Maps

181,031 maps found.

1885, Walcote Ref. HOSM63246
1887, Fordington Ref. HOSM45622
1887, Well Ref. HOSM63641
1879, Oakerthorpe Ref. HOSM55506
1896, Craster Ref. HOSM42276
1896, Dunstan Ref. HOSM44052
1896, Stamford Ref. HOSM60212
1895, New Alresford Ref. HOSM34035
1895, Kilmeston Ref. HOSM49998
1894, Northington Ref. HOSM55362
1895, Ovington Ref. HOSM55919
1895, West Meon Woodlands Ref. HOSM65055
1898, Galligill Ref. HOSM54583
1895, Colemore Ref. HOSM41501
1895, Lower Farringdon Ref. HOSM45303
1897, Hale Ref. HOSM47473
1912, Clappersgate Ref. HOSM41014
1912, Grizedale Ref. HOSM47163
1912, Hawkshead Ref. HOSM47988
1899, Amlwch Port Ref. HOSM38837

Books

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Memories

29,069 memories found. Showing results 2,611 to 2,620.

Ladd Family 1878

My grandfather Ernest Ladd, born Eastry 1878, is buried in the churchyard. Although as a child when visiting my grandmother we would tend the grave and put flowers on it, I only have a vague recollection of its location. My mother ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1950 by Carole Jewett

A Beautiful Place

I arrived in 1953 to live with my father and stepmother in Marbury. I have very mixed feelings of my life here. The countryside was beautiful, my love of nature and animal life has never left me. Bill's lawns (our name for the ...Read more

A memory of Marbury in 1953 by Robert Chambers

Home Colonial

I can remember my Aunt Marjorie working in the Home & Colonial in the Marketplace. I used to sit in my pram outside and she would bring me something nice. I can still remember the smell of the cheeses and hams.

A memory of Wednesbury by Paul Oakley

The Wakely Family

I was born in Lower Shillingford (Shillingford Abbot) in 1939. My grandparents Francis and Jane Wakely lived in Rectory Cottage, Higher Shillingford (Shillingford St George). My grandfather was gardener at the ...Read more

A memory of Shillingford St George by Rosemary Morris

My Years At Langley School

Hiya to anyone who was at Langley School from the 1950s to 1961. All in all I spent most of my school life there. My friends there were Hilda Makin, who sadly died in the 1960s, Margaret, I think it was Green, Denise ...Read more

A memory of Baildon in 1957 by Carol Barker

1958 1964

My name is Steve Whitfield, we lived in Whitecroft (on the Crossroads) and that is where I grew up. Went most of my time to boarding school with my two brothers, dating back to the 1960s. My father was employed as Chief Accountant for ...Read more

A memory of Quernmore by First Name Last Name

Nash School

I went to live in Nash in 1955 as a foster child.  I attended Nash School from 1955 - 1958 when Mrs Jones was the headmistress. The school sadly closed in 1958 and we were moved to Burford School near Tenbury Wells. Life at Nash ...Read more

A memory of Tenbury Wells in 1955 by Phyllis Maiden

Martha Ward

Hi Rosemary, Once again I found you very heplful, you sent me info on Princess Mary Homes. I followed it up and found them very helpful, only trouble is other people on same page (not covered by freedom of information) will have to ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1890 by ken.epps

Buses

I had forgotten that the buses used to use the area in front of the abbey as a terminus. I lived in Selby from my birth in 1954 until 1972. I frequently caught a bus from the corner of Buller Street & Flaxley Road to school on Abbotts Road. ...Read more

A memory of Selby by Pete Jones

Edmund Not Alban

This photograph is of St Edmund Hall, affectionately known as 'Teddy Hall', which by common consent is the oldest seat of learning in the University of Oxford. Founded in the early 13th century by St Edmund of Abingdon, who lectured ...Read more

A memory of Oxford in 1973 by Peter Britton

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 6,265 to 6,288.

Caption For Whitehead, Blackhead 1897

This perfect walking territory is within yards of the town.

Caption For Wells, Cathedral Deanery 1892

The Old Deanery on the north side of the Green is a large 15th-century building with an inner courtyard. In 1497 Henry VII stayed here after the Perkin Warbeck uprising.

Caption For Abergynolwyn, The Dysynni Valley 1895

It was served by the narrow gauge Tal-y-Llyn railway, the first of the slate railways of North Wales to be preserved. The railway runs inland from Tywyn on the Cardigan Bay coast.

Caption For Ilkley, St Margaret's Church 1900

This fine church in Queen's Road was consecrated on 10 September 1879 and was named after Margaret Snowdon, the daughter of the vicar of All Saints' Church.

Caption For Bedford, Swan Hotel And The River 1898

Highway improvements have swept away the Italianate and balustraded mid 19th-century buildings in front of the spire, which is that of St Paul's Church. At the far right is the Swan Hotel.

Caption For Bothwell, 1897

In 1679, the Duke of Monmouth defeated the Covenanters at the Battle of Bothwell Brig.

Caption For Staithes, The Bridge C1885

The village is said to have begun as a result of a shipwreck, when the survivors from a French ship scrambled ashore and decided to stay.

Caption For Thurmaston, Melton Road C1965

The parish church of St Michael sits behind the buildings on the left of the now peaceful main street. Canal Street, Wharf Street, and Mill Lane on the right run back to the river.

Caption For South Cave, West End C1955

Named after the original landowner, Justin de Cave, South Cave is a village of two halves, separated by the castle, built in 1787.

Caption For Chelmsford, Moulsham Street C1950

Moulsham Street has now been cut in two by the building of Parkway. It is a continuation of the High Street, which we see in C73044.

Caption For St Neots, High Street C1960

On the north side of the High Street, behind the Mini Traveller stands the Westminster Bank, previously Ellwoods; next door is R & O Hall, newsagents, who later became Buxton`s paper shop and is now

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King's Men C1960

Just north of Chipping Norton, in the parish of Great Rollright, lie the Rollright Stones, set in a circle about 100 feet in diameter.

Caption For Lilleshall, The Hill C1960

The monument on the hill was erected by the local people in 1836 in memory of their landlord, George Granville Leveson- Gower, Duke of Sutherland.

Caption For Thurmaston, Melton Road C1965

The parish church of St Michael sits behind the buildings on the left of the now peaceful main street. Canal Street, Wharf Street, and Mill Lane on the right run back to the river.

Caption For Hitchin, Market Place C1965

A motor historian's delight, this view of the old Market Place shows it being used as a car park on market day.

Caption For Lanchester, The Green And King's Head C1955

The village green, the King's Head and the parish church lie at the heart of present-day Lanchester.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, Sailing Boats 1896

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

Caption For Stonehenge, From The Altar Stone 1887

To most people, it means Stonehenge and Salisbury, or somewhere that appears on a sign as travellers rush up and down the M4 motorway, heedless of what is around them.

Caption For Oystermouth, The Castle 1893

Following its destruction during the rising of 1287, Oystermouth was rebuilt as a courtyard castle. At one end was a three-storey gatehouse whose top floor was occupied by a large chapel.

Caption For Drummond, The Castle Gardens 1904

The gardens were originally laid out in the 17th century by John, second Earl of Perth and relaid in the early decades of the 19th century. The layout shown here dates from 1840.

Caption For Sutton, The Angel 1896

At the top of Angel Hill is the Angel Inn, an early 19th- century building. It was once a stop where coaches and travellers changed horses before the descent into Sutton.

Caption For Bredgar, The Street C1960

The church of St John has a beautiful tower, which overlooks this splendid-looking family home.

Caption For Southend On Sea, From The Pier 1898

This jetty was only used at high tide.The view shows more of the terraces of fine houses built above the cliffs, including Royal Terrace.

Caption For Crawley, Albany Temperance Hotel 1907

The Victorian temperance movement was sufficiently concerned at the drunkenness of commercial travellers to set up and encourage the building of alcohol-free hotels everywhere for them.