Maps

1,153 maps found.

1892 - 1893, Midgley Ref. HOSM53700
1925, Wath Ref. POP862000
1903, Slack Ref. RNC832306
1925, Longley Ref. POP767047
1925, Hayton Ref. POP729448
1896, Charlestown Ref. RNE666827
1896, Longley Ref. RNE767047
1896, Midgley Ref. RNE779663
1947, Slack Ref. NPO832306
1947, Wath Ref. NPO862000
1947, Midgley Ref. NPO779663
1925, Midgley Ref. POP779663
1911-1912, Milton Ref. RNC781084
1903, Longley Ref. RNC767047
1903, Broadfield Ref. RNC650874
1907 - 1908, Wath Ref. HOSM71244
1890 - 1892, Sowerby Ref. HOSM59924
1947, Charlestown Ref. NPO666827
1947, Broadfield Ref. NPO650874
1947, Longley Ref. NPO767047

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Memories

2,061 memories found. Showing results 521 to 530.

Hoy Family

My gt,gt grandfather Abijah Hoy was born in Great Dunmow in 1813 and was a farm worker all his working life. He died at an address in the High St in 1881 and on his death certificate his occupation was a "Cow Man". Most of the Hoy ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunmow by cambillericay

Fishmongers

My family lived in commercial road . there was river opposite and field full i think wheat? as young person i had play in back yard as swans kept coming over the garden brick wall. we lived for some time. at the very end of the long road ...Read more

A memory of Staines by Janet Ingate

Hyde Road

It seem a long time ago now but still very clear. I moved to Hyde Road in West Gorton from Dane Bank when I was 2 years old. My parents had the newsagents on the corner of Hyde Road and Sherwin street. I went to Thomas Street Primary ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by nezboyg

Wartime Coalville

I lived in Coalville in 1940. My father was a Police Inspector and we lived at the Vaughan Street Police station. There were two flats, the other was occupied by Dad's Sergeant. The Court used to sit upstairs in another part of the ...Read more

A memory of St Austell by John Roberts

The Bridge

I lived in Southbank Terrace when the bridge was under construction. Daily we would watch each new piece of steel be erected, always wondering what tomorrow would bring. The biggest disappointment we had was when the bridge opened, we ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1965 by Susan Aitken Nee Cole

Kennards, Grants And Allders

I was born in 1950, and only left when I married in 1973. I remember the donkey rides in Kennard Arcade in the 50's - they had little bells on their harnesses and for sixpence you could have a ride which seemed like for ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1955 by Rosie Lee

Growing Up

I was born on the 24th of July 1929 above a shop next to a pub called the Rose of Denmark, in Hotwells, Bristol, very convenient for Father to wet his whistle and my head at the same time. Father was born in 1893, Mother in 1895. They ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Arthur Cottrell

Days By The River

Hi, Just looking at some old family photos of us fishing by the Swans Neck at Birlingham back in the early 60s when I was about 12. I come from Birmingham and the place my father worked was Mitchells and Butlers brewery who ...Read more

A memory of Birlingham by Michael Lewis

Thornbury Road, Osterley And Spring Grove Central School, Isleworth

I was born at West Middx. Hosp in 1940. Christened at St. Mary's Church, Osterley. I lived in Syon Park Gardens until I was 34. I remember Thornbury Road and can remember some of ...Read more

A memory of Osterley by Clive Warneford

Fulham Girl

I lived in Burlington Road, at No.1 - it was called Jubilee Terrace, and was built to commemorate one of Queen Victoria's Jubilees. There was a pottery at the New Kings Rd end of Burlington Road which was built way back in the reign of ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1955 by Caroline Schurmer/Brewster

Captions

2,231 captions found. Showing results 1,249 to 1,272.

Caption For Cark In Cartmel, The Village 1912

Boys are playing on the bridge over the beck.

Caption For Withypool, C1965

Here Withypool is viewed from its six-arched bridge over the Barle. The squat tower of St Andrew's Church can be seen above the old Methodist chapel (centre).

Caption For Bangor Is Coed, The River And The Bridge C1955

The bridge which spans the Dee dates from around 1660 and is attributed to Inigo Jones.

Caption For Oakengates, Market Street C1955

The bridge at the far end of the road is for the railway line - the Great Western Railway or, as railway enthusiasts would usually describe it, 'God's Wonderful Railway'.

Caption For Stow Bridge, The River And Bridge C1965

The two main crossings were here, at Stow Bardolph, and at nearby Magdalen bridge: these were droving roads used by cattle traders, and there was formerly a major cattle fair here at Stow.

Caption For Chester, Bridge Street 1903

It is coming up to ten minutes to eleven by St Peter's clock as one of the new electric tramcars rattles along Bridge Street on its way to Saltney.

Caption For Bishop Monkton, The Village Stream And Post Office C1960

The small stone bridges still cross the beck in front of the village Post Office in the pretty village of Bishop Monkton, south of Ripon in the valley of the River Nidd.

Caption For Andover, Bridge Street 1904

Here by the bridge was the office of the Andover Coal Company.

Caption For Andover, Ladies' Walk And Iron Bridge 1904

Just out of the picture, high on the right bank, is the path from Love Lane and Wolversdene Road to the bridge. The trap and donkey cart going into town have stopped to pose for the picture.

Caption For Caernarfon, The Castle And Swing Bridge 1906

Here we see the harbour swing bridge, with the important Slate Quay visible on the right. This was connected to the slate mines by a narrow gauge railway.

Caption For Frimley Green, The Basingstoke Canal And New Boathouse 1909

This view looks north from the old Guildford Road Bridge, with the canal aqueduct across the Waterloo - Basingstoke line in the background.

Caption For Boscastle, The Village 1906

Slate slabs form bridges over the roadside gutters.

Caption For Caversham, Bridge 1904

Here from the Reading bank we look towards the 1869 iron Caversham bridge; it was demolished in 1924 to be replaced in 1926 by the present concrete one.

Caption For Bideford, From Across The River Torridge 1899

The bridge, with its many arches, each of a different span, is 13th-century.

Caption For Froggatt, Bridge 1896

The elegant double-span bridge over the River Derwent at Froggatt dates from the 17th century; it is unusual in that it has a large, pointed central arch nearer to the village and a smaller one on the

Caption For Launceston, Polson Bridge, River Tamar 1911

This Victorian structure replaced the old bridge. The metal central span was later rebuilt using stone, and until the building of the by-pass in 1974 it carried the heavy traffic of the A30.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The New Bridge 1890

Out of sight and beyond the bridge to the left is the new County Hall.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

This massive medieval structure, formed of flint and ruddy Dutch bricks, squats close by the river, near Bishop Bridge.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The Broads C1926

The bridge has endured the excesses of the Broadland waters for many centuries, yet it required continual repairs and bolstering up - buttresses have been added to keep it in service.

Caption For Padstow, The Railway Bridge 1906

The bridge in the picture is just south of Padstow.

Caption For Ottery St Mary, Cadhay House C1955

As well as this beautiful Tudor mansion, built partly from stones salvaged from the pre- Reformation monastic college in Ottery, Haydon also built the first of the parish's bridges across

Caption For London, The Pool And Tower Bridge C1965

The camera is probably on London Bridge, looking downstream across a quieter Pool. To the right is Pickle Herring Quay and Hay's Dock.

Caption For Lincoln, High Bridge C1955

In 1890 the timber-framed buildings on the west side of High Bridge were in a highly decayed state, as seen in this 1890 view.

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral From Pelham Bridge C1960

This bleak view from the Pelham Bridge shows the influence of modern road improvement on a city landscape.