Photos

279 photos found. Showing results 341 to 279.

Maps

1,651 maps found.

1924, Boughton Ref. POP646749
1902-1903, Moorside Ref. RNC783533
1924, Littleton Ref. POP758330
1923, Netherton Ref. POP789048
1947, Elton Ref. NPO701096
1947, Clutton Ref. NPO671380
1947, Coddington Ref. NPO673197
1947, Moulton Ref. NPO784664
1947, Hapsford Ref. NPO726637
1923, Woodhouses Ref. POP873520
1902-1903, Waverton Ref. RNC862330
1923, Anderton Ref. POP625623
1897, Bickley Ref. RNE639619
1902-1903, Boughton Ref. RNC646749
1902-1903, Harthill Ref. RNC727826
1897, Tiverton Ref. RNE848975
1897, Hargrave Ref. RNE727292
1896, Manley Ref. RNE772883
1896, Moulton Ref. RNE784664
1896, Woodhouses Ref. RNE873520

Books

19 books found. Showing results 409 to 19.

Memories

2,053 memories found. Showing results 171 to 180.

Where Is It?

This view is at the west end of Hannafore, before the road terminates.

A memory of Looe by Carlton Fulthorpe

Shebbear College

Shebbear College is a famous West Country public school which my grandfather attended. It's a great place and I enjoyed visiting the college and the village. Very friendly people in Shebbear and pretty sourrounding countryside.

A memory of Shebbear in 1930 by Hugh Banks

Bombing Raids In 1940

Bristol's premier shopping centre was turned into a wasteland of burned out buildings after major bombing raids in 1940, during the Second World War. Bridge Street Summary Bridge Street ran from High Street, rising up a ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Relations Of John Wraite Mary Post

In 1841 John & Mary Wraight's son William married Sarah Curling Baker the daughter of Thomas Baker & Eleanor Hunt from St Margarets at Cliffe. Her stepsister, Eleanor Hunt's daughter by her first marriage ...Read more

A memory of Guston in 1860

Ealing 1962 Onwards

I moved to Windsor Road in Ealing in 1962 when I was 11. I remember the Grove with fond memories. All the shops! The tailor's shop and the barbers. The sweet shop which always had a bowl of water for the dogs outside in the ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1962

West Street Wath Upon Dearne

I left Wath Grammar School in 1948 after 7 happy years. My father was the owner of Waddington Bros. Ironmongers in West Street, but the shop and all the rest of the shops in West Street were demolished around ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne by Betty Harris

I Stayed At St Briavels Castle Youth Hostel

In the early 1970's I was a Scout Leader in Riverhead - near Sevenoaks in Kent - and we decided to spend our 1974 summer camp in the West Country or South Wales. I remember my fellow leader, ...Read more

A memory of St Briavels in 1974 by John Howard Norfolk

Old Bull Morris Men Dance At The Old Guinea Pub

The Old Bull Morris Men were based at the Old Bull Arts Centre in nearby Barnet and would regularly turn out to perform at pubs in south west Hertfordshire around 1979 - 1981. ...Read more

A memory of Ridge in 1980 by John Howard Norfolk

Childhood In Benham Valence

It was in April 1950 that I was born in the Victorian wing of Benham Valence - actually in the flat above the garages - a very primitive dwelling with no bathroom or indoor toilet. Unfortunately the whole wing was ...Read more

A memory of Benham Park in 1950 by Nicolette Craggs

West Street Shops

Shops on West Street in the 1960s were left to right: Merritts the butcher next door to Blackiston the butcher, famous for the specialty sausages, also had its own slaughterhouse and in the back garden an Anderson shelter used ...Read more

A memory of Midhurst in 1960 by Doug Murphy

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 409 to 432.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1949

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.

Caption For Bridport, W.Frost Shop Front 1909

This is a detail of the frontage of 34 West Street, which was the `Bridport News` office and West Dorset Printing Works in 1909.

Caption For Rhyl, The Promenade 1913

This photograph shows the crowded Promenade the year before the outbreak of war, and looks west to the pier pavilion and the tall buildings of the esplanade.

Caption For Glasgow, Sauchiehall Street 1897

Sauchiehall Street joined the east and west quarters of the city, and it was here that you could buy quality confectionery from Assafrey, dine out at the Hippodrome, attend an exhibition at the Institute

Caption For Uppingham, West End, High Street C1955

This view looks west with the Red House (left) in front of and next to Lorne House and West Deyne, the school boarding houses.

Caption For Ogden, The Reservoir C1960

Ogden Reservoir, north-west of Illingworth in West Yorkshire, dammed the waters of the Hebble Brook, and is now backed by the wind farm on Ovenden Moor.

Caption For Mells, The Village 1907

The photographer is looking north-west downhill across the Mells Stream bridge to the village, an attractive cluster of stone houses with many thatched roofs.

Caption For Oundle, Mill Road C1950

West of the town centre, Mill Street climbs uphill to West Street and remains little altered since the 1950s, although the bus stop has gone.

Caption For Rugby, The School Quadrangle 1922

To the west of Old Quad (above, 72159) lies Old Big School, surmounted by School House dormitories.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Bury House 1897

West of the church and across a stream is The Bury, the manor house until 1741. At one time council offices, it is now divided into houses and its grounds are a public open space.

Caption For London, Westminster Abbey, The Nave Altar C1965

We have entered the abbey at the west - this sequence of views goes from west to east, starting in the nave. Henry III's abbey replaced the Norman one started by Edward the Confessor.

Caption For West Bay, Looking Towards Bridport 1937

This view looks north-eastwards from East Cliff, over the older administrative and commercial heart of what used to be called Bridport Harbour.

Caption For Doddington, Village 1906

Our brief tour of Lincoln's surrounding villages begins to the west in Doddington village.

Caption For Ely, The Cathedral C1878

Here we have the classic view of the west front, lop-sided in appearance since the north-west (left-hand) transept and tower fell in the late Middle Ages.

Caption For Harworth, All Saints Church C1965

Moving west to the county's boundary with Yorkshire, our tour reaches Harworth, an old greatly expanded village lying east of the Tickhill to Blyth road.

Caption For Bedford, St Paul's Church 1898

St Paul's Square became very much the civic centre of the town with the Floral Hall, the Corn Exchange, the Town Hall, the Shire Hall and County Offices looking out onto the church in its central

Caption For Glasson Dock, The Bridge C1965

Because of its weight restrictions, many of the lorries going in and out of the dock had to go half a mile or more inland before a strong enough bridge could take them over to the West Quay.

Caption For Amberley, The Gatehouse 1898

The tour moves west to a remarkable building.

Caption For Uppingham, Lorne House C1955

Between West Deyne and School House on High Street West, this was once an academy for young ladies run by Miss Jemima Adams.

Caption For Billericay, Catholic Church C1955

West Horndon is a planned village dating only from the 1940s. Before that, it had been a sparsely-inhabited parish, whose medieval church had collapsed by the early 18th century.

Caption For West Horndon, Dunmow Gardens C1960

West Horndon is a planned village dating only from the 1940s. Before that, it had been a sparsely-inhabited parish, whose medieval church had collapsed by the early 18th century.

Caption For Ealing, Haven Green C1955

North of Ealing Broadway station is Haven Green, with Victorian villas on its west side and shops to its east.

Caption For Odiham, High Street 1908

Western Cross is the junction of the High Street, Alton Road, Dunleys Hill and West Street.

Caption For Southwell, The Minster, The West Towers 1895

This superb minster church was founded before 956; the present church was started in 1108 by the Archbishop of York, and the west towers were completed by about 1150.