Photos

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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1896, Newtown Ref. RNE792063
1896, Frodsham Ref. RNE709616
1897, Christleton Ref. RNE668274
1897, Occlestone Green Ref. RNE795839
1897, Oldcastle Heath Ref. RNE797347
1896, Outlet Village Ref. RNE798524
1896, Parkgate Ref. RNE801410
1896, Lower Peover Ref. RNE769646
1897, Cuddington Heath Ref. RNE685695
1897, Darnhall Ref. RNE688745
1896, Buckoak Ref. RNE654839
1896, Budworth Heath Ref. RNE654973
1896, Comberbach Ref. RNE676022
1897, Burwardsley Ref. RNE657229
1896, Higher Wincham Ref. RNE734281
1897, Hebden Green Ref. RNE730405
1897, Eaton Hall Ref. RNE698883
1897, Ebnal Ref. RNE698959
1896, Lach Dennis Ref. RNE750764
1896, Greenbank Ref. RNE721230

Books

19 books found. Showing results 1,081 to 19.

Memories

2,053 memories found. Showing results 451 to 460.

School Days

Having moved from Shropshire in Jan 1962 this was the school where I finished my education, so I was only there for a few months. Our house was just behind the house in Burrow Hill, but the we moved to Lighterwater and I had to catch ...Read more

A memory of Chobham in 1963 by Maxine Pickett

Living In Hiscott Circa 1970s

My name is Jeremy Silwood and I stayed in Hiscott farm in the early 1970s with the family of Mr and Mrs Adair. I met Dianne Adair at a club one evening with my then friend Alistair Symons of Crawley in West Sussex and ...Read more

A memory of Hiscott in 1972 by Jeremy Silwood

Treasured Memories

My family moved to West Horndon from Millwall during the war, my nan and grandad already lived at 13 cadogan and we lived at 9, later to be changed to 29. I lived in the village for twenty four years, got married at St ...Read more

A memory of West Horndon in 1940 by Beryl Lloyd

That Morris Minor Traveller Has To Be Our Dad's Car!

My family lived at No 3 (the top flat), Corner House, at the top end of Broad Street, first on the left looking at the photo (but just out of the picture) for many years from 1947 or so. I ...Read more

A memory of New Alresford in 1947 by John Dear

Claywood And The Teem Valley Home 1949 To 1969

How wonderful to hear of one of my dear friend's memories of 1960s Menith Wood. Although I was actually born at "Eardiston" Farm called Moor Farm, in one of the converted barns in 1949, I spent ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood in 1960 by Nicolas Fumarola

Picnics With Sandwiches And A Bottle Of Pop With Mum, Paddling In The Pond

We used to have lovely picnics, mum took sandwiches and some pop in a bottle, a towel and a flannel to wipe dirty hands and faces. We spend all day paddling and catching minnows with our net. My brother Tom always used to send a model boat out and they usually got stuck or sunk by a wave !

A memory of Leytonstone in 1959 by Dawn Smith

It Will Always Be Home By Julia Elwell Nee Walley

I was born in Knutsford in 1947 at 114 King Street (the Tatton cottages), and moved to Manor Park in 1951. I started at Egerton School (the old one on Silkmill Street) and then moved to ...Read more

A memory of Knutsford

Blacksmiths Forge On Kingston Road, Ewell

Further to Pat Dickinson's memories....... I remember it vividly,especially the roaring fire and clanging iron -,the way the huge (to me) horses stood so still. We used to stop on our way home from school. ...Read more

A memory of Ewell in 1940 by Chris Bragg

The Odeon, Hounslow West 1940

I remember going to the Odeon every Saturday morning, it cost 6d (about 2 new pence). We used to go to the 'pictures', as it was called then, as a family most weeks, and I well remember coming out at the end of the ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1940 by Pamela Harman (Keene)

Wreck ('wrack') Hall Farm

My grandmother's family originated on Canvey Island, farming at Wrack Hall from some time in the early 19th century until the death of my great great grandfather, Edward Morley, in 1863. Wrack Hall was so named because ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1880 by Mike Dean

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 1,081 to 1,104.

Caption For Creaton, Village C1965

Located about eight miles north-west of Northampton, the village of Creaton used to comprise two communities - Great Creaton and Little Creaton.

Caption For Lincoln, Castle Hill 1906

Reaching the top of Steep Hill, the photographer looks west from Exchequer Gate, the medieval gatehouse into the cathedral close, towards the Castle gatehouse.

Caption For Llandaff, The Cathedral, The West Front 1893

The name 'Llandaff' means 'the sacred enclosure on the river Taff', and Llandaff is one of the earliest ecclesiastical foundations in Wales.

Caption For York, Bishopthorpe Palace From Drive 1893

During the Restoration the palace reverted to the church, and the great hall was rebuilt. Later, stables and another extension on the west side were added.

Caption For Debenham, Cross Green C1955

The church tower has Saxon quoins and Norman windows, with a rare west porch and Lady Chapel.

Caption For Ellesmere, Ellesmere House C1960

Ellesmere House is beautifully sited just above the main road and overlooking the Mere. The building is now used as a residential home.

Caption For Worcester, The Cathedral, West Front 1891

This classic view shows to good advantage the central tower and the west window.

Caption For Sedbergh, Market Place 1894

Here in the Market Place a number of local people and tradesmen are curiously watching the cameraman's antics in the middle of the street.

Caption For Dolwyddelan, The Castle 1891

Five miles south west of Betwys-y-Coed, Dolwyddelan was founded c1170 by Iorweth Trwyndwn (the Flatnosed), and this was where his son Llywelyn was born.

Caption For York, Bishopthorpe Palace From Drive 1893

During the Restoration the palace reverted to the church, and the great hall was rebuilt. Later, stables and another extension on the west side were added.

Caption For York, Infantry Barracks, Armoury 1886

Situated on Fulford Road, the barracks were originally built around 1795 for the 14th Regimental District and the West Yorkshire Regiment.

Caption For Reading, River And Promenade C1955

This view, looking west from the present Caversham Bridge past the Reading Rowing Club behind the coach, shows well the flat south bank in contrast to the steep and heavily treed Caversham bank.

Caption For Lechlade, The Moorings C1955

In the 17th century, Lechlade was the venue for one of the largest cheese fairs in the south-west.

Caption For Spilsby, Franklin Monument 1956

His last expedition found the North- West Passage around the north of Canada, but Franklin and his crews died in 1847 when his ships, 'Erebus' and 'Terror', were trapped in the Arctic ice.

Caption For Brighton, From The West Pier 1902

Piers allowed the visitor to travel easily over the sea and obtain views of the resort which otherwise would be only possible from a boat, but without any of the attendant discomfort!

Caption For Hessenford, The Church C1955

It is in the Early English style, with a chancel and nave, and a small west tower with a pointed spire containing one bell.

Caption For Compton Bishop, Crooks Peaks Guest House C1960

To the west of Compton Bishop, the former Crooks Peak Guest House is now a private house, almost invisible behind high beech hedges.

Caption For Sandy, St Swithun's Church C1955

The earliest building work visible dates from the 15th century, and extensive 19th-century restoration means that apart from the west tower very little earlier work can be seen.

Caption For Barnstaple, Imperial Hotel 1912

A large extension to the hotel was needed to cope with the massive influx of tourists that increasing holiday allowances and the railways had created. The original building is to the left.

Caption For Holme, St Giles' Church 1909

St Giles' Church is over 800 years old and accepted as one of the most attractive in England.

Caption For Culham, College 1900

South-east of Abingdon, on the A415 and a mile west of the Culham Science Centre, the former Culham College is a large and austere Victorian Gothic building based on an Oxford collegiate layout with a

Caption For Canterbury, The Cathedral 1888

The Cathedral c1875 Soaring above the surrounding rooftops, the spires of the Cathedral dominate the city in this view taken from the tower of the West Gate.

Caption For Southport, The Pier 1891

When it opened in 1860, it was 1,200 yards long and had a landing stage where steamers from the Isle of Man, North Wales, and several west-coast ports made scheduled stops during the season.

Caption For Worcester, River Severn And Grand Stand 1906

The photographer is standing on the west bank looking across to the original 1823 grandstand on the edge of Pitchcroft.