Maps

9,439 maps found.

1900-1901, North Cornelly Ref. RNC793093
1898-1899, North Elham Ref. RNC793209
1903-1904, North Elphinstone Ref. RNC793214
1901-1904, North End Ref. RNC793216
1901-1904, North End Ref. RNC793217
1898-1901, North End Ref. RNC793223
1903-1908, North End Ref. RNC793239
1903-1908, North End Ref. RNC793240
1903-1908, North End Ref. RNC793241
1897-1909, North Feltham Ref. RNC793285
1897-1898, North Finchley Ref. RNC793313
1901-1902, North Green Ref. RNC793413
1901-1902, North Green Ref. RNC793415
1898-1901, North Green Ref. RNC793416
1898-1909, North Holmwood Ref. RNC793542
1897-1909, North Hyde Ref. RNC793554
1901-1904, North Hylton Ref. RNC793556
1906-1908, North Inch Ref. RNC793558
1903-1908, North Kelsey Ref. RNC793573
1897-1909, North Kensington Ref. RNC793577

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,177 to 1,200.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 491 to 500.

Bognor Briefly!

My parents George and Phyllis Stroud ran the Hotham Club in Waterloo Square - now the HQ of the RAFA Bognor branch. After National Service I worked first for Lec Refrigeration as a welder and then as a porter at the War Memorial ...Read more

A memory of Bognor Regis in 1960 by John Stroud

Raf Upper Heyford

I was in the Parachute section at Heyford until 1950 when I left the RAF, as an ageing wrinkly my memories are not that good, But I remember we used to get a battered old coach at a weekend ( Smiths Coaches)( I ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1950 by John Bond

My Family Used To Own This!

A photo very similar to this hangs in my bedroom, I am a West and spent many a happy summers here. My family used to own the tearooms, my mother and her brother were caught in the fire in 1966 which resulted in the ...Read more

A memory of Marlborough by Natalie West

The Railways Of Boldon

I can remember setting off to London to see my sister from Boldon Colliery station and this started my interest in railways. I was hooked and was a regular at the station in the years of 1959 to 1963, trainspotting ...Read more

A memory of Boldon Colliery in 1961 by Eric Davies

Tarpots

I remember the north side of the London road much as has been described by others with some differences, the last shop before the garage was Jones the butchers, owned by Mr Jones and run by his three sons, Roy, Owen and the third one ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1945 by Colin Mackenzie

Early Days In Filton

Although originally from Manchester my parents were living in Filton when I was born in Cheltenham in December 1941. My father, like the majority of men in that area worked at what was then the BAC. He worked at the Rodney Works ...Read more

A memory of Filton in 1940 by Frieda Curnow

Raunds County Infants School

This photograph shows the Raunds County Infants School - the County Modern School was behind the Infants school and the two were joined by some flat-roofed shelters. I started at the County Infants school on my 4th ...Read more

A memory of Raunds in 1948 by Ron Attley

My Years In North Marston

I lived in North Marston in the 1950s, at 25 Quainton Road My Grandfather Ezra Rawlings was a tailor. I remember bonfire night on the sports field, cycling down Church Hill, Christmas carols, Friday night youth ...Read more

A memory of North Marston in 1955 by Rodney Abbey

Esh Winning

I left Esh Winning with my family in 1963 when I was 5 or 6 for a new life in Staffordshire. We initially lived at North Terrace, which is no longer there and later 4 South Terrace. Like Ruth Hill, my father worked at Esh Winning ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning by Ray Beecham

My First Day At Work

I can never pass through Maids Moreton without recalling my first day at work as an apprentice electrician for The East Midlands Electricity Board, Buckingham. It was April 14th 1958 and I was assigned to Mr Jack Holland, ...Read more

A memory of Maids' Moreton in 1958 by Rick Brock

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,177 to 1,200.

Caption For Southwold, The Beach 1896

The beach is lined with numerous beach yawls; these did all the fetching and carrying for the cargo-carrying ships which plied the North Sea, as well as competing for lucrative salvage prizes when they

Caption For Overstone, The Solarium Hotel C1955

North-east of Northampton, Overstone is a linear village dating back to the 18th century.

Caption For Oxford, Cornmarket Street 1922

Until 1771, the North Gate of Oxford spanned the Cornmarket, adjacent to the tower of St Michael's Church.

Caption For York, Barges On The Foss Navigation 1885

The journey took over thirty hours, and was an acceptable alternative to being shaken and bounced along the Great North Road in a mail-coach.

Caption For Anna Valley, Little Ann Village C1955

Anton Mill 1906 A child gazes wistfully into the tranquil waters of the River Anton, a tributary of the Test, which rises to the north of Andover and runs through the heart of the town.

Caption For Uley, Green And Church 1904

The church of St Giles, with its north tower and unusual octagonal spirelet, was rebuilt between 1857- 8 by S S Teulon, and overlooks the Uley valley.

Caption For Llanvetherine, White Castle C1950

Edward I was renowned for his military strongholds, especially in North Wales.

Caption For Sudbury, St Bartholomew's Church 1904

A Benedictine priory belonging to Westminster Abbey was established here to the north of Sudbury c1130.

Caption For Horndon On The Hill, The High Street C1960

We are facing north, towards Horndon's school.

Caption For Heysham, Half Moon Bay C1960

Half Moon Bay, which lies north of Heysham Docks, was a popular destination for a day on the sands.

Caption For Fittleworth, Upper Street 1921

A mile or so to the north of the village is a house where Edward Elgar spent his summers between 1917 and 1921.

Caption For Marton In Cleveland, Stokesley Road C1965

We are looking north towards Stewart Park and Middlesbrough beyond.

Caption For Middlesbrough, Pallister Park C1955

Land for an ornamental park and recreation ground, an area of some 30 acres in North Ormesby, was given to the town by Councillor and Mrs J G Pallister.

Caption For Teesville, Eston Grammar School C1965

It was described as 'long desired', and was provided by the North Riding County Council in conjunction with Eston Urban District Council.

Caption For Chipstead, High Road C1965

Frank Butcher`s newsagent and tobacconist shop at the north end of High Road has a well stocked window but alas has now been demolished, and the other shops have closed.

Caption For Chipstead, The Cottage C1960

A wealth of timbers, tiles, gables, chimney-stacks and a thatched gateway make another attractive High Road house north of Ruffetts Cottages.

Caption For Shepton Mallet, Town Street 1899

From the north-west corner of Market Place, Town Street descends the hill past a drapers, a dairy utensil manufacturer and a shoe shop, all three displaying their wares.

Caption For Rode, Village C1960

Rode church is at the south-east end of the village, the bulk of which is to the north-west towards the River Frome.

Caption For Gainsborough, Market Place 1955

Our tour of the towns and villages near Lincoln starts in Gainsborough, a town of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey that ruled what is now north Lincolnshire.

Caption For Lincoln, High Street C1965

and somewhat two-dimensional timbered front of Woolworths and the 1907 Perpendicular Gothic-style Mac Fisheries (a chain long departed from our high streets) were recently demolished to make way for the

Caption For Sturry, Village 1899

Now on the main road to the North Sea seaside resorts from Canterbury, Sturry was, along with Canterbury itself, bombed heavily during the Second World War.

Caption For Crockham Hill, C1955

It sits alongside the Surrey boundary, two miles north of Edenbridge.

Caption For Pickering, 1953

Pickering Castle lies to the north of the town and was founded by William the Conqueror, though the earliest ruins date from the 12th century.

Caption For Saunton, Sands 1920

This area of the North Devon coast has acres of sandhills.