Maps

5,497 maps found.

1895, Ridley Ref. RNE816657
1895, Ware Ref. RNE860690
1895, Weddington Ref. RNE862617
1895, Winterbourne Ref. RNE871605
1895, Upton Ref. RNE858093
1895, Waltham Ref. RNE860140
1921, Sandhurst Ref. POP825082
1920, Seaton Ref. POP827225
1920, River Ref. POP817252
1940, Aldington Ref. NPO621330
1946, Ashurst Ref. NPO627939
1920, Waltham Ref. POP860140
1920, Whitfield Ref. POP869289
1920, Woodland Ref. POP873549
1896, Aldington Ref. HOSM35767
1906, Stanford Ref. HOSM60246
1895 - 1896, Hunton Ref. HOSM49173
1897-1898, Slade Ref. RNC832378
1897-1898, Larkfield Ref. RNC753096
1898-1899, Seaton Ref. RNC827225

Books

28 books found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Memories

568 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

Ancesters From Shrewsbury

I am tracing any info about my ancesters. My granddad James Partridge was born in Shrewsbury 30.12.1885. He worked for GWR as an engine driver. His mom and dad were James Partridge, born in 1862, a gas fitter, and married ...Read more

A memory of Shrewsbury in 1860 by Stephanie Ball

Ancestors Of Felsted Mill

My great-great-great-grandmother was Rose Baker, daughter of Amos Baker and Charlotte Broom, I have a photo of them all standing outside Mill Cottage and a photo of workers outside the Mill, one of which I believe is ...Read more

A memory of Felsted by Moira Smith

Ancestral Ties

My 4th Gt grandfather was Michael Breckinridge--he died in a storm at sea c 1808.  He and his son, Michael (married to Elizabeth Shrewsbury---her father and husband both shipwrights), were both Chief, Cinque Ports. Some of the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by Sheila Stover

Another Piece Of Dartford History

Although born in Surrey, my parents moved to Swaisland Road when I was a baby, before buying a house in James Road in 1939 - just before the outbreak of WW2. I attended the West Hill School during my junior days. ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1940 by Michael Scotter

Appledore Ave, Barnehurst

I lived in Appledore Avenue, for the first 17 years of my life.(1956 - 1973) Happy memories. My parents were married at St Paulinus Church in 1954. I went to Barnehurst Primary and Junior School. the headmistresses were Miss ...Read more

A memory of Barnehurst by Steve Tull

Arnold/Walters Family In Ealing

My father's family lived in Balfour Avenue, Hanwell from 1907/8 onwards. I think my great grandfather possible bought the house for my grandparents wedding present. He was George Arnold, a pawnbroker and jeweller who had ...Read more

A memory of Ealing

Arnolds Of Rode

My great aunts Amy And Bet Arnold lived in Ivy house (22 High st) from 1921 to 1965 when they had a bungalow called Mayfair built on the road to St Laurence's church and the main road, . Sadly they died not long after moving there. Ivy house ...Read more

A memory of Rode by mary.barnes

Astrall Hall

We holidayed in Torquay in july 1965 we was a group of kids from The Hollies children's home in sidcup Kent..by what I remember the YMCA hotel was called the castle hotel..would this be the same one or was there more then one YMCA hotels in Torquay in those days

A memory of Torquay by Martin Barnett

At Martins Church

I grew up in Dorking. I lived with my parents in Stane House right next to the St Martins Church. I married my first husband Michael Rowswell on the 30th March 1963. We had two boys Adrian and Julian. Unfortunately the marriage ended ...Read more

A memory of Dorking by janfriday99

At Rope Hill 1956 1958

I must say that my memories of Rope Hill while CGC Arch was Headmaster are not particularly happy ones. I remember him as a sadistic, flatulent fellow who was fond of the cane. Perhaps I was too much of a troublemaker. Some of the ...Read more

A memory of Boldre by stephenbrooks2124

Captions

216 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Ash, New Street C1955

There are two villages called Ash in Kent.

Caption For Chatham, Military Road C1965

The No 142 bus, advertising Kent Life magazine, is bound for Weeds Wood via Huntsman's Corner.

Caption For Ide Hill, The Church C1960

Its architecture is deemed modern compared to many other Kent places of worship that began life in Norman times.

Caption For Chilham, The High Street C1955

Pollarded lime trees line part of the High Street of this village, which can justifiably claim to be one of Kent's prettiest; it duly attracts hordes of visitors during the summer season.

Caption For Kendal, Stricklandgate 1888

Kendal—the 'Auld Grey Town' on the River Kent—was founded on wealth won from the wool of Lakeland sheep.

Caption For Aylesford, Village From The River C1960

One of Kent's most ancient villages, Aylesford occupies a strategic crossing of the Medway, and dates from the time of the Saxons.

Caption For Hartfield, 1906

We are on the upper River Medway north of the Ashdown Forest, near the Kent border.

Caption For Eythorne, Chapel Hill C1955

Along with its neighbouring villages of Betteshanger and Tilmanstone, this settlement was a centre of the short-lived Kent coal industry, which began when coal was discovered when borings for a proposed

Caption For Sittingbourne, High Street C1960

It is early morning or a summer's evening in this significant mid-Kent town.

Caption For Gravesend, Clifton Marine Parade C1898

We are keeping to the Kent bank of the Thames Estuary as the river reaches Gravesend, beyond the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford.

Caption For Margate, Marine Terrace From The Lighthouse C1965

boating pool from the pier.The clock-tower is just to the right of the centre of the picture, and we can see the entrance tower to the Dreamland amusement park.This is the oldest theme park in Kent

Caption For Maidstone, High Street C1955

As the county and assize town of Kent, as well as its chief agricultural centre, Maidstone is also a busy market and shopping centre, and many of its older buildings are overshadowed by the commercial

Caption For Kendal, St George's Church And The Weir 1891

The twin Italianate towers of St George's Church dominate this view of Kendal, across the River Kent and its weir.

Caption For Pegwell, Coastguard Cottages 1907

This row of diminutive, white cottages provided accommodation for the Coastguards maintaining a watch along this busy stretch of the Kent coastline with its treacherous offshore sandbanks.

Caption For Kendal, Stramongate Bridge 1896

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

Caption For Flookburgh, The Village 1897

Flookburgh is a charming and ancient market town between the Kent Estuary and Cartmel Sands.

Caption For Goudhurst, Measuring The Hops 1904

The newly installed railway connection serving the Weald of Kent had no doubt dropped many of these workers off to start work in the hop fields.

Caption For Tonbridge, High Street 1948

Meanwhile, local schoolboy Michael Colin Cowdrey, 17, made his debut for Kent County Cricket Club in this year.

Caption For Eastry, High Street C1955

Between Canterbury and the sea, and built on a section of the Roman road which ran from Dover to Richborough, Eastry was once the site of a palace of the Kings of Kent, who divided their realm into 'lathes

Caption For Darlington, Tubwell Row 1903

On the left are the flower-bedecked premises of the seed merchants and nurserymen Kent & Brydon.

Caption For Grays, The Thames C1955

This view captures well the character of much of the Thames estuary: a somewhat bleak, flat shoreline and a smudge of distant chalk hills on the Kent side.

Caption For Southampton, The Royal Pier Pavilion 1908

The name comes from the fact that the opening was carried out in 1833 by the Duchess of Kent and Princess, later Queen, Victoria.

Caption For Flimwell, The Village 1903

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border.

Caption For Cliffe, The View From The Church C1950

Once known as 'Coveshoo', Cliffe was a meeting place for the Great Councils of Kent in Saxon times.