Maps

241 maps found.

1907, Slaidburn Ref. HOSM70986
1887, Highweek Ref. HOSM38606
1900, Abertrinant Ref. HOSM70333
1888, Pont-Y-Pant Ref. HOSM70703
1896, High Grange Ref. HOSM63582
1885 - 1905, Norton Ref. HOSM60792
1903 - 1904, Gors Goch Ref. HOSM41003
1887 - 1900, Cefn-Yr-Owen Ref. HOSM70472
1900 - 1920, Mounton Ref. HOSM71207
1905, Monkscross Ref. HOSM52654
1896 - 1897, Lower Sketty Ref. HOSM41331
1902 - 1904, Elan Village Ref. HOSM44794
1902, Netham Ref. HOSM36609
1885 - 1887, Newport Ref. HOSM64300
1883 - 1901, Two Gates Ref. HOSM61193
1886 - 1903, Newbold On Avon Ref. HOSM61074
1923, Talley Ref. POP844619
1885 - 1886, Talley Ref. HOSM61280
1947, Talley Ref. NPO844619
1898, Talley Ref. RNE844619

Books

7 books found. Showing results 241 to 7.

Memories

498 memories found. Showing results 101 to 110.

Bomb Blast `siding` Margaret Street/Victoria Street.

I recall as a young boy of 7 or 8, that I was among a group of friends playing on the siding at the bottom of Margaret Street. We, as friends, found the bomb on the Rhigos Mountain and carried ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1943 by Ben Thomas

Clydach Vale

Hi, I'm trying to find out any info regarding my granda, Jimmy Jones from Clydach. All I know is he was born on the 4th May (like myself), he had a brother Dai (who died in WW1) and he left the valley when 14/15 to travel to ...Read more

A memory of Clydach Vale in 1910 by Ged Hall

Valley Road In 1939

I'm researching my family tree which has in turn led me to 1 Valley Road, Ilkley from 1939 onwards. Is there anyone that has ever heard of or even has memories of a Frederick Wood and Ophelia Wood who lived at number 1. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

A memory of Ilkley by Karen Richardson

Paddleing In The Valley Gardens

i was born in pontefract , paradise gardens, when i married at button park i moved away to leicester, when i came to visit my mum , i would take my children to the valley gardens to picnic and paddle in the pool there .

A memory of Pontefract by carolpearce48

Buckingham Arms

I was 10 when I first stayed. with my parents at the Buckingham Arms in the summer of 1965, we returned again the next year. It was run by Jim & Brenda Horrell and their young son Tony. We were awoken every morning at an ...Read more

A memory of Taddiport by stevestokes1

A Miners Son Growing Up

IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE OVER 55 YEARS HAVE PAST SINCE I WAS LAST IN PEN-Y-BANK. MY FATHER WAS A COAL GETTER IN MORGANS LEVELS, A HARD MAN THAT WENT BY THE NAME OF LEN THOMAS, OR BETTER KNOWN AS LT. I WAS ONLY 8 YEARS OF ...Read more

A memory of Pen-y-bank by rthomas

Happy Times

I went to live in Llanthony village around 1970 with my husband who was brought up at The Daren Farm, and our children Lynda and Andrew. We lived in The Cornmill which is directly opposite the old post office, it was called Mill Cottage ...Read more

A memory of Llanthony

Caterham Valley, Timber Hill, Bromley Hall Corn Merchants.

I will be 72 years old this year of 2015. I remember working with my uncle Syd and Auntie Chris Ryder at Bromley Hall Corn Merchants at the Godstone Road end of Timber Hill on the site which ...Read more

A memory of Caterham by Roger Ryder

Queens Rock Swimming Place

This early picture of Settle shows the River Ribble as it bypasses the South/West of the actual town, the Bridge in the middle left carries the A65 trunk road which then ran through the very center of Settle, and was the main ...Read more

A memory of Settle by peter

French Family Connection

I was reading a comment on your site from a lady related to Elizabeth Ann Barwick nee (French) I and my family are moving back to Somerset after being away for generations. I am Carole French and my husband is John great ...Read more

A memory of Malmsmead by carole.lynn

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, View From Ferry Hotel 1896

A view along the north basin of the lake, including the islands of Belle Isle, Crow Holme, Maiden Holme and the two 'Lilies of the Valley'. A

Caption For Ashburton, C1955

Ashburton lies in the valley of the River Ashburn, which joins the Dart at Buckfastleigh.

Caption For Buckfast, The Abbey And The Moor C1965

Buckfast, a mile up the Dart valley from Buckfastleigh, was home to a community of Cistercian monks from the 10th century.

Caption For Deepcar, From Greenmoor C1955

The brickworks chimney was a landmark in the Don Valley from 1891 to 1991.

Caption For Bolsover, The Castle 1902

The ivy-clad Western Terrace at Bolsover, built by Charles Cavendish's son, William, commands fine views over the valleys of the River Rother and Doe Lea.

Caption For Linwood, The Village C1965

Linwood is situated high on the heathlands of the western edge of the New Forest, overlooking the broad valley of the Avon.

Caption For Aylesford, Cage Hill C1960

Aylesford is a knot of twisting streets, clinging to the side of the valley.

Caption For Exeter, Stepcote Hill 1911

Stepcote Hill links Exeter city with the Exe valley, and is unchanged today.

Caption For Loxton, The Village 1907

Situated in the Lox Yeo valley, this village enjoyed one of the finest views of the Mendip Hills.

Caption For Borrowdale, The Borrowdale Hotel 1895

The Borrowdale Hotel is in one of the wildest valleys of Lakeland.

Caption For Amberley, The Village 1901

played its part in the cloth making industry, but the larger houses built on the higher level of the steep hillside were well away from the clatter and bustle of the working mills in the valley

Caption For Aberfan, Aberfan Road C1965

This valley community became the focus of a nation's grief when in 1966 Pontglas School and a row of adjacent houses were buried under a sliding coal tip.

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Caption For Hope, 1919

Two white-collared Edwardian lads stand behind a trap outside the village smithy in the village which gave its name to the Hope Valley.

Caption For Goring, Thatched Cottage 1896

The ivy-clad inn on the left of the photograph is the Miller of Mansfield, a famous pub in the Thames Valley.

Caption For Chalford, The Hill C1960

Houses with terraced gardens climb the steep sided Golden Valley and overlook some of the most lovely scenery in the region.

Caption For Cragg Vale, General View C1955

Cragg Vale, seen here from above the village, was a remote hamlet above the Calder Valley in the 18th century, when it was the base of a notorious gang of counterfeiters known as the 'Cragg Vale Coiners

Caption For Walsden, Church And Lock C1960

The Rochdale Canal, seen here in the foreground, runs through the valley, and brought jobs and prosperity to the town.

Caption For Chartham, The Green 1903

This village in the valley of the River Stour has, in fact, two greens: a large open space before the church, and behind it, a small triangular green forming the heart of this rural community round which

Caption For Chartham, The Green 1903

This village in the valley of the River Stour has, in fact, two greens: a large open space before the church, and behind it, a small triangular green forming the heart of this rural community round which

Caption For Liskeard, Barras Street Parade 1893

This distinguished market town lies at the head of a valley.

Caption For Brynmawr, Heads Of The Valleys Road C1960

The coming of the Heads of the Valleys Road greatly changed the landscape of this area.

Caption For Monsal Dale, On The River Wye C1864

early photograph which shows the crags below Hay Top in Monsal Dale, and beyond them the freshly-excavated limestone scree (centre) of the embankment which was to take the Midland line through the valley

Caption For St Blazey, Luxulyan Valley 1893

The wooded and beautiful Luxulyan valley is a magnet for lovers of industrial archeology, with its 1839 Treffry viaduct and aqueduct linking the mining and china clay industries with the coastal ports.

Caption For Trebarwith, The Valley And Gull Rock 1935

The narrow Trebarwith valley emerges at the north Cornish coast; here Trebarwith Strand presents a good beach of golden sand, but all vanishes at high tide.