Maps

1,153 maps found.

1925, Haltcliff Bridge Ref. POP725797
1924, Ewood Bridge Ref. POP702376
1919, Fenny Bridges Ref. POP704418
1947, Heap Bridge Ref. NPO729943
1946, Hedgehog Bridge Ref. NPO730499
1947, Helwith Bridge Ref. NPO730879
1946, Gipsey Bridge Ref. NPO713923
1947, Glutton Bridge Ref. NPO716746
1947, Greta Bridge Ref. NPO722117
1903, Wadsley Bridge Ref. RNC859399
1925, Shotley Bridge Ref. POP830721
1924, Thunder Bridge Ref. POP847974
1924, Rising Bridge Ref. POP817172
1924, Roach Bridge Ref. POP818714
1922, Swineshead Bridge Ref. POP843878
1919, Templeton Bridge Ref. POP845968
1922, Stow Bridge Ref. POP841065
1925, Sunderland Bridge Ref. POP842808
1920, Suspension Bridge Ref. POP843069
1925, Rainton Bridge Ref. POP812975

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Memories

2,061 memories found. Showing results 291 to 300.

Arthog

From early 1960s onwards:  At school in London we had 2 summer holidays at Min-y-Don. The first time we travelled by coach, we got lost and arrived in the dark.  The following year we came by train from Paddington.  We had to change at ...Read more

A memory of Arthog by Alan Spillett

Lockwood Beck And Lingdale

Hi Everyone what a lovely photo of the reservoir. My family lived at the reservoir for many years. My father and his father were born there with his sisters. He was Henry Marshall born 1923. He was the 3rd Henry ...Read more

A memory of Boosbeck by David Marshall

39londonroad

I was born in Hackbridge in 1944. I lived there until 1953 when my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins put me on a plane on May 2 to join my father who had emigrated to Canada the year before. My mother, who had lived in ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1944 by Paul Strong

"Any Old Iron"

This photo brings back lots of memories for me as it shows High Road, Woodford Bridge which is where the old-fashioned ironmongers that my family owned was situated. There had been one on the site since the beginning of the ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1974 by Jane Manley

Little Sutton In 1950s And 1960s

What memories your comments conjure.  How I loved the 'rec'  as a child.  We started on the 'baby swings' and progressed to the 'big swings' and see-saw and round-a-bout.  The old shelter there was a favourite ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Janet Lee

Pont Y Waun

This is a view of Pont-y waun from Pont-y-waun bridge. If you look closely you can just make out the canal that ran parallel to the railway line. In the background is the Rhwsg mountain which I had the pleasure to climb frequently as a kid and even recently on my mountain bike!

A memory of Pontywaun in 1970 by Richie Gibbon

My Father

My dad worked on the Forth Railway bridge since I was little girl and I can always remember him going to work six days a week in all weathers, I wonder does any one remember him, his name was David Wotherspoon Scott and was married to ...Read more

A memory of Forth Bridge by Karen Hood

Middleham, The Bridge 1911

This picture is Middleham Suspension Bridge.

A memory of Middleham

Wallingford During The Second World War

I arrived in Wallingford as a 10 year old boy with my sister and mother on a cold winter February night. We had been bombed out from our house in Dagenham just a few days before and my brother, who was ...Read more

A memory of Wallingford in 1943 by Leslie Nash

Eversley, 1971 1983

Dear Jan, I have found this website quite by chance! I first moved to Eversley with my family as a child (aged 6) in July 1971. My mother became the sub postmistress and we lived in the purpose build, red brick 5 bedroomed ...Read more

A memory of Eversley by Giles Myhill

Captions

2,231 captions found. Showing results 697 to 720.

Caption For Stamford, The Meadows C1955

This view of the path into Stamford from Station Road shows the old George Bridge over the River Welland before it was replaced in 1978.

Caption For Potter Heigham, Quanting C1955

The shallowness of the river is apparent in this picture of a man quanting towards the iron railway bridge. The railway line has since closed.

Caption For Bridge Of Allan, Henderson Street 1899

Robert Louis Stevenson was a frequent visitor to Bridge of Allan when the town was a popular Victorian spa complete with pump room and baths.

Caption For Coombe Bissett, The Village C1955

In this view the pub, the river, and both bridges can all be seen. Note the pole sign for the pub standing in the river.

Caption For Sutton, Car In The Ford C1955

This Ford is spanned by a 14th-century packhorse bridge classified as an ancient monument.

Caption For Kettering, The Boating Lake C1955

The smaller lake, for younger children, was separated from the larger one by a hump-backed bridge (K13007, pages 76-77).

Caption For Chester, The Groves 1923

The newly rebuilt suspension bridge is in the background. At the landing stage a pleasure steamer is about to depart on an afternoon excursion.

Caption For Gumfreston, Ruins And Mill 1890

Note the stone bridge, tumbledown building and the solitary boy in the foreground.

Caption For Pangbourne, The Bridge And The Old George 1899

Here a carter waits patiently while his horse rests and drinks from the river under the bridge. In the background is the Old George.

Caption For Bakewell, View From Holme Bridge 1914

This view looks upstream from the Packhorse Bridge. The view today, over 80 years on, is little changed, except that the wall to the right has largely disappeared.

Caption For Christchurch, Blackwater Ferry 1900

In Saxon times, before many bridges were built, rivers formed real obstacles to travel, and ferries thrived.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Boathouse 1922

Boats can be hired at the Swan's Nest Boathouse and at Clopton Bridge.

Caption For New Bradwell, C1955

Built around 1750, Stonebridgehouse Farmhouse is situated close to the site of the original stone bridge built by the monks from Bradwell Abbey c1350.

Caption For Andover, Views From Iron Bridge 1908

Returning to the west end of the bridge, a most dramatic view of Andover was to be seen over Micheldever Road in 1908. Today, raw chalk has been conquered by soft greenery, obscuring the town.

Caption For Preston, Old Tram Bridge 1893

Here we see the tram bridge, which was built in 1803.

Caption For Coombe Bissett, The Village C1955

In this view the pub, the river, and both bridges can all be seen. Note the pole sign for the pub standing in the river.

Caption For Chester, The Bandstand 1914

Behind the Edwardian bandstand is the suspension bridge across the river to Queen's Park.

Caption For Aylesford, The Bridge C1960

The river washes the quayside above the bridge. The Church of St Peter dominates the scene.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Bridge C1965

There seems to be ample room beneath the wide arches of Llanfoist Bridge, but when the Usk floods the waters have often risen to the top of them and flooded the Castle Meadows in the foreground.

Caption For Launceston, The Chain Bridge 1906

'Chain Bridge was a great attraction for me and my friends. We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren't allowed to.

Caption For Hayling Island, Mengham Road C1965

Hayling is linked to the mainland by a concrete road bridge that opened in 1956, replacing the wooden toll bridge.

Caption For Stirling, From Abbey Craig 1899

It was from the southern slope of Abbey Craig that Wallace launched his attack against the Earl of Surrey's troops as they attempted to cross the narrow wooden bridge over the Forth.

Caption For Forth Bridge, 1897

Construction of the bridge commenced in November 1882. The first test trains ran from January 1890, and the official opening took place on 4 March 1890.

Caption For Edinburgh, Waverley Bridge From Princes Street Gardens 1883

The station was originally called North Bridge, but it was renamed in April 1866.