Maps

181,070 maps found.

1884, Eakring Ref. HOSM44141
1879, Crofthandy Ref. HOSM62407
1879, Trevethan Ref. HOSM62463
1895, Leigh Ref. HOSM51127
1884, Bothamsall Ref. HOSM38384
1884, Elkesley Ref. HOSM44714
1898, Fenton Ref. HOSM45306
1898, North Leverton With Habblesthorpe Ref. HOSM47299
1892, Barton Ref. HOSM37157
1892, Easby Ref. HOSM44279
1892, Melsonby Ref. HOSM53565
1891, Tunstall Ref. HOSM62760
1913, Chorleywood Ref. HOSM40981
1908, Ringwood Ref. HOSM35109
1880, Codnor Ref. HOSM41410
1890, Littlethorpe Ref. HOSM51684
1890, Mickley Ref. HOSM53585
1895, Hoo St Werburgh Ref. HOSM48958
1895, Rochford Ref. HOSM35115
1895, Canewdon Ref. HOSM40024

Books

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Memories

29,014 memories found. Showing results 2,611 to 2,620.

Family Holidays

My grandparents lived in Brenchley for many years, and all our summer holidays in the 1950s and 1960s were spent there. We lived in London so I really looked forward to the summer! My grandparents lived near Castle Hill, and on ...Read more

A memory of Brenchley by Pamela Foster

Welshs Grocery Shop

When I was a little girl, my mother, Violet Helmore, would take me into Welsh's regularly to do her shopping. Biscuits could be bought loose then as could sugar tea etc. I always thought that I was a good little girl, ...Read more

A memory of Midsomer Norton in 1954 by Diane Shearn

Hixon Village

I was 6 when we moved to Hixon from Stowe by Chartley. My dear dad Len, my 2 sisters Rose and Sue and my 2 brothers Gray and Mick. We lived in the Croft no 24, my brother still lives in that house today overlooking the woods that were ...Read more

A memory of Hixon in 1965 by Pam Clemson

Bluebells Ginger Beer At Slinden Woods

I am now 74, but to this day I have such lovely memories of trips with my Girl Guide troop going on the bus to Slindon Woods. Across the road from where the bus would stop was a lovely little shop, where we ...Read more

A memory of Slindon in 1948 by June Fahnestock (Nee Clea

Down Town Shopping With My Mum Aunt Edie

I remember shopping with my mum & aunt every Saturday. When we were finished with the shopping we would visit a little cafe right next door to Woolworths. After I had drank my bottle of Tizer, I ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1953 by June Fahnestock (Nee Clea

Matchams House 1960's

With a large family of Uncles and Antys we were very fortunate to have our Grandparents live in Matchams House. Wednesdays always being a special day as it was market day in Ringwood with one bus in the morning and one ...Read more

A memory of Ringwood by Ray Mitchener

Leaving Ware Grammar School

My elder sister and I both went to Ware Grammar School. My sister Christine Beattie from 1953 to 1956 and me, Catherine (Rena) Beattie from 1955 to 1956. We travelled from Hertford by bus to school and back. We left the ...Read more

A memory of Ware in 1956 by Catherine (Rena) Young

Clements Hall Childrens Home

My memory of Hockley is staying in a children's home called Clements Hall in 1960/5. It was near a few orchards where we would go scrumping for our midnight feasts. It really was a great place to stay as a kiddy. We ...Read more

A memory of Hockley in 1960 by Christine Breedon

Christmas 1945 Children's Christmas Party

My cousin Dennis Gill remembers the first Christmas after the war re the children of Chiddingford, the story was published in the Daily Mirror with pictures of the village children, can anyone ...Read more

A memory of Chiddingfold in 1945 by Vivian Sadler

Bronze Street Collyhurst

Hi everyone, I went to St Pat's 1956 -1962 and lived at 17 Bronze Street. I remember Brian Kidd going to our school. We had a good football team, I think the headmaster was Mr Cassidy who played for United in the ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1959 by Anthony Flynn

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Captions

29,398 captions found. Showing results 6,265 to 6,288.

Caption For Olton, Warwick Road C1965

John Constable is known to have painted Malvern Hall at least three times - one of these paintings is now in Tate Britain.

Caption For Padstow, The Abbey House 1906

This 15th-century slate-hung house is on the North Quay and was once the Guild House of Padstow's merchants.

Caption For Calstock, Station 1908

A modest train of the old London & South Western puffs into Calstock station, having crossed the slender viaduct that bridges the glittering waters of the Tamar.

Caption For Launceston, Windmill Hill C1960

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

Caption For Madingley, Hall C1955

This beautiful Tudor mansion was built at the end of the reign of Henry VIII by the successful lawyer Sir John Hynde, partly from materials salvaged when they pulled down the church of St Etheldreda

Caption For Cheltenham, Dean Close School 1901

A new public school opened at the western fringes of Cheltenham in 1886. It was named Dean Close in honour of Francis Close, sometime Bishop of Carlisle.

Caption For Budleigh Salterton, Promenade 1898

Budleigh Salterton stands to the west of the silted estuary of the River Otter. Its own beach is sandless and full of large pebbles, which seem to sing as the tides play across them.

Caption For Sidmouth, The Esplanade And Beach 1934

In the 1930s Sidmouth acquired a reputation as an upmarket holiday resort, not so much for its sea-bathing as for the tranquillity of its setting and the mildness of its climate.

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Caption For Stroud, 1900

Britain's most important centre for the manufacture of broadcloth, this mill town sprawls across its wide valley, a huge piece of industrialisation in a wonderfully natural setting.

Caption For Leeds, The Parkinson Building C1960

This building, which was part of Leeds University, was designed by T A Lodge and opened in 1951. Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.

Caption For York, St William's College 1909

The building was named after William Fitzherbert, who was the great-grandson of William the Conqueror. At the turn of the 19th century, the building was used as tenements.

Caption For Holker Hall, 1894

The west wing of the original old hall at Holker, home of the Preston family since the 16th century, was destroyed by fire in 1871.

Caption For Farnborough, Rectory Lane 1909

This fascinating photograph shows an assortment of individuals all of whom appear to be mesmerised by the camera.

Caption For Baxenden, Church 1897

The Church of St John the Baptist, Baxenden was completed in 1877 as the population in that area increased. Christ Church had opened in 1840, and Baxenden was originally part of that parish.

Caption For Hope, The Church 1919

The churchyard of St Peter`s parish church at Hope is filled with gravestones commemorating local families, such as the Eyres and the Woodruffes.

Caption For London, St Pauls C1955

In the 1950s part of the bombed land around the cathedral was designated for open space to enhance the view of Christopher Wren's masterpiece.

Caption For Castleton, Peveril Castle C1864

Henry II's 12th-century keep at Castleton, seen here from Cave Dale with Lose Hill in the background, was an obvious sign of the Norman's dominance of the Peak District.

Caption For Barlborough, Hall C1955

Barlborough was built by Francis Rodes, brother-in-law of the fourth Earl of Rutland and a member of a landed family who had been settled in Derbyshire for about two centuries.

Caption For Cornholme, General View C1955

An archetypal Pennine industrial landscape is presented in this view of Cornholme, in the deep valley of the River Calder between Burnley and Todmorden.

Caption For Mawgan Porth, 1935

The stream here flows through the Vale of Mawgan from St Columb. A couple of miles inland is the Village of St Mawgan, from which the giant airbase takes its name.

Caption For Frimley Green, The Lock 1906

A peaceful view of Frimley Lock, the last of the Deepcut locks flight, which total 14 in all. The Basingstoke canal of 1794 linked the Wey and Godalming Navigation (the River Wey) with Basingstoke.

Caption For Romsey, The Abbey, From The South East 1898

The great Norman church is one of the most impressive in Europe and certainly the finest in Hampshire.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street, Clare Cross 1898

The detailing is borrowed from the eight blank panels in the Medici chapel in Florence; on these panels are carved the names of the town's dead of the First World War.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Pier Avenue 1921

The total cost of the building was £7,465.