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Maps

9,439 maps found.

1898-1899, North Bowood Ref. RNC792963
1901-1902, North Burlingham Ref. RNC792994
1902-1903, North Carlton Ref. RNC793017
1898-1899, North Chideock Ref. RNC793049
1903-1904, North Close Ref. RNC793061
1900-1901, North Cornelly Ref. RNC793093
1898-1899, North Elham Ref. RNC793209
1903-1904, North Elphinstone Ref. RNC793214
1901-1904, North End Ref. RNC793216
1901-1904, North End Ref. RNC793217
1898-1901, North End Ref. RNC793223
1903-1908, North End Ref. RNC793239
1903-1908, North End Ref. RNC793240
1903-1908, North End Ref. RNC793241
1897-1909, North Feltham Ref. RNC793285
1897-1898, North Finchley Ref. RNC793313
1901-1902, North Green Ref. RNC793413
1901-1902, North Green Ref. RNC793415
1898-1901, North Green Ref. RNC793416
1898-1909, North Holmwood Ref. RNC793542

Books

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Memories

1,550 memories found. Showing results 471 to 480.

Lion House Youth Hostel 1957

I stayed one night at this hostel in early April 1957. A friend and I had set out from our home town of Reading on a 5 night circular cycle trip - our first such trip. Mitcheldean was our second night's stop, the first ...Read more

A memory of Mitcheldean in 1957 by Steve Elder

Anna''s Outing To The Wellington Monument

I have driven up and down the M5 so many times and seen a monument on top of the Blackdown Hills.  Each time I passed I wondered what it was and so eventually I got hold of an Ordnance Survey map and ...Read more

A memory of Wellington in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Piddock And Smiths

My gt. grandfathers married sisters named Brothers. The three familes have been in and around Deal for centuries Gt. grandfather Maxwell was a Royal Marine, as was grandfather Piddock.  My father 'Phys' Pidddock was welterweight boxing ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1860 by Herbert Piddock

Glasgow Agency Of The Bank Of England

"The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" as the Bank of England is known maintained a small office in Glasgow fir many years. It was on the north side of St VIncent Place and I worked there between 1975 and 1978. ...Read more

A memory of Glasgow in 1975 by John Howard Norfolk

Whose Bus Is This ???

This early motor wagonette was probably operated by J. Fred Francis from Colwyn Bay to Old Colwyn for a three-penny fare until the coming of the Trams in March 1915. It succeeded a two horse omnibus which ran between the two ...Read more

A memory of Old Colwyn in 1900 by John Owen

Freddie Holmes Garage

I attended the primary school, just down the Maldon Road from the garage in the photo, which was run by Mr Holmes.  The sweet-shop behind the pumps was popular with us kids!  Headmaster of the primary school was Mr Herbert ...Read more

A memory of Great Totham in 1960 by Peter Saunders

Holidays In Gorton

I am Kenneth Overend Edwards from LLandudno, north Wales, and my story about Gorton is surprising because from an early age I was sent by my mother Ellen Edwards (nee Overend) to stay with my grandad, Eric Theodore Overend, who lived ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1952 by Ken Edwards

Living In North Street Bradford Abbas 1960s

As a child I lived in North Street, Bradford Abbas. The name of the house then was Hilou. We were led to believe it was because our only toilet then was at the top of the very long garden. It later ...Read more

A memory of Bradford Abbas in 1965

Good Old Days

I was born in 1946 lived in Lifton until I got married in 1971. I lived in Fore St next door lived Mr Brown he used to repair shoes in his little shed in the garden I used to watch him working. just a few doors away Bill Keast he was ...Read more

A memory of Lifton in 1960 by Brian Keighley

Ballroom Dancing Days

I was born in 1962  and at the age of 4yrs went to a dance school in blackhall called Hall dance school Does any one know Bob and Doris at the time they may not be alive now they were the Dance teachers at the time. I ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1966 by Karen Surtees

Captions

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Caption For Thaxted, The Parish Church C1960

The south porch is older and accordingly simpler than the north porch.

Caption For Penrith, St Andrew's Church, The Giant's Grave 1893

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century, and it still commands good views to the north and

Caption For Abbey Town, Main Street C1965

It is ten past twelve on a summer's afternoon in the mid-sixties in this sleepy North Cumbrian town - and there is not a vehicle in sight in the length of the long Main Street.

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 Blackmore, The Village C1955

This quiet village is tucked away in the Essex lanes about four miles north of Brentwood.

Caption For Lofthouse, General View C1960

The River Nidd in the valley bottom disappears below ground into the potholes of Manchester Pot and Goydon Pot two miles north of Lofthouse, where it meets the Carboniferous limestone strata, reappearing

Caption For Staithes, Cowbar Bank C1960

The narrow cobbled streets of Staithes wind down to the North Sea. Cobles (the local fishing boats, based on a Viking design) are pulled up above the Easington Beck as it flows out into the sea.

Caption For St Pauls Walden, All Saints' Church C1950

Two traditional occupations - straw plaiting and watercress cultivation - provided an income for the inhabitants. Stagenhoe Park to the north-east of the villages was the home of Sir Arthur Sullivan.

Caption For Eaton Socon, The Church C1960

The tower has buttresses banded with light courses of limestone and darker courses of ironstone; inside there is an interesting spiral stair to the north chapel.

Caption For Bath, Milsom Street 1895

Looking north from New Bond Street, this late 19th-century view captures well the quality of Milsom Street, one of the earlier streets laid out beyond the boundaries of the original walled town.

Caption For Bath, Edgar Buildings 1935

The north side of George Street is raised above the roadway; at the left is part of Edgar Buildings, completed in 1762, whose centrally-pedimented houses close the vista up Milsom Street.

Caption For Stilton, Church Street C1955

The village was an important staging point on the Great North Road.

Caption For Dublin, The Four Courts 1897

This famous Dublin landmark is situated on the north bank of the Liffey, a little to the west of the centre. It was designed by James Gandon, and built between 1785-1802.

Caption For Worcester, King's School 1906

This building is College Hall, which stands on the north side of College Green and abuts the south walk of the cathedral cloisters.

Caption For Chester, Eastgate Street 1895

In the four years since the previous picture was taken some redevelopment of the north side of the street has taken place, though there was more to come.

Caption For West Lulworth, C1965

The village of West Lulworth is seen looking north- westwards from the slopes of Hambury Tout.

Caption For The Men Scryfa, 1890

Near the village of Madron, to the north of Penzance, is the 8-foot tall Men Scryfa,which means 'written stone'.

Caption For Stafford, Christ Church C1965

In 1839 Christ Church was opened to cater for the spiritual needs of the expanding suburb of shoe workers to the north of the town.

Caption For North Lancing, The Street C1960

The Street at Lancing was originally part of the main route through North Lancing, but it became an access road after the creation of the manor ground and a by-pass route in the early 19th century.

Caption For Lytham, Ashton Gardens Bowling Green 1921

North and South Promenades had undergone great changes by this date. Ashton Gardens, mainly provided by Lord Ashton, were formerly St George's Gardens.

Caption For Cleveleys, The Arena C1955

The Arena, built below the sea-front promenade, was billed as the 'premier open-air theatre of the north'.

Caption For Kingsgate, The Castle 1908

It was a private house for a while, and then became a hotel run by the North Foreland Hotels Ltd.

Caption For Alsager, Sandbach Road C1960

The original part of the town of Alsager was to the north of here.

Caption For Fittleworth, Upper Street 1921

A mile or so to the north of the village is a house where Edward Elgar spent his summers between 1917 and 1921.