Maps

316 maps found.

1897, Pentre-Dwr Ref. RNE804429
1896, Pentre-Poeth Ref. RNE804491
1947, Pentre Berw Ref. NPO804332
1946, Pentre Galar Ref. NPO804356
1947, Pentre Gwynfryn Ref. NPO804359
1947, Pentre Hodre Ref. NPO804361
1947, Pentre Isaf Ref. NPO804364
1947, Pentre Llifior Ref. NPO804370
1947, Pentre Maelor Ref. NPO804372
1947, Pentre Meyrick Ref. NPO804374
1947, Pentre-Bont Ref. NPO804400
1947, Pentre-Coed Ref. NPO804414
1947, Pentre-Gwenlais Ref. NPO804448
1947, Pentre-Piod Ref. NPO804488
1946, Pentre-Poeth Ref. NPO804491
1898, Ton Pentre Ref. RNE849877
1902-1903, Pentre Ref. RNC804286
1902-1903, Pentre Ref. RNC804299
1899-1900, Pentre Ref. RNC804328
1902, Pentre Maelor Ref. RNC804372

Books

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Memories

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Family Connections.

The mill in the photograph is Low Mill at Grassington. My ancestor William Irving lived here with his family before 1820 until his death in 1843 aged 84. He was a woolcomber. His son James Irving also lived here with his ...Read more

A memory of Grassington by Claire Allen

Duchy Hotel

This is a photo of The Duchy Hotel. This later became Dartmoor Prisons' "Prison Officers Mess". It has now become The Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre. My dad was an officer or "screw" at Dartmoor Prison for many years and we ...Read more

A memory of Princetown in 1976 by Ian Sutton

The Village Pond

When I was a child I often visited my Aunts who lived in Buckrells, the large house opposite the Volunteer Pub; one of the joys of these visits was escaping from the adults and exploring the village pond which was ...Read more

A memory of Seavington St Michael by Janet Kiddle

The Great Children's Summer Garden Party

During the1950's, long before the introduction of Green Shield and other reward stamps, members of the Co-operative Society in the days before the Co-op as we know it today, earned tin coin cash money to ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

Oakhanger, Hampshire

Grew up in Oakhanger and enjoyed the freedom of exploring the common in the centre of the village. Some good times were had sledging down a hill on the common in the snow. Also, finding and catching tadpoles in the pond ...Read more

A memory of Oakhanger

Fair And Lake Wandle Park, Croydon

A travelling fair each summer here was both a delight and a way to earn a few shillings when the fair ended. I would help dismantle the rides and stalls, working hard from morning to evening for about five ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1947 by Philip Harfleet

Taking A Tumble In 1960

Seeing this photo bought back painful memories!  The year before this photo was taken I was in my usual rush to get from Slough Technical School to my home in Langley.  This meant changing buses in Slough and if you were very ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1960 by Bill Burrows

It's Not How It Was Back Then... Some Nostalgia For The Fifties And Early Sixties.

My parents ran a shop on the Broadway from the late nineteen forties until the early fifties, I think. It was a general store and – as far as I know – a seed ...Read more

A memory of Broadstone by Robert Milne

Education And Health

By the 1940s the Grammar School had been rebuilt in Tenterden Street. The building in the photograph became The Wylde Clinic which was the centre for mothers and babies and of course housed the 'dreaded' school dentist. My younger ...Read more

A memory of Bury in 1940 by Janet Robinson

St Joseph's Convent School

I note that a couple of people have mentioned St Joseph's Convent School. Having attended that school from 1960 to 1966, I can confirm that the location was opposite Hoadley's and the building did indeed curve alongside ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Carlisle, Market Place 2005

At the same time, it provides the modern units sought by retailers and the secure town centre car parking demanded by shoppers.

Caption For Wolverton, Stratford Road 2005

The Works' fire station (centre) and bath house (centre left) can be identified by their gabled roofs.

Caption For Ruislip, The George Hotel, Bury Street C1965

There is perhaps a brighter face to the village centre today than is apparent in the photograph, although the traffic problem is ghastly.

Caption For Winchester, Stanmore From Romsey Road 1928

Romsey Road leads westward away from the city centre and towards the rolling downlands of Hampshire.

Caption For Chideock, Horse And Cart 1922

A rustic scene in the centre of the village, southwards along Duck Street, with the Swiss Cottage contributing its flamboyantly flowing thatch (left).

Caption For Chideock, Horse And Cart 1922

A rustic scene in the centre of the village, southwards along Duck Street, with the Swiss Cottage contributing its flamboyantly flowing thatch (left).

Caption For Grassington, The Market Square 1926

The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant on agriculture.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village C1955

Bridge Stores (right of centre) advertises Colman`s Mustard in much more basic style than the Victorian sign that used to look down on the central part of the street.

Caption For Studley, Studley College C1960

It continued in this capacity until 1969, when it became a training centre for British Leyland, and it was later used as a marketing institute and conference centre by the Rover Group.

Caption For Rothley, Town Green C1965

We are south-west of the village centre, and the photograph exudes a strange feeling of well- cared-for neglect.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, Village 1922

This view looks northwards along Middle Street (otherwise known as Chapel Street) in the centre of the village towards a 17th- century thatched cottage on the corner with Grove Road (centre

Caption For Radcliffe On Trent, Post Office And Main Road C1955

From suburban West Bridgford we move east along the A52 to Radcliffe, its village centre some 300 yards south of the River Trent.

Caption For Leyburn, Market Place 1934

In the centre is the Methodist church (1884), and in the distance St Matthew's church.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, Mayburgh Henge 1893

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, Mayburgh Henge 1893

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre.

Caption For Hatchmere, Lake Delamere C1960

Today, after considerable localised replanting, there are over 2,000 acres of woodland in the vicinity, through which wander numerous walking and cycling trails all centred on Lake Delamere.

Caption For Mumbles, General View 1925

The cinema, centre right, is the Tivoli; it was formerly known as the Kursaal.

Caption For Stoney Middleton, Composite C1955

This postcard shows the parish church of St Martin in the centre, and clockwise from the top left, the village centre; the `Roman` Baths in the Nook; Lover`s Leap; and the view down from the Bank.

Caption For Accrington, Composite C1960

The Rock Gardens at Oak Hill Park, Broadway, with its new Arndale Centre, the bus station and St James' Chruch are all proudly portrayed here, with the Market Hall in the centre.

Caption For Chideock, The Village 1897

Looking westwards along Main Street towards Lyme Regis, with the plateau of Langdon Hill forming the skyline (centre).

Caption For Ironbridge, High Street And Church Street 1925

Here we see the town centre, such as it was, with the municipal buildings in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Wakefield, Kirkgate C1965

Woolworth's store, seen here at the end of this section of Kirkgate (centre), draws shoppers down this precinct past the shops on the right, built in the early 1960s.

Caption For Eype, The Village 1899

This view is from the lower slopes of Thorncombe Beacon, looking north-east, to Lower Eype Farm (left) and Lower Eype hamlet (centre), with the adjacent farmstead of Bonville (right).

Caption For Symondsbury, The Village 1930

Inland from Eype, towards the Marshwood Vale, Symondsbury clusters between Colmer's Hill and Old Warren Wood (centre skyline).