Maps

181,070 maps found.

1895, Marks Gate Ref. HOSM53357
1895, Navestock Heath Ref. HOSM54639
1906, Dungeness Ref. HOSM44082
1895, Braishfield Ref. HOSM38649
1895, Timsbury Ref. HOSM61903
1891, Edgeside Ref. HOSM38308
1891, Cloughfold Ref. HOSM41298
1887, Greytree Ref. HOSM47113
1887, Peterstow Ref. HOSM56654
1896, Nuthampstead Ref. HOSM55484
1886, Orwell Ref. HOSM55813
1886, Bretford Ref. HOSM38813
1903, Cathiron Ref. HOSM40360
1882, Armitage Ref. HOSM36315
1894, Ruislip Ref. HOSM35132
1897, Aston Ref. HOSM36551
1899, Rushden Ref. HOSM35134
1910, Llangynhafal Ref. HOSM51913
1908, Northiam Ref. HOSM55360
1896, Debden Ref. HOSM43040

Books

438 books found. Showing results 6,289 to 6,312.

Memories

29,014 memories found. Showing results 2,621 to 2,630.

I Remember It Being Cold At Those 8.30 Swimming Lessons

I remember it being very cold when we had 8.30 swimming lessons before school. The teacher used to shout at us and I got my bronze certificate because I was too scared not to jump in the deep ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1966 by Pat Patt

Peartree Close

I was born in Burgess Hill in 1955 and lived at 18 Peartree Close. There was a rough track behind the house with rear access to garages, and we spent loads of time playing up and down this track and in the woods beyond. I ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1955 by Paul Smith

Twelve Happy Months

I was born in Nant Gwynant in 1925 and lived there for the first 20 years of my life. In 1944 I was drafted into the army and served in German and Italy. Upon release in 1947, I decided to try and make a career in ...Read more

A memory of Nantgwynant by Gwilym Evans

Tondu Primary School

I am not quite sure of the date I moved to Tondu Primary School from Laleston Juniors near Bridgend after moving to Sarn, however, I think it was around 1955. The headmaster was a Mr Richards who I understand was renowned for ...Read more

A memory of Tondu in 1955 by Edward Davies

Crosby Rosedale Aveune

I was born in my grandparents' home in Rosedale Avenue in July 1947. I remember Crosby well, the cinema at the top of Endbutt Lane, going to church at St Peter and St Paul's RC Church, seeing the Beatles, and here I am in ...Read more

A memory of Crosby in 1947 by Ann Hamlet

Port Quin

As a young man with my first car and girlfriend we toured Cornwall and came across Port Quin, wow what a place. No one came here, most of the houses were derelict, the small car park to the left was the only place to park about six ...Read more

A memory of Port Quin in 1969

Memories Of Village Haircuts

Just before the 1960’s transformed our innocent lives, all us village boys had a limited choice of tonsorial art; indeed you could count the number of available haircuts (styles wasn’t a word used for men or boys) ...Read more

A memory of Sherington in 1960

Boxing

When I was a young lad my father Gwilym Jones and Joe Collins of Avondale Street (Joe was, during the 1939-45 war, the army lightweight boxing champion of India) My father had been a professional boxer in his earlier years.They opened up ...Read more

A memory of Ynysboeth in 1948 by Royden Jones

White House

I was born in Bladon in 1954 and the pub in mention was called the White House, I would think the pronounciation if I have spelt it right was in the locals West Oxon way of speach and White Horse can sound the same.

A memory of Bladon in 1954 by Bryan Hedges

Kings Cottage

Whilst at Priors Marston my grandfather, Rowland Joseph Marsh and his wife Annie Elizabeth Lavender had twins: Leonard and Vera Marsh. They already had a daughter Kathleen Annie. I am the eldest daughter of Kath Marsh, who is ...Read more

A memory of Priors Marston by Pamela Cook

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Captions

29,398 captions found. Showing results 6,289 to 6,312.

Caption For Basildon, Long Riding C1960

The centre of Basildon has served the local community well since the 1950s, and remains a popular place to shop.

Caption For Colchester, North Hill C1960

The road descends northward to Middleborough beyond the line of the Roman wall.

Caption For Topsham, The Strand 1906

Topsham, at the head of the Exe estuary, became a seaport of considerable importance in the Middle Ages.

Caption For Cowling, The Village C1953

This view looking east down Colne Road in the main street of the village of Cowling, near Keighley, shows the prominent monuments of Wainman's Pinnacle and Lund's Tower on the escarpment of Earl Crag on

Caption For Cleeve Hill, Stockwell Lane C1955

The highest point of the Cotswolds is on Cleeve Common, which covers an area of some three square miles.

Caption For Porthgwarra, The Cove And Caves 1908

There is just room to draw up a few boats at this remote fishing cove down by the granite cliffs of Gwennap Head at the south-west corner of the Land's End peninsula.

Caption For Huddersfield, New Street 2005

Established in 1827, the Huddersfield Banking Company was only the second joint stock bank in the country, created under an Act to prevent a recurrence of the banking crisis of the previous year

Caption For Torquay, Beacon Terrace 1888

Before the coming of tourism, Torquay was an obscure fishing hamlet, its villagers scratching a living from the sea, smuggling and lime burning.

Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, View From The Memorial C1955

This pastoral scene suffers somewhat from the presence of a telegraph pole and its excessive number of wires.

Caption For Norwich, Post Office And Prince Of Wales Road 1896

Prince of Wales Road was cut through the town in 1862 to provide a fittingly grand route from Thorpe Station. On the right, the old Crown Bank of 1866 became the post office.

Caption For Chatteris, High Street C1955

It is the mid 1950's, the early days of television. Bearing in mind the fact that you cannot get much flatter than Fenland, just look at the height of the TV aerials!

Caption For Sutton, The Village And Church C1955

Sutton's church was started in 1366 by Bishop Barnett of Ely, and the octagon - in fact, two octagons, one on top of the other - was doubtless inspired by the octagon adorning Ely Cathedral.

Caption For Epsom, Market, High Street 2005

CLIMBING CAREFULLY up the branching sycamore, a group of pensioners investigated the tree house.

Caption For Walsall, Belsize House, Bradford Street 2005

Houses and shops were then built and in 1855 it was described as most strikingly beautiful portion of the town.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1898

This was completed in 1899, and opened on 9 May by the Duchess of Kent. A popular promenade, it was also used as a low water landing stage for excursions and paddle steamers.

Caption For Langdon Hills, Entrance And Keepers Cottage C1950

IMAGINE an area of low-lying marshland riddled with secret smugglers' paths and tales of Wat Tyler's doomed revolt.

Caption For St Helens, The Town Hall C1955

St Helens was only a small village until the advent of the Industrial Revolution.

Caption For Holywell, The Great Ouse 1914

Holywell developed by the Great Ouse as a traditional `ring` village: the main street runs around the perimeter of the community with only one access road.

Caption For Newport, High Street C1950

Newport has a rich history, with Roman occupation at Caerleon, a medieval castle, and the Chartist Rising of 1839, which was put down by troops.

Caption For St Neots, Paper Mill At Little Paxton 1897

The paper mill was built on the site of a corn mill called Okestubbe Mill, which was owned by St Neots Priory and continued to operate until the early 19th century.

Caption For Guisborough, Church, De Brus Cenotaph 1913

As part of the Temple Moore restoration of the church, the De Brus Cenotaph was reassembled to look as far as possible as it would have been in the days of the priory.

Caption For Dorking, Coldharbour Lane 1907

The church is a short distance from the Nower, another one of Dorking's parkland areas.

Caption For Llangollen, Castell Dinas Bran 1913

The Hill of Bran rises just to the north-east of Llangollen; perched high upon its summit is the ruin of Castell Dinas Bran.

Caption For Castletown, Castle Rushen 1903

It was here in 1265 that Magnus, the last of Man's Norse kings, died, ushering in nearly seventy years of Scottish rule until the island was taken by Edward III of England.