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Places
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Photos
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Maps
494 maps found.
Books
25 books found. Showing results 529 to 552.
Memories
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Early Recollections
Amongst my earliest memories of Burnham-on-Sea are those of being in the forge of my grandfather's blacksmith's shop, he was Mr Welland, watching him shoeing horses. After the work was done he would hoist me up onto the ...Read more
A memory of Burnham-on-Sea in 1940 by
Coney Hall 1950/60s
This picture brings back many memories. I was born in 1953 and lived in Coney Hall until 1972, attending school at Wickham Common and then Hawes Down Secondary. The view from where this picture was taken is not dramatically ...Read more
A memory of West Wickham by
Waltham Abbey The Place I Call Home
I was born in Waltham Abbey and lived there until I was twenty eight. It is the place I call home, where my roots are. Many times I remember going into the Abbey Church; there is such a feeling of ...Read more
A memory of Waltham Abbey in 1962 by
Cragg Farm
This photo shows Cragg Farm painted white and Sweetbriar Cottage attached. My mother was Margaret Jane Carr and was born and raised at Cragg Farm. She was 16 years old in 1926 when this photo was taken. She married Roland Calverley ...Read more
A memory of Starbotton by
Saxby Street
Does anyone remember Harry Wright's Coalyard. We lived immediately opposite at No. 54, on the corner of Pomfret Street. I came home early from school one day and realised I didn't have a key, so thought nothing of asking ...Read more
A memory of Irlams o' th' Height by
Coming Back Home
I came back to brierley bonk in 1966, complete with surfboard, after leaving BH in 1961 ,with my parents for Australia, to start a new life ?,well when i got back the place haden't really changed, Except me.I had left behind ...Read more
A memory of Brierley Hill in 1966 by
The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith
My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more
A memory of Barnes in 1870 by
Born Here In 1947
I was born around the corner from the photo, at 15 Eastcote Lane, just off the Northolt Road, in 1947 (born at home, too, not in a hospital!) Remember going to school on Northolt Road, maybe a quarter mile west of the ...Read more
A memory of South Harrow in 1954 by
My Great Grandfather
The man in this photograph is quite possibly my Great-Grandfather. The family name is 'Wye' and he was the lock keeper at St. Catherines lock during the late 1800's early 1900's the family lived in the lock keepers cottage on ...Read more
A memory of Guildford in 1900 by
The Convent
My father died the year after I was born and his employer Burton's, provided for myself and my three brothers to attend private schools, which is how I came from London to the Convent at the age of 4. I followed my brother Colin who ...Read more
A memory of Bridport in 1947 by
Captions
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Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre. It is thought to have been built between 1000BC-2000BC.
Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre. It is thought to have been built between 1000BC-2000BC.
The pool setting is designed so that a whole day could be spent there, with grassy banks for having a picnic and open spaces in which to run about.
The Town Hall dates back to 1826; the building's Greek Doric style makes it one of Andover's most distinguished landmarks.
Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.
The National Provincial Bank, a familiar sight in most High Streets until the company's closure in the 1960s, can be seen further down the street (centre left).
There are records of bull bait- ing in Ashburton as far back as 1174.
Young's drapery shop next to it is now a bank.
This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387.The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found
Nestling on the south bank of the Humber, the wide boulevard of Whitecross Street has changed little.
The green now boasts a locally crafted village sign, and no parking is allowed!
village, camp and caravan site with associated amuse- ment arcades that have grown from the glorious expanse of Camber sands, where the tide goes out for over half a mile, leaving a wide sandy beach backed
This view shows the sturdy, buttressed bridge over the Swale at Grinton, which is situated on the south bank of the River Swale nine miles west of Richmond.
The so-called Giant's Grave in the churchyard of St Andrew's is actually a pair of tall Norse-influenced Saxon crosses with two hog-backed grave slabs in between.
Chesapeake Mill dates back to 1820 and was built by John Prior, a miller, partly of woodwork from an American warship of that name, captured by the much smaller British HMS 'Shannon' off Boston Harbour
The peaceful sea could be deceptive: a memorial in the church relates to nine local people who went boating one Sunday in 1799 and never came back.
In 1906 it was possible to hire a horse and carriage at Warwick for a trip to Kenilworth and back for 10s 6d, though with two horses the price went up to £1, including the driver's fee.
The line curves along the foreshore of the river Towy, giving passengers a fine view of Llanstephan Castle on the opposite western bank, seen here in the far background.
We are looking eastwards back down the street. The centre house with two-storeyed mullion windows is 16th-century. Note the excellent thatch.
The classic Palladian west front of Chatsworth House, seen from the banks of the River Derwent.
Unique to the city of Chester, the Rows are a double tier of shops that are thought to date back to medieval times.
West Bank winds up the hill towards the significantly-named Miners' Standard public house on the hill above the village.
A good number of spectators have gathered on the west bank of the River Thames to watch one of the coxed four events. The man in the launch is taking a closer look through his binoculars.
We are taking a detour out of Buckden to the Offords; the Offord & Buckden Anglers Club now have a car park and hut here.
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