Places
36 places found.
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- Cardiff, South Glamorgan
- Barry, South Glamorgan
- Penarth, South Glamorgan
- Rhoose, South Glamorgan
- St Athan, South Glamorgan
- Cowbridge, South Glamorgan
- South Molton, Devon
- Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan
- Chipping Sodbury, Avon
- South Chingford, Greater London
- South Shields, Tyne and Wear
- Ayr, Strathclyde
- St Donat's, South Glamorgan
- Llanblethian, South Glamorgan
- Thornbury, Avon
- Llandough, South Glamorgan
- Fonmon, South Glamorgan
- St Nicholas, South Glamorgan
- Jarrow, Tyne and Wear
- Penmark, South Glamorgan
- Font-y-gary, South Glamorgan
- Maybole, Strathclyde
- Yate, Avon
- Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Torquay, Devon
- Newquay, Cornwall
- Salisbury, Wiltshire
- Bournemouth, Dorset
- St Ives, Cornwall
- Falmouth, Cornwall
- Guildford, Surrey
- Bath, Avon
- Looe, Cornwall
- Reigate, Surrey
- Minehead, Somerset
- Bude, Cornwall
Photos
5,607 photos found. Showing results 741 to 760.
Maps
2,499 maps found.
Books
23 books found. Showing results 889 to 23.
Memories
1,580 memories found. Showing results 371 to 380.
Tinker Tailor Solder Sailor 1916
Lynette Carter nee Evans My grandfather was Romany Gypsy, Stephen Evans, who better known as (Stinny)? During 1916 he lived in Gorseion, while his wife; my grandmother Mary Ellen Boswell lived in Gowerton. ...Read more
A memory of Gorseinon in 1900 by
The Farm On Broad Lane
I was four years old and lived with mum in a caravan parked in this farmer's field along with other caravaners. Mum and dad would have paid rent to the owner of the farm. I was the only youngster around and had no ...Read more
A memory of Burtonwood in 1959
Growing Up In Lea Road Southall
I lived in Lea Road, Southall. My father Alfred was a lorry driver for Sanders & Son, also known as The Tube, half way down Gordon Road. My mum Betty worked as a manager of Bill Taylors newsagents just off the ...Read more
A memory of Southall in 1968 by
My Dad
I remember the snows of 1963, I was four, looking out of our bedroom window on Camp Road and the snow was drifted up to the windowsill! Gorgeous memories of our bedroom fire making shapes on the ceiling and being warm as toast as me ...Read more
A memory of South Kirkby in 1963 by
My Early Years
I was born 1942 in a wool shop at 300 London Rpad, grew up in Stakes Wood, granny tree, blue bell woods etc. Idylllic childhood . I went to Stakes Hill Rpad primary school 1947 to 1953, Mrs Nelson my teacher. Elsie Patterson ...Read more
A memory of Waterlooville in 1949 by
Surrey St.
I have only just discovered this website and felt compelled to respond. I was born in Heathfield Gardens, South Croydon in 1948 and my maiden name was Murphy. We moved to Wyche Grove near the Purley Arms, South Croydon when I was about 5 ...Read more
A memory of Croydon by
Frodsham Caves
Just south of Frodsham are some natural caves in the red sandstone rock. They appear to have been enlarged in the Middle Ages and are a rare surviving example of mediaeval mining. I had never heard of these caves - or even ...Read more
A memory of Frodsham in 1966 by
Saturday Afternoon Shopping
I remember Dewsbury on Saturday afternoons when everyone was shopping for bargains in the market and shops. You couldn't move for people and trying to go round Woolworths was a nightmare! Everywhere was heaving with ...Read more
A memory of Dewsbury by
Mmmm...Rushmere
How well I remember Rushmere. I used to attend Kings College School around 300 metres away, and a group of us would frequently return home along South Side with a quick detour to the pond. It was best in winter because of the ...Read more
A memory of Wimbledon in 1960 by
Growing Up In Post War Harrow Weald
I lived at 20 Silver Close, Harrow Weald from 6 weeks old in 1941 until I left for Australia in 1961. I atended Harrow Weald Infants School from 1946, the old building was opposite the bus garage in the ...Read more
A memory of Harrow Weald in 1941 by
Captions
2,476 captions found. Showing results 889 to 912.
The South-west Gatehouse (left) stands on the site of the assassination of the 15-year- old Anglo-Saxon King Edward on the evening of 18 March 978.
Looking south down the main road towards Wilmslow, with the road over to Macclesfield going off to the left, affluent Cheshire is driving towards the viewer and the young couple wait for
ferry.The first structure was a toll bridge; today the river is spanned by various busy roads and a motorway—a far cry from the days centuries ago when this river and many others like it on the south
ferry.The first structure was a toll bridge; today the river is spanned by various busy roads and a motorway—a far cry from the days centuries ago when this river and many others like it on the south
We can see the first Blackfriars Station on the south side.
Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century, and it still commands good views to the north and south-east
By the 1650s Lionel Copley had become one of the leading ironmasters in South Yorkshire, thanks to a leasing arrangement with the Earl of Shrewsbury which gave him access to Shrewsbury charcoal woods and
This photograph, taken from the east bank of the river, south of the Barley Mow pub, manages to exclude George Gilbert Scott's rather fine 1864 seven-arched brick bridge over the river.
Opened in 1883 the Edward Seward-designed South Wales and Monmouthshire Infirmary was built at a cost of £23,000.
Whereas Prichard's work on the 15th century Jasper Tower was very much in tune with the prevailing conservative medieval taste his South Tower (c1867), with open parapet and tall octagonal spire, was
Arcades supported by tall granite piers with carved capitals separate the nave from the north and south aisles. The earlier chancel beyond has smaller arcades and is slightly out of alignment.
Manor Hall was built shortly after 1935 as a dance hall at a time when a number of residential estates were being built south of Manor Road.
South-westwards from the North Wall (left), across the harbour basin just about as empty as it would be today, are the Cobb Warehouses (centre) and Granny's Teeth steps, to the left
Shipston-on-Stour is situated ten miles south-east of Stratford, and was once a centre for sheep and wool for the Vale of the Red Horse.
Note the unbuttressed west tower and the roof of the south aisle in poor condition, just three years before restoration.
Just south of the town is the amphitheatre of Maumbury Rings, which was to Dorchester 'what the Coliseum was to Rome', according to Hardy.
It was later known as West Park, in order to distinguish it from South Park.
This once busy road led to the Great Western Railway station further south.
On the right is the Town Hall, built in 1902 to the designs of South Shields-based architect Fred Rennoldson.
Arrochar is a picturesque village in the south-west Highlands, at the head of Loch Long.
The long narrow nave has a fine Norman doorway, and there is a Norman arch in the south wall which led to the priory.
It became instead the city's main route from north to south.
This view is taken from the southern end of Foregate Street, looking south along The Foregate and The Cross. On the left is the Hop Market, resplendent in red terracotta.
This hotel is on Penns Lane, near Walmley, south of Sutton Coldfield. The foremost stream in this area is Plants Brook, which once powered several mills.
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