Maps

181,031 maps found.

1889, Terrington Ref. HOSM61509
1892, Tockwith Ref. HOSM61990
1891, Towthorpe Ref. HOSM62198
1889, Whenby Ref. HOSM64286
1886, Pont-Rhyd-Y-Groes Ref. HOSM56957
1910, Cliveden Ref. HOSM70252
1897, Hatchmere Ref. HOSM70539
1897, Over Ref. HOSM70854
1910, Rhydtalog Ref. HOSM70961
1906, Mullion Ref. HOSM70930
1898, Ullswater Ref. HOSM71190
1904, Babbacombe Ref. HOSM69995
1903, Cloakham Ref. HOSM70171
1884, Dartmoor Ref. HOSM70328
1900, Sandbanks Ref. HOSM65717
1904, Trefechan Ref. HOSM70998
1895, Little Baddow Ref. HOSM70098
1895, Thundersley Ref. HOSM71122
1894, Greenwich Ref. HOSM65591
1913, Hadley Ref. HOSM65608

Books

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Memories

29,033 memories found. Showing results 1,801 to 1,810.

Aberbargoed

I was born in Pill, Newport, Mon, in 1938 and with my grandmother Charlotte Selina Jane Rossiter used to visit relatives in Aberbargoed. As in other memories, I shall never forget passing beneath the endless drums in the air ...Read more

A memory of Aberbargoed in 1940 by Ernest Stephens

Old Southall Remembered

I lived in old Southall (Norwood Road - Norwood Green end) during the 1960s to the 1990s and have seen great changes. I went to school at Clifton Road, and the school had a great Headmaster, Mr Hancock, for a while. One ...Read more

A memory of Southall

Warners

As a young child I can remember several holidays taken at the Warners holiday camp at Seaton. The serious business of 'motoring down to Devon' was never taken lightly, lunch was prepared the night before to be eaten at Stonehenge, where ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1965 by Michael Gough

Pig Farm

I can recall going with my father up to Barkingside after an air raid during the Second World War and seeing a farm that had been hit. There were fire hoses all over the road and pigs running up the High Street. The farm was just across ...Read more

A memory of Ilford by Brian Williams

Growing Up In Blaenau Ffestiniog. 1961

I was brought up in Blaenau Ffestiniog and lived there until 1971. The High Street photograph brings it all back. The shop on the extreme left of the photo was my mum's hairdressing shop and we ...Read more

A memory of Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1961 by Eurwyn Jones

Glen Faba

Oh what lovely memories come flooding back, my mum and I would walk the winding river towpath from Glen Faba, where we lived, to Dobbs Weir, fish and minnow watching as we went along our way. In the summer my mum would get a hire row ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon by Yvonne Bartlett

The Flicks

This is the first cinema I ever went to! I even went to see 'The Circus of Horrors' X-rated film here, I was smuggled in by my mum and her friend Long Lil (Lillian Smith), it's ok, I've had no real side effects from it, ha ha. I ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon by Yvonne Bartlett

It Was A Miracle

I entered Harlow Wood in December 1939. I was 3 at the time. I left 3 yreas later unable to walk but cured of TB. I was under a Mr Campbell, the orthopaedic specialist. When I returned fro frequent checks. I remember he always ...Read more

A memory of Mansfield in 1940

My Happy Young Years

I lived in The Mount near Fetcham where l went to school. One day l was out on my bike in Fetcham near what was them a bg field backing onto the school, there was a big local sports day and as l loved running l entered all ...Read more

A memory of Leatherhead in 1955 by Pat Crowley

Memories Of The Co Op

I remember the Sunday dances at the Co-Op hall well. My mum used to work in the cloakroom and I went with her. We would take the coats in, I would go out and dance (thought I was great and grown up) then I would help give ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1964 by Margaret Richardson

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 4,321 to 4,344.

Caption For Nottingham, Old Market Square C1950

Frith's photographer was looking west away from the Council House, with Long Row on the right.

Caption For Laindon, The Fortune Of War Hotel C1960

Opened in 1928, it replaced a previous Fortune of War (now a printer's on the Billericay road), which had itself been founded, supposedly, by a soldier returning from the Napoleonic Wars.

Caption For Alford, West Street C1950

The tower of St Wilfrid's Church had to be the perch of the photographer for him to take this shot.

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, All Nations Missionary College C1960

Easneye, originally called Isneye, was the home of the Buxton family after 1866, when Thomas Fowell Buxton purchased the estate - it comprised thick woodland.

Caption For Llanidloes, C1965

In 1839, during a period of industrial depression and political unrest, it was the scene of a riot which lasted for five days until troops restored order.

Caption For Burton On The Wolds, The Post Office And Square C1960

Next to an 18th century house of some interest, the post office, along with the pub, was the focal point of village life.

Caption For Bedford, The River And The Bridge 1921

To its left and out of view are the late 1880s gables of the Bedford Rowing Club.

Caption For Bungay, Market Place 1951

A year after a fire razed most of Bungay to the ground in 1688, the Butter Cross was built to commemorate it.

Caption For Upper Beeding, Convent Of The Blessed Sacrament C1955

Upper Beeding is in effect a suburb of Bramber. It is mostly nondescript, apart from its parish church at the north end, overlooking the river.

Caption For Laindon, The Fortune Of War Hotel C1960

Opened in 1928, it replaced a previous Fortune of War (now a printer's on the Billericay road), which had itself been founded, supposedly, by a soldier returning from the Napoleonic Wars.

Caption For Garstang, The Canal Wharf C1955

Lancaster's beautiful canal, with its magnificent sea views of Morecambe Bay, was originally the vision of the factory owners of the locality, who were eager to connect their mills with the national canal

Caption For Laugharne, The Boat House C1965

This attractive boat house is set at the foot of a steep cliff alongside the River Taf with its 'heron-priested' shore. The poet Dylan Thomas lived here for the last four years of his life.

Caption For Wisbech, South Door, St Peter's Church C1950

In early times, it is believed to have been the home of the Grammar School. Later the Town Library, belonging to the Corporation - formed in the 17th and 18th centuries - was housed here.

Caption For Exmouth, Royal Beacon Hotel 1906

Exmouth is Devon's oldest seaside resort, and this was reflected in the construction of several early and very prominent hotels.

Caption For East Blatchington, The Village 1891

We are on the Downs, just north of Seaford.The church of St Peter has a fine Norman fonty. Admiral Walker, who fought with Nelson, is buried here.

Caption For Compton, The Coach And Horses C1950

A secluded village in the middle of the Downs near the Hampshire border, south of Harting.There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.The Norman church of St Mary

Caption For Dunsfold, Post Office C1955

Dunsfold, north-west of Alfold, has a very large rectangular green, and the parish church of about 1270 is half a mile to the west.

Caption For Guildford, The Roof Garden C1960

This view captures well the design ethos of the period.

Caption For Ripley, High Street C1955

North-east of Guildford and now by-passed by the A3, Ripley has a long wide High Street and was full of coaching inns in earlier days.

Caption For Conwy, Castle Street 1913

Built by Edward I, Conwy Castle glowers at the head of this street scene as it dominates the town.

Caption For Amport, Village 1898

The gardens and cottages of this rural set piece of thatch and village green today are neat and tidy.

Caption For Fernhurst, Vann Road 1908

The church of St Margaret has Norman walling and windows. Hawksfold was the home of Anthony Salvin, an eminent architect.

Caption For Horbury, Queen Street C1960

Horbury lies at the heart of the West Yorkshire heavy woollen district. It was the birthplace of the architect John Carr, who started his training in his father's quarry.

Caption For East Brent, The Church 1961

The Church 1961 Heading back towards Highbridge and the end of this seaside tour, we head for East Brent on the north-east side of Brent Knoll; this is an Upper Lias limestone outlier rising steeply