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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1891, Harmby Ref. HOSM47777
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1891, Farnworth Ref. HOSM45297
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Books

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Memories

29,072 memories found. Showing results 5,481 to 5,490.

Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).

Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by John Franks

Evacuation

I am with my Dad, peter Brandon, who was also evacuated to the area during the war with his 2 brothers and sister and parents. They were in a terrace of cottages, Dinnaton Cottages south od Swimbridge. he went to Swimbridge school, ...Read more

A memory of Swimbridge by Tony Brandon

Green Gate Stables

I was born in Mottingham in 1951 .but from the age of 9 years I caught the 161 bus to Eltham on a weekend ,duffel bag on my back and went to Green Gate Stables which was at the back of shops at the top end of the high st...run by ...Read more

A memory of Eltham by Hazel Hamilton

Great Nelmes

My great grandfather, Alfred Barber owned Great Nelmes House from about 1900-1935 until his death. My late mother loved the house and was extremely upset when she heard it had been illegally demolished in 1967. As a child I remember ...Read more

A memory of Emerson Park

Barnes In The Sixties

My name is John Lines. I will always consider Barnes to be my home. I was born in 1951 in Railway Street which had allotments and even Jack Sedgewick's Pigs between the end of the road and the railway line. The Old Barnes ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by John Lines

Rudolf Steel

Does anyone have any memories of Rudolf Steel or his son of Westways, Woodcote Road by any chance? There in the late 50s/60s.

A memory of Woodcote

Ashley Drive, Penn

I lived in Penn, at 39 Ashley Drive between 1957 and 1959; between the ages of 6 and 8. Lovely memories of the area. Ashley drive was part of a new development and building work was still in progress at that time. My mother would send ...Read more

A memory of Penn by Aidan Pathy

Happy Days Growing Up In Barnes

The picture of Church Road where it ran parallel with The Crescent with all those familiar shops brings memories flooding back. I started life at 33 Glebe Road in 1944 and spent 5 happy years there before moving to ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by Andrew Taft

Doon The Den

I stayed in Denhead and used to play down the den almost every day. We used to go to school via the gap either next to Ciff Bells house or the gap next to smiths shop. We used to go along the cliffs behind the scrappiest then straight ...Read more

A memory of Kennoway by John Walker

Florence Gibson Ward

Hi all, I was there about 1961, I think it was late summer, I'd just got out of Myrtle Street Hospital in Liverpool, and instead of going home to terrible accommodation in Liverpool 8, they (whoever "they" were) sent me to Heswall ...Read more

A memory of Heswall by Frederick Johnson

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 13,153 to 13,176.

Caption For Lymm, The Cross 1897

It is the summer of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year, but Lymm's celebrations are not complete.

Caption For Parkgate, C1955

One of these very similar views shows the town on a bright summer day with the road thronged with vehicles and the pavements, benches and sea wall busy with visitors enjoying the Cheshire sunshine and

Caption For Bridgend, Dunraven Place C1950

The memorial behind the railings on the right was unveiled in November 1921. It was sculpted in Portland stone by Messrs H H Martyn & Co Ltd of Cheltenham from a design by Walter Cook.

Caption For Baldock, White Horse Street C1960

The last of the five hitching posts stills stands outside the Rose & Crown, a popular stopping place for cyclists and motorists.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Church Street 1952

With St Mary's Church in the distance, Church Street is typical of a market town by-way in the early 1950s.

Caption For Uppingham, School And Rectory C1965

The spacious rectory is situated across the road from the church on Scale Hill. The old rectory was higher up the hill on the same side and facing the Market Place.

Caption For Ashwell, The Museum C1951

This early 16th-century timber-framed house, formerly owned by St John's College, Cambridge and earlier by Westminster Abbey, was used by the village as the Town House for the collection of rents and tithes

Caption For Sleaford, Southgate C1965

This is the main shopping street of Sleaford, and the Handley Memorial was the ideal place for a set of destination signs.

Caption For Ticehurst, The Square 1925

The rendered façade of the Bell Inn, a 14th-century coaching inn, has now been removed, exposing a fine timber-framed building with a conserved interior.

Caption For Bolney, Post Office 1957

Bolney is a quiet village, located just off the main London to Brighton trunk road.

Caption For Belfast, Zoo And Amusement Gardens, Bellevue 1936

When Belfast took over the tramway system to Glengormley, it found itself possessed of property outside the City boundary, along with some very attractive terrain sloping up to the mountains.

Caption For London, Hyde Park Corner, The Screen 1900

Decimus Burton’s impressive arch is topped by a decorative frieze depicting horsemen, the design imitated from the Elgin Marbles which were on display in the British Museum.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, From The Pier 1914

A view from the pier showing some of the main features of Clacton.

Caption For High Wycombe, Frogmore Square 1921

The ancient open space of Frogmoor had from 1877 until the Second World War a fine cast-iron fountain and well trimmed trees.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Abbots Bridge C1955

The 12th-century bridge, with later additions, is a continuation of the precinct wall linking Eastgate Street with the Vinefields.

Caption For Barton Upon Irwell, The Swing Bridges 1895

One impressive feature of the Manchester Ship Canal was the Barton Aqueduct, designed by Edward Leader Williams, seen to the right of this photograph.

Caption For Pembridge, C1965

The New Inn can be seen in this photograph, on the right-hand side of the road.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Marske Mill C1885

In the centre horizon of the picture the turreted outline of Rushpool Hall can be seen.

Caption For Mullion, Village 1904

Mullion takes its name from St Melaine, the 6th- century Bishop of Rennes, who excommunicated two British priests who went to preach on his patch.

Caption For Howth, Abbey, South West 1897

Howth Abbey is also known as the collegiate church of Saint Mary. It is believed to have been founded in 1235, although it is based upon a Viking foundation.

Caption For Newbury, The Broadway And Clock Tower 1952

The clock tower, partly enclosed by an hexagonal shelter and situated at the centre of a traffic system, stands on the site of a wayside chapel, disused in the 16th century, converted into houses and

Caption For Seaton, The Church Of The Good Shepherd, Interior 1898

The Church of St Gregory was built in the early 14th century and the west tower added in the 15th.

Caption For Teddington, The Lock And Rollers 1899

Just over a hundred years ago, the Thames and its network of canals were used as much for transporting goods as for pleasure boating.

Caption For Salisbury, Harnham Gate 1906

At the southern end of the Close is Harnham Gate, one of the three gates that served the cathedral; it is contemporary with the original 14th-century cathedral wall.