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Photos

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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1898, Asthall Leigh Ref. HOSM36431
1898, Minster Lovell Ref. HOSM53941
1910 - 1912, Finchampstead Ref. HOSM45506
1881 - 1883, Boningale Ref. HOSM38280
1882 - 1901, Heathton Ref. HOSM48020
1900, Hillend Ref. HOSM48537
1881 - 1902, Butley Ref. HOSM39758
1881 - 1883, Debach Ref. HOSM42940
1881 - 1884, Framlingham Ref. HOSM45879
1883 - 1884, Laxfield Ref. HOSM50980
1881 - 1883, Pettistree Ref. HOSM56664
1881 - 1883, Ufford Ref. HOSM62917
1898, Kiddington Ref. HOSM54612
1884, Warndon Ref. HOSM37531
1884, Whittington Ref. HOSM39060
1884, Broughton Hackett Ref. HOSM39219
1883 - 1884, Claines Ref. HOSM41005
1883, Great Witley Ref. HOSM47095
1903, Little Inkberrow Ref. HOSM51521
1884, Lower Strensham Ref. HOSM52665

Books

442 books found. Showing results 19,609 to 19,632.

Memories

29,073 memories found. Showing results 8,171 to 8,180.

My Time Near Andover

WE were married in July 1966. As I was stationed at Middle Wallop, after our honeymoon in London we caught the train to Andover and stayed for 2 nights at the White Hart (is that the name? Opposite the old bus station near the ...Read more

A memory of Andover by First Name Last Name

Cloughton 1955

My great-grandfather Ted Allan used to be the tailor at the little shop right next to the grocery shop on this photo. We used to travel up to Cloughton every Bank Holiday from the Midlands in a car just like the one in the photo.... I ...Read more

A memory of Cloughton by Jennifer Lazenby

Howgill Parish Church

Visited church and local area to see for myself where my ancesters lived over one hundred years ago. They were Robert Gibson and his son, also called Robert, both of them farmers. I first discovered Howgill and ...Read more

A memory of Howgill

All Countryside

When I was born, Basildon was not built. I was born in Pitsea, when it was all country side. Although my mum took me back to London after the war, I returned to Pitsea often to stay with my grandparents. It was the happiest time of my ...Read more

A memory of Basildon in 1940

Chef's 1948 To 1960

I was a young trainee chef at the then posh Pattisons Restaurant, Corporation Street, after national service in the far east. Who remembers the Worcester Street restaurant with then Mrs Burgess, today's site the Rotunda. I ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1948 by Derek Hyde

The Second Mckays

We have just read Anthony McKays memories of Barningham Hall. After they left my husbands family, also McKays, how about that for coincidence, moved in also as driver to Sir Charles. My husband Terry was nine at the time ...Read more

A memory of Barningham Hall by Pauline Mc Kay

Childhood Memories 1950 Onwards.

I was born in 1948 and we moved to Irwell Vale (Bowker Street) in 1949.  We moved again onto Hardsough Terrace when I was five years old. I lived and worked in Irwell Vale until 1972. The village had a Co-op, a ...Read more

A memory of Edenfield in 1950 by Kenneth Drummond

Christened

I was christened at St Blazey Church, 24/12/1955, I was 2 months old, my mum is Patricia Nee Renowden, we were visiting my grandparents Hilda and Tom Renowden, after they had me christened, they filled the bottom of my pram with drink from the Cornish Arms next door to the Church,

A memory of St Blazey in 1955 by Dianne Lawrence

Bessys Cove

called Bessy's Cove by the Carters, is there a story about Bessy saving one of their children?

A memory of Rosudgeon by Dave Hill

Kennegy Cove

Looking from Prussia Cove (Prussia Cove is the area, not an actual cove) towards Kennegy. Tin mine workings exposed on beach and on cliffs above. Kerrier DC (it's just on the border of Kerrier and Penwith DCs) have replaced the rope we ...Read more

A memory of Rosudgeon by Dave Hill

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Captions

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Caption For Lyme Regis, River Buddel 1900

Here we see the 13th-century Buddle Bridge (centre) and the buildings of Bridge Street which crossed it until demolitions for road widening in 1913.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Alexandra Hotel 1906

This is the creeper-clad rear of the Hotel Alexandra, taken from its tennis lawn. The building faces the sea and the sun.

Caption For Newbury, The Town Bridge 1956

The Town Bridge was designed by James Clarke at a cost of £700. It is of a single span with stone dressings and balustrades.

Caption For Warlingham, Ye Olde Whyte Lion 1903

A smartly dressed party, possibly celebrating a christening, assemble beneath a sign showing the landlord's name whilst in the background the name of Lee is shown on The Horseshoe.

Caption For Glasson Dock, Victoria Terrace C1955

On the right you can see the Nissen huts put up in the 1939-45 war for soldiers and the Home Guard, who were based here to keep supplies flowing during the war years.

Caption For Hailsham, The Church C1965

The fine 15th-century tower with its Victorian pinnacles is built in local Wealden sandstone; its walls are the least renewed or refaced part of the church, whose three Victorian restorations

Caption For Abingdon, Market Place And Abbey Gate 1900

At the east side of the market place was the entrance to Abingdon Abbey.

Caption For Nether Alderley, Heawood Hall 1896

Heawood Hall was a small gentry house in Nether Alderley, once the home of the Hollinsheds, a family that included the 16th-century chronicler who was Shakespeare`s source for many of his

Caption For Avebury, The Stones 1899

The same scene viewed some 60 years earlier than photograph No A80019 (page 12-13) presents a neglected view of the stones. Fortunately, Alexander Keiller (of marmalade fame!)

Caption For Topsham, 2003

This ancient port lost much of its importance when the Exeter ship canal was cut in the mid 16th century, causing shipping to bypass its wharves.

Caption For Nether Alderley, St Mary's Church And The Rectory 1896

St Mary's Church sits at the end of a little lane off the A34. A 14th-century building, it has a strange pew perched up on the wall 'like an opera box'. It also has two rather precious books.

Caption For Lower Peover, The Bells C1955

The official name of this pub, parts of which are said to be around 700 yearrs old, should be the Warren de Tabley Arms.

Caption For Pluckley, 1901

The family, however, were forced to leave their home after suffering financially as a result of the First World War.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Market Place 1932

On the left is Barclays Bank, next to the Rose and Crown, which was gutted by fire in 1969.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Saffron Hotel C1965

Part of this building dates back to the 16th century. It was once three separate houses, Nos 8,10, and 12 High Street, so there are still three entrances onto the pavement.

Caption For Helensburgh, The Esplanade 1901

Founded in 1776 by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss (who named the town after his wife), Helensburgh has become popular as a holiday resort and as a golfing, fishing and yachting centre.

Caption For Inverness, From The Castle C1890

The area in and around Inverness has been occupied since ancient times and it was here, in the 6th century, that the capital of the Pictish kingdom stood.

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square 1901

The Freeman Hardy and Willis building still survives, but there has been wholesale destruction of the rest to its left for the Friars Square shopping centre.

Caption For Caerphilly, The Castle 1871

A walk around the ruins requires a good deal of imagination, as so little is left.

Caption For Streatley, The Swan Hotel 1899

Here we are granted a vision of pure peace. A boatman is resting his oars while hotel guests sit contemplating the slow-moving river.

Caption For East Molesey, 'coming Over The Rollers' 1896

River outings on the Thames were popular in Victorian times. Jerome K Jerome describes a classic journey in his 'Thee Men in a Boat'.

Caption For Streatley, The Swan Hotel 1899

Here we are granted a vision of pure peace. A boatman is resting his oars while hotel guests sit contemplating the slow-moving river.

Caption For Llanfair Caereinion, The Railway C1960

It opened in 1903 to link the local farming communities to the market town of Welshpool.  Its narrow gauge of 2 foot 6 inches allowed the trains to negotiate tight curves and steep gradients.

Caption For Bedale, Market Place 1908

The market town of Bedale is a few miles to the north-east of Masham.