Maps

241 maps found.

1919, Emerson Valley Ref. POP701233
1923, Gosforth Valley Ref. POP718042
1947, Esk Valley Ref. NPO701905
1946, Golden Valley Ref. NPO717278
1921, Llyfnant Valley Ref. POP759793
1922, Ogmore Valley Ref. POP796101
1925, Primrose Valley Ref. POP810963
1898, Pleasant Valley Ref. RNE807542
1898, Elan Valley Ref. RNE1190915
1895, Valley Truckle Ref. RNE858570
1922, Rose Valley Ref. POP819990
1920, Valley Bottom Ref. POP858460
1922, Valley, The Ref. POP858568
1922, Wye Valley Ref. POP875123
1921, Woodgate Valley Ref. POP873190
1921, Chad Valley Ref. POP665993
1921, Artists Valley Ref. POP627205
1900, Valley Truckle Ref. RNC858570
1902, Trent Valley Ref. RNC852714
1947, Ogmore Valley Ref. NPO796101

Books

7 books found. Showing results 145 to 7.

Memories

498 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

Happy Days At Mill Bridge

Hi to anyone looking at this photo, I lived just up the road at Valley Cottages and used to play by the bridge, we all sat on the bridge wall and had our photograph taken. I am on the right with wellington boots ...Read more

A memory of Bishop's Tawton in 1955 by Mr. John Salisbury

Barry Island

I was born and bred Barry Island. My mother and father had a fish and chip shop under the Western shelter. I can remember wonderful summer days, playing on the sands and making friends with children from the valleys. They thought ...Read more

A memory of Barry Island in 1958 by First Name Last Name

Such Great Holidays!

I remember as a child the great holidays in the 60s on the beaches at Holland. We hired a beach hut for 7/6 a week near the deck chair and paddle float hire. Who can forget the pretty girls who pushed the ice cream ...Read more

A memory of Holland-on-Sea in 1960 by Kevin Chapple

Happiest Days Of My Life In Valley 1

I am now 52 years of age and hanker after village life after 30 odd years in a city!!. Why? Because in 1960 my parents moved to Valley from Manchester and I started in Valley C.P. Schools soon afterwards. I grew ...Read more

A memory of Valley in 1961 by David Jones

Wartime Evacuation In 1944

I was placed in an orphanage on 13th October 1943 together with my elder brother Brian.  My father had died on the infamous Siam (Thailand) Railway as a forced labour navvy. He was a regular soldier and had already ...Read more

A memory of Tairgwaith in 1944 by Michael Lowdon

Play

I know records will prove me wrong, but summer seemed to start around the beginning of May and last until getting on to Bonfire night. We walked to Witton-le-Wear night after night to swim then walked home or, if we were lucky, got a ...Read more

A memory of Howden-le-Wear by David Quinn

Looking At The Tyne As In Tyne Valley C1955 Ref P265001

This image of Prudhoe and the Tyne Valley is very interesting because the Northern or Ovingham side has not changed greatly. Field boundaries etc are as I look at. But the southern side where ...Read more

A memory of Prudhoe by Robert Forsythe

Treowen Road

I was born in March ,1947 at 69,Treowen Road.It was a terrible winter,and the midwife who delivered me (Nurse Maiden) had to enter the house through the upstairs bedroom window because the snow was pilled up so high. I lived in treowen ...Read more

A memory of Crumlin in 1947 by Chris Hughes

History Of Clayton Family 1700s

Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She ...Read more

A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by Orrin Clayton

1959 To 1964

In the bottom left corner of the photo is a row of four white bungalows. My father --Ron Bartlett built these and several others on the estate from about 1959 onwards. We lived in the top one. The house immediately to the right of ...Read more

A memory of Mochdre by Colin Bartlett

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Scarborough, Belmont 1890

Valley Road appears unsurfaced: dusty in summer, a quagmire in winter.

Caption For Puddletown, The Square C1960

Until the 1950s, Puddletown was officially 'Piddletown', but - unlike the villages further up the river valley - the authorities changed this to the more acceptable Puddletown.

Caption For Falmouth, Penryn From Viaduct 1890

At the top of the town Brunel's Great Western Railway crossed the broad wooded valley on a mighty viaduct.

Caption For Clydach, Lower Fall 1893

Here, about a mile below Devil's Bridge, the river's waters fall rapidly as they travel down the narrow and steep-sided Clydach Valley to the Usk.

Caption For Bayham, Abbey C1870

The lovely ruins of the early 13th-century abbey - in the tranquil valley of the river Teiser on the Kent/Sussex bor- der - are shown in this picture in their Victorian ivy-clad state.

Caption For Woodchester, General View 1900

Sitting on a steep slope of the Avon Valley between Stroud and Nailsworth, Woodchester is home to one of the best Roman mosaic pavements in the country.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Miniature Railway C1955

Always a highly popular attraction, the miniature railway was opened in the Valley Gardens in 1947.

Caption For Churt, Post Office 1932

Nestling deep in a wooded valley, the tranquillity of this view is a world away from the busy A287 that runs through here today.

Caption For Liskeard, St Keyne's Well 1906

This carefully-posed photograph shows the site of this historic well, which is situated a little way down a lane from St Keyne village in the East Looe valley.

Caption For Charminster, The Church 1922

The 15th-century tower of Charminster's church dominates the valley of the River Cerne, and was built under the direction of Sir Thomas Trenchard.

Caption For Youlgrave, River Bradford C1960

The plateau-top village of Youlgreave stands between the valleys of the Bradford and the Lathkill; it is a prosperous settlement based on lead mining and farming.

Caption For Symonds Yat, C1950

This view across the River Wye portrays the deep valley the river has carved through the hills here.

Caption For Crackington Haven, Looking South 1920

Crackington Haven, six miles south of Bude, sits in a deep valley in the parish of St Gennys.

Caption For Trenarren, Village 1912

The small hamlet of slate-roofed farm houses and cottages lies at the end of a lane near Black Head, sheltered in the valley which climbs up from Hallane Beach.

Caption For Litlington, The Village C1960

This leafy flint village is situated in the Cuckmere valley near Alfriston.

Caption For Coniston, The Parish Church 1929

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Clydach, Lower Fall 1893

Here, about a mile below Devil's Bridge, the river's waters fall rapidly as they travel down the narrow and steep-sided Clydach Valley to the Usk.

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Llandudno, Conwy Valley 1890

Only a short distance from the vigorously booming Llandudno, this faded lime- washed farmhouse reminds us that earning a living in the less hospitable reaches of the valley was somewhat more

Caption For Llanelli, Parc Howard C1955

Across the small valley is a pleasant mixture of modern semi-detached and older terraced houses.

Caption For Dartmoor, Lustleigh Cleave From Ravens Tower C1871

Lustleigh Cleave, one of the Moor's most scenic valleys, lies to the west of Lustleigh itself and was cut by the River Bovey.

Caption For Ribbesford, The Lido Café C1965

During the days of early popular motoring, the fine scenery in the valley of the Severn attracted many day-trippers from the urban areas of the Midlands.

Caption For Brighton, Devil's Dyke 1902

To the left of the flagpole can be seen a pier of the Dyke cable car, which stretched across the valley.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Hazlegrove 1932

It was laid out to provide a picturesque walk from the shore of the western side of the town, and lies in the valley between two cliffs.