Maps

2,499 maps found.

1946, Bagstone Ref. NPO630379
1919, Upton Cheyney Ref. POP858098
1919, Yate Rocks Ref. POP875682
1946, Almondsbury Ref. NPO624457
1946, Alveston Down Ref. NPO624727
1919, West Littleton Ref. POP864586
1919, Wick Rocks Ref. POP869803
1919, Wickwar Ref. POP869909
1919, Warmley Ref. POP860826
1919, West End Ref. POP864057
1946, Bibstone Ref. NPO639561
1947, Biddick Hall Ref. NPO639672
1905, Maidens Ref. RNC772011
1904-1905, Meikle Earnock Ref. RNC777582
1904-1906, Lochside Ref. RNC765329
1904-1905, Midlock Ref. RNC779707
1899, Milbury Heath Ref. RNC779808
1904-1905, Millheugh Ref. RNC780806
1899, Moorend Ref. RNC783317
1899, Morton Ref. RNC783989

Books

23 books found. Showing results 2,377 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 991 to 1,000.

Up From Brum

The picture reminds of the year that my wife and I moved from Birmingham to Richmond and bought a house on what was then the new Shepherds Estate on the Darlington Road.  We soon came to love Richmond, N Yorkshire and that area for ...Read more

A memory of Richmond in 1965 by Terry King

We Played In The Woods

The woods behind South Entrance were our playground. I lived at 5 South Entrance and knew every nook and cranny, and in the spring I knew where every nest was. Names that come to mind are our neighbours Julian and ...Read more

A memory of Saxmundham in 1955 by John Fisher

Vanishing Watford

My family moved to Watford in 1953 to a large house in Rosslyn Road, a side road within a few yards of the Rickmansworth Road right opposite the Town Hall concert hall entrance. I spent virtually all my childhood there plus the ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1953 by J Lawrence Prior

Wartime Havant

Preston Watson was the wine and spirit merchants of the town. The premises consisted of a fine three-storey house with shop, a large coach house and two or three other houses on both sides of The Pallant that were used for mineral ...Read more

A memory of Havant by Barry Mahony

1940s And 50s

We moved to Colindale Avenue in 1942 shortly after the house was repaired from bomb damaged. Friends were quickly made and I spent many happy days playing in the park opposite the Tube station. The Police grounds were also a spot ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1940 by Brian Goodall

May Day Memory

REMEMBER, REMEMBER WE must have been thirteen. Cousin Keith and I sat on a small flight of steps, what remained of a burnt-out bungalow overlooking the village. It was May Day. Hot and ...Read more

A memory of Mochdre in 1952 by Elwyn Edwards

Memorial To South African War

I need your help. The man who modeled for the statue seen in this photo is my grandfather. Unfortunately, the museum has the wrong man as the model, a relative with a close name who wasn't even born when the ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by Diane Fulton

Old Caravan Field Near Benson

My husband was at RAF Benson in 1969. We got married in November, but could not find any accommodation around the airfield. In desperation we rented a tiny caravan in a farmer's field south of the airfield. There was ...Read more

A memory of Benson in 1969 by Jeanette Clarke

Dances At The Welfare Hall

I remember going to the dances at the Welfare Hall with my friends Dorothy Bridges and Margaret Wood, we all livedf at theMiners houses at 'North' it was called because all the streets began with an A. I ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1960 by Anne Dexter

Family Origins

My mother has just reached 100 years of age. She was the grand-daughter of a Sarah Barker (née Ayling) who came out to Australia in her early 20's. Sarah had two brothers, David and Alfred Charles. Their parents were George and ...Read more

A memory of Chiddingfold in 1880 by Edward Christesen

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 2,377 to 2,400.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Temple Island 1899

Then comes a pub, the Cottage Inn, and the boathouse of the Henley Rowing Club, established in 1839, who took over an old warehouse in 1903; they moved to the Berkshire side south of the bridge in

Caption For Rugby, Caldecott Park 1932

Dunchurch, 4 miles to the south- west of Rugby, is a small village of thatched cottages and popular public houses and restaurants.

Caption For Standon, The Ford C1965

A few yards south of the paper mill, the trackway crosses the River Rib through a gently flowing ford.

Caption For Dorking, Coldharbour Lane 1907

The Friends Meeting House stands on Butter Hill in South Street, and below it is the beginning of the extensively-dug caves.

Caption For Guisborough, Church, De Brus Cenotaph 1913

Temple Moore placed the newly assembled cenotaph in the south- west corner, next to the old three-light east window, which was relocated from the sanctuary.

Caption For Deal, From The Pier 1899

In the days when sail reigned supreme, this was once the main harbour town in south-east England, servicing ships moored in the shallow waters of the Downs, between the treacherous Goodwin Sands

Caption For Laindon, St Nicholas's Church C1955

The chancel and south aisle were added later. From Saxo-Norman times Basildon was closely associated with Laindon, and Laindon parish was always described as Laindon-cum-Basildon.

Caption For Hull, Paragon Street 1903

The famous New Amphitheatre was built in 1846 at the junction with South Street: with its Paragon Street frontage of 206ft in length, and seating approximately 3,000 people, it was at one time

Caption For Ware, Amwell End 1925

Amwell End was the original toll road entry to Ware from the south until the building of the bridge. At the far end, it is crossed by the railway and the river.

Caption For Hitchin, High Street 1903

This 1903 view looking south down the High Street is full of detail. It seems to have been taken one warm morning - note the open windows, and the summery dresses of the girls on the right.

Caption For Malmesbury, Abbey, Nave East 1924

The square structure on the south side of the nave is known as the Watching Loft; its origins and purpose are not certain.

Caption For Dorking, Horsham Road 1905

Mr Oliver West maintained and repaired bicycles in Dene Street (originally called Ram Alley), and C S Fuller had his business in South Street.

Caption For Dorking, South Street 1906

Mr Oliver West maintained and repaired bicycles in Dene Street (originally called Ram Alley), and C S Fuller had his business in South Street.

Caption For Paull, The Waterfront C1955

When the King blockaded Hull in the Civil War, a military battery was built just to the south of this picture.

Caption For Guisborough, Church, The Font And Lady Pease Memorial Window 1913

In the north-west corner, Temple Moore designed a window with tracery to match that of the old three-light east window, which he had relocated to the south-west corner.

Caption For Wells, St Cuthbert's Church 1890

The Tree of Jesse, which formed the reredos of the chapel in the south transept, was erected in 1470.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Church And Town 1890

The tower was thought to date from the 12th century, but repairs in the winter of 1994 revealed a much earlier window, dating from about AD 980, in the south wall of the ringing chamber on the second

Caption For East Dereham, 1893

It has a Norman south doorway and a celebrated panelled font of 1468 which cost £12 13s 9d.

Caption For Carlisle, The Lake District Mountains 2005

Only the narrow Eden Valley offers an opening, running south-east to Stainmoor and lowland England.

Caption For Worthing, South Street 1899

A Town Hall with a clock was built at a cost of £1,215 8s 10d on land at the northern end of South Street and opened without ceremony in 1835.

Caption For Warminster, Cley Hill C1950

The town is surrounded by green fields and woodland to the south of Salisbury Plain.

Caption For Southgate, Grovelands Hospital C1955

Mulcaster, who had completed a survey of the building, said that the water of the Lea was sufficient for the powder mill, but a factory to make other ordnance should, he suggested, be at a site just south

Caption For Wetherby, Market Place 1909

The playground was the street, with the girls allowed on the south side, the boys on the north side near the Black Bull.

Caption For Dartmoor, Ponies C1965

In the south, huge pits were dug for china clay, an industry that continues today, and all over the moor granite was quarried for building stone.