Photos

279 photos found. Showing results 441 to 279.

Maps

1,651 maps found.

1897, Manley Ref. HOSM53067
1897, Moulton Ref. HOSM54193
1902-1903, Hapsford Ref. RNC726637
1902-1903, Whitby Ref. RNC867526
1924, Barnhill Ref. POP633655
1902-1903, Woodhouses Ref. RNC873520
1896, Stanlow Ref. RNE838398
1947, Picton Ref. NPO805835
1896, Woodbank Ref. RNE872823
1902-1903, Tiverton Ref. RNC848975
1924, Waverton Ref. POP862330
1923, Winnington Ref. POP871476
1947, Dunkirk Ref. NPO695527
1947, Handley Ref. NPO726352
1896, Bryn Ref. RNE653582
1947, Whitby Ref. NPO867526
1896, Boughton Ref. RNE646749
1897, Balderton Ref. RNE630797
1897, Barnhill Ref. RNE633655
1947, Meadowbank Ref. NPO776043

Books

19 books found. Showing results 529 to 19.

Memories

2,053 memories found. Showing results 221 to 230.

Teignmouth Folk Festival 2008

A weekend long folk festival in June attracted crowds of spectators to the street entertainments around Teignmouth and also to the concert performances in the Carlton Theatre. Many of the entertainers were morris ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Brigham Church

Brigham is a village a couple of miles west of Cockermouth. Much of the church at Brigham is Norman, dating to 1080 and has connections to the Wordsworth family. At the time the church was built Cockermouth was ...Read more

A memory of Brigham by Alan Doggart

Growing Up In Westend In The 70s And 80s

I was born in 1965 and grew up in Westend.  I moved  to America in 1988 and have only been back to visit once since then back in 1989/90.  I can't really imagine how much the village has ...Read more

A memory of West End by Andrew Barnett

My Memories Of Salford

I was born in the upstairs back room of my maternal Gran's house at 20 John Street, Pendleton. I was told there was an air raid going on at the time. My first school was John Street where there was a play ground on the roof, ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Mal Woods

Mount Edgecumbe Ruins

One hundred years after this photograph was taken my husband and I visited these ruins during a holiday when we celebrated our Silver Wedding. We had came back to the West Country so that we could visit all our old haunts. We ...Read more

A memory of Plymouth in 1990 by Joyce Lewis

History Of Clayton Family 1700s

Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She ...Read more

A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by Orrin Clayton

The Old Villa

i lived in the villa in the 60s i still remember mr burlinson and his cart emptying the loos in the back lanes we used to play at the hilly or the depo, we had the bonfire next to nobles and the school we were called the squarees ...Read more

A memory of Grange Villa in 1960 by Robert Barrass

Henry Tingey Ancester

My great grandfather Henry Tingey, was born November 18, 1819, in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.  He was the son of James Tingey and Elizabeth Boniss.  James and Elizabeth, and family later moved from Bigglewade, Bedfordshire, ...Read more

A memory of Biggleswade by Norton Cook

Follansbee Aka Follingsby Or Foljambe Of Hamsterley Durham England

This isn't exactly a 'memory' as it is a fact relating to my ancestors, the Follansbee's of Hamsterley, County Durham, England. It is recorded that the Follansbee's (various ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley by Cheryl Follansbee/Foljambe

Foundation Scholar.

I was a pupil at the school from 1943 to 1948 from the age of 10. I used to travel there from Norbury on the tram, having won a Scholarship from Norbury Manor School. I came from a typically working class background and to be ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1943 by Alan Scott

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 529 to 552.

Caption For Sheet, Sandy Lane 1898

Ruts either side of this ravine prove the use of this short cut to West Mark.

Caption For Devonport, Royal Hotel, Fore Street 1890

Devonport stands to the west of the city of Plymouth, and is the newest of the three towns that make up Devon's largest urban area.

Caption For Poole, Bay Hollow, Rockley Sands C1965

The scene to the north- west from the view point. Rockley Jetty Point, with its rail link, is across the water, with Holton Heath and Wareham Forest in the distance.

Caption For Castletown, The Stack 1903

The west side of the bay comprises Scarlett Point, which has outcrops of lava and volcanic ash, while the stack is columnar basalt. The east side of the bay features the flat rocks of Langness Point.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff Parade 1898

They overlook the cliffs and the photograph is taken towards the east. Nearby, to the west, a large private house called Shorefields once stood. Now,The Cliffs Pavilion stands on this site.

Caption For Frosterley, Front Street C1955

Situated to the west of Wolsingham on the A689, Frosterley used to be called Forest Lea.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff Parade 1898

Here we see some of the gardens to the west of the main town, much enjoyed by residents and visitors. The land slopes more gently than in the Shrubbery area.

Caption For High Wycombe, All Saints' Parish Church C1955

Taken from the north-east, this photograph shows the 16th-century west tower with its pretty Gothick cornice, open quatrefoiled parapets and banded obelisk pinnacles designed by Henry Keene and added

Caption For Stamford Bridge, The Bridges C1960

The East and West bridges cross the Derwent side by side. The narrow arched bridge was built in 1727 and stands above the battleground. The later bridge now carries the railway.

Caption For Ullswater, From Place Fell 1892

Ullswater snakes into the Lake District hills for seven and a half miles, from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding, and has three major and quite different stretches.

Caption For Poole, Rockley Sands, Bay Hollow C1965

In the Sixties 100,000 visitors a year were holidaying at Rockley Sands Caravan Park; it covered some 600 acres of harbourside heathland and pine wood.

Caption For Belsay, The Village C1955

The old village, which consisted of about eighteen houses, lay to the south-west of Belsay Castle - or rather it did until the early 19th century, when Sir Charles Monck had it demolished and moved to

Caption For Silecroft, The Railway Station C1955

Carlisle and Sons' delivery van waits at the level crossing near Silecroft Station on the west coast route between Barrow and Workington, which opened to traffic in 1848.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1887

On the right is the clock tower of Cambridge Hall; the clock and chimes were paid for by William Atkinson.

Caption For Frimley Green, Old Windmill 1906

This old tower windmill is on Old Windmill Hill between Blackdown Barracks and Elizabeth Barracks in Deepcut and Pirbright Camps.

Caption For Wymondham, The Market Place And Cross C1965

Nine miles south-west of Norwich, Wymondham is noted for its fine priory church.

Caption For Melksham, St Michael's Church C1955

Pevsner writes: 'The church is out of the way to the west of the High Street, and what is attractive as a setting is around it and has little do with the town'.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff C1960

The West Cliff was one of the hotels in the Westcliff area and was always a popular venue for wedding receptions. Overlooking the Cliff Gardens, many of its rooms had excellent sea views.

Caption For Basildon, Ghyllgrove C1960

A number of neighbourhoods—Fryerns, Barstable, Kingswood and Lee Chapel South—were in place by 1958. Then, the government issued plans for increased house-building all over the country.

Caption For Winchester, Great Hall And The Round Table 1912

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.

Caption For Andover, Bridge Street From Level Crossing 1939

By 1939 the level crossing was so busy that during rush hour there would frequently be a bottleneck on the main road to the west.

Caption For Aldbrough St John, The Green C1955

This large village, just off the ancient Roman Road of Dere Street, later the Great North Road and the A1, lies near the Durham border west of Darlington.

Caption For Wentworth, C1965

Wentworth Woodhouse is one of England's forgotten treasures, four miles north-west of Rotherham.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Piel Castle 1893

Piel is one of three islands off the coast at Barrow, and is crowned by the ruined remains of 14th-century Piel Castle, which boasts the largest medieval keep in the north-west of England.