Maps

181,031 maps found.

1922, Penleigh Ref. HOSM56341
1895, Addington Ref. HOSM71318
1892, Bickerton Ref. HOSM37658
1891, Bramham Ref. HOSM71307
1896, Cowthorpe Ref. HOSM42079
1892, Ingmanthorpe Ref. HOSM49356
1891, Wothersome Ref. HOSM65220
1901, Rodden Ref. HOSM57944
1913, Goldsborough Ref. HOSM46528
1894, Laverstoke Ref. HOSM50869
1880, Prees Sta Ref. HOSM50612
1880, Waterloo Ref. HOSM63517
1923, Whitehaven Ref. HOSM35421
1923, Bransty Ref. HOSM38708
1923, Lowca Ref. HOSM52464
1887, Blaenwaun Ref. HOSM38027
1887, Cefn-Y-Pant Ref. HOSM40464
1895, Wickford Ref. HOSM35427
1895, Runwell Ref. HOSM58278
1892, Haigh Ref. HOSM47350

Books

442 books found. Showing results 8,377 to 8,400.

Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 3,491 to 3,500.

Ex Employees Of Derby Pastures

We have always known that my great aunt was allegedly sent to Derby Pastures at a fairly young age. The story we heard was; that she had been kicked by a horse in Chesterfield as a young child, although we don't ...Read more

A memory of Mickleover by Julie Cooper

Collyhurst Flats, Southern Drive

Lived at 17 Southern Drive, went to St Oswalds. One of my memories was helping Harry the firewood lad; he used to sell firewood from his handcart. Marco real ice-cream. Harry Wilkinson in the chip shop - if you ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1952 by Jimmy Jones

What A Scare

It was a cold and wet evening when I had arrived in Peterborough, and having little money on me certainly not enough to pay for some hotel. I had been thumbing lifts from various towns, but as it was teeming it down with rain, I did not ...Read more

A memory of Eye in 1971 by Roland Mitchell

Visiting My Great Uncle Ted

I visited Ber Street on a regular basis in the early 1960s as my great uncle lived there. This was pre-school days for me. My mum was born in Twiddy's court which is now Warminger's Court. I remember walking up ...Read more

A memory of Norwich in 1964 by Yvette Ballance

Post Office

I vaguely remember being taken into the Post Office. I was aware that my father held me and I was corrected as I wanted to take the pen out of his top pocket whilst waiting for my mother. I remember it as being very large and spacious.

A memory of Norwich in 1962 by Yvette Ballance

Nicholson Family

My mother, Mary Nicholson, was the daughter of Otho Francis Macmahon Nicholson, the son of Henry Donaldson Nicholson. My mother met my father, a first generation South African, during World War 2 when he served in the Merchant ...Read more

A memory of Tavistock by Elizabeth Croeser

Hemsby In The 70s And 80s

We started holidaying in Hemsby in the late 1970s. My parents loved it as we'd always had caravan holidays previously but now we had a chalet!! They always stayed at Belle Aire site. Hemsby was pretty spartan in those ...Read more

A memory of Hemsby by Karen Dack

The Make Up Factory

I worked at Holloways a couple of times in the early 1980's. We used to catch the works bus in from Stowmarket (where I lived). We would go miles and miles through Thorpe Morieux, Rattlesden, etc, to pick gals up. I would go ...Read more

A memory of Lavenham in 1984 by Karen Dack

Visiting Needham Market In The 1970s

My sister and I used to visit my three uncles each Sunday. They all were unmarried and lived in the family house in The Causeway. Not having children of their own, they doted on us girls and spoilt us ...Read more

A memory of Needham Market by Karen Dack

Dancing At Thornton Heath

Please someone do tell me the name of the energetic little lady who taught us all ballroom dancing in a first floor room in Purley. I am wirting my memoirs and her name is on the tip of my tongue but I cannot quite ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1947 by Vera Hopkins

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 8,377 to 8,400.

Caption For Hampton Court, Palace 1899

Hampton Court has 1,000 rooms, three miles of lead plumbing, and was five years in the building by a workforce of 2,500 men.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cobb C1955

The view across the water is to the cliffs of Cain's Folly (left) and the skyline of Stonebarrow Hill, Chardown Hill and Golden Cap.

Caption For Eton, College Chapel 1895

This magnificent building has a history all of its own. 'No part of Henry VI's scheme for a college was of greater importance than that of a church', according to the Eton guide book.

Caption For Brierley Hill, West Midlands Constabulary C1965

Only the left-hand wing of the building is occupied by the police, while the right-hand wing is the Civic Hall. The photograph perhaps gives the impression of intimidating size and spacious grounds.

Caption For Penn, St Bartholomew's Church C1965

St Bartholomew's enjoys an elevated position, possibly the site of a prehistoric fort, at the corner of Church Hill and Vicarage Road.

Caption For Bakewell, All Saints' Church, South West 1890

This photograph, taken from the churchyard, shows the hilltop church of All Saints, Bakewell, as it appeared about 40 years after the major rebuilding which took place between 1841-52.

Caption For Medstead, Post Office C1955

Like the pub and school, rural post offices are under constant threat of closure, and in recent times they have been closing at the rate of 400 a year.

Caption For Porthpean, The Village 1890

The cliffs below the road in the foreground were the scene in 1952 of two notorious murders.

Caption For Bidston, The Windmill C1955

Situated a few hundred yards to the south of the observatory, Bidston Mill was built at the beginning of the 19th century and was in full operation until 1875.

Caption For Melksham, High Street C1950

The Kings Arms Hotel (right), built in 1750, was a stop for the changing of horses and the collection of post on the London to Bristol route.

Caption For Rye, Mermaid Street 1888

The old hospital (1576) on the right, so called since it performed that function during the Napoleonic Wars, forms the main subject of this early picture of the most photographed of Rye's cobbled

Caption For Matlock Bath, Fishpond And Heights Of Abraham C1955

The Fishpond is a famous petrifying well, where the high levels of lime in the water will turn to stone anything placed in it.

Caption For Ambleside, The Waterhead Ferry 1912

A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to embark on a trip down Windermere from the Waterhead pier on a summer's day.

Caption For Grasmere, The Church Of St Oswald 1926

Now the centre of a hectic one-way traffic system, Grasmere's parish church of St Oswald is perhaps best known for being the last resting place of the poet William Wordsworth, who is buried there alongside

Caption For Millom, Wellington Street C1955

The busy industrial village of Millom on the Duddon Estuary was founded on the wealth won from the iron ore discovered at nearby Hodbarrow in 1868.

Caption For Heacham, Church And War Memorial 1921

The 15th-century church, dedicated to St Mary, contains a number of memorials to the wealthy local family of Rolfe.

Caption For Bloxham, The Cross And Post Office C1955

The 200ft 14th-century steeple of St Mary's Church is a prominent landmark. There is a stone carving of the Last Judgement above the west door.

Caption For Merriott, Lower Street C1955

Lower Street is the part of the square of Merriott's main streets nearest the Parrett. It has many old Ham stone cottages, some thatched, and some with stone mullioned windows.

Caption For Yarm, High Street C1955

Yarm has a remarkably wide High Street, typical of many North Riding market towns.

Caption For Bungay, Market Place 1951

The two lorries, one of which is a Vulcan, are delivering to Reynold's grocery shop. Sharing the same building is Ellen Coustan, the ladies' and children's outfitter's.

Caption For Lyndhurst, St Michael And All Angels Church 1891

For such an old town, the church of St Michael and All Angels is modern, being built as recently as 1860 over the site of an older church and a 13th-century chapel.

Caption For Cragg Vale, General View C1955

Cragg Vale, seen here from above the village, was a remote hamlet above the Calder Valley in the 18th century, when it was the base of a notorious gang of counterfeiters known as the 'Cragg Vale Coiners

Caption For Gateshead, The Lake, Saltwell Park C1955

Saltwell Park is in the middle of the town, and comprises gardens, a lake, and recreational areas. Saltwell Park Museum is housed in the old mansion.

Caption For Kimbolton, High Street C1955

Although most of the frontages are Georgian, with a pleasing variation in roof lines, many of the houses are actually a good deal older.