Maps

9,439 maps found.

1898, North End Ref. RNE793226
1897, North End Ref. RNE793238
1895, North End Ref. RNE793239
1898, North End Ref. RNE793241
1899, North Evington Ref. RNE793272
1896, North Featherstone Ref. RNE793282
1895, North Ferriby Ref. RNE793300
1896, North Harrow Ref. RNE793448
1898, North Heasley Ref. RNE793474
1896, North Holmwood Ref. RNE793542
1895, North Houghton Ref. RNE793543
1898, North Kelsey Ref. RNE793573
1896, North Looe Ref. RNE793663
1895, North Mundham Ref. RNE793753
1898, North Owersby Ref. RNE793793
1898, North Perrott Ref. RNE793808
1898, North Piddle Ref. RNE793813
1898, North Poorton Ref. RNE793836
1895, North Ripley Ref. RNE793862
1896, North Rode Ref. RNE793864

Books

39 books found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Cynwyd Youth Hostel

The Youth Hostel in Cynwyd was a converted watermill. It was very old and very damp and I stayed there one wet weekend in April 1967 with my girlfriend Angela Chapuis as we were heading towards Snowdon. I had a top bunk and banged ...Read more

A memory of Cynwyd in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

Selly Oak In The 50s. By Mick Carson.

I'd like to reply to Shirley who recalled all those wonderful times around George Road and Dale Road Selly Oak in the 50s. I lived at 72 North Road. The Carpenters family you mentioned were my relatives. I ...Read more

A memory of Selly Oak by Mick Carson

Memories Of A Young Girl.

Was born in Waterhouses 76 years ago at North Terrace, enjoyed the freedom of playing out in the street and fields . my father worked down the mine like all the other men and boys, my mother stayed home and cooked ...Read more

A memory of Waterhouses by donnagreaves5

Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties

My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Avril Boyd

Chisholm Cottage

My great-great-great grandparents lived opposite Wesley Chapel in the late 1800s, behind the trees on the right-hand-side of the 1901 Wesley Chapel photo. During the 1830s, Richard JACK (b1813) and some of his brothers moved to ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1880 by Vivienne Hooper

In The House Of The Laird

My parents were 'in service' to the local 'laird' who was Lord Doune, traditionally the eldest son of the Earl of Moray and owner of lands around Doune. Lord Doune owned the beautiful old mansion on the hill 1.5 miles north ...Read more

A memory of Doune in 1948 by Alastair Macdonald

Talke A Forgotten Village

As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more

A memory of Talke in 1959

Ymca 1967

Myself and a few others from N. Wales stayed at the YMCA for a couple of years 1966 onwards. Some of us attended the Technical college just up the road. We were young apprentices working for Etchells forgin and fasteners in ...Read more

A memory of West Bromwich by Bryn Roberts

Eastern Electricity Board Training Centre Harold Hill

I started at Harold hill in September 1966 as An apprentice electrical fitter. My lodgings were in Clock house Lane and I went to college at Hornchurch where I spent many a happy hour in the ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Ricyard Luxford

Little Waltham

I was born in Little Waltham and lived there until 1967. I only left because I got married and the cost of housing in the village, even then, was way out of our reach, so we had to move 20 miles north to Sible Hedingham. I had a ...Read more

A memory of Little Waltham by Richard Mansfield

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Stamford, Red Lion Square 1922

This view looks north towards All Saints Church, whose massive tower and elegant crocketted spire dominate its battlemented nave, chancel and aisles.

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, High Street 1929

The church of St James in Stanstead Abbots contains a monument to Sir Felix Booth (1775-1850); in 1829 he set out in the 'Endeavour' to find the North-West Passage, but discovered instead

Caption For York, The Station And The Hotel 1907

To the left of York's city wall stands the station opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1877.

Caption For Chester, St John's Priory West 1913

The north-west tower, rebuilt around 1523, collapsed in 1573 and destroyed the west front.

Caption For Bridport, East Mill 1904

East Mill stood on the north side of East Road and was powered by the River Asker.

Caption For Darley Dale, General View C1955

This distant view was taken from the north of the linear village of Darley Dale, which spreads along the A6 north of Matlock on the road to Bakewell.

Caption For Dublin, Sackville Street 1897

A view of O'Connell Street looking north with O'Connell Bridge over the River Liffey in the foreground.

Caption For Spilsby, Franklin Monument 1956

His last expedition found the North–West Passage around the north of Canada, but Franklin and his crews died in 1847 when his ships, 'Erebus' and 'Terror', were trapped in the Arctic ice.

Caption For Bere Regis, The Church C1960

The parish church of St John the Baptist is shown from the north-east.

Caption For Bridlington, The Esplanade Bandstand 1886

Protected on the north-east by the great headland of Flamborough, there are long stretches of fine sand both north and south of the harbour.

Caption For Bulphan, The Harrow Inn C1955

The Harrow stands on the road to North Ockendon.

Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1913

This view is looking north-westwards from the junction with North Allington, at the bottom end of South Street.

Caption For Conwy, Castle 1913

The north and west curtains faced the town and were considered vulnerable to assault should the town fall.

Caption For Aldeburgh, The Parade 1906

We are looking north at the North Lookout.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Harbour 1892

We are looking north- eastwards from the Lower Walk, across mooring lines in the sand, at low water; sailing vessels are moored beside the Cobb Warehouses (right).

Caption For Towcester, The River From The Bridge C1955

This view of the River Tove is taken from the bridge that crosses the river on the line the Romans set for Watling Street, where the road itself changes alignment from north-west to west-north-west.

Caption For Romford, North Street C1960

North Street in front of us and the Market Place to the right, are now largely pedestrianised.

Caption For Stony Stratford, The Memorial, Horsefair Green C1965

Nowadays the green is edged with lime trees; attractive Georgian and later cottages surround it, and the Baptist Chapel of 1823 faces its north side.

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square C1960

Back into Whitehall, our tour continues north to Trafalgar Square, which was laid out in the 1820s; numerous houses in front of St Martin-in-the-Fields church were demolished.

Caption For Bath, Union Street 1914

From the High Street, walk down Upper Borough Walls on the site of the town's medieval north wall to turn left into Union Street.

Caption For Skelton, West End C1955

The green is fronted by North Terrace, East Terrace, South Terrace and West Terrace.

Caption For Stilton, High Street C1955

Looking north, this view shows the old Great North Road before the new A1 bypass.

Caption For Bellerby, The Village 1929

Just north of Leyburn is this fine village complete with a large green.

Caption For Arundel, High Street 1906

St Mary's Church 1907 Moving north-east to the western end of the Sussex Weald, we reach the town of Horsham, which expanded greatly after the railway arrived in 1848.