Ickleford, The Village 1903

Two miles north of Hitchin lies Ickleford, where the Roman Icknield way crosses the confluence of the Rivers Hiz and Oughton.