Maps

241 maps found.

1900-1901, Talley Ref. RNC844619
1899, Galley Hill Ref. RNE710723
1899, Galley Common Ref. RNE710718
1920, Galley Common Ref. POP710718
1923, Galley Hill Ref. POP710723
1946, Galley Common Ref. NPO710718
1946, Galley Hill Ref. NPO710723
1902-1903, Galley Hill Ref. RNC710723
1901-1902, Galley Common Ref. RNC710718
1901 - 1902, Galley Common Ref. HOSM45969
1902-1903, Walley's Green Ref. RNC859923
1923, Walley's Green Ref. POP859923
1947, Walley's Green Ref. NPO859923
1919, Sprig's Alley Ref. POP836656
1895, Sprig's Alley Ref. RNE836656
1947, Sprig's Alley Ref. NPO836656
1897-1898, Sprig's Alley Ref. RNC836656
1886, Cwmdu Ref. HOSM42716
1900-1901, Cwmdu Ref. RNC687015
1923, Cwmdu Ref. POP687015

Books

7 books found. Showing results 265 to 7.

Memories

498 memories found. Showing results 111 to 120.

1940's Wortley

The photograph shows the entry to Hell Mill Lane (sometimes called Riley Road) which runs along the valley of the Little Avon towards Ozleworth; to the right behind the trees is Wortley Farm, occupied in the 1940's by ...Read more

A memory of Wortley by rontavender

Memories Of Overbury ( And Wolsey ) Schools New Addington

I also went to Overbury from Wolsey probably in '55. Hanlon was there ( horrible little man - I remember a mass caning in front of the entire school because a toilet was vandalised and he ...Read more

A memory of New Addington by terryhaynes2002

War Time In Shirley

I was born in Croydon in 1936, and lived In West Way, Shirley. My mother could not bear to part with us, so we lived at home all through the war. A bomb was dropped into the garden next door. After six months it was discovered it ...Read more

A memory of Shirley by heather

Post War 45 47 As A Child Born In 42

I recentlty went into the Burtesett Village hall, had a cuppa, with my three sisters, and looked at the memorbilla and photos around the room. We had a great time. Spent some 45-60 minutes reminising. My father ...Read more

A memory of Burtersett by davidfreeman225

Mothers Home

blaen has always been special to me as it is the first thing you see when you walk into the house as mountain row is immediately above the railway station in ferndale and the big tip is above ferndale on the llanwonno road it used to ...Read more

A memory of Blaenllechau by porthbeach4me

Chivenor 1949

I was 19 years old, in the R.A.F. at Chivenor from October, 1948 to June, 1949 and was at the dance-hall in Barnstaple one of those nights in April, 1949. Across the room was the loveliest girl I had ever seen, brown wavy hair to ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1949 by Kenneth Hughes

Memories

I was born in Dunfermline in 1955. I lived in Dunnimarle Street in High Valley Field x

A memory of Dunfermline

Hawthorn

I had a very happy childhood growing up in Hawthorn until I left at the age of fifteen to join the Royal Navy in 1960. Hawthorn consisted of two distinct halves separated by a 'main road'. The top site had flat roofs while ...Read more

A memory of Hawthorn by Ronald Toghill

Tintwistle Days!

My recollections are from the mid 1950s to early 1960s. These were happy days wandering the Longdendale Valley and the Torside Reservoir, usually with guitar slung over my shoulder in the company of Olwen Brown, a local 'Tinsel' ...Read more

A memory of Tintwistle in 1956 by Malcolm Povah

Bury Cemetery

My grandfather, Peter Heywood was head gardener and sexton at the cemetery till his later retirement. If anybody knows of any of the men there during the 50s' onwards, please let me know. He lived at Springwater Cottage in the valley below Lily Hill Street.

A memory of Bury in 1959 by Jane Heywood

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 265 to 288.

Caption For Winster, The Valley C1960

The unchanging beauty of the Winster Valley, with its meadows, rolling hillsides, dry stone walls and scattered dwellings, is entirely typical of the soft countryside of the southern fringe of the Lake

Caption For Barbon, The Village 1901

The pretty little village of Barbon, near Kirkby Lonsdale, lies in the hills above the Lune Valley beneath Thorn Moor, on the minor road through Barbondale to Dent.

Caption For Whitworth, From The East C1955

Mills can be seen in the valley on the left, but the rural beauty of Whitworth is evident in this scene which was taken from Hopwood Barn Farm, sometimes known as Upwood Barn.

Caption For Cropton, The Green C1955

Cropton stands high on the edge of Fell Rigg above the valley of the River Seven near its junction with Sutherland Beck.

Caption For Seatown, Village And Beach 1922

The River Winniford (right), trickling down the valley from Chideock village, seeps into Lyme Bay through a bank of pebbles below the Anchor Inn (centre).

Caption For Bradwell, From Bradwell Edge C1955

This view across Bradwell shows the prominent chimney of the Hope Valley Cement Works at Hope, a valuable source of employment for local people.

Caption For Malton, Market Place 1959

Malton stands at the junction of many roads above the Derwent Valley south of the North York Moors, and has been an important market centre since the Middle Ages.

Caption For Scarborough, View From Esplanade 1890

The iron footbridge spanning Valley Road can be clearly picked out to the left of and below the Grand Hotel.

Caption For Scarborough, Foreshore Road 1891

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

Caption For Charminster, The Village 1913

Charminster stands across the valley of the River Frome from Dorchester.

Caption For Totnes, From The Mount 1889

The valley of the Dart runs behind the church and diagonally leftwards across the picture.

Caption For East Tisted, The Station 2004

On Sunday 6 February 1955, the last passenger train went along the Meon Valley line.

Caption For Glaisdale, The Memorial C1965

There is still easy access to the village via the Esk Valley Railway running between Whitby and Middlesbrough.

Caption For Bishop Sutton, Chew Valley Lake C1960

There was also a large flour mill here; but now the village relies on recreation from the 1,200 acre Chew Valley Lake lying to its west.

Caption For Petham, The Street C1960

Petham is a small village set in a valley just off the Roman Stane Street that runs from Canterbury to Lympne.

Caption For St Johns, Dale 1893

The hilly region ends with the valley of the Sulby, to the north of which is a plain'.

Caption For Guildford, High Street 1895

This classic view looks west down High Street to the Wey valley and beyond to Guildown (The Mount).

Caption For Cowling, View From Hallam Hill C1960

Cowling is a moorland parish in the Aire Valley about six miles south of Skipton.

Caption For Llanelli, Swiss Valley C1960

This view of the Swiss Valley, however, shows not a natural lake but a beautiful drowned basin, which now supplies the West Midlands with its precious natural resource.

Caption For Elan Valley, Careg Ddu Dam C1955

The four reservoirs of this valley were created between 1892 and 1903 from a 9-mile-long string of natural lakes to feed the demands of Birmingham.

Caption For Hathersage, From Station 1919

The Hope Valley railway line, in the middle distance, was opened in 1894, making the village even more attractive to commuters.

Caption For Calver, Cliff College C1950

A view from the gardens of the imposing front of Cliff College at Calver, in the valley of the River Derwent, near Bakewell.

Caption For Polegate, The Road To Jevington C1955

It has slowly become a dormitory village for the town of Eastbourne, whereas Jevington, hidden away in a dry valley and surrounded by trees, has retained its rural character and is possibly the most scenic

Caption For Harpenden, Village Pond 1897

The pond was drained and grassed over during the twenties as the 'highway-valley' village grew into a 'garden-town'.