Maps

2,499 maps found.

1897 - 1919, South Weston Ref. HOSM59754
1895 - 1907, South Gorley Ref. HOSM59668
1886 - 1887, South Bowood Ref. HOSM38494
1878 - 1906, South Tehidy Ref. HOSM59749
1896 - 1907, South Bockhampton Ref. HOSM52692
1889 - 1890, South Dalton Ref. HOSM59651
1887 - 1903, South Witham Ref. HOSM59757
1887 - 1888, South Thoresby Ref. HOSM59750
1875 - 1896, South Stoke Ref. HOSM59746
1898 - 1910, South Ascot Ref. HOSM59708
1891 - 1892, South Kilvington Ref. HOSM59693
1904 - 1917, South Reddish Ref. HOSM64383
1894 - 1895, South Wonston Ref. HOSM59758
1910 - 1919, South Hinksey Ref. HOSM59685
1886 - 1887, South Elkington Ref. HOSM59660
1896 - 1898, South Chailey Ref. HOSM59630
1886 - 1887, South Willingham Ref. HOSM59756
1893 - 1913, South Bank Ref. HOSM59364
1898 - 1910, South Fawley Ref. HOSM59663
1883 - 1902, South Stoke Ref. HOSM59800

Books

23 books found. Showing results 1,057 to 23.

Memories

1,580 memories found. Showing results 441 to 450.

Dukeshouse Wood Camp School Hexham (Part One)

My school was one of the first to go to Dukeshouse Wood Camp School just outside Hexham. This was in November 1945 shortly after the Second World War with the lads from  Gateshead at Alexandra Road school. ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1945 by Les May

The Taylors

My grandfather who I never knew was Albert George Taylor, born in Petham 1886. He was killed in France on Christmas Eve 1914. His father was Frederick and mother Elizabeth Taylor, he had brothers and sisters: Thomas, Frederick, Rosa, ...Read more

A memory of Petham in 1910 by George Allen

Burnt Oak In The Second World War And After

I moved to Burnt Oak in May 1940, to 84 Fortescue Road. I was 4. My memories are like a batch of video clips, as follows: Moving in. Removal men trying to get a wardrobe into the front bedroom by ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1940 by David Brusselen

Very Fond Memories

I was born in Ewell in 1945 and lived with my family at 156 Banstead Road South from 1950 to 1966. My first school was Miss Attrel's at the top of Station Road opposite the garage. I used to walk from home and back although a ...Read more

A memory of Belmont in 1951 by Hugh Soper

Wilsons Bakery Griffith Wilson

My parents are Angela (nee Goulden) and Bryan Wilson (now sadly deceased), both from Bramhall. My paternal Grandfather owned the bakery in the village "Wilsons" which was taken over after my grandfather's retirement by ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall in 1955 by Helen Young

Welwyn Garden City, Sweet Briar

This view is from the west side of Sweet Briar looking south down the hill towards Cole Green Lane (out of view). To the left is the entrance to Heronswood School (since closed, now a modern housing area). ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City by Alan Vacani

I Grew Up Here

My first recollection of living in the valley was at Duffrin where my sisters Pat and Pam Smith also lived, later we moved to the Gwynfi, and that is where I lived and was educated in the local infants school at the bottom of the ...Read more

A memory of Abergwynfi in 1953 by Kenneth Smith

Memories Of Colden Common

I have never heard of this person, although he makes reference to some people, and places in Colden Common I knew. So if anyone who knows him ever comes across this then I have been some help! COLDEN COMMON? Oh, ...Read more

A memory of Colden Common by Bert Catt

Is This The Watch Tower

I wonder if anyone can tell me if the tall black object in the distance in this photo is the coastguard watch tower which was at the top of Sea Lane throught the war and into the sixties or seventies. My grandfather was an ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet by Janice Edwards

A Holiday In South Street, Seahouses March 2004

A friend let me stay in her wee fisherman's cottage in Seahouses for an early holiday in March 2004. My wife Elizabeth and I drove up from our home in Watford through the unseasonal snow and we were ...Read more

A memory of Seahouses in 2004 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,057 to 1,080.

Caption For Rolvenden, Church 1901

At Great Maytham Hall to the south of the church, Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote 'Little Lord Fauntleroy'; the Hall was also the setting for her tale of 'The Secret Garden'.

Caption For Dorchester, Thomas Hardy's School C1965

This is a modern replacement for the earlier building in South Street. The school was founded in 1579 by an earlier Thomas Hardye.

Caption For Drayton Bassett, The Green C1965

Drayton Bassett is situated four miles south of Tamworth.

Caption For Rugeley, Blithbury Reservoir C1955

Shown looking across the causeway towards Rugeley, Blithfield Reservoir is owned by the South Staffordshire Water Company which, as well as catering for leisure uses, supplies 75m gallons

Caption For London, Stock Exchange Celebrating The Relief Of Mafeking 1900

In May 1900, during the Boer War, Mafeking in South Africa was relieved after being defended by the future Boy Scout founder Robert Baden-Powell for 215 days.

Caption For Saxilby, Waterside C1955

Further south is the Foss Dyke. In the middle distance is the site of the old swing bridge, now replaced by the present 1937 bridge on the A57 bypass upon which the photographer is standing.

Caption For Coulsdon, Downs Road C1955

Beyond the motorcar the road turns sharply to meet the busy Brighton Road south of Coulsdon.

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Mill 1890

The cottages were part of the south front of Abingdon Abbey and consisted of a granary, bakehouse and brewhouse.

Caption For Upper Beeding, The River Adur C1955

Before the 17th century, the river was divided into two large channels south of Beeding; the eastern channel flowed under the old wooden bridge at Beeding, while the western channel flowed under Great

Caption For Cuckfield, High Street C1960

There are many notable buildings in the High Street and in South Street.

Caption For Sambourne, The Green Dragon C1965

The village lies south of Redditch, with Studley and Astwood Bank encroaching from east and west.

Caption For Adderbury, The Church C1955

There are some interesting friezes over both the south and north porches. Outside the east window are the arms of William of Wykeham, founder of Oxford's New College.

Caption For Limpley Stoke, The Village C1955

This Wiltshire village grew up on three roughly parallel terraces on the steep and well-wooded Avon valley side, with the parish church at the south end.

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral From Pelham Bridge C1960

The area south-east of the city was marshy and virtually undeveloped until its draining after the Witham Act of 1812.

Caption For Ockley, The Windmill 1906

The windmill was built in 1802, and was one of a number in the south and eastern parts of the county.

Caption For London, Old Waterloo Bridge 1902

On the far side there is a packed industrial waterside where now the South Bank Centre and the Royal National Theatre stand.

Caption For Moseley, St Mary's Church C1955

Moseley, a mere two miles south of Birmingham, has now become a suburb of that great city.

Caption For Southport, The Lake 1926

The South Marine Lake opened in 1887, the North Lake in 1892.

Caption For Kingsbridge, Fore Street And Bank 1896

This old town is at the heart of a region of fertile farming country known as the South Hams. This view looks down the main street towards the tidal estuary extending up from Salcombe.

Caption For Barnstaple, High Street 1903

This time he was facing south towards Boutport Street. There is a welter of shop signs - the Victorian and Edwardian shopkeepers were never slow to advertise their wares.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Esplanade 1894

This view looks south from one of the two lookout towers on the beach.

Caption For Westbury Leigh, The Church C1955

It is quite a stocky, neo-Perpendicular building, with a west tower, nave and south aisle; the interior has single-framed roofs, and arched braces to the high collar beams in the chancel.

Caption For Gorleston, The Sands 1894

The mouths of the Rivers Bure, Yare and Waveney were joined through silting above Yarmouth and now flow south to the sea at Gorleston.

Caption For Eype, Jessamine Cottage 1897

John Kiely`s Refreshment Rooms in South Street had a rustic look, accentuated by moss on the thatched roof and the windows open for air in a hot summer.