Maps

241 maps found.

1940, The Valley Ref. NPO846557
1946, Pleasant Valley Ref. NPO807542
1946, Rose Valley Ref. NPO819990
1946, Swan Valley Ref. NPO843441
1898, Valley Bottom Ref. RNE858460
1895, Valley Park Ref. RNE858563
1899, Woodgate Valley Ref. RNE873190
1898, Swan Valley Ref. RNE843441
1901, Pleasant Valley Ref. RNC807542
1923, The Valley Ref. POP846555
1945, Anna Valley Ref. NPO625763
1921, Trent Valley Ref. POP852714
1895, Buckland Valley Ref. RNE654774
1947, Wye Valley Ref. NPO875123
1945, Valley Park Ref. NPO858563
1895, Golden Valley Ref. RNE717278
1919, Anna Valley Ref. POP625763
1920, Lea Valley Ref. POP753844
1925, Esk Valley Ref. POP701905
1920, Findon Valley Ref. POP705697

Books

7 books found. Showing results 73 to 7.

Memories

498 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

Boy From The Teams

I would love to find someone to talk to about my youth when I lived in Gateshead 127 Morrison st I went to rose st school from 1940/1945 got my first job at huewoods teams valley trading estate till 1950 if I get a reply from ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Albert Berger

Longleat

My grandfather Cecil Welch, who was the local estate agent and auctioneer based at the Old Town Hall in the High Street, bought several old cottages next to the blacksmiths in Church End for his son John and wife Peggy, at the vast ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunmow in 1948

Hare Park Terrace

My uncle and aunt, Frank and Lilian Simpson (nee Wilson)used to live over looking the Spen Valley in a terraced house on a hill at the bottom of which was Rawfolds Mill. Is the photo H199022 this road and is the wall on left ...Read more

A memory of Rawfolds in 1920 by Eunice Wilson

Carol Singing

I too rememeber Rev Milner and his wife also going carol singing down Knatts valley before the war. Does anyone remember Mr Rudd who looked after the greens at Woodlands golf course, a little short chap he was? Also any ...Read more

A memory of Knatts Valley in 1930 by Ronald Meddick

Alton 2003

A quite recent memory but I visited in 2003 thanks to the kindness of my relative Josephine Dixon [dec.]. We are both related to the Byatt and Collis families from Alton. It was great to see where our family lived and ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 2003 by David Cassells

The Cafe School

We moved to Alton from Somerset in November 1958. The primary school was closed for refurbishment. Mr. and Mrs. Carnwell who owned the garage and cafe played host to the village school, it all seemed quite strange to ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1958 by Elizabeth Green

Born And Bred

I was born at Tir Elenore Farm, Betws in 1937. I went to Betws Primary School and then to Amman Valley Grammer School.

A memory of Betws-y-Coed in 1930 by Gwyneth Williams Nee Thomas

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

James Joseph Irvine (Autobiography) 1911 1990

Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings ...Read more

A memory of Tow Law in 1930 by James Irvine

The Brook

Wonderful memories! It was awonderful place to have grown up. I learned to swim in the brook, aged about 11 years. I wonder who wrote the following which I was taught in school. Very appropriate! "Little stream flowing ...Read more

A memory of Gayton by Sylvia Pugh

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Llansamlet, Heol Las 1938

Overlooking the Tawe Valley, it grew thanks to its tin-plate and spelter works.

Caption For Harrogate, Royal Pump Room 1907

Here, bumpers of sulphuric and chalybeate water were dispensed from seven o'clock in the morning, after which a constitutional in the Valley Gardens was highly recommended.

Caption For Harrogate, The Royal Pump Room 1923

After taking the first glass, a mild constitutional in Valley Gardens was recommended.

Caption For Harrogate, The Royal Pump Room 1923

After taking the first glass, a mild constitutional in Valley Gardens was recommended.

Caption For Scarborough, South Bay From Harbour 1897

The elegant footbridge over Valley Road can be seen to the left.

Caption For Littlebredy, Old Thatched Houses And Church C1940

The pretty cottages of Little Bredy stand in a peaceful setting along the valley of the River Bride, despite having been in the front line of Britain's defence during the dark days of the 1940s.

Caption For Launceston, St Stephen's Holy Well 1911

The well stands in a tranquil spot on Gallows Hill overlooking the valley.

Caption For Launceston, St Stephen's Holy Well 1911

The well stands in a tranquil spot on Gallows Hill overlooking the valley.

Caption For Ilkley, The Moors 1914

Up above the Cow and Calf rocks is more evidence of quarrying, but in this photograph the heather softens the scene for the Edwardian picnickers taking in the valley view, top right.

Caption For Sleights, Railway Crossing And Footbridge C1960

The Esk Valley Railway from Whitby to the north-east was begun in 1835 and was completed in 1861.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Chess Valley 1903

Here is a view of the River Chess winding along the floor of its flat but narrow valley, through its Chiltern landscape towards Rickmansworth near Loudwater Farm, an area much changed since this view was

Caption For Risca, Tredegar Street C1965

Risca is a parish and village in the valley between the Twyn Barlwyn and the Machen mountains.

Caption For Twyford, Queen Street And Volunteer Inn C1965

The downlands hereabouts bear the marks of Iron Age dwellers who occupied this valley three thousand years ago.

Caption For Sidmouth, Sid Vale Dairy 1906

Sidmouth nestles in a broad valley where the pastoral countryside of East Devon sweeps down to the sea.

Caption For Boscastle, Pixie Cottage C1960

Boscastle's slate-built cottages cling to the side of the beautiful valley of the River Valency, an important route inland down which came the slate and grain that were shipped from the harbour.

Caption For Goyt Valley, 1894

The gatehouse and gardeners' cottages on the approach to Errwood Hall at Goyt's Bridge in the Goyt Valley.

Caption For Duntisbourne Abbotts, Grazing Horses C1960

Abbots, Middle, Rouse and Leer) cluster in the dips and dells and cling to the slopes of these green hills, where horses and skylarks set them apart from the busy modern world beyond the valley

Caption For Two Dales, Chesterfield Road C1960

This hamlet on the Chesterfield Road out of Darley Dale is known as Two Dales; the name probably comes from the twin valleys of Hall Dale and Sydnope Dale, which run on either side of the

Caption For Cragg Vale, St John's Church C1955

The pinnacled Victorian Parish Church of St John, Cragg Vale, with its crowded graveyard, looks down the isolated, wooded valley where the coiners once operated, far from the eyes of the law and authority

Caption For Truro, Calenick Village 1912

The little hamlet of Calenick lies a short distance south of Truro, in a valley bottom on the old road to Falmouth.

Caption For Amberley, Castle 1899

This castle, probably dating from the 13th century, stands on the high ridge overlooking the Woodchester Valley, just north of Nailsworth and on the western edge of Minchinhampton Common

Caption For Skelmanthorpe, Commercial Road C1955

Skelmanthorpe, between Holmfirth and Barnsley, is a village of Scandinavian descent, as witnessed by its name, which means 'Skelmer's village in a valley'.

Caption For Monsal Dale, C1955

In breathtaking splendour, the river picks its way through the valley.

Caption For Sheffield, Rivelin Dam C1955

It took five years to build with workmen tunnelling from both ends; it carried water from the Derwent Valley to the reservoir at Rivelin.