Maps

575 maps found.

1947, Pool Head Ref. NPO808777
1947, Moor Head Ref. NPO783109
1947, Park Head Ref. NPO800976
1922, Guy's Head Ref. POP723740
1924, Lane Head Ref. POP752148
1924, Lane Head Ref. POP752149
1947, Lane Head Ref. NPO752149
1947, Lane Head Ref. NPO752152
1924, Town Head Ref. POP851069
1923, Stags Head Ref. POP837778
1925, Wasdale Head Ref. POP861249
1896, Blackshaw Head Ref. RNE642905
1903, Blackshaw Head Ref. RNC642905
1903, Clough Head Ref. RNC671146
1910, Carmel Head Ref. RNC661576
1897, Thwaite Head Ref. RNE848119
1896, Whittlestone Head Ref. RNE869573
1897, Town Head Ref. RNE851066
1897, Scar Head Ref. RNE826100
1898, Stone Head Ref. RNE840321

Books

3 books found. Showing results 121 to 3.

Memories

2,508 memories found. Showing results 51 to 60.

The Kennet

The river is the Kennet and this view shows the junction of the Kennet river (from low level bridge on the right) and the Kennet and Avon Canal (towards the locks straight ahead). The tributary to the left is towards the West Mills flour mill (water powered). The view is upstream (West).

A memory of Newbury by Claire Allen

Kings Head Inn

My great grandfather, John Foster Merril (1840-1844), was the innkeeper at the Kings Head Inn in Addlethorpe. His son, John Booth Merrill, wrote this in his memoirs: "I, John Booth Merrill, was born at Addlethorpe ... at the ...Read more

A memory of Addlethorpe in 1870 by Linda Bailey

The Rhondda Fawr And Me!

My mother was born in Blaenrhondda at the top of the Rhondda Fawr in 1914 and was one of four sisters but she was the only one to leave the Rhondda at the age of fourteen to go into service in England. During WW2 when my ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert by Viv Browne

Christmas Past

So many happy days with my & other families waiting for Chritmas to arrive as a child in the 1970s. Jean Coleman managing the Hotel, with her husband as head Chef. I shall never forget the sound of all the proud father's ...Read more

A memory of Bispham by David A

Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle

My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction ...Read more

A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

The Plantations

Well not just for the 1930's but for twenty years after as well.  Memories come flooding back - not just for this picture but for Wigan itself.  I was born there in 1931 - in my grandparents home 38, Dicconson Street - a section no ...Read more

A memory of Wigan in 1930 by Thelma Hurly

A Traditional English Pub!

The Queen's Head is little changed - maybe a horse trough on the pavement but the front of the building is pure English village pub! It was the starting point for many a village pub crawl and some fun times pushing ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1966 by John Howard Norfolk

Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I

Every now and then I reminisce and take a trip down memory lane, of my childhood days growing up in Newarthill on Burnside Rd. I remember Tosh McGarry and I going to Father Gillan's jumble sale and buying an old fox ...Read more

A memory of Newarthill by Peter Laird

Good Times

I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn by John Weeks

Big Strong Men Of Coal And Dust

As with many of the neighbors in our road we owned two coal fires, one in each downstairs room, with chimneys to match. Keeping the fires lit during cold winters required loose coal, supplied in huge bags, to be ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

Captions

1,136 captions found. Showing results 121 to 144.

Caption For Coniston, The Village 1929

Ramblers (right) head for the hills, striding purposefully out past the Rayburne Hotel and Cafe in the centre of Coniston village.

Caption For Whitby, West Cliff 1891

The bathing machines wait for customers on Scotch Head (right), and so do the stalls along Pier Road (centre). Were they selling seafood?

Caption For Castle Donington, Market Street C1955

Looking north east, past the Turk's Head towards St Edward's Church, the scene is little changed today.

Caption For Mildenhall, Market Place C1965

Ahead is the Tiger's Head and the Edwardian shoe shop of 1912. The magnificent 15th-century church tower dominates the Mildenhall skyline.

Caption For Yelverton, Green Bank 1910

presumably a siding, for the Tavistock line ran across the picture a little way past the far end of the terrace, while the Princetown branch curved round to the south (left, well out of the picture) before heading

Caption For Scaynes Hill, The Common C1955

We have just passed St Augustine`s church and are heading away from the village.

Caption For Newton Abbot, Clock Tower 1898

Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel were two discrete settlements at the head of the Teign estuary when William of Orange arrived there from Brixham in 1688, on his way to displace James II as King of England

Caption For Monsal Dale, Monsal Head Hotel C1955

The Monsal Head Hotel, seen here in the mid-50s, commands a spectacular view down into Monsal and Upper Dale from its slightly incongruous Tyrolean balcony which was added to the substantial limestone

Caption For Clacton On Sea, The Passmore Edwards Holiday Home 1901

The pier had something for everyone: for a shilling, one could have a session of 'Character Reading: Head, Face & Hand'.

Caption For Benington, Church Interior C1960

After the Norman Conquest, the manor was held by Peter de Valoignes, and it was from him that the church took its dedication.

Caption For Malborough, Lower Town 1927

Malborough lies away from the coast, high above the Salcombe estuary, but it is an ideal place to stay when exploring the beautiful stretch of coastline between Bolt Head and Bolt Tail - the favourite

Caption For Malborough, Lower Town 1927

Malborough lies away from the coast, high above the Salcombe estuary, but it is an ideal place to stay when exploring the beautiful stretch of coastline between Bolt Head and Bolt Tail - the favourite

Caption For Daventry, The Canal C1965

A pair of loaded working boats head south on the Grand Union Canal from Braunston Tunnel.

Caption For St Annes, The Pier 1906

By 1906 the pier had been considerably widened and extended in length.

Caption For Prestbury, The Village 1907

The tram and cyclists here are heading up the steep ascent of Cleeve Hill, which is not far from the village.

Caption For St Annes, The Pier 1906

By 1906 the pier had been considerably widened and extended in length.

Caption For Falmouth, Pennance Point 1895

The large headland is Pennance Point, and in the distance Rosemullion Head is just visible.

Caption For Asfordby, The Church By The Wreak C1960

Internally, there is little to detain the visitor, apart from the nave roof with its stone heads and wooden angels.

Caption For Aveton Gifford, St Andrew's Church 1890

Aveton Gifford (pronounced Auton, meaning the settlement on the Avon) stands at the head of the estuary.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow C1955

The Saracens Head Hotel has gone the way of many smaller town centre hotels; it is now converted to shops and offices, including the bookshop Ottakar’s.

Caption For Dursley, Long Street C1947

The three-storied brick Old Bell Hotel, on the left, sports two Venetian-style windows on its ground floor, while those above have rounded heads.

Caption For Clydach, 1936

Perched on a steep hill, the photographer has done justice to this picturesque view just off the Heads of the Valleys Road.

Caption For New Brighton, General View 1892

The town is already heading down market and away from James Atherton's ideals.

Caption For Coniston, The Village 1929

A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.The lack of traffic in the main street is in sharp contrast