Maps

9,439 maps found.

1898-1900, North Petherton Ref. RNC793809
1903-1906, North Queensferry Ref. RNC793844
1903-1904, North Shore Ref. RNC793903
1903-1910, North Stack Ref. RNC793931
1897-1909, North Stoneham Ref. RNC793947
1897-1900, North Street Ref. RNC793953
1897-1900, North Street Ref. RNC793954
1897-1898, North Street Ref. RNC793955
1899-1900, North Tawton Ref. RNC793979
1897-1900, North Waltham Ref. RNC794038
1898-1909, North Warnborough Ref. RNC794046
1897-1909, North Weirs Ref. RNC794060
1897-1898, North Wembley Ref. RNC794062
1899-1900, North Weston Ref. RNC794071
1919, North Hinksey Village Ref. POP793527
1923, Skidbrooke North End Ref. POP832097
1946, North Weald Bassett Ref. NPO794058
1898, North Aston Ref. HOSM55152
1895, North Stifford Ref. HOSM55385
1897, North Rode Ref. HOSM55285

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,249 to 1,272.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 521 to 530.

St. Michael's Childrens' Home

I too have fond memories of Chislehurst and in particular of St. Michael's Childrens' Home. Along with my younger sister, I spent my earlier childhood in the home from around 1958 to 1964. Many children between those ...Read more

A memory of Chislehurst by Eddie Green

My Childhood 1942 1963

My family owned the Victorian pile that incorporated the chemist opposite the Iron Duke. I was born in 1942 at the house (if it's still there) that was built as a wedding present for my parents at the top of the property and ...Read more

A memory of Crowthorne by Thomas Knight

Cinema

I remember going to the Saturday morning picture in the Laurie Hall, it cost 6d. We lived in North Street and going back through the churchyard to the next street there was an ice factory threre and on a hot day they would give us a pieceof ice to suck on the way home. Great memories.

A memory of Romford in 1948 by Gerry Francis

Home Farm

I am writing this on behalf of my Dad, Harold Holmes nicknamed Tiny who is still alive at the age of 91, the oldest male born in Saltfleet. He was born in Saltfleet in 1919 son of the local baker Alfred & Elizabeth Holmes. Educated at ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet in 1920 by Sheena Mee

Possible Slade Family In Photo Taken At Hatch Beauchamp Can You Identify People

My family roots are in Hatch Beauchamp from Samuel born c.1827 and Elizabeth [nee Pearce] SLADE. During their lives they lived in Hatch Beauchamp, North Curry, ...Read more

A memory of Hatch Beauchamp by Jacqui Davis

The Mining Community

Although I no longer live in Northumberland, I still have a soft spot for North Broomhill. I was born in School Row in 1943. From there we moved to Coronation Terrace in 1947 which was a complex of rudimentary row of two ...Read more

A memory of North Seaton in 1940 by Albert Taylor

Dukeshouse Wood Camp School Hexham (Part One)

My school was one of the first to go to Dukeshouse Wood Camp School just outside Hexham. This was in November 1945 shortly after the Second World War with the lads from  Gateshead at Alexandra Road school. ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1945 by Les May

My Memories Of Wickford

My parents and I lived in North London near Hendon aerodrome.  Because it was well known as an RAF base the German Luftwaffe raided the area regularly.  My parents decided to move to somewhere safer and because my mother's ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1940 by Denis Mitcheson

Memories Of Ottershaw

My family came to live in Ottershaw in 1952 when I was 5 years old. My father, Charles Coulson, had moved us from the North of England owing to lack of work since his de-mob from the RAF. He was employed as a ...Read more

A memory of Ottershaw in 1952 by Denis Coulson

A Lifehood Of Memories During The 1950s

orn in 1942 at 23 Park Avenue, Northfleet, I went to Dover Road School then Colyer Road Secondary School. Churchill's dairy used to be opposite Colyer Road School and allotments where we had a plot. The ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet by Alan John Rule

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,249 to 1,272.

Caption For Yarm, High Street C1965

Just behind the camera at the north end of the town lies Yarm Bridge, reminding us that for centuries the River Tees was navigable; Yarm operated as an important port, until it was superseded later by

Caption For Uplyme, The Roost C1960

We are looking north-westwards up Spring Head Road from its junction with Mill Lane (foreground, right) and the bridge over the River Lim.

Caption For Skeeby, Village 1913

Skeeby was once on the trade route from the Great North Road to Richmond, just two miles further west.

Caption For Little Mitton, Hall 1894

Great Mitton is on the north bank of the river, and Little, or Lower Mitton on the south bank, with the River Ribble (which we can see here) in between.

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 Landkey, Village C1955

Before the link road between the M5 and Barnstaple was built, Landkey was on the main road out of North Devon. Its long, straggly nature is clear from this photograph.

Caption For Southend On Sea, From The Pier 1898

Pier Hill can be seen rising behind the foreshore buildings with the High Street stretching north from The Royal Hotel.

Caption For Headingley, 1894

In the mid 19th century, many middle-class residents of central Leeds began to move out to the north of the city near to the country estates of Beckett's Park and Hollin Hall, and Headingley became a rather

Caption For Keighley, North Street 1960

The Picture House on North Street was still doing excellent business, in spite of competition from the nearby and more modern Ritz cinema (1938).

Caption For York, Cavalry Barracks, The Church 1886

The site is now the Divisional Headquarters of the North Yorkshire Police. Only the church, which was known as the Garrison Church, remains, and it is now used by the police for storage.

Caption For Wargrave, From Near Ferry 1890

The ferry has long gone, but this view from the Oxfordshire bank looking north-east captures the river's character well. To the right is the ferry slipway behind the St George and Dragon pub.

Caption For Cookham, Odney Common 1925

This view is from Odney Common, an island along the north side of one of the channels, here named Lulle Brook. This view south is little changed, apart from a footbridge in the middle distance.

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 Powerstock, Eggardon Hill 1906

The view is north-eastwards from Spyway Road over Chaffins Copse (centre), and seems to have been taken as much for the neatly thatched haystack as for the general view.

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 West Lulworth, C1965

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

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 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 Bilsborrow, The Roebuck Hotel C1955

Sited beside the main north road, the pub has always been a busy place, with the canal and, later, the railway also bringing their trade. The former nearby station took the name of Roebuck.

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