Maps

181,031 maps found.

1904, Cherington Ref. HOSM40703
1900, Darlingscott Ref. HOSM42889
1904, Stourton Ref. HOSM60684
1881, Shrewsbury Ref. HOSM35185
1886, Adcote Ref. HOSM35555
1880, Alderton Ref. HOSM35759
1880, Besford Ref. HOSM37577
1881, Bowbrook Ref. HOSM38464
1882, Cound Ref. HOSM42105
1880, Creamore Bank Ref. HOSM42208
1882, Cressage Ref. HOSM42230
1881, Cruckton Ref. HOSM42514
1882, Great Ryton Ref. HOSM46545
1882, Harnage Ref. HOSM47675
1881, Hinton Ref. HOSM48622
1881, Bayston Hill Ref. HOSM52911
1880, Marton Ref. HOSM53295
1880, Moston Ref. HOSM54173
1881, Nobold Ref. HOSM55093
1881, Nox Ref. HOSM55453

Books

442 books found. Showing results 12,889 to 12,912.

Memories

29,038 memories found. Showing results 5,371 to 5,380.

School Days And Beyond

Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more

A memory of Fenham by keith.hindson

70yearsago

This is how long it is since I lived in Stokenchurch at "Rushmoor", Marlow Road. I left because my father was posted to Germany. My main memory is of a boy being sent to the Karenza cafe to get 6d worth of rubber rivets by a roustabout from the fair setting up on the Green.

A memory of Stokenchurch by David Craig Love

Blackpool Should Have Stayed There.

Born in Victoria Hospital. Grew up on Knitting Row Lane, Out Rawcliff. Worked at Fox's Biscuits and Big Jim's Black Horse Boddington pub in Kirkham. Worked in the engineering shop at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach. ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool by brruugen

Westrock

I lived at the Westrock at Purfleet and went to School at Love Lane Aveley. I was one of the first intakes at Aveley Comprehensive 1963. I have many fond memories at the School with my friends, from year 3 onwards I was in the School ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by jlawrenceseven

Cold Swimming Pool

The was an out door swimming pool just off the park which was very cold and school children were sent there in the 50s and 60s for swimming lessons. I was never very good a swimming. I went to school with Peta Fenner and we ...Read more

A memory of Warminster by christine

I Was There Ron Jackson

In 1949 the Royal Links which had hosted Royals and the glitterati of the day was the first to fall to the contagious bout of fires which mysteriously began to sweep the area. Imagine that wonderful central staircase (with no ...Read more

A memory of Cromer by ronaldjackson08

I Was There

After being de-requisitioned and restored at the end of WW2, the Overstrand Hotel was a massive building standing only yards from the cliff edge, it opened, then closed, then re-opened with a new bar called “Bubbles Bar” to cater for ...Read more

A memory of Overstrand by ronaldjackson08

Main Street Shops

My Grandfather owned the K-shoes shop in Main Street - Albert Myers. I was born in 1970, and this is pretty much how main street looked while I was growing up, except the style of the cars!

A memory of Grange-Over-Sands by Helen Roberts

Osterly Park View Road

I remember the Slatter twins who were in my class at St Marks (Robert and John). The Davis shop in the road. Watching my mother buy bacon and seeing it sliced as Mr or Mrs Davis turned the handle on the machine. As you ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell by Nick Beard

April 1961

I rember the third day of April 1961 , when I got married to Janet Walker she was the cobblers Daughter in Emley , a lovely girl and still is after 57yrs the next day we woke up to 1ft of snow. We bought our first house there , a ...Read more

A memory of Emley by gedwilson36

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 12,889 to 12,912.

Caption For Danbury, Eve's Corner C1965

This tranquil scene shows the village pond with the reflection of the houses on its surface.

Caption For Bedruthan Steps, Old Steps 1935

These huge foreshore stacks, one of Cornwall's most famous sights, were formed by the erosion of softer rocks around them.

Caption For Ashbourne, Memorial Gardens C1955

Little has changed today, and the gardens still impart an air of tranquility for the residents of the town.

Caption For Puttenham, The Street, West End C1955

School Lane joins The Street on the left; beyond the lorry is the Good Intent pub.

Caption For Hallow, The Green 1911

Hallow is sited just a couple of miles north-west of Worcester. Queen Elizabeth I certainly visited Hallow on her Royal Progress around the county.

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Green C1955

Water weaves its magic through the fabric of this little village, and the fountain on the Green makes a focal point in the perfect picture; its design echoes the steeply pitched and gabled

Caption For Tenby, Harbour 1890

In 1457 the Earl of Pembrokeshire helped the inhabitants to rebuild and strengthen the walls to guard against the Spanish Armada.

Caption For Scarborough, South Bay C1873

Looking north from the end of the Esplanade. Note the many bathing machines still in use, and the recently completed Grand Hotel on the left.

Caption For Syston, St Peters Street C1955

By the turn of the century the village was growing very quickly, although it was still far from urban sprawl.

Caption For Bothenhampton, From The South C1945

Bothenhampton was once an important village in its own right, but within the memory of the oldest residents it has become a suburb of Bridport.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Tor C1965

The 13th-century tower on top of this famous landmark is all that remains of St Michael's Church.

Caption For Hardrow, The Bar Parlour, The Green Dragon C1955

The Green Dragon at Hardrow, the cosy interior of which is shown here, is probably best known as the entrance point to the rocky amphitheatre of Hardrow or Hardraw Force, at 100ft/30m England's highest

Caption For Sheffield, The Town Hall C1955

In 1973 construction began on the Town Hall extension, a modern office block linked to the rear of the existing building by means of a first-floor bridge.

Caption For Holdenhurst, The Village Green C1945

Now more or less a suburb of Bournemouth, and with some ugly new development, Holdenhurst's best attraction is its green, which has somehow managed to survive the urban sprawl threatening to engulf the

Caption For Newby Bridge, The Swan Hotel 1914

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Windermere.

Caption For Newport, On The Canal 1896

Although our long-dead photographer leaves us with no more information than that given, this is almost certainly another view of the Rogerstone Fourteen locks.

Caption For Bath, Old Bridge 1902

Attractive bridges over the Avon are part of Bath. This one is notable for its ironwork.

Caption For Southampton, The Old Town Walls 1892

Southampton's walls and defences were built from stone brought across from the Isle of Wight.

Caption For Bradwell, Dale 1919

Beresford Dale is a northern extension of the more famous Dove Dale, and leads up towards the market village of Hartington.

Caption For Cornwell, The Village C1965

Very much an estate village, Cornwell on the north- eastern periphery of the Cotswolds underwent full-scale modernisation of its cottages in the 1930s, when its American owner commissioned Sir Clough

Caption For Merevale, Doorways 1924

Only fragments of the abbey survive, mostly in the grounds of Abbey Farm, next to the church. The farmhouse is itself constructed from stone reclaimed from the abbey.

Caption For Great Staughton, The Highway C1955

This photograph is taken from the east end of the Highway nearest the Methodist chapel. Next to this is Mumford's grocery store where dozens of village children have always bought their sweeties.

Caption For Measham, The Parish Church C1965

In the heart of the old coalfield, this large village had many inhabitants dependent upon the mine and its good coal.

Caption For Bucklers Hard, The Village C1960

Although a fair distance from the present limits of the New Forest, Bucklers Hard was certainly within its boundaries at the time of William the Conqueror - there may well have been a small settlement