Maps

181,031 maps found.

1916, Medomsley Ref. HOSM53418
1895, Ruffside Ref. HOSM58261
1895, Waskerley Ref. HOSM63478
1897, Crookham Ref. HOSM42374
1886, Druid Ref. HOSM43579
1910, Llangwm Ref. HOSM51896
1882, Uphill Ref. HOSM62892
1899, Calne Ref. HOSM34273
1899, Studley Ref. HOSM60858
1905, Calstock Ref. HOSM34274
1909, Frogmore Ref. HOSM45862
1878, Tremayne Ref. HOSM40057
1878, Roskear Croft Ref. HOSM62035
1885, Balsham Ref. HOSM37005
1886, Bottisham Ref. HOSM38473
1886, Girton Ref. HOSM46247
1885, Hauxton Ref. HOSM47852
1885, Hildersham Ref. HOSM48526
1886, Kingston Ref. HOSM50188
1885, Newton Ref. HOSM54943

Books

442 books found. Showing results 2,041 to 2,064.

Memories

29,041 memories found. Showing results 851 to 860.

Poplars Farm

I would like to ask if anyone knows of Poplars Farm and its use during the Second World War as a training camp for the war, as my dad started his training there. I am trying to get photos and memories of all my dad's camps, and this is one of them. His name was Sapper Gordon Redman. Vicki.

A memory of Rettendon in 1940 by Victoria Manning

Hollybush Lane

When I was a child in the early 1950s Hollybush Lane, from Woodhall Lane to Great Ley, was quite literally a lane. On one side the council had built houses, but on the other were the farm cottages that were built around the ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City by Rod Sharp

The Castle School Stanhope

I think I must have talked to about three ex-Castle School kids since I wrote my memories about the the school. It was opened by an Act of Government during the Second World War in 1942. I can remember one of the teachers ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope by Michael Purves

Researching Ann Fraser Or Other Area Fraser

I have a death notice for Ann Fraser, beloved wife of John Fraser who died Sat. November 10, 1894 at age 44. Interment at Harrington Church, on Wednesday, leaving Rose Hill at 2:30. I believe this is my ...Read more

A memory of Harrington in 1890 by Jim Buchanan

My Early Days

I was born in Abercych and lived there until I was 10 in 1947. I returned every year in the summer for over 20 years. My grandfather and his brother used to make coracles and did a lot of salmon fishing, and frequented the Nags Head ...Read more

A memory of Abercych in 1947

Buses

We moved to Leonard Road Chingford in 1951. I particularly remember the trolley buses and how the poles on the top used to come off and the conductor would get a long bamboo cane from under the bus to rehook the pole onto the electric ...Read more

A memory of South Harefield in 1951 by Alan Mowbray

Laleham Abbey

My sister Kathleen Taylor (former name) was cook in the kitchen for the retired old ladies. I was always staying with her during school holidays. Her husband then (now deceased) was Barry Taylor and they had two children, Sarah born ...Read more

A memory of Laleham in 1970 by Stuart Mitchell

Travis Street Hyde

I was born in 1963 in Travis Street, Hyde, my parents Joan and Stan Smith owned a small shop at the time. I think it may have been a general grocers. They moved to Newton shortly after I was born. They then bought a ...Read more

A memory of Hyde in 1963 by Gillian Hullock

Longleat

My grandfather Cecil Welch, who was the local estate agent and auctioneer based at the Old Town Hall in the High Street, bought several old cottages next to the blacksmiths in Church End for his son John and wife Peggy, at the vast cost ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunmow in 1948

Perry Springs

I was born in the 'Potter Street' Perry springs in the 1960s, wow how Harlow has changed from my day, I remember Wellford's corner shop also Wrights Dairy... And it was great going to the schools in Potter Street. Now the swimming ...Read more

A memory of Potter Street by Graham Nash

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 2,041 to 2,064.

Caption For Coulsdon, Brighton Road C1960

Few traffic controls are in evidence at the southern end of the shopping area in about 1960.

Caption For Colchester, The Castle 1892

Colchester Castle—the largest Norman Keep ever built—stands on the site of the Roman temple of Claudius, which was destroyed during the Boudiccan rebellion of AD60.

Caption For Shute, House, The Old Gateway 1902

Shute was the home of the Bonville family until their fortunes declined after the Wars of the Roses.

Caption For London, Chelsea Embankment 1890

This is an evocative view of a long-dead Chelsea, with sailing vessels moored along the Embankment, one apparently with a cargo of hay.

Caption For Basingstoke, Church Street 1904

Peeping above the town's rooftops is the tower of St Michael the Archangel, perhaps the finest of Hampshire's Perpendicular parish churches.

Caption For Hertford, Maidenhead Street 1922

This is one of the major shopping streets of the county town, with the entrance to Pratt's fancy goods store draped with a variety of baskets and bags.

Caption For Carisbrooke, Castle Street C1955

The water in the castle's deep well was drawn for centuries by the use of donkey labour, a fresh supply being essential in times of siege.

Caption For Kingsbridge, The Bridge 1890

A bridge crossed the head of the Kingsbridge estuary as early as 962, though the surviving bridges in the area are medieval in origin.

Caption For Crockham Hill, Holy Trinity Church C1960

Built in 1842, this striking place of worship sits just a few hundred yards from Chartwell - the former home of the wartime prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill.

Caption For Iona, The Tombs Of The Mac Leans 1903

Such was Iona's importance in Scottish history that nearly 50 of the country's kings are buried here, along with many chieftains of the local clans.

Caption For Tremeirchion, Rock Chapel C1935

The Postal Directory of Flintshire, 1886, describes Tremeirchion as a 'considerable parish in the Vale of Clwyd'; near the Jesuit College of St Beuno stands a 'neat little chapel' on

Caption For Stoke Abbott, The Waterspout And Village C1955

William Crowe, rector of Stoke, wrote a paean of praise to Lewesdon Hill, which drew the admiration of William Wordsworth: '...of hills, and woods and fruitful vales, and villages, half-hid in tufted

Caption For Lullington, Church 1891

This tiny flint and stone church, capable of housing only some 20 worshippers, is one of the smallest churches in England.

Caption For Hubberholme, St Michael And All Angels Church C1960

The squat tower of Hubberholme's parish church of St Michael and All Angels occupies a lovely setting in the valley of Wharfedale, where it turns into Langstrothdale in its upper reaches.

Caption For Thundersley, Weir Roundabout C1955

The so-called Rayleigh Weir—the source of one of the tributaries of the River Roach—gives its name to this busy junction on the Southend arterial.

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1955

This is the south end of Evesham Street, but none of this survives.

Caption For Tavistock, 1893

Tavistock, one of Devon's three original Stannary Towns, lies on the banks of the Tavy, which rises high on the moors near Cut Hill and flows into the Tamar upstream of Tamerton.

Caption For High Force, 1892

Situated five miles north-west of Middleton-in-Teesdale, High Force offers stunning scenery and the spectacular sight of the Tees plunging some seventy feet over the cliffs of Great Whin Sill.

Caption For Aldborough, The Black Boys C1955

Shop and inn make up the heart of this village, built round the edge of an enormous village green. There was a market here from at least 1280.

Caption For Hythe, School Of Musketry 1903

Standing in Military Road, north-west of Red Lion Square, is the School of Small Arms, the main school of army musketry, founded here in 1854.

Caption For Charminster, The Church 1922

The 15th-century tower of Charminster's church dominates the valley of the River Cerne, and was built under the direction of Sir Thomas Trenchard. Parts of the building date back to the 12th century.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Promenade 1923

In common with many seaside resorts, Saltburn enjoys a wide swathe of promenade and in this delightful view we see a group of ladies and children strolling along the Promenade, taking in the sea air

Caption For Paddock Wood, Loading The Hops C1950

These two photographs of the village High Street give some indication of the constantly-flowing stream of traffic which passes the small, half-timbered Black Horse pub with its adjacent wine merchant

Caption For Abergele, Market Street C1965

Barclays Bank, which has by now replaced part of the terrace on the left, dates from 1924: it is a typical example of the pretentious architecture beloved of banks.