Maps

786 maps found.

1899, Long Bank Ref. RNE766241
1903, Mill Bank Ref. RNC779960
1919, Astwood Bank Ref. POP628269
1925, Bank End Ref. POP632259
1924, Bank Fold Ref. POP632322
1925, Bank Top Ref. POP632413
1924, Bank Top Ref. POP632415
1921, Bank Top Ref. POP632428
1921, Brown's Bank Ref. POP653147
1902, Woods Bank Ref. RNC873855
1920, Black Bank Ref. POP641336
1919, Bodenham Bank Ref. POP644871
1903, Dane Bank Ref. RNC688440
1902, Fenn's Bank Ref. RNC704411
1902, Cadney Bank Ref. RNC658498
1902, Gallantry Bank Ref. RNC710706
1903, Warton Bank Ref. RNC861219
1903, South Bank Ref. RNC834372
1903, Steel Bank Ref. RNC838996
1902, Brown's Bank Ref. RNC653147

Books

15 books found. Showing results 385 to 15.

Memories

6,677 memories found. Showing results 161 to 170.

Upper Heyford School

My father was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford 1949 to 1953.  My brothers, Peter, Michael and myself, Mary, went to the village school.  My older brother Richard went to school in Steeple Aston.  I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1949 by mooremary4

Family Involvement

My memories of our familý's involvement in Sanderstead Church is only from the late 1940's and early 50's. I was a pageboy at the age of about 8 or 9 yrs old at my sister's wedding.  Then, one of my older brothers was a choir ...Read more

A memory of Sanderstead by Eric Lovett

My Home Town

My wife moved to Sutton 1950 aged 4, now aged 60 and living in Norfolk we are rekindling memories of such a warm and inviting town. Memories come flooding back. The railway station, the cinema, the old tree outside Trueforms where my ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1963 by David Buettner Banks

Cross Keys Camp

Iv been trying for years to find something out about the camp . I was born there in 1948 when my farther Mr Arthur Blowes was sent to North Korea when he back from the Second World War

A memory of Roxwell by Sheila Peasey

Wartime In Ickburgh Fields

I was evacuated with my mother to a back to back semi-detached flint cottage situated in a clearing in the pine forests. There was no sanitation or running water or electricity. There was a tiny kitchen with a black ...Read more

A memory of Ickburgh Fields by Marion Mac Donald

Broxhill Secondary Modern School

I lived in Heaton Avenue from when I was 2 to when I was 14. I had the good luck to be part of the first pupils to go to Broxhill in the 60's when it was first built, we were at Harrowfield's huts at the start of ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill

Happy Weekends

For some time back in the late '70's/early '80's I used to ride my motorbike from Worcester to visit my then girlfriend, Judith, at Sawtry. She had a post as a teacher at the nearby school. Used to love the ride on a sunny, summer ...Read more

A memory of Sawtry by bru.enzer

Shopping Memories.

On the left hand side of the photograph next to the zebra crossing is Eastwells, a greengrocers and fruiterers. My father Harold Besent who is in the window in a white coat was a partner and also the managing director from 1940 ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet in 1955 by Claire Allen

My Days In Northwich

I was born in Northwich in 1966, however I moved here to Lancashire in 1980 but I still consider time in Northwich as being the best days of my life. I moved here when I was 14, I lived in Greenhall Road and my best friend ...Read more

A memory of Northwich in 1970 by Vicky Wood

Laurel Farm

   My then husband Derek Schwier and I bought Laurel Farm in 1963 from Jo Watts - a wonderful jolly character in her dung-coloured dungerees and mucky boots! All her cows were lovingly tended, and her retirement was a sad loss to ...Read more

A memory of Child Okeford in 1963 by Billie Willcocks

Captions

2,423 captions found. Showing results 385 to 408.

Caption For Haywards Heath, The Recreation Ground C1950

The grassy bank upon which some of the spectators are reclining helps to give a better view of the game.

Caption For Leamington Spa, Jephson Gardens C1960

The gardens on the banks of the Leam were laid out from the 1830s onwards.

Caption For Horbury, Westfield Road And Town Hall C1955

The bus offices on the left stand opposite the old Midland Bank and the Town Hall and Library.

Caption For Loughborough, The Market Place C1955

Barclays Bank's Dutch gable in Market Place gave way to concrete.

Caption For Ringwood, Avon Castle 1891

Avon Castle, on the opposite bank of the river from Ringwood, is an area that has become increasingly built-up and urbanised since this photograph of a country gentleman's home was taken in the last full

Caption For Ten Mile Bank, The Village C1955

The village's name derives from a long bank along the river Ouse, on the right of the photograph, defending the low-lying land from flooding.

Caption For Huntingdon, The Old Bridge 1898

over the River Ouse was started in 1332 to connect Huntingdon with Godmanchester, and the respective authorities paid for three arches - note the different styles - with the builders starting on each bank

Caption For Shepshed, Bullring C1960

The Westminster Bank, a grandiose building in brick and buff terracotta, dates from 1903.

Caption For Durham, St Giles' Church 1918

The long, steeply banked street of Gilesgate is still occasionally known by its medieval name of Gillygate, meaning the street of St Giles.

Caption For Hungerford, Bridge Sreet 1903

This view shows Bridge Street on the north bank of the Kennet and Avon canal.

Caption For Fladbury, The Weir C1960

Yet another of Worcestershire's imposing old mills stands on the banks of the River Avon near to Fladbury.

Caption For Chippenham, St Andrew's Church C1950

The church, partly medieval with some rebuilding over the centuries, dominates what was a busy three days a week market square surrounded by Georgian frontages, and the banks of the river Avon.

Caption For Camberley, London Road 1925

The town is changing, and Barclays Bank has replaced the London and Provincial, while Smiths Garage provides petrol from a pump.

Caption For Youlgrave, Middleton Dale C1960

The wooded slopes of Middleton Dale, west of the village of Youlgreave and near the hamlet of Middleton-by- Youlgreave, offer a tranquil walk in beautiful surroundings by the banks of the frequently-weired

Caption For Beachley, The Ferry C1955

of the Severn Bridge, which now sweeps above the peninsula of Beachley Point, this little powered ferry carried small vehicles across the Severn to the outskirts of Aust on the eastern bank

Caption For Peterborough, Market Square 1919

This view, taken from St John's Church across Cathedral Square, shows the Canadian Government offices next door to the Capital and Counties Bank, St Nicholas' Gate, the print works, a toy

Caption For Colchester, The Weir C1960

Until the 1950s Middle Mill Weir occupied the centre of this view, but the bridge over the weir remains as an important pedestrian link to the sportsfields and parks on the north bank of the River.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, Mayburgh Henge 1893

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre.

Caption For Abergavenny, Cross Street 1914

On the left is the sombre but reassuringly secure frontage of the Capital and Counties Bank.

Caption For Abergavenny, Cross Street 1914

On the left is the sombre but reassuringly secure frontage of the Capital and Counties Bank.

Caption For Upton Upon Severn, Bridge 1904

Upton-on-Severn is a pleasant country town on the right bank of the Severn, some ten miles south of Worcester.

Caption For Hever, Chippens Bank Road 1906

Its steep banks and overhanging trees would have provided protection for travellers when the winter storms came.

Caption For Egremont, From The Sands 1895

There are more stones on the beach now, and the house in the background, Mere Bank, which is now part of an exclusive housing development, is obscured by mature trees.

Caption For Astwood Bank, The Park C1965

All those families moving into Astwood Bank's new houses in the 1960s needed facilities, and the community does have a fair range.