Maps

181,031 maps found.

1882, Ebley Ref. HOSM44527
1882, Edgeworth Ref. HOSM44605
1882, Lightpill Ref. HOSM51227
1882, Round Elm Ref. HOSM52900
1882, Nailsworth Ref. HOSM54566
1882, Pitchcombe Ref. HOSM56697
1882, Uplands Ref. HOSM62897
1882, Woodchester Ref. HOSM65086
1886, Rixon Ref. HOSM57891
1901, Todber Ref. HOSM61991
1885, Edwardstone Ref. HOSM44638
1884, Hundon Ref. HOSM49127
1914, Grangetown Ref. HOSM51010
1914, Ryhope Ref. HOSM58448
1901, Canwell Hall Ref. HOSM39978
1900, Swadlincote Ref. HOSM35277
1900, Linton Ref. HOSM51299
1900, Rosliston Ref. HOSM58054
1895, Swanscombe Ref. HOSM61040
1897, Swansea Ref. HOSM35282

Books

442 books found. Showing results 8,425 to 8,448.

Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 3,511 to 3,520.

Whitlow Family Of Thewall

I don't know if this picture relates to my family or not! I am a descendant of the Whitlow family of Thewall, in the mid 1700's onwards. There is a large ground stone in St Marys churchyard in Rostherne, about the first ...Read more

A memory of Padgate by Donna Stewart Nee Whitlow

Staying

My nan and grandfather lived at Lindsay Cottage, Milton Combe. My grandfather was head gardener at Drakes Abbey, a short walk. I stayed with them every year for ten years from 1960. My nan used to send me up for milk at the dairy ...Read more

A memory of Milton Combe in 1960 by Kevin Searle

Colville Road, Sparkbrook

I was born at 4 Back, 34 Colville Road in January 1950. These back houses were very small with a shared outside toilet. We had all manner of creatures that lived there too, massive spiders, blackbats and beetles that ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook in 1950 by Janet Devine

Penn View 1941

I was born in Wincanton in 1941, at 55 Penn View. I went to Noth Street School and had a wonderful time there. Wish it still was...but that was my young days. I used to watch the horse raising from the back window of the house. I ...Read more

A memory of Wincanton in 1950 by Brian Parsons

High Cross Road

I lived in High Cross Road from 1945 to 1954. I have two brothers Barry and Bill (Paul). I went to Down Lane School and Page Green School before I moved away. All my relations and friends lived in the same road or surrounding ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by John Maskell

Those Were The Days

I was born in the home of my grandparents John and May (nee Hulse) Yeomans in Mere Road, my mother being the former Kathleen Yeomans. My immediate neighbours on either side were Jack and May Platt and ...Read more

A memory of Weston in 1940 by Roy Pitchford

Keston Ponds

Like a lot of boys I tried fishing at the ponds having cycled there from my home in Nunhead. Never caught a fish though! Happy days. Ken Cook

A memory of Keston in 1956 by Ken Cook

Stanley Front Street

I remember walking from Tanfield Lea to South Moor to visit my grandmother on a Sunday morning when I was 10. I walked to save the bus fare so I could buy a comic from the man who sold Sunday papers, magazines and comics from the doorway of Broughs doorway.

A memory of Stanley in 1967 by Lesley Raine

Life In The Village Shop 1944 To 1955

I moved in with my parents (Mr and Mrs Saffin), towards the end of the war. The Canadians were stationed in the huge houses dotted around the village - I was only 10 at the time but I remember the Canadian ...Read more

A memory of Woldingham in 1944

Barking Lake

Not sure of the date; one of my memories is being over the park the whole day fishing and catching a jar full of stickle backs. The were so packed in I think when I got them home they were nearly all dead.

A memory of Barking in 1942 by Maureen Salle

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 8,425 to 8,448.

Caption For Brixham, 1896

The fishermen of Brixham refined the technique of trawling for their catch close to the bottom of the sea; this technique mostly replaced the earlier drifting.

Caption For Newhaven, Harbour 1897

A little more than one mile to the west of Leith is the small fishing village of Newhaven. It was here that James IV founded a royal dockyard where he could build his navy.

Caption For Newark, Kirkgate 1900

The timber-framed and jettied building on the left, now the Charles the First Coffe House, is where Charles's queen, Henrietta Maria, stayed during the Civil War.

Caption For Wetherby, High Street 1909

The Angel Hotel on the left was one of three to cater for the motorist; the others were the George and Dragon and the Brunswick.

Caption For Bulphan, Fen Lane C1955

The second element of Bulphan's name is the word 'fen'.

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 Bourton On The Water, The Studio Café C1955

Traditional English teashops reached their zenith in the peaceful days of the 1950s, having made a comeback after the restrictions and rationing of the Second World War.

Caption For Chipping Norton, Church Street C1955

Chipping Norton's church was rebuilt during the days of wool trade prosperity.

Caption For Cuddesdon, High Street C1955

Cuddesdon was once the home of the bishops of Oxford. There was a palace here, set ablaze in 1644 to prevent the Parliamentary troops in the Civil War from seizing it.

Caption For Wellingborough, The Hind Hotel C1950

At the top of Sheep Street is the largely 17th-century Hind Hotel, perhaps the best secular building in the town.

Caption For Metheringham, The Church C1955

The church of St Wilfred is another of the hundreds of Lincolnshire limestone churches, and it has not changed in almost fifty years. The church was damaged by fire in 1599 and restored in 1601.

Caption For Stamford, George Hotel 1922

The days of floodlighting have arrived too, although at this time the lights are illuminating the George's sign rather than the front of the building as they do today.

Caption For Poole, The Guildhall 1898

Here we see the south side of Wimborne’s square at a time when the bank was called the Midland. This, with the nearby Minster, was the heart of the town.

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 Lechlade, The River C1955

About twenty-five miles downstream from its source we reach the stone-built town of Lechlade on the Gloucestershire bank of the Thames. The Ha'penny Bridge was built in 1792 to replace a ferry.

Caption For Marnham, The Hall 1913

In the shadow of Europe's first million kilowatt power station, opened in 1962, lies this Georgian house.

Caption For Yardley, The Underpass C1965

Situated to the east of Acock’s Green, and four miles from the city centre,Yardley is one of the parishes absorbed by Birmingham in 1911.

Caption For Chatsworth, And French Gardens C1870

Here we see the east front of Chatsworth from the French Gardens, now with pillars removed and known as the Rose Garden.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

This is a good study of the stark angularity favoured by 1960s architects. The children's clothing, too, is characteristic of the time.

Caption For Douglas, Central Promenade 1896

Prior to the late-Victorian development on this part of the seafront, it would have been possible to see Castle Mona, the residence built in 1804 for Governor James Murray (later Fourth Duke of Atholl)

Caption For Hawkshead, Flag Street 1892

The overhanging first-floor jetties of the whitewashed houses add to the medieval charm of the village, which is a favourite of the many visitors to the Lake District.

Caption For Eastleigh, The Airport C1960

Southampton Airport lies to the south of Eastleigh town centre and it was from here that the first Spitfire began her maiden flight in 1936.

Caption For Selling, Oast Houses C1955

Selling is a pretty village of orchards, oasts and timbered houses set amongst hills. It summons up the essence of the old county of Kent with its hop gardens and orchards.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, Town Hall 1891

Along Hall Quay are clustered craft of every kind: flat-bottomed barges, wherries and fishing boats - it is still the age of the sail.