Maps

181,031 maps found.

1899, Garlands Ref. HOSM46028
1899, Hethersgill Ref. HOSM48231
1899, Kirkbampton Ref. HOSM50333
1899, Newtown Ref. HOSM55058
1899, Westlinton Ref. HOSM58528
1899, Scaleby Ref. HOSM58627
1899, Stockdalewath Ref. HOSM60498
1899, Unthank Ref. HOSM62875
1887, Croesyceiliog Ref. HOSM42322
1887, Horeb Ref. HOSM48919
1912, Carnforth Ref. HOSM34289
1912, Arnside Ref. HOSM36337
1910, Casterton Ref. HOSM40343
1910, Melling Ref. HOSM53465
1898, Carterton Ref. HOSM40246
1901, Beetham Ref. HOSM37395
1901, Bridge Ref. HOSM38847
1901, Beetham Ref. HOSM42260
1901, Tatworth Ref. HOSM61323
1895, Walderslade Ref. HOSM63251

Books

442 books found. Showing results 2,089 to 2,112.

Memories

29,041 memories found. Showing results 871 to 880.

Childhood Memories Great Bardfield 1969

My late parents were the landlord and landlady of the Vine public house. I was just coming into teenage years. Friends came from the base who lived in the village. The pub itself was refurbished in that ...Read more

A memory of Great Bardfield in 1969 by Dawn Willshere

A Quiet Haven Of Peace.

I lived next door to Davenham Church, and one summer's day, when I was about 7, I went for a walk around the churchyard. Hearing a rustling noise on the ground, I crouched down, parted some long grass, and found a baby ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1959 by Lynn Quigley

Connemara

My grandmother (name of McDonagh, nee Faherty) lived in a place I believe is called 'Ryn' (not sure of the spelling) in Connemara. She had a beautiful cottage a short walk from the sea. I would like to be able to take my husband to visit ...Read more

A memory of Connemara in 1975 by Geraldine Thompson

Looking Back To The Early Days

I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harold(Harry) Barnes

My Uncles Grave

This isnt really a memory as such but I'm after some help if anyone can. My uncle died before I was born and he was buried in Worfield. I know from my aunty that he isn't buried in the main graveyard but further up the hill, in a ...Read more

A memory of Worfield in 1960 by Benjamin Barlow

Mountpumps Farm Flimwell

I would love to hear from anyone who remembers my parents Les and Sheila Pickering who farmed Mountpumps Farm in Flimwell from about 1944 to 1951. Mrs Everett owned the farm and rented it to my parents. I know they were ...Read more

A memory of Flimwell in 1944 by Ann Brunger

A Townie In Timberland 1947

My memory is of arriving in Timberland with my widowed mother to look after my grandad, George Curtis. I had to go to Timberland C of E school, imagine me, 9 years old and wiv a Sussex accent, everyone called me a ...Read more

A memory of Timberland

Now Living In Egypt

Hi Anthony, I knew your grandmother Ketura and your grandfather Ellis and most of their children. They had a very large family. Your Auntie Margery and I were great friends. We were always getting into trouble for climbing the ...Read more

A memory of Llysfaen in 1960 by Anthony Roberts

Leadership Course

We completed our Lance Bombadier Leadership training in these barracks, we referred to them as cavalry barracks (they are stables now). I was with 52 Bty 45 Fld Regt RA, stationed at Kirkee Barracks. One of my friends (Arnie ...Read more

A memory of Colchester in 1986 by Ross Grant

Croydon Thornton Heath And Norbury

I was born and brought up in Croydon and although I now live in the Channel Islands I still regard it as my home. I remember living in Northborough Road, Norbury and attending Norbury Manor Infants School only ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1963 by Annie Deuchar

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 2,089 to 2,112.

Caption For Rowton, Rowton Hall Hotel C1955

Built in the 18th century, the Rowton Hall Country House Hotel and Health Club, as it is now called, stands at the southern edge of the city of Chester.

Caption For Cottesmore, The Village C1955

This view of Cottesmore is typical of Rutland's visual feast of limestone and ironstone villages, set in a rolling, spired landscape of hedges and walls which the hunt can, in the main, take in its stride

Caption For Pegwell, Village 1907

Situated at the southernmost end of the Isle of Thanet, the bay is bounded by cliffs on the north, and by marshes to the south.

Caption For The Broads, St Benet's Abbey Ruins C1945

A yacht in full sail races past a well-known landmark on the lower Bure, pulling its dinghy behind. A motor cruiser chugs its way along the north bank.

Caption For Moulton, Implement Gate C1955

These gates, with agricultural implements incorporated, are situated at the Holly Lodge on the Boughton Road west of the village.

Caption For Hathersage, The Village 1902

Hathersage in 1902 was just a train ride away from Sheffield, offering a mixture of fresh air, romance and legend.

Caption For Troutbeck, Kirkstone Pass C1870

His carriage has stopped near the summit of one of the most famous of the Lake District passes. It connects Troutbeck with Patterdale.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Cattle Market C1965

From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.

Caption For Guisborough, The Priory 1891

Again we still see the old font in front of the priory arch and a gravel path to the right, long since disappeared, which presumably led to the greenhouse shown in the view of 1885.

Caption For Malmesbury, C1955

To the right of this pathway is another which leads to the site of the postern gate, which was part of the early 11th- and 12th-century defences of Malmesbury.

Caption For Cleckheaton, Cheapside C1965

Within a few decades, the face of Cleckheaton had changed beyond recognition with the establishment of machine manufacturing.

Caption For Bamburgh, The Village And Castle 1954

Unable to take the fortress from Robert de Mowbray, third Earl of Northumberland, William headed south, leaving the prosecution of the siege to others. Mowbray attempted to escape, but was captured.

Caption For Braintree, Bocking End C1955

The Co-operative's elegant range of buildings with a clock tower was another victim of 1960s development in the town. The Society was formed by a group of silk workers in 1864.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Plough Inn C1960

The old village consists of a number of small, picturesque thatched and timber-framed cottages to the west of the church and along a lane running west from the river bridge.

Caption For Grendon Underwood, Crucks C1960

The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and

Caption For Oakley, Post Office Corner C1960

The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and

Caption For Fontmell Magna, View From Church Tower C1955

We are looking south-eastwards across the centre of the village towards the Springhead home of environmental guru Rolf Gardiner and the hills of Cranborne Chase.

Caption For Caldecott, High Street C1955

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity

Caption For Rothley, Woodgate C1965

Rothley lies some five miles to the north of Leicester, and to the west of the busy A6.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Harbour 1892

Lyme Regis harbour, or the Cobb, was once a seafaring settlement separate from the old town.

Caption For Hanbury, Dodderhill Common C1965

Also known as Piper`s Hill Common, this beautiful nature reserve has developed from wood pasture; that is, rough grazing with a scattering of trees.

Caption For Baldock, High Street 1925

The market town of Baldock developed at the junction of a Roman road and the ancient Icknield Way in the mid 1100s.

Caption For Bridport, East Bridge 1897

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

Caption For Oxford, From Carfax Tower Looking South 1922

Oxford's superb Town Hall building dominates this picture of the city centre. At the bottom of the photograph is Queen Street, named after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III.