Maps

517 maps found.

1946, Denby Village Ref. NPO689934
1947, Brunswick Village Ref. NPO653413
1947, Brockhall Village Ref. NPO651348
1921, Bestwood Village Ref. POP639308
1901-1904, Washington Village Ref. RNC861326
1922, Boys Village Ref. POP647540
1898-1899, Woolage Village Ref. RNC874206
1902-1903, Weston Village Ref. RNC866378
1899-1900, Church Village Ref. RNC668597
1903, Ewden Village Ref. RNC702258
1903, Abbey Village Ref. RNC618419
1902, Bestwood Village Ref. RNC639308
1902, Guns Village Ref. RNC723614
1946, Park Village Ref. HOSM45241
1919, Model Village Ref. POP781960
1946, Model Village Ref. NPO781960
1947, Park Village Ref. NPO801263
1925, Garden Village Ref. POP711317
1947, Garden Village Ref. NPO711319
1921, The Village Ref. POP846558

Books

26 books found. Showing results 337 to 360.

Memories

4,713 memories found. Showing results 141 to 150.

An Old Mans Memories

I was born in 1922 in the village of Mundford.  My Father was the village policeman. The village was then a self-contained society and provided all the necessities of life, including a doctor, blacksmith, carpenter and general ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1920 by Ralph Woodgate

Memories From My Father Rod Dean

This is what Dad had to say when I emailed him this site and the photos from 1955. Dad lived in Oakley from childhood until 1987, when as a family we moved to Adelaide Australia. I myself lived in the village from ...Read more

A memory of Oakley in 1955 by Gary Dean

Growing Up In Burnham

In this year I was 5 years old, and just starting school in the church hall in Gore Road, which is the road in which I also grew up. I remember Burnham as a small, close-knit community, we went to church every Sunday, it was ...Read more

A memory of Burnham in 1962 by Lucinda Tabram

Maltby Memories

I lived in Bubwith from August 1949 until January 1961 when my family moved to York following the sale of the family grocery business. The shop was located directly opposite the end of The Intake on the main village street and is now ...Read more

A memory of Bubwith by Helen Maltby

Past Owner Uf Souther Bakery

I was the owner of Southwater Bakery for 31 years from 1971--2003, at the start it was a very small village and I got to know most of the people in that time, now 83 and live near Worthing

A memory of Southwater by Tony Harling

Coronation Day In Shillingstone Plus Other Memories

I can remember Coronation Day in Shillingstone, the weather was not settled and there were showers, I can remember watching the crowning of the Queen on a TV which was in Mrs Fudge's house ...Read more

A memory of Shillingstone in 1953 by Brian Newman

My Childhood In Hogsthorpe

I was born in 1951 and in April 1953 our family moved to Hogsthorpe. My parents were worried as that was the year of the floods and they had put furniture in our new home. Although the police would not let them through ...Read more

A memory of Hogsthorpe by Christine Parr Nee Shaw

Village Shop, Nether Alderley

It is often stated that the village shop was also the Post Office, but this is not true. There was a letter box (bar) in the wall, but the nearest Post Office was at Monk's Heath. The village shop was very small but sold a variety of products from chicken feed to postcards.

A memory of Nether Alderley by Hilary Hartigan

Top End Of High Street

The shop at the top left (now the Kebab Shop) was, I think, Wards the Greengrocers, the second shop down was Graingers a card and toy shop, later a pet shop (now Pendley Estate Agents).  (Thanks to Rodney Grainger for the ...Read more

A memory of Bovingdon by Anne Broomhead

St Nicholas Place

I used to live at 1st Nicholas Place and use the shop in the photo when I was a child growing up in the village. The memories I have of the village were of good times.

A memory of East Challow in 1962 by Greg Holcombe

Captions

5,033 captions found. Showing results 337 to 360.

Caption For Polkerris, The Village C1960

The gable end of the lifeboat house is seen in the background, almost at the end of the road through the village.

Caption For Cranleigh, Rowlands Corner 1904

Here we see Cranleigh's old village hall at Rowlands Corner, with its attendant shops. It is now the British Legion building, and a new 'village' hall has been built in the centre of town.

Caption For Hunsdon, The Green C1965

The white plastered cottages clustered around the tiny village green and its war memorial date from the 17th century onwards.

Caption For Kelvedon Hatch, Stocks On The Common 1906

Kelvedon Hatch is a popular commuter village in the Green Belt north-west of Brentwood. It is now well-known for its formerly 'secret' government nuclear bunker.

Caption For Gweek, The Village C1960

We are at almost the same spot as in photograph No G73029, but looking up into the village; we can see at least three establishments offering Cornish ices or cream teas, the latter even

Caption For Westdean, 1921

The village lies north of the Seaford road, which crosses the Cuckmere River at Exceat.

Caption For Little Abington, Jeremiah's Tea House C1965

A favourite place to visit from Cambridge in the early 20th century, this well known teahouse disappeared in the 1970s, along with the two village pubs, the Prince of Wales (adjoining the teahouse) and

Caption For Weobley, The Village C1950

The castle has now gone but the village is quite, quite beautiful and ranks as one of the best black and white villages anywhere in the country.

Caption For Torcross, The Sands 1896

During the Second World War villagers were evacuated from many villages around the South Hams so that the district could become a D-Day training ground for American troops, who would practise landings

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 Ascott Under Wychwood, Langley Mill C1950

The village had its own mill, Ascott Mill, at one time; Langley Mill, shown here, was outside the village, nudging the Shipton-under- Wychwood border - the River Evenlode marks the parish boundary.

Caption For Youlgrave, Church Street C1955

Note the charming Kate Greenaway-type silhouette sign above the village Post Office on the left, which uses the locally-preferred spelling of the village name - 'Youlgrave'.

Caption For Alport, Mill Bridge C1960

An Austin A35 and a Morris Minor are parked outside the Devonshire Arms public house in the centre of the village.

Caption For Cuddesdon, High Street C1955

The village of Cuddesdon had been the official home of the Bishops of Oxford for over 400 years, earning it the title of Oxfordshire's 'Holy Village'.

Caption For Penrith, Edenhall 1893

In the centre of this spacious village is the War Memorial, standing on the edge of the village green. It was officially 'unveiled' in 1920.

Caption For Pendleton, The Village 1921

Owned for centuries by the Aspinall family, Pendleton was an old village when the Domesday Book was compiled.

Caption For Cressing, The Street 1909

Cressing is an expanding village just to the south of Braintree. It has its own railway-station, formerly known as Bulford station.

Caption For Wales, The Square C1955

Farm buildings in the heart of the village bear testimony to a time when most villagers worked on the land.

Caption For West Runton, Main Street C1960

There are a surprising number and variety of shops for such a small village, reflecting the need to cater not only for local inhabitants but also for campers and caravanners on the cliffs between the village

Caption For Ickenham, The Pump C1965

This good view of the village pump captures some of the feel of the old village of Ickenham. The road has been widened substantially since this communal water supply was in regular use.

Caption For Windlesham, School Lane 1909

Turning right into School Lane, we find the old Village School on the left, which opened in about 1814, and is now known as Windlesham First School. The lane leads to Windlesham village.

Caption For Braunston, High Street C1955

The Grand Union Canal emerges from the Braunston Tunnel east of Braunston village and descends past the village on a flight of six locks. This view looks west along the High Street.

Caption For Empingham, Crocket Lane C1960

The large very attractive Saxon village on the road from Oakham to Stamford now overlooks the modern dam on the north-east angle of Rutland Water formed in the valley of the River Gwash,

Caption For Hampstead Norreys, Church Street C1950

The River Pang cuts through the village, as does the line of the former Didcot to Southampton railway, which closed in 1964. Cattle are on the move through the village.