Maps

181,031 maps found.

1886, Beercrocombe Ref. HOSM37380
1886, Bickenhall Ref. HOSM37651
1887, Clatworthy Ref. HOSM41056
1886, Crowcombe Ref. HOSM42560
1887, Heathfield Ref. HOSM48011
1887, Henlade Ref. HOSM48141
1887, Hillcommon Ref. HOSM48547
1903, Howleigh Ref. HOSM49053
1887, Langaller Ref. HOSM50702
1903, Pitminster Ref. HOSM56794
1903, Kibbear Ref. HOSM57058
1887, Priorswood Ref. HOSM57182
1887, Roughmoor Ref. HOSM58150
1887, Ruishton Ref. HOSM58358
1887, Terhill Ref. HOSM61411
1883, North Brentor Ref. HOSM38883
1883, Heathfield Ref. HOSM48012
1881, Bratton Ref. HOSM38721
1882, Coalmoor Ref. HOSM41353
1881, Horton Ref. HOSM48974

Books

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Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 2,491 to 2,500.

Bats/Snow

I lived in a caravan park in Hullbridge 60-64. My memories are of bats that swooped after dark and the year it snowed so bad that the gas froze in the bottles. It started Boxing Day and went on until Easter and we had to leave the van and live with family.

A memory of Hullbridge in 1960 by Barbara Rogers

Drumtochty Grampian

This picture is of some houses in Methven, Perthshire now demolished. The village of Drumtochty was a made up name by a Perthshire author on or about 1880. It was based on a Perthshire village. This has nothing to do ...Read more

A memory of Drumtochty Castle by Eddie Cairns

Very Little Has Changed

Although no longer a grammer school this does remain an educational establishment, effectively a sixth form college for Horsham. It goes by the name of The College of Richard Collyer, in honour of the man who left money in ...Read more

A memory of Horsham by M

Living With Nanny

I remember well living with my nanny in Neames Forstell, she was Rose Beake, a formidable lady, but oh how I loved her. I remember going to Selling school, and if it rained or snowed being brought home in the police car by Sargeant ...Read more

A memory of Selling in 1954 by Pam Tinsley

Old Redding Both Famous And Notorious !

Old Redding is a hilly rural lane connecting Hatch End with Harrow Weald. It is notorious for its connection with The Grimsdyke Hotel where Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame met his death in a drowning ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1963 by John Howard Norfolk

Bank Holidays

Eastenders without gardens used to flock to Chingford Plains on a Bank Holiday to enjoy the grass and forest. Crowded buses used to terminate at the Royal Forest Hotel and then park in the front of the hotel ready for ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1958 by Gillian Endacott

Childhood Holidays

My gran bought 3 caravans in 1957 which were on the caravan site at Lower Largo.  My parents, brother, me, my aunt, my uncle and their 2 children all spent all our holidays there - summer, easter, bank hols, etc. Us children ...Read more

A memory of Lower Largo in 1957 by Maureen Drake

Coffee Bars

Does anybody remember the coffee bars of Chingford. There was one at the bottom of Chingford Mount, it had the pyrex coffee cups, a juke box (6d a play if I remember correctly.) We all used to hang out there on Sundays and some ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1957 by June Day

Fatso & Friend

It was 1970 before I found myself working in this enclosure with 'Fatso' the male lion and his mate, whose name I, unfortunately, cannot remember. I began working at Dudley zoo in 1970 as the Giraffe Keeper and was moved to the 'Cat ...Read more

A memory of Dudley in 1970 by Nicholas Ordinans

On The Street Where I Lived

The photo shows the bottom of Highwalls Avenue, I lived half way up round the corner. It was a steep climb when i was litlle but got easier as I grew. I was born in this road and had such a happy time.

A memory of Dinas Powis in 1950 by Clive Turner

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 5,977 to 6,000.

Caption For Manchester, Portland Street 1885

Most of them appear to have arrived on bicycles, as there are a number of machines parked up.

Caption For Manchester, Exhibition 1887

Opened by the Prince of Wales on 3 May 1887, the exhibition ran for six months and attracted 4.75million visitors.

Caption For Bursledon, The Bridge C1955

Between the 14th and early 19th centuries, Bursledon was an important centre for naval shipbuilding, with the wooded slopes of the River Hamble providing much of the timber.

Caption For Seaburn, Lower Promenade C1955

The Bank c1955 The village of Whitburn lies between South Shields and Sunderland. On the north side of the village green is this raised terrace.

Caption For Andover, Lower High Street 1950

From 1586 an Elizabethan inn thrived here as one of Andover's larger coaching inns, but now, through the arch, only the Georgian rebuild of the hotel remains, with hardly a yard and nothing of

Caption For Rake, The Flying Bull 1934

We are now right on the border - part of the inn is in Hampshire. The name of the inn comes from two stagecoaches, 'The Fly' and 'The Bull', which plied the road.

Caption For Frome, Christ Church Street 1907

From the evidence of these ornate High Victorian villas, with their William Butterfield-style Gothic architecture phasing into more Italianate styles in the distance, Frome's economy successfully

Caption For Bolney, Post Office 1957

Only the post office is still here, and it too is under threat of closure.

Caption For Beer, Sea Hill C1965

Beer remains a fishing village, if not quite on the scale of yesteryear, and there are still a number of family-owned boats.

Caption For Raglan, The Castle 1906

castle demol- ished and made untenable); Conwy (Scottish Committee to consider how garrison may be slighted); Denbigh (extensive demolition); Flint (extensive demolition); Harlech (demo- lition of

Caption For Fareham, St Peter And St Paul, Parish Church 2005

The show of horses and horned cattle was exceedingly great. Cattle sold quick and at liberal prices.

Caption For Haverfordwest, St Mary's Church 1890

Dominating this area of the town is St Mary's Church.

Caption For Plymouth, The Hoe 1904

It is difficult to cross this wide, breezy promenade without thinking of him. Sailor, circumnavigator, mayor, MP, bowls player, scourge of the Spanish – he crammed a lot into his 51 years.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Esplanade Gardens 1899

Two miles west of Margate, Westgate on Sea has two bays; sea walls built along the curves of the bays form two promenades with steps down to the beach, and gardens are laid out for the benefit of visitors

Caption For Emery Down, Christ Church 1892

Not far from Lyndhurst is the village of Emery Down, blessed with a number of attractive cottages and a row of quite beautiful almshouses.

Caption For Ludham, Post Office Corner 1931

The Post Office boasts a range of enamel advertising signs. Behind it is the parish church of St Catherine with its large flint tower.

Caption For Torquay, Abbey Crescent 1896

The elegant Abbey Crescent was built in 1858 in anticipation of the opening of the nearby railway station the following year.

Caption For Sandown, Beach 1918

Walking is one of the very best ways to explore the delights of the Isle of Wight.

Caption For Haverfordwest, St Mary's Church 1898

An excellent view of the gable end of this church showing the 13th century lancet windows and above them the roof-line of the original nave.

Caption For Caterham, 1925

A fine prospect of Caterham, taken looking west from the steep scarp slope of the north downs above Crescent Road.

Caption For Torquay, Farmyard 1906

Until recently, when Torbay succumbed to urban sprawl, the green fields of Devon did come almost to the heart of the town.

Caption For Torquay, Farmyard 1906

Until recently, when Torbay succumbed to urban sprawl, the green fields of Devon did come almost to the heart of the town.

Caption For Sheffield, Norfolk Park Avenue 1893

Owned by the Duke of Norfolk, the 52 acres of Norfolk Park had been open to the citizens of Sheffield since 1841.

Caption For Chester, St Mary Without The Walls 1906

Looking across the river to the suburb of Handbridge. Featured is the church of St Mary-without-the-Walls, which was completed in 1887; its distinctive spire is something of a local landmark.