Maps

575 maps found.

1901-1904, Newby Head Ref. RNC790753
1924, Catley Lane Head Ref. POP664563
1922, St Davids Head Ref. POP823761
1919, St Ives Head Ref. POP823926
1901-1904, Town Head Ref. RNC851063
1903-1904, Wasdale Head Ref. RNC861249
1903-1904, Whitley Head Ref. RNC869380
1903-1904, Beck Head Ref. RNC636025
1947, Forest Lane Head Ref. NPO707911
1947, Dean Lane Head Ref. NPO689256
1903-1904, Town Head Ref. RNC851066
1902-1903, Town Head Ref. RNC851076
1901-1902, West Head Ref. RNC864342
1903-1904, Thwaite Head Ref. RNC848119
1909-1911, Tiumpan Head Ref. RNC848973
1908-1911, Toe Head Ref. RNC849232
1925, Forest Lane Head Ref. POP707911
1898, White-Le-Head Ref. RNE868964
1901-1904, Path Head Ref. RNC802000
1903-1904, Rowe Head Ref. RNC821129

Books

3 books found. Showing results 481 to 3.

Memories

2,508 memories found. Showing results 201 to 210.

My Dear Home Town Of Bournemouth

I was born there in 1928, in Boscombe Hospital, Bournemouth, and lived in Bournemouth till 1962. There is no where like Bournemouth, lovely beaches, stores, theatres, the Chines, and Shell Bay. An excursion to ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Jean St. Dennis

I Remeber Hutton Residential School

I was a 'student' at the institution from about 1948 to 1953. I remember some of the staff. Head master was Mr Higdon, Teacher of wood work and house master was Mr McFadon. there was Gov Reily, Mr & ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield in 1953 by Peter Le May

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

We Knew This As Four Wents Pond!

We lived at Henfold a couple of miles from here, I used to be a pain in the neck to my older brother who used to come & fish at this pond. I caught my first "Red throat minnow" here. In the winter when ...Read more

A memory of Holmwood Corner in 1952 by Sarah Rashbrooke

Muchalls

My sister and I lived at the other side of the Muchalls crossroads on the road to Cookney, a little way from the village. There we had an idylic childhood of sorts (though we were far from well-off). We had the freedom of the ...Read more

A memory of Muchalls in 1971

Ted Turner Was Landlord Here

Ted Turner was landlord here, and his father before him, then Ted went to the Holly & Laurel at Holmwood where my family lived, they had a cottage behind the pub, I think the cottage is still there, there were ...Read more

A memory of Beare Green by John Francis

Shute Memoir

I was at Shute from 1969 to 1974, when it closed. In fact, I was the final head girl. But only by default! My sister and school pals have spent hours over the years telling the same old stories and so I have finally decided to write a ...Read more

A memory of Shute in 1970 by Carolyn Bastick

Cobblers Shop Rockingham Road Swinton

My memory relates to the cobblers shop on Rockingham Road, Swinton as this was my grandad's shop, I used to walk down the back way, behind the houses to get to it, it is still a shoe repairers shop. ...Read more

A memory of Swinton in 1967

Bicycles And A Happy Hunting Ground.

Being the offspring of parents otherwise engaged, and only partially supervised by a succession of Nannies, whose only concern was that we should be clean and respectably dressed when we got up to mischief, ...Read more

A memory of New Milton in 1950 by Roger Williams

Hollingwood Life

Hi, we moved to Hollingwood in 1977, from Grangewood. It ain't changed much though. I went to Hollingwood infants and juniors. Does anyone remember these teachers: Miss Maisie Bond, head, Miss McGregor, Miss Binney, or ...Read more

A memory of Hollingwood in 1979 by Wendy Pettifer

Captions

1,136 captions found. Showing results 481 to 504.

Caption For Countesthorpe, Main Street C1965

In the foreground, the pseudo-Tudor Bull's Head has Briggs' bike shop, newsagent and general store as its neighbour.

Caption For Whittlesey, Market Street C1965

The right-hand side of Market Street has been redeveloped, with the Queens Head replaced by the Market Street Cafe and a hairdresser's shop.

Caption For Ongar, High Street C1955

This view shows the King's Head, which bears the date 1697. Ongar was an important staging-post for carriers, passenger-coaches and wagons.

Caption For Gweek, The Post Office C1960

Gweek was at one time a port of some significance at the head of the tidal Helford River, which lies between the buildings and the wooded hillside.

Caption For York, The Minster From The City Walls C1955

Cars and a bus form a queue heading for the city centre.The flower bed depicts the logo for the York Festival.

Caption For Wasdale Head, St Olaf's Church 1889

The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England.

Caption For Wimborne, Dean's Court Lane C1955

The gateposts mark the entrance to the Dean's Court Estate - the griffins' heads represent the Hanham family crest.

Caption For York, The River C1950

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge

Caption For Eling, St Mary's Church C1955

Much has changed in this area of Hampshire, but little Eling, at the head of Southampton Water, is one tiny corner of the county that seems delightfully timeless.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Corn Exchange 1922

The portico has a central medallion with Queen Victoria's head, flanked by figures representing bounty and agriculture. In 1969-70 a floor was inserted and shops were created on the ground floor.

Caption For Wadhurst, Lower High Street 1903

In 1956 an RAF plane crash demolished the Queens Head Hotel in the High Street, along with several other buildings.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place C1965

The King's Head's three doorways can be seen, and the inn-signs of a carved bunch of grapes and a portrait of King Charles II.

Caption For Boscastle, The Harbour And Profile Rock C1871

The Profile Rock on the headland was said to resemble Queen Victoria's head!

Caption For Culham, The Stores C1965

Th A415 heads south along the 15th-century causeway above the marshy river meadows to Culham Bridge, built in 1416-22 by Abingdon's Fraternity of the Holy Cross, but now by-passed by a modern bridge.

Caption For Goring By Sea, Bull Inn C1960

This popular public house in Goring Street was formerly known as The Bull's Head; the old sign, which hung over the door for years, was removed by the brewery and transferred to a public house in East

Caption For Tetbury, Long Street C1960

There are some fine buildings here, many of them ancient, but one or two are deceptive - The Ormond's Head, for example.

Caption For Worston, The Village 1921

The building on the left was a non-conformist chapel and bears the date 1668, whilst hidden at the end is the Calf's Head.

Caption For Great Cornard, The Church 1900

The church had been restored in 1862 and the south aisle, with square headed windows, had been rebuilt in 1887.

Caption For Upper Dicker, The Dicker C1955

Head towards Hailsham, avoiding the A22, and you pass through the oddly named Upper Dicker, mostly an Edwardian estate village.

Caption For Bodmin, Fore Street 1890

Two ox heads above granite pillars on the left indicate the Market House entrance, erected in 1840 for meat, poultry and butter.

Caption For Wasdale Head, St Olaf's Church 1889

The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England; but surrounded as it is by the dramatic mountains of Wasdale, it is also one of the most visited.

Caption For Barking Tye, 1934

This looks like Sunday morning, with people either returning from the church or heading towards the chapel on the Tye. Walnut Tree is on the right, with Wayside and Apple Tree Cottage on the left.

Caption For Bures, Suffolk Knoll C1955

The Queen's Head closed in c1990 and is now a restaurant. The empty building has been demolished, while Chambers still run their coaches from the tall gabled building.

Caption For Cromer, The Pier C1950

At the pier head is the Pavilion Theatre. With allowances for wars and disasters, the pier is home to the oldest end-of-the-pier summer show in England—its roots go back to 1921.